Sara Curtis took two tenths off Australian Kaylee McKeown's world record.

British runners in particular have long tried to cross the finish line in less than 4 minutes, records show, sometimes running in the nude or trying to win a bet ...

Josh Kerr won silver and bronze medals in the 1500m at the last two Olympics.

Kerr announced his bid to break the world record months in advance, and pulled off the plan in London on Saturday.

Teenage Italian swimming sensation Sara Curtis has broken five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown's world record in the 50m backstroke. The 19-year-old set the pool alight in the semi-finals of the ...

A former college track star unofficially broke a world record when he ran a mile in 4 minutes and 17 seconds while pushing his daughter in a stroller.

Italian teenager Sara Curtis broke the women's 50m backstroke world record at the European championships with a blistering swim in Paris on Wednesday. Curtis took bronze in the women's 100m freestyle ...

Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break? The world record for the women's 800m is the longest-standing in athletics. No-one has managed to break it for 43 years. Why? Bills QB Josh Allen ...

David Rush — who ran the marathon in 5 hours, 54 minutes and 50 seconds— overcame his body overheating from the layers of ...

A Chinese man managed to spin 33 hula hoops around his body while suspended upside down to break a Guinness World Record.