Chris Chavez
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- Jepchirchir provisionally suspended after EPO finding
The sample was collected out of competition in Kenya before the Sydney Marathon, the Athletics Integrity Unit says.
- LA28 Olympic marathon cut to 70 spots per gender
The quota list closes six days before the US Olympic Marathon Trials in St. Louis.
- Hurley on her 2:20:47 debut, nobody gets there alone
The American debut record holder sat down with CITIUS MAG and spent much of it crediting other people.
- Fiona O'Keeffe has hamstring surgery after tear retracts
The 2:22:49 American course record holder in New York had been announced in the 2026 elite field.
- Young runs 2:05:23 in Chicago on a torn hamstring
Vinny Mauri was on American record pace through 20 miles before his hamstrings seized and he stopped to stretch.
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- Hurley debuts in 2:20:47, fastest ever by an American
Seventh overall and top American in her first race at the distance, and already sixth on the US all-time list.
- Kosgei and Kiplimo take 25 surprise doping tests a year
The two Chicago headliners signed up for roughly four times the testing a normal marathon pool athlete gets, with Nike and their agency paying the bill.
- Young says hamstring hasn't hurt in practice ahead of Chicago
The American record is still the plan Sunday, and Charles Hicks says he moved his build to Park City.
- Kosgei returns to Chicago, Rupp chases the US masters record
Sunday's race has a stacked international field and the deepest American lineup in years.
- Mauri calls his Chicago block a volume experiment
The treadmill clips went viral, but Mauri is framing the whole buildup as data collection.
- Mauri trains on Planet Fitness treadmills, races Chicago
The 2:05 debutant from Toledo heads to a world major off a block almost nobody in American distance running would recognise.
- Clayton Young to race Chicago on a torn hamstring
One doctor told him to take four weeks off and skip the race. He is running anyway.
- Berlin produces five new US Olympic Trials qualifiers
Brendan Martin, Jacqueline Gaughan, Allie Kieffer, Katja Goldring and Gabriella Smith punched tickets to St. Louis.
- Pasadyn scratches from Chicago Marathon after being hit by a car
David Monti says the 2:35:17 marathoner was struck by a car while running and seriously injured.
- Mantz returns from two stress fractures at World Road Champs
The World Road Running Championships open Saturday with Mantz, Nuguse, Kelati and Ingebrigtsen all on the start lists.
- Nairobi lands 2029 Worlds, first in Africa and at altitude
Kasarani Stadium sits at 5,289 feet, and people are already talking about the sprint world records.
- Ingebrigtsen wins 5000m in 12:59.24, then skips the 1500m
Five Americans land inside 13:00.40 behind him, and Josh Kerr has to wait a year for the rematch.
- Spencer calls Ingebrigtsen a "sore loser" over Brussels pacing row
The argument Cole Hocker and Jakob Ingebrigtsen had in Brussels is now the question every miler gets asked on camera.
- Kerr wins Ultimate 1500m after broadcast projected 13th
World Athletics' new win probability graphics had Kerr behind a field he then beat, and reporters had already been calling them out all week.
- Kazimierska and Werro win World Ultimate titles in Budapest
Day 2 in Budapest brought a 1500m where the top nine all broke four minutes and a 43.39 from Collen Kebinatshipi.
- Cam Myers wins Brussels 1500, Ingebrigtsen rips field
A 20-year-old Australian beat the Olympic champion and the world's best, then the post-race interview took over.
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