Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago.

The Fiji Primary Schools Athletics Association is set to host another thrilling national championship this year.

Kenyan cross country runner Emmaculate Anyango Achol has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test for the banned drug testosterone and blood-boosting hormone EPO, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday.

Kenya’s Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon took a victory lap with an easy win in the 1,500 metres at the inaugural women-only Athlos NYC meet, while Brittany Brown stunned Paris 200 gold medallist Gabby Thomas.

Former Fiji Finals senior boys’ high jump gold medalist, Kaiava Francis, was laid to rest today.

The Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than $9 million in 2025, the highest in the history of the series, the organisers said.

American Yared Nuguse fought off a high-calibre field to win the 1,500 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League in Zurich, on a night when the weather dampened world record expectations at the Letzigrund Stadium.

Royals Club coach Antonio Raboiliku has noticed the significant number of athletes who have left the sport to pursue other interests.

Olympic champion Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the 3,000 metres women’s steeplechase in impressive fashion at the Rome Diamond League meeting, coming agonisingly close to breaking the world record with the second-fastest ever time.

Two-times Olympic champion Armand Duplantis soared to another victory in his illustrious resume, winning the city pole vault competition to open the Lausanne Diamond League meeting.

Athletics Fiji coach Albert Miller hopes athletes transitioning into other sports are well taken care of in their new fields.

Jamaica’s dominance in the women’s 100 and 200 metres came to an abrupt end in Paris with sprint queens Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson absent or injured.