Athletics, running and major competitions.
Sweden's Andreas Almgren won his first marathon in 2:06:01. Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui reclaimed the New York City title in 2:24:36, while American Jess McClain surged into second.
World Athletics has launched a standalone Running & Mass Participation department covering marathons, cross-country, trail running, RUN X and its road-race label programme.
Masatora Kawano clocked 2:55:14 and Australia's Rebecca Henderson 3:14:52 over 42.195km in Japan. Both world-record performances await formal ratification.
A global 5K treadmill competition opened qualifying on 23 October. World Athletics and Technogym plan a March 2027 final in Italy, with $100,000 in prizes. Here is how the format works.
Ethiopia's Jirata Dinki and Zeineba Yimer won the rain-soaked Frankfurt Marathon on 25 October 2026. Germany's Blanka Dörfel took second on her marathon debut in 2:20:46, while Amanal Petros finished only 20 seconds behind the men's winner.
On 25 October 2026 Rodrigue Kwizera won in Valencia in 58:03, Sheila Chepkirui posted a women's world-leading 1:03:51 and Laura Luengo ran a Spanish record 1:08:28. Why Kwizera's time is not a European record.
World Athletics reported on 24 October that Perseus Karlström won the Lusatian Race Walking meeting in Zittau, Germany.
