which set the global standard marathon distance. Created as part of the London 1908 Olympic Games, it started in the grounds of Windsor Castle, passed through Eton, Slough, Uxbridge, Ruislip ...

Paralympian Richard Whitehead has completed the original marathon route started at the 1908 London Olympics as part of ... and won another gold at the 2016 Rio Games for the same event.

The athlete won gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games for the T42 200 metres with a world record time of 24.38 seconds, and won another gold at the 2016 Rio ... to run an Olympic marathon ...

Jo Fidgen reports from Rio, celebrating the city that's about to host the Olympic Games. Amara Veloso is one of Rio's only female life-guards, patrolling some of the world's busiest beaches.

If we're talking famous athletes, we know that all four reigning Olympic and Paralympic marathon champions (Sifan Hassan, Tamirat Tola, Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug) are taking part in the ...

the Boston Marathon was regarded as the second-most prestigious marathon next to the Olympics. His triumph also lifted the spirits of his countrymen only six years after the end of World War II.