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August 2026

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Road

Isaia Lasoi and Daniel Mateiko both break the Antrim Coast Half Marathon record in Larne

Lasoi won in 58:26 by four seconds from Mateiko, with Kenya taking the first four places; Girmawit Gebrzihair won the women's race in 1:06:12.

August 23, 2026
Ultra

Adrian Macdonald wins a third Leadville 100 on a course rerouted around the Willow Fire

Macdonald ran 15:47:23; McKendree Hickory won the women's race in 19:39:12 in her first 100-miler, tenth overall, on a course without Sugarloaf or Powerline.

August 22, 2026
Track

Werro beats Bol in a meeting record at Athletissima; Wanyonyi runs 1:42.19 in Lausanne

Five meeting records fell at the Pontaise, where Birhanu Balew won a 5000 m with four men under 12:59 and Winfred Yavi ran 9:00.04.

August 21, 2026
Road

Habtom Samuel runs 30:53 at Falmouth, the first sub-31 in the race's 54 years

The Eritrean took 15 seconds off a record that had stood since 2004; Pamela Kosgei beat Jess McClain in a photo finish, both timed in 35:25.

August 16, 2026
Road

Petros and Vainio win the European marathon titles on the streets of Birmingham

Petros, so often the runner-up, won in 2:09:11 from Pietro Riva; Vainio ran a championship record 2:22:26 and won by five minutes.

August 16, 2026
Track

Stefan Nillessen kicks past a bunched field for a surprise European 1500 m title

The Dutch European U23 champion won in 3:35.70 with the top five inside a second; Andrew Coscoran came through on the inside for Ireland's bronze.

August 15, 2026
Track

Andreas Almgren runs 27:23.44, a championship record, for the European 10,000 m title

The Swede split 21:59.0 at 8000 m and closed the last 5000 m in 13:17.74 to win by 19 seconds from Dominic Lobalu in Birmingham.

August 15, 2026
Track

Audrey Werro beats Keely Hodgkinson for the European 800 m title, a day after a fall

Reinstated on appeal after going down in her semi-final, the 22-year-old Swiss ran the last lap in 56.45 to win in a championship record 1:54.81.

August 14, 2026
Track

Battocletti completes the European distance double with the 10,000 m in 31:41.17

Three days after the 5000 m, the Italian won again at Alexander Stadium, with Maureen Koster of the Netherlands second and Jana Van Lent of Belgium third.

August 14, 2026
Track

Mark English, 33, wins the European 800 m, Ireland's first individual men's title

Third at the bell behind Bloudek and Attaoui, the Donegal doctor went past inside the last 100 m to win in 1:45.26 in Birmingham.

August 13, 2026
Track

Nadia Battocletti wins the European 5000 m; Sarah Healy misses bronze by 0.30

The Italian controlled a slow, tactical final and won in 15:37.84 from Spain's Marta García and her teammate Micol Majori at Alexander Stadium.

August 11, 2026
Track

Ingebrigtsen wins a fourth European 5000 m title in his first race since Achilles surgery

Boxed in coming into the straight, he found a gap and passed Florian Bremm in the last 50 m to win in 13:15.29 at Alexander Stadium.

August 10, 2026
Trail

Philemon Kiriago wins a third Sierre-Zinal in 2:26:24; Madalina Florea takes her first

Kiriago broke Patrick Kipngeno on the descent to Zinal for a Kenyan sweep of the podium; Florea held off defending champion Caroline Kimutai by 46 seconds.

August 8, 2026
Track

Emmanuel Kiprono, 17, solos 7:28.28 at the World U20 Championships in Eugene

The Kenyan went through 400 m in 1:01.96, led by nine seconds at 1600 m and won by 19.51 seconds, 0.09 off the world U20 record.

August 7, 2026

July 2026

10 stories
Track

Georgia Hunter Bell wins the Commonwealth 800 m, breaking the race with 200 to go

The England runner ran 1:59.51 at Scotstoun; Lilian Odira took silver in 2:00.58 and Sarah Billings bronze, 0.03 back, for her first senior medal.

July 31, 2026
Track

Rose Davies completes the first Commonwealth 5000 m and 10,000 m double by a woman

Davies beat Jessica Hull 14:44.53 to 14:45.01 at Scotstoun, with Scotland's Megan Keith third in 14:49.10 after leading into the last two kilometres.

July 30, 2026
Track

Cherotich runs a Games record 9:01.76; Myers takes Keino's mile mark in a heat

Cherotich beat Elise Thorner and Peruth Chemutai by nearly four seconds; Myers ran 3:53.85 in round one of the first Commonwealth mile since 1966.

July 29, 2026
Track

Ky Robinson wins Commonwealth 10,000 m gold; Isle of Man's Mullarkey takes bronze

Robinson sat through 15 slow laps and wound it up over the last ten to win in 27:48.93 from Gulveer Singh (27:49.78) and Mullarkey (27:50.28).

July 28, 2026
Ultra

Jolliffe breaks 21 hours at Badwater; Carmen Maria Perez second overall in 21:05:32

Both course records fell on the 135 miles from Death Valley to Whitney Portal: Jolliffe 20:53:41, Perez 39 minutes under the women's mark.

July 28, 2026
Track

Rose Davies wins the Commonwealth 10,000 m in Glasgow; Kenya sweeps the steeplechase

On the opening night at Scotstoun, Davies ran 31:39.32 to win by ten seconds; Edmund Serem led Simon Koech and Leonard Bett in 8:18.23.

July 27, 2026
Track

Cooper Lutkenhaus, 17, wins the US 800 m title in 1:43.48 with a 25.32 last 200 m

On the final day in New York, Lutkenhaus completed an indoor-outdoor sweep; Vincent Ciattei and Emily Mackay won the 5000 m titles in sprint finishes.

July 26, 2026
Track

Hiltz wins a fourth straight US 1500 m title by 0.04; Nathan Green takes the men's

Slow finals at Icahn Stadium came down to the last lap: Hiltz 4:06.92 over Addy Wiley and Emily Mackay; Green 3:50.27 over Vincent Ciattei by 0.05.

July 25, 2026
Road

Everlyn Kemboi and Mohammed El Youssfi win the Bix 7 in Davenport

Kemboi ran 35:30 up and down Brady Street for the women's title; El Youssfi became the second Moroccan to win the men's race.

July 25, 2026
Track

Kincaid closes in 54.89 for a third US 10,000 m title; Sydney Vaught wins her first

On the opening night at Icahn Stadium in New York, Kincaid held off Grant Fisher 30:13.66 to 30:14.46; Vaught ran 33:30.60 after a 3:13 opening 800 m.

July 23, 2026