Kenya Tops Medal Table At World Athletics Road Running Championships

* Peres Jepchirchir celebrates winning her third World half marathon title

Oct 1, 2023

Peres Jepchirchir Hopes For Third World Half-Marathon Title In Riga

RIGA (30-Sep) -- Paula Radcliffe has done it, and so has Tegla Loroupe and Lornah Kiplagat.  Can reigning Olympic Marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir join three of history's greatest distance runners as a three-time winner of the World Athletics Road Running Championships in the half-marathon*?  That is certainly her intention here on Sunday.

Sep 30, 2023

Sam Prakel, Road Mile Master, Excited To Compete For World Title In Riga

RIGA (29-Sep) -- When Sam Prakel won his second USATF road mile title last April at the Grand Blue Mile in Des Moines he had no idea he had set a world record.  In fact, he wouldn't find that out for more than four months until World Athletics ratified his mark of 4:01.21 as the inaugural world record.  The global governing body for athletics had set a benchmark of 3:50.00, but since no athlete had hit that standard by September 1, Prakel got the record because he set one of the few quality road mile marks which met the stringent standards for course certification and configuration, timing precision, and drug testing.

Sep 29, 2023