Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, envisions the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics inspiring a new generation of American distance runners. Reflecting on her own ...

Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor and Ethiopia's Mizan Alem claim comfortable wins in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon men's and ...

Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the women's race at the London Marathon, Sunday, April 27, 2025. Credit: AP/Alberto Pezzali “It was a little bit humid," Jepkosgei said.

Assefa made up for second-place finishes in London and the Paris Olympics last year, finishing in 2:15:50. It was the fastest ever time in a women’s-only marathon — but 25 seconds slower than ...

Assefa, the 28-year-old Olympic silver medalist, won Sunday in 2:15:50, beating the previous women’s-only record of 2:16:16 set by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir in London last year.

Super fast start to the women’s race, with the leaders now well inside the pace of the women’s only world record that was set last year. Sifan Hassan, the Olympic champion and London Marathon ...

She believes women’s distance running has undergone a profound transformation since the 1980s. Read more at straitstimes.com.