Moscow 2013 World champions Lashawn Merritt and Caterine Ibarguen confirmed their superb early season form as they improved their own world leading 400m and triple jump marks at the 8th Ponce Grand Prix, an IAAF World Challenge meeting, in Puerto Rico ...
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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Kenya s Bedan Karoki upset the Eritrean favourite and two-time defending champion Zersenay Tadese in the fourth annual Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon, to win in a new course record of 1:00:02 on Sunday (18).
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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It was no surprise when Sandra Perkovic produced a world lead in the women s discus at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, but it was an absolute sensation when Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed came up with another in the men s javelin on Sunday (18).
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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On a warm and sometimes blustery morning at the Bupa Great Manchester Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, recent marathon debutantes Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele showed they haven't lost too much of their formidable speed with contrasting wins o...
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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Sandra Perkovic and Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed aside, there were five more world leads at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, and a rare Diamond League double from Blessing Okagbare in the long jump and 200m on Sunday (18).
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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In the 100 metres it pays to run your own race. At pretty well every other distance, it pays to be aware of your opposition, too. Amantle Montsho and Taoufik Makhloufi appeared to forget this at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Shanghai, and they pai...
May 20th 2014, 12:46am
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