Wilson Kipsang produced a superb sprint finish to win the Great North Run from fellow Kenyan Micah Kogo. Kipsang, who took bronze in the London Olympic marathon, produced a late surge to pass Kogo and win the half marathon in 59 minutes and six seconds. Ethiopia’s Imana Merga was third with Britain’s Chris … [Read more...]

Jessica Ennis (Coach: Toni Minichiello) and David Weir (Jenny Archer) have been voted British Olympic and Paralympic Athlete of the Year for 2012 by athletics fans across the country. Ennis secured 48% of the vote, beating double Olympic Champion Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) by just 4%, whilst Weir also collected 48% of … [Read more...]

  World Indoor 4x400m relay champion Perri Shakes-Drayton (coach: Chris Zah) has confirmed her participation in both the Glasgow and Birmingham indoor legs of the 2013 British Athletics Series this winter, running her first ever individual 400m flat indoor races. Shakes-Drayton will start her 2013 campaign at the … [Read more...]

  Britain’s Mo Farah edged out Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam in a dramatic finish to win the New Orleans half-marathon. The pair left the rest of the field trailing, and it was Farah who grabbed the glory as a sprint finish gave him victory in one hour and one minute. Farah, 29, also beat Gebremariam on … [Read more...]

The compact frame of Hungarian Gergo Mezei took line honours in the 5km Road Race at the World Transplant Games in Durban today running a time of 17.36 The 25 year old looked comfortable the entire race, running in the lead group of three athletes he made his calculated break just after going through the … [Read more...]

The Organising Committee for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has confirmed the appointment of Mondo as the Official Provider of athletic track surface. Hampden, Scotland’s National Stadium and Glasgow 2014’s athletics venue, already has a stunning new look with the transformation from the home of … [Read more...]

European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp recorded a new personal best time as she finished fourth at the PBK Games in the Netherlands. The race was won by the USA’s Brenda Martinez, who took bronze at last year’s World Championships in Moscow. Sharp’s time of 2:00:09 was more than two seconds better than … [Read more...]

Two months ago she was in hospital but now, with a powerful turn of foot, Great Britain’s Lynsey Sharp has shown just the type of form she is in to defend her 800m title at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich.                 Her performance at the British Championships in Birmingham, which doubled as the … [Read more...]

IAAF Hall of Fame – 12 legends to be inducted Council approved the names of 12 athletes who will compose this year’s induction into the IAAF Hall of Fame which was inaugurated last year as part of the IAAF’s centenary celebrations. The very strict minimum criteria agreed last year to select the inaugural list of … [Read more...]

Great Britain and Northern Ireland athletes captured no less than six victories at the sun-drenched BT Great City Games Manchester this afternoon, as the annual street athletics festival enjoyed its sixth appearance in the north-west of England. Taking place on a purpose built track on Deansgate and around Albert … [Read more...]