LONDON MARATHON WILL SEE KIPCHOGE v FARAH
Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge has confirmed his attendance at this year’s London Marathon, alongside Sir Mo Farah. The event will take place on Sunday 28 April this year. We’ve been taking a look at how close the two are on paper.
The greatest of all time is coming back…🐐@EliudKipchoge will run the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon!#LondonMarathon #EliteWeek pic.twitter.com/Qc5PAenqlY
— Virgin Money London Marathon (@LondonMarathon) January 14, 2019
HEPTATHLON STAR THIAM WON’T DEFEND TITLE
Olympic, world and European heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam won’t be lining up in Glasgow at the European Indoor Championships in March. The Belgian is said to have torn a muscle in her leg during training. Reports in Belgian media say the injury will deprive her of an indoor season and put her out for an estimated six weeks.
Nafissatou Thiam has been ruled out of the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow after tearing a muscle in her left leg while training in South Africa.
Speedy recovery, Nafi! pic.twitter.com/DfWhUs9dO0
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) January 14, 2019
SECOND OVERALL FOR BRITS IN STIRLING
Laura Muir claimed a fifth successive relay title in helping the British team to second overall behind Team Europe at the Great Stirling XCountry. Read more and watch back on the BBC iPlayer here.
🎥 | @lauramuiruns brings it home for GB 🇬🇧 to claim a 5️⃣th consecutive Mixed Relay title at @SimplyhealthUK #GSXC2019 🔥 pic.twitter.com/5Yk9D7w6Dt
— Great Run (@Great_Run) January 12, 2019
OGBETA JUMPS NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD
British triple jump champion Naomi Ogbeta managed 13.49m, a Northern Indoor Championships record. Not bad for a season opener – she’s only ever jumped further at two other indoor competitions – both in 2018.
At the same tournament, sprinter Andy Robertson won the 60m final. Watch more highlights from the event here.
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CALLUM HAWKINS RUNS 10K PB AFTER ONE SESSION
Callum Hawkins – who was fourth in the marathon at the World Championships two years ago – ran at 10K PB of 28:55 in Valencia. He claimed it was off the back of one workout session. Results are available here.
Had a decent outing in Valencia today. 28:55 is not bad considering I’ve only done one session(workout) in 2019 due to a small injury. Was a decent run out to get the legs going as I start my build up to my next big target. #thebobproject #newbalance #nbrunning #garmin
— Callum Hawkins (@callhawk) January 13, 2019
SAWYERS TALKS OF MISSING HOME AND HOW SHE SETTLED
Long jumper Jazmin Sawyers has been speaking about adapting to life in the USA, mentioning “you crack a joke and no-one understands!” Read the full article in Athletics Weekly.
WORLD SILVER MEDALLIST LEVCHENKO CLEARS 1.96M
21-year-old high jumper Ukranian Yuliya Levchenko, who was world silver medallist in 2017, cleared 1.96m in Kiev. It backed up the 1.98m she went over last month. This and more from European Athletics.
Yuliya Levchenko maintains her excellent early season form with a 1.96m clearance in Kyiv.
Other weekend highlights:
🇺🇦 Saladukha opens with 14.07m
🇩🇪 Klosterhalfen makes her racing debut in the US
🇩🇰 Kramer breaks long-standing Danish 60m recordMore ⬇️https://t.co/sA2MBA1ZSq pic.twitter.com/KOL5xt8qZQ
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) January 14, 2019
16-YEAR-OLD AMY HUNT TOP OF UK RANKINGS
Charnwood’s Amy Hunt kept her place at the top of the UK rankings with a 7.41s PB over 60m in Loughborough. Hunt is the reigning England under 17 100m champion(click to watch), but will compete as an under 20 this year.
@AmyHunt02 @PeteHunt44 great PB today 7.41 for 60 at Loughborough.
— Joe McDonnell☘️ (@100mcoach) January 12, 2019
MCCOLGAN RUNS NEW LIFETIME BEST IN DOHA
Friday night saw Eilish McColgan clock 31:51, her fastest ever 10K in what has been a strong winter so far for the European silver medallist. Her previous best was 31:53 from the same event last January.
First race in new kit✔
First win✔
Brand new shiny PB to boot! A pretty good start to 2019 😁🙌🏃Early start in Doha but happy with a win & PB of 31:51. Coming off some of my biggest mileage weeks for a long time too 😴! Must have been the new racing shoes 😝 #ASICS #IMoveMe pic.twitter.com/gnZrkOiBWK
— Eilish McColgan (@EilishMccolgan) January 11, 2019
DOYLE RUNS FIRST 400 OF 2019
Eilidh Doyle began her campaign to do well on home soil at the Glasgow-based European Indoor Championships with a 53.38s 400m in Glasgow.
More valuable prep for @EilidhDoyle ahead of #Glasgow2019 🤜🤛
Eilidh ran 53.38 secs in her first 400m outing of the season in the Scottish National Indoor Open at the Emirates Arena 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/55XOz0Ssxa
— Glasgow 2019 Athletics (@Glasgow2019) January 12, 2019
ENGLAND ATHLETICS PROPOSE COUNCIL CHANGES
England Athletics are looking at making changes to its volunteer-led national council system. Hear about them in the latest episode of their podcast here and find details on them on the website.
There’s also an interview with masters runner Philip Ide, who made his England debut after taking up running later in life.
