Timely updates and analysis from elite running and athletics.
Planning the ASICS Gold Coast Marathon? Course profile, weekend schedule, pacing notes, and advice for pacing Australia's flattest major marathon.
At the 2026 USATF Outdoor Championships at Icahn Stadium in New York City, Noah Lyles matched his personal best with a world-leading 9.79 seconds while Sha'Carri Richardson captured her third national 100m title in 10.77 seconds.
Josh Kerr shattered Hicham El Guerrouj's 27-year-old mile world record with a stunning 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League, becoming the first man to break 3:43 and the seventh Briton to hold the record.
Julien Alfred set a London Diamond League meeting record of 21.66 to beat Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas (21.81) in a stacked women's 200m. It was Alfred's third win in nine days and seventh straight victory of 2026.
On his 1000m debut at the 2026 Monaco Diamond League, Kenya's Olympic and world 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran 2:11.83 to break Noah Ngeny's 27-year-old world record.
Josh Kerr will attack Hicham El Guerrouj's 3:43.13 mile world record at the Novuna London Athletics Meet on 18 July 2026. Here's Project 222, the target splits, and what to watch.
At the 2026 Monaco Diamond League, Julien Alfred clocked 21.51 seconds in the women's 200m - a new national record, a meeting record, and a time that places her third on the women's all-time list, behind only Flo-Jo and Shericka Jackson.
The 2026 TCS Sydney Marathon elite field is led by reigning world champions Alphonce Simbu and Peres Jepchirchir, with domestic hopes led by Andy Buchanan and Ellie Pashley.