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In 1967 in Bakersfield, Ryun turned in what might have been the best mile ever. Top runners will take a shot at the current record this weekend in Eugene.

In 1967 in Bakersfield, Ryun turned in what might have been the best mile ever. Top runners will take a shot at the current record this weekend in Eugene.

Chumo was the first Kenyan athlete to win a medal during the 1968 Olympic Games

I have always enjoyed watching running and swimming global championships as my two favourite racing sports covering sprint to long distances without the aid…

The story of Marcello Fiasconaro's 1:43.7 world 800m record

Australian Olympian Peter Bol fails out-of-competition drug test-

He always maintained that a push by another athlete restricted him to bronze in Tokyo

Kiprugut wrote himself into the annals of history when he finished third in the 800m at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Kenya's first ever Olympic medal

Wilson Kiprugut, the first Kenyan to win an Olympic medal and a pioneer of the country's track success, has died aged 84.

"Chuma was one of those athletes who put Kenya on the world map. This is a sad day for the country and for the world of athletics. He was an extraordinary man,"