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These Running Shoes Keep Breaking the Rules

A decade after Nike's "super shoes" revolutionized distance running, a new trend is grabbing the sport's attention: running shoes with soles even higher than what's allowed in official races—despite an...

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Teen Stripped of Track Title Moments After Celebrating Win

A California high school track star found out the hard way last weekend that some rejoicing may be best left for private. Sophomore Clara Adams of Salinas came in first on Saturday in the 400-meter...

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Kenyan Runner to Attempt What Was Once Thought Impossible

Faith Kipyegon, already a legend on the track, is about to test the limits of human speed as she attempts to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes—a feat once thought impossible....

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Man, 80, Sets Record for 'World's Toughest Race'

At age 80, Bob Becker has become the oldest person to finish the Badwater 135, an ultramarathon often dubbed the "world's toughest race." The grueling course traverses 135 miles of California's Death...

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26-Year-Old Arrested in Death of 'Sikh Superman'

Indian authorities have arrested a man in connection with the hit-and-run death of centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh, who died Monday at the age of 114 after being hit in his hometown of Beas...

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Track Star Has a Mea Culpa for Her Beau

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has addressed her recent domestic violence arrest and apologized to boyfriend Christian Coleman, per the AP . Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account on Monday...

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He Pulled Off 'Impossible Dream' in the Tetons. Now, Possible Jail

A record-smashing dash up Grand Teton's tallest peak has landed Idaho runner Michelino Sunseri not just in the record books, but also in legal hot water. Sunseri, a North Face-sponsored athlete, was...

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America's McLaughlin-Levrone Just Did Something Incredible

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has notched the fastest time in one women's track event in four decades, managing to finish the 400-meter race in a sub-48-second time. McLaughlin-Levrone blazed through a...

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Champion Runner Caster Semenya Gives Up Her Fight

Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya is ending a seven-year legal challenge against sex eligibility rules in track and field, her lawyers said Thursday, despite winning a ruling at the European Court...

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