Top Stories from the past few weeks
1. Josh Kerr breaks mile world record with 3:42.66s run at London Diamond League.
2. USA Championships (See Track results table below)
A. Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles win U.S. 100-meter titles at U.S. Nationals
https://thegrio.com/2026/07/25/shacarri-richardson-noal-lyles-nationals/
B. Cooper Lutkenhaus, 17, Completes a U.S. 800m Sweep in New York
https://marathonhandbook.com/cooper-lutkenhaus-usatf-800m-sweep/
C. Nikki Hiltz wins 1500m by a whisker, claiming fourth consecutive national crown [Her 9th consecutive when considering indoor and outdoor, Incredible].
D. Other highlights:
- Noah pulls up in the 200M final (muscle cramp).
- Men's 1500 meters (Nathan Green) is a jogfest as the winning time (3:50.27) is slower than the Mile WR.
3. Diamond League in the last month:
Paris - June 28th - Women's 800 Warro (looks like the best in the world) 1:53.8 Femke 1:55.6 (Continue to improve bigtime). Men's 100M Bromell 9.91 Lyles (2nd) 9.92. Men's 5000M Grant Fisher wins.
Eugene (Prefontaine) July 4th - Women's 100M Hodge 10.82 Richardson (2nd) 10.83. Women's 800M Odira 1:56.19 Hodgkinson (2nd) 1:56.73. Women's Mile Hiltz 4:17.49 Kipyegon (3rd) 4:17.8. Men's mile Myers 3:46.06 Nuguse (2nd) Hocker (6th). Men's 800 Miller 1:43.68 Lutkenhaus (2nd) 1:44.62.
Monaco July 10th - Women's 3000 Ngetich 8:08.95, Kipyegon (4th). Men's 1000 Wanyonyi 2:11.83 (NEW WR).
London July 18th - Women's 800 Hodgkinson 1:56.21 Femke (2nd) 1:56.46. Men's 800M Miller 1:42.19 Wanyonyi (4th) 1:43.31. Men's Mile Kerr 3:42.66 (NEW WR). Men's Pole Vault - Kendricks (1st) Mondo (2nd).
4. New Broadcast Guidelines for Track and Field Want Less ‘Sexualization’—and More Focus on Performance
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a71933683/women-athletes-broadcast-guidelines/
5. Men more likely to hit the wall in a marathon, new study finds - A new study, published in Scientific Reports, looked at 873,334 Berlin Marathon finishes from 1999 to 2025 to see how often that late-race slowdown happens, and who is most likely to experience it. The researchers defined hitting the wall as slowing by at least 20 per cent after the halfway mark, compared to the first half of the race. In the study, 17.6 per cent of male runners hit the wall, compared with only 9.7 per cent of female runners. And the difference only increased the faster the runners went. For those finishing under three hours, men were about six times more likely than women to fall apart in the second half.