LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in 2028 will propel a new generation of American ...

She dipped under the Olympic Trials standard by 36 seconds at the Houston Marathon. McMahan attributes her success to being ...

If awarded, it would be the first time that Phoenix has hosted the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. St. Louis has also submitted ...

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe used smart tactics to pull away for the victory in the elite men's division of the London Marathon, while Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa smashed the women’s-only world record by 26 ...

LONDON — Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia took advantage of the warm weather to pull away late for her first London Marathon title on Sunday, setting a record time for a women's-only race in the process.

Benson Kipruto, 34, and Hellen Obiri, 35, both from Kenya, secured victory in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, an Olympic bronze medalist, narrowly beat fellow Kenyan Alexander ...

Nina Kuscsik, who was the first celebrity of women’s marathoning and used her clout to agitate for the first women's Olympic race at that distance in 1984, died June 8 of respiratory failure at her ...