IAAF World Records: Ratified
The IAAF – International Association of Athletics Federations announced that the world records have been ratified in the following categories: World Records, World U20 Records, World Indoor Records
World Records
- Men’s decathlon: 9126 Kevin Mayer (France) Talence 16 Sep 2018
- Previous: 9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) Beijing 29 Aug 2015
Kevin Mayer born on 10th February 1992, is a French athlete. Coached by Bertrand Valcin, he is the 2017 world champion, 2016 Olympic silver medalist and world record holder in Decathlon.
- Men’s marathon: 2:01:39 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) Berlin 16 Sep 2018
- Previous: 2:02:57 Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) Berlin 28 Sep 2014
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Eliud Kipchoge born 5th November 1984 is from Kenyan. He is known for long runs, thereby, participates in marathons. In 2016 he won the Olympic marathon and presently is the world record holder of marathon with a time of 2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds at the Berlin marathon 2018. He is known as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, and has won 11 of the 12 marathons.
World U20 Records
- Men’s 5000m: 12:43.02 Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) Brussels 31 Aug 2018
- Previous: 12:47.53 Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) Paris 6 Jul 2012
- Men’s 110m hurdles: 12.99 (0.3m/s) Damion Thomas (JAM) Kingston 23 Jun 2018
- Equalled: 12.99 (0.5m/s) Wilhem Belocian (FRA) Eugene 24 Jul 2014
- Women’s 4x100m: 43.27 Germany (Katrin Fehm, Keshia Kwadwo, Sophia Junk, Jennifer Montag) Grosseto 23 Jul 2017
- Previous: 43.29 USA (Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, Elizabeth Olear, Gabby Mayo) Eugene 8 Aug 2006
World Indoor Records
- Men’s 4x800m: 7:11.30 USA (Joe McCasey, Chris Giesting, Kyle Merber, Jesse Garn) Boston 25 Feb 2018
- Previous: 7:13.11 USA (Richard Jones, David Torrence, Duane Solomon, Erik Sowinski) Boston 8 Feb 2014
- Women’s 4x800m: 8:05.89 USA (Chrishuna Williams, Raevyn Rogers, Charlene Lipsey, Ajee Wilson) New York 3 Feb 2018
- Previous: 8:06.24 Russia (Aleksandra Bulanova, Yekaterina Martynova, Yelena Kofanova, Anna Balakshina) Moscow 18 Feb 2011
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