British Athletics place 114 athletes on 2018-19 funding list
Distance runner Laura Weightman and long jumper Shara Proctor have been returned to the British Athletics World Class Programme (WCP) after clinching European bronze in … Read more
Keeping Track: Monday news column 12th November
IAAF SHELVES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFICATION PLAN The IAAF says competitors will qualify for next year’s World Athletics Championships in Doha based on the traditional method of … Read more
IAAF shelves plans for rankings-based World Championships qualification
The IAAF has put plans to change the way athletes qualify for the World Championships on hold, because “uncertainty remains” about a move to a … Read more
Reekie and Sweeney take Scottish Short Course XC wins
Andy Young landed the scottishathletics Performance Coach of the Year award one week prior to the Lindsays Short Course XC Championships. If that was largely for his high profile work … Read more
Avery and Mahamed seal Cross Challenge victories in Milton Keynes
Mahamed Mahamed (coach: Peter Haynes; club: Southampton AC) and Kate Avery (Terrence Mahon; Shildon) retained their places at the top of the British Athletics Cross … Read more
Steph Twell set for marathon debut
Commonwealth and European track medallist Steph Twell is ready to race her first marathon before the end of this year. The Olympian and GB and … Read more
Throwback Thursday: Long Jump’s golden era
If ever there was a moment that epitomised the phrase ‘hold my beer’, this was probably it. In 1991, at the World Championships in Tokyo, … Read more
Ones to watch: Records have tumbled at Max Burgin’s feet
In a year where the world has marvelled at sensational young talents like European pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis and European double winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, … Read more
Markhim Lonsdale: ‘If they can do it, I can do it’
Few other junior athletes have shown promise and consistency like Markhim Lonsdale, as the 19-year-old prepares to start the upcoming season as an under 23. … Read more
Keeping Track: Monday news column 5th November
MARATHON WIN FOR MARY Mary Keitany won her fourth New York City Marathon in 2:22.48 to regain her title. The Kenyan athlete’s time was five-and-a-half … Read more