McIntosh just keeps getting faster. The 18-year-old swimmer broke a Canadian and Commonwealth record in the women's 800-metre freestyle on Thursday night at the Southern Zone South Sectional ...

After reaching the Olympic 800m final in Paris last year, Sekgodiso was already showing good form in the early stages of the ...

Pic: AP The longest-standing world record in track athletics is the women's 800m, set in 1983 by Czech runner Jarmila Kratochvilova when she was 32. At a time when there was systemic steroid use ...

Keely Hodgkinson was aiming to break Jolanda Ceplaks womens indoor 800m world record, which has stood for 23 years; it remains unclear whether the Olympic champion will take part in the World Indoor C ...

Keely Hodgkinson admits she is “absolutely gutted” after being forced to pull out of her women’s indoor 800m world record attempt at the Keely Klassic on Saturday through injury. The Olympic ...

Keely Hodgkinson was also confident that the women’s 800m world record would have fallen on Saturday had it not been for a hamstring tear just 72 hours earlier. So what are some of the factors ...

She had been aiming to break Jolanda Ceplak's women's indoor 800m world record, which has stood for 23 years – longer than the 22-year-old Hodgkinson has been alive. Uncertainty now surrounds ...

Is it the ‘super shoes’ phenomenon? Is it the faster tracks? No world athletics record is safe anymore. These are the reasons ...