The women’s world marathon record-holder believes she can go even faster than her best mark of 2:11:53 Tigist Assefa, the fastest female marathon runner in history, believes she can go even quicker. The 27-year-old, who stunned the world when she set the world marathon record of 2:11:53 in Berlin last September, states she could break that time at some point in her career. Whether that’s at this weekend’s TCS London Marathon remains to be seen, given that she will be up against the strongest women’s marathon field ever assembled. When the Ethiopian ran 2:11:53 in the German capital, she took a ..read more

Lyla Belshaw, Sam Plummer and Olivia Forrest are among athletes racing 2.6km of the London Marathon course this weekend The TCS Mini London Marathon is back once again as an estimated 12,000 youngsters take to the streets of London this Saturday (April 20), ahead of the main event a day later. In its third year of being a standalone event, the school-aged athletes will race the final section of the actual marathon course – over either one mile or 2.6km. The Mini Marathon will feature the usual battle between nationwide regional teams and teams from London Boroughs. In addition, thousands more ..read more

Chinese stars Gong Lijiao, Liu Shiying and Feng Bin will ensure plenty of interest as World Athletics’ flagship competition gets underway on Saturday The 2024 Diamond League season kicks off on Saturday (April 20) with the first meeting staged in Xiamen. It is the first of two early-season Diamond League events in China and could prove a livelier start than you might imagine. All eyes will be on the TCS London Marathon on Sunday, but the track and field season has been bubbling into life in recent weeks and along with the Xiamen Diamond League there is the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya. The Xiame ..read more

From Tokyo 1964 to Paris 2024, the GB team outfit over the years has undergone plenty of transformation The official Team GB and Paralympics GB kit for the Paris Games has been unveiled and features a bold but relatively plain design from Adidas. The outfits are dominated by navy blue but the tracksuits that will be worn on the podium have a white base with a union flag on the arm. Adidas say this will result “in a clean radiant kit that allows the medals to shine”. The kit will also use a typeface that has been inspired by the 1924 ‘Chariots of Fire’ Games in the French capital 100 years ago ..read more

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Over 200 runners will be in with a chance of winning an ASICS sponsorship purely for the joy of running ASICS UK in partnership with Sportsshoes.com is sharing the opportunity for a runner to become the brand’s very first Move Your Mind ambassador. In a quest to reward runners for both the physical and mental benefits of exercise, ASICS will recruit one runner to be supported by the brand, based purely on their uplift from running. To recruit the ambassador, ASICS has created a dedicated Move Your Mind run to take place as part of the ASICS x Podium 5km at Dulwich Park on Saturday (April 20 ..read more

Tribute is planned for the fastest marathon runner in history, who died in a car accident in February The TCS London Marathon will pay homage to Kelvin Kiptum, the current men’s world marathon record-holder who sadly lost his life in a car crash, with a series of tributes this Sunday (April 21). Kiptum won last year’s London Marathon in a course record of 2:01:25, narrowly missing Eliud Kipchoge’s previous world record by just 16 seconds. Then, last October, Kiptum blitzed Kipchoge’s mark of 2:01:09 with a stunning 2:00:35 at the Chicago Marathon, becoming the first ever person to go sub-2:01 ..read more

Highgate Harriers are expanding the number of 800m events at the Night of the 10,000m PBs meeting on May 18 Following the success of the middle-distance races for young athletes at last year’s Night of the 10,000m PBs at Parliament Hill, the organisers are adding under-13 and under-15 races to the programme to complement the under-17 and under-20 races. Ben Pochee, the meet director, says: “The inclusion last year of the age group 800m races received such positive feedback from athletes and parents/coaches that we’re expanding it for this year we and have scheduled invitational 800m events for ..read more

Everything you need to know about this weekend’s big event including leading athletes and details of how to watch and follow If Tigist Assefa, Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei, Ruth Chepngetich and Yalemzerf Yehualaw bring their A-game, the TCS London Marathon on Sunday (April 21) could see the greatest women’s race in history. Assefa of Ethiopia ran a world record of 2:11:53 at the BMW Berlin Marathon last September, beating the previous best mark of 2:14:04 set by Kosgei of Kenya in 2019. The two women meet this weekend in London, in addition to Olympic champion Jepchirchir of Kenya, the 2:1 ..read more

American meet sees best 2024 marks in many events plus results from Australia and China, with an amazing javelin throw for 15-year-old Ziyi Yan Tom Jones Memorial, Gainesville, Florida, USA, April 12-13 It’s not unusual to see fast sprint times in this Tom Jones Memorial and teenager Kaylyn Brown won the women’s 400m in a world outdoor lead of 49.95 – her previous outdoor best was a mere 53.11 though she had run 50.83 indoors. Aaliyah Butler was second in a 50.05 PB and NCAA champion Amber Anning, an Arkansas team-mate of Brown, ran a 50.08 PB to go No.7 all-time in the UK. In a good sign for ..read more