Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha ran the London Marathon in under two hours, but he only got second place. He told NPR he hopes to run his next marathon a minute faster.

Yomif Kejelcha said it was “not possible” to break 2 in his debut at 26.2. Then he finished second in the fastest race ever.

The Ethiopian athlete broke the symbolic barrier of the 42.195-kilometer race, but only Sebastian Sawe, the winner in London, will go down in the annals of sport

Sunday's London Marathon was a masterclass in something researchers have been telling us for years about the people around you.From marathon pacing to workplace productivity, evidence shows that the people around you shape how far—and how fast—you can go.

A new era of running has dawned as adidas athletes Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha broke the sub-2-hour marathon barrier at the London Marathon, with Sabastian and Tigist Assefa making

On May 6 1954, Sir Roger Bannister did what was deemed impossible in athletics: he ran a mile in less than four minutes. The milestone was celebrated worldwide, not just by athletics fans. It was considered at the time to be a similar achievement to scaling Mount Everest for the first time,

It’s a goal that Nike has chased for years and reportedly spent millions of dollars to achieve in 2017. And yet: Sawe and Kejelcha were sponsored by Adidas. The blow comes just weeks after the shoemaker made a very public marketing blunder by displaying,

The men's marathon has entered a new era. So far, no athlete had broken two hours in an official race. And then this weekend saw not one but two runners finally breach that barrier. Sabastian Sawe from Kenya and Yomif Kejelcha from Ethiopia will go down in ...