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 ...

TOKYO (AP)Dodging leaping fish in Tokyo Bay and pressure on the lead, Ana Marcela Cunha kept her cool and finally won at the Olympics on her third try. The Brazilian claimed the women’s 10-kilometer ...

Two-time 5,000m Olympic silver medallist Hellen Obiri is a happy woman. Despite finishing third on her women's marathon debut at the Olympics, she remains focused on better things to come. Obiri added ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) After four years of measuring every workout, every race with stopwatches, the elite runners competing Saturday in the U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials might find their fate ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson is victorious with the American flag after winning the marathon race at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. (Photo by Manny Millan/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) Joan ...

Nina Kuscsik, who helped break open the boys’ club of long-distance running, challenging sexist attitudes and scientific misconceptions while becoming the first woman to run in the New York City ...