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There are runners and then there is Eliud Kipchoge

There are runners and then there is Eliud Kipchoge

This is how an Olympics should be: kids on shoulders, headbands made of flags, selfie sticks and phones capturing every kilometre of this 42-kilometre epic.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw

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After five years, Tokyo’s Olympic marathon heads for the finish line

After five years, Tokyo’s Olympic marathon heads for the finish line

Caught between rising coronavirus infections and a heatwave. The indomitable spirit of the Japanese people has seen these Games through.

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Tokyo Marathon cancelled for 38,000 non-pro runners

Tokyo Marathon cancelled for 38,000 non-pro runners

Organisers of the Tokyo Marathon have cancelled Japan's biggest running event for non-professional runners.

  • by Shiho Takezawa
Nike's controversial running shoes get clearance for Olympics

Nike's controversial running shoes get clearance for Olympics

World Athletics has announced limits on the technology, however, likely ruling out the exact pair that helped deliver the first sub-two-hour marathon.

  • by Eben Novy-Williams
The mother load: why athletes are still playing blind after giving birth

The mother load: why athletes are still playing blind after giving birth

More and more top athletes are returning to sport after childbirth. But why are they still doing it with so little information?

  • by Georgina Robinson
'It's just ludicrous': Rob de Castella backs call for Nike shoe ban

'It's just ludicrous': Rob de Castella backs call for Nike shoe ban

The Australian marathon great says Nike's Vaporfly shoes are not in the "spirit" of athletics.

  • by Sarah Keoghan
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'It was to be part of history': The Australians who helped Kipchoge run into record books

'It was to be part of history': The Australians who helped Kipchoge run into record books

When world history was made in Austria last month, four Australian distance runners played a small but consequential part.

  • by Michael Gleeson
Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei wins New York City Marathon title on debut

Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei wins New York City Marathon title on debut

Joyciline Jepkosgei had never pushed her powerful legs over 21km's.

Fresh off world record marathon, Kosgei says women can go even faster

Fresh off world record marathon, Kosgei says women can go even faster

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei does not plan to coast on her latest accomplishment – even if that happens to be running the fastest-ever women's marathon.

  • by Amy Tennery
Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffe's world marathon record

Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffe's world marathon record

Kenyan Brigid Kosgei breaks Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old marathon world record.

'Like first man on moon': Kipchoge smashes two-hour marathon barrier

'Like first man on moon': Kipchoge smashes two-hour marathon barrier

Eliud Kipchoge had led a monastic existence for the past four months at his training camp in Kenya for the sole purpose of breaking the mythical record.

  • by Andrew Keh

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