marathons

Olympics marathon moved because of heat fears

The marathon and long-distance walking events at next year's Olympics have been moved from Tokyo to Sapporo to avoid a repeat of the recent World Championships in Doha where athletes toiled in searing heat and humidity.

Eliud Kipchoge ran sub-two hour marathon

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has successfully completed the first ever marathon under two hours in the Austrian capital of Vienna, two years since he fell 25 seconds short.

Scientist questions Eliud Kipchoge's idea

Eliud Kipchoge has likened his upcoming attempt to break the two-hour marathon barrier to Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing in 1969, but one leading sports scientist says the conditions are