Tigist Assefa posted one of the most stunning times in the history of marathons, covering the 26.2-mile distance of the Berlin Marathon in 2:11:53 on Sunday. Assefa broke the women's marathon world ...

Kenya’s women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich was banned for three years on Thursday after she admitted to anti-doping rule violations, but her 2:09:56 mark will remain on the books as ...

Ruth Chepngetich’s “impossible” marathon world record will continue to stand despite a three-year doping ban. Chepngetich, the Kenyan long-distance runner, failed a doping test for the banned diuretic ...

British runner Kate Jayden broke a world record for most consecutive days to run a marathon distance by a female by running 26.2 miles every day for 106 days. The Guinness Book of World Records ...

The women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after admitting an anti-doping violation, but her record time will be allowed to stand because it pre-dated ...

MONACO(AP) — Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng'etich has been banned for three years after admitting a doping violation, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. The ...

On Monday, January 26, 2026, Guinness World Records officially confirmed that Kenyan environmental activist Truphena Muthoni set the world’s longest marathon hugging a tree — 72 hours straight, ...

Sabastian Sawe grins and then bursts into laughter when it is suggested that a world record would have materialised at this year’s Berlin Marathon had there been better conditions. It is just a month ...

Ethiopian star Yomif Kejelcha, who is one of the most accomplished distance runners of the past decade, will make his marathon debut. The 28-year-old owns two world championship silver medals in the ...

MONACO (AP) — Women’s marathon world record-holder Ruth Chepng’etich has been banned for three years after admitting a doping violation, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. The ...