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Turkish Delight for UKA

400m Relay Winners - Turkey 2012

400m Relay Winners - Turkey 2012

The Aviva GB & NI team celebrated further medal success in the final session at the World indoors at the Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, with an outstanding gold for the women’s 4x400m relay squad and a number of other podium finishes to round off their best ever weekend at the Championship. [Read more...]

Ennis takes Silver in Istanbul

Jessica Ennis - Istanbul 2012

Jessica Ennis - Istanbul 2012

On Friday evening at the Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, the Aviva GB & NI team celebrated their first medal of the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships campaign. [Read more...]

World 2012 Indoor Team Named

Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis

UKA today announced defending World champions Jessica Ennis (coach: Toni Minichiello) and Dwain Chambers (self-coached) in a 39-strong squad as part of the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey  9 – 11 March. [Read more...]

Bleasdale for Birmingham Indoors

Holly Bleasdale for Birmingham Indoors

Holly Bleasdale for Birmingham Indoors

New world No. 1 Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic pole vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday 18 February.

The 20-year-old pole vault prodigy, who cleared 4.87m at a meet in Villeurbanne, France, last month to move to No. 2 on the all-time list behind world indoor record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, will step out in front of a capacity crowd at the NIA in the third and final indoor meet of the Aviva Series 2012. [Read more...]

Team GB win Kelvin Hall International

Team GB Celebration - Kelvin Hall 2012

Team GB Celebration - Kelvin Hall 2012

The Aviva GB & NI Team enjoyed a rousing and successful 2012 send-off from the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena, Glasgow in the 21st and final Aviva International Match to be staged at the venue this afternoon. [Read more...]

Cockroft sets new world record

 

Hannah Cockroft new World Record

Hannah Cockroft new World Record

Double World Champion Hannah Cockroft (coach: Peter Eriksson) has broken the T34 400m World Record in her first major event of the 2012 season when clocking 1:00.67 in the Summer Down Under Series in Canberra, Australia. [Read more...]

Marriott wins Gloucester 50km

Adrian Marriott - Gloucester 50km

Adrian Marriott - Gloucester 50km

Adrian Marriott wins Gloucester 50km race in a course record and 7th fastest all time by a Brit.

Last Sunday, 22nd January, Yeovil based GB international marathon runner Adrian Marriott made his ultramarathon debut at the Gloucester 50km race. [Read more...]

Wilson banning upheld

Bernice Wilson banning upheld

Bernice Wilson banning upheld

UK Anti-Doping has confirmed that Bernice Wilson has been given a four-year suspension following an anti-doping rule violation.

Ms Wilson tested positive for the anabolic steroids testosterone and clenbuterol on 12 June 2011 and was provisionally suspended from all competition on 9 July 2011. Ms Wilson is banned from participation in sport up to and including 8 July 2015. An independent National Anti-Doping Panel found that this case warranted the maximum sanction of a four-year ban.  Ms Wilson appealed, and the Appeal panel confirmed the four-year ban. [Read more...]

Series goes to Antrim

Series goes to Antrim

Series goes to Antrim

International athletes will take to the hills of Greenmount, Antrim this weekend for the annual Northern Irish cross country event – The IAAF International Cross.

The event, which takes place on Saturday 21 January, is part of the McCain UK Cross Challenge Series and is one of only eleven IAAF permitted cross country races in the world. [Read more...]

UK dominates at Cross Country

Emelia Gorecka

Emelia Gorecka

In yet another outstanding series of performances – including brilliant individual gold medals from Emelia Gorecka (coach: Mick Woods) and Emma Pallant (Mick Woods) – the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team topped the medal table for the fourth successive year at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Velenje, Slovenia today (Sunday 11 December). [Read more...]