The World Athletics Road Running Championships return on Sept. 19 and 20 in Copenhagen, three years after the first edition and a year after the second was cancelled. Here is the format, the courses, the fields and the schedule.
General entries for the June 13 centenary open Wednesday with the field capped at 28,000. The race has replaced most of what the national federation used to provide, though not the qualifier.
Copenhagen will allocate its 2027 half-marathon entries by random draw. Registration is free, opens Sept. 16, and the field grows to a record 45,000.
The first World Athletics Ultimate Championship opens Friday in Budapest, with $10 million in prize money and 28 titles across three nights. Here is the format, the money, the fields and the schedule.
World Athletics published its final entry lists on Monday without her, and the Budapest long jump field is still eight jumpers. She also comes off the card for Athlos London ten days later.
Kiprono led into the finish straight at the Birell 10K Night Race on Saturday, ran off the course behind a departing television vehicle, and finished third in 27:18. RunCzech has apologized and will pay him the winner’s prize money anyway.
A London Assembly member and businesses along the route in Greenwich want detail on two consecutive days of road closures at the 2027 London Marathon, with the Saturday and Sunday split still unannounced.
Kalie McCrystal has been missing on the Matterhorn since Sept. 1. Athletics Canada says her family is now speaking directly with the Italian rescue services.
The European and American record holders have not raced the distance all year. Six weeks after Copenhagen they line up together again at the New York City Marathon, where Almgren will run his first.
The world 10,000m champion is the fastest man on one entry list and 13th on the other. The two races start 19 hours apart.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen apologized on Saturday for calling his rivals losers after the Brussels 1,500m final, then repeated his accusation that Cole Hocker and his team acted cowardly. Hocker’s agent responded in the Norwegian press.
The change goes through on Sept. 21, with Nike’s share price at $38.40 against more than $170 in late 2021, and its running division in the best run of growth it has had in years.
Alison dos Santos closed the meet with a 46.70 meeting record in the 400m hurdles, Audrey Werro beat Femke Broeders-Bol by 0.06 in the 800m, and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi’s 43.40 is the fastest 400m ever run at a Diamond League meeting.
Kalie McCrystal, 38, was last seen below the summit on Tuesday. A second SIM card she was carrying is now the focus of the search.
The Boston Athletic Association accepted 92 finishing times from the Aug. 16 Edmonton Marathon but refused the ones organizers had reduced to account for the extra 674.7 meters.
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