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Faith Kipyegon smashes women’s 1500m world record in Florence

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon smashed the women's 1500m world record, clocking 3 minutes, 49.11 seconds at a Diamond League meet in…

11 months ago

Summer McIntosh sets world record in 400-meter individual medley

Summer McIntosh, 16, set her second world record in five days, winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Canadian swimming…

1 year ago

Femke Bol breaks oldest world record in track

Femke Bol, the Olympic 400m hurdles bronze medalist, broke the oldest world record in a track race, a 41-year-old record…

1 year ago

Katie Ledecky wins AP Female Athlete of the Year in tiebreaker

Katie Ledecky earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for a second time after a record-breaking world swimming…

1 year ago

Katie Ledecky breaks second world record in a week

Katie Ledecky broke a short-course swimming world record for the second time in a one-week span.

2 years ago

For the fourth time in 13 months, Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record

She ran the 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in 50.68 seconds, shattering her old mark by 0.73 seconds.

2 years ago

Jocelyn Rivas, 24, heads for Guinness World Record after finishing 100th marathon

Jocelyn Rivas, 24, completed the final leg in her quest to become the youngest runner to finish 100 marathons on…

2 years ago