All Eyes On Cheptegei At Saturday's World Half Marathon Championships
Oct 16, 2020
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Which Of The 2020 World Records Is Best?
Oct 12, 2020
For a year in which both the world indoor championships and the Olympic Games were postponed, 2020 has seen its fair share of world records. (Of course, one could argue that those events being postponed aided in world record achievement, particularly in the cases of Joshua Cheptegei and Letesenbet Gidey.) A season with so much history has begged a question: which among these world records is the best?
How to Watch: 2020 NN Valencia World Record Day
Oct 7, 2020
The 2020 NN Valencia World Record Day starts on Oct 7, 2020 LIVE on FloTrack
Joshua Cheptegei Breaks 5K World Record, 12:35
Aug 14, 2020
Joshua Cheptegei backed up his bold pre-race talk, snatching a world record from a distance running legend. The 23-year-old from Ugandan ran 12:35.36 in the 5000m in Monaco on Friday, breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s existing world record of 12:37.35. That mark stood for 16 years and was seen as one of the hardest records in all of the sport.
Organizers Recommend 2021 World XC Championships Be Postponed
Jul 30, 2020
Organizers of next year's World Athletics Cross Country Championships, scheduled for March 20, in Bathurst, Australia in New South Wales, are recommending that these championships be postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The board of the local organizing committee has made the recommendation to the World Athletics Council as "a result of biosecurity measures and travel restrictions currently in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Australia," according to an official statement released today. Australian borders are currently closed to foreign visitors to prevent the spread of the virus.
