A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile run by an under–18 athlete. Sam Ruthe crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes at the John Thomas ...

Here’s a complete list of the world record-holders and all-time top 26.2-mile runners.

Yes, at 7-years-old, she's beating teenagers more than twice her age. And even if she can't, that doesn't stop her from ...

A 16-year-old schoolboy from a coastal resort in New Zealand has obliterated the world record for the fastest mile by a junior runner in one of the most jaw-dropping athletics feats of recent times.

A nine-year-old girl has set a potential world record for her age – after completing a 5k in just 19 minutes and 45 seconds.

Records, as they say, are meant to be broken. On Sunday, Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo set the world record for fastest time in the half-marathon, finishing the EDP Lisbon Half Marathon in 57 minutes, ...