Seven world records by five athletes hailing from four different continents in the space of only eight days. The reawakening of athletics following the Olympic summer has been spectacular, culminating ...

Kazakhstan's Irina Tychshenko stole the spotlight with two world records* as four global marks fell during the second edition ...

During the opening night of the men's United States Olympic Trials at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, four world records ...

Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the long-standing 3,000 metres world record by more than three seconds at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Sunday. The Norwegian finished in a time of 7min 17.55sec, ...

It was 1 August 1972, a month after Dave Wottle had stunned himself and the global track and field community by equalling the world 800m record at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene. On the eve of a ...

Seven world records in just over a week raises eyebrows. While such feats are not unheard of in track and field, this record-breaking nine-day period was not at an Olympic Games, a World Championships ...

During a year where more than 10 athletics world records have already been broken, fans now look to the Diamond League Final in Brussels, Belgium to add at least one more. In an Olympic year, the ...

Ingebrigtsen breaks 28-year-old world record Duplantis adds another centimetre to own world mark Tamberi puts Paris failure behind him with high jump win Aug 25 (Reuters) - Norwegian Jakob ...

American Ja'Kobe Tharp ⁠broke ⁠the 110 metres ⁠hurdles world record with a blistering ​time of 12.75 seconds at the NCAA outdoor ‌track and field championships ‌at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on ...

On August 7, at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Jonathan Edwards produced the two greatest triple jumps the world had seen, one after the other. In an enthralling 20 minutes of ...