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The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2]
The women's vault record has been advanced 9 times indoors by three different women, each ratified as a world record. The last record to be set indoors was in 2004. Sergey Bubka 's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect.
One mile ; 3000 metres ; Two ... IAAF Statistics Book 2009 – World record progressions (Men's from page 202–222, women's from page 292–309)
American mile record-holder Nikki Hiltz, who was second in the women's field in 4 :27.5 last year, is among a strong group looking to break that record—and the official world record of 4 :20.98 ...
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
Next thing I knew, I was signed up to run my first 12K at Big Sur and thanks to the Hoka Cielo X1, man, did I fly! I'm pretty sure these sneakers played a part in how a smile was on my face ...
Diane Susan Leather Charles née Leather (7 January 1933 – 5 September 2018) was an English athlete who was the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. [1]Inspired to take up running aged 19 after watching the 1952 Olympic Games, within months Leather had become national cross-country champion, a title she would go on to win four times.
Sixty-seven years after Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile, it’s still the standard for middle-distance runners. Elite runners and coaches explain what it takes to run a sub-4 ...