by ukadmin | Feb 28, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Indoor, News, Pre-event, Track
The European Indoor Championships get underway in Gothenburg, Sweden, tomorrow with a 28-strong team representing GB & NI. Holly Bleasdale (Dan Pfaff, Scott Simpson) will go into the pole vault with a European leading mark of 4.77m set at the British Athletics...
by ukadmin | Feb 25, 2013 | Featured, Half Marathon, Marathon, USA
NEW ORLEANS – February, 24, 2013 – Running competitively on the roads for the first time since winning two gold medals at the London Olympics last summer, Mo Farah didn’t have time to acknowledge all the well-wishers along the half-marathon route of...
by ukadmin | Feb 20, 2013 | Europe, Featured, Indoor, News, Pre-event
Reigning European 800m Indoor Champion Jenny Meadows (coach: Trevor Painter) has been announced as the captain for the GB & NI team for the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden on 1-3 March. Meadows, who made her competitive comeback last weekend at...
by ukadmin | Feb 11, 2013 | Coaching, Featured, News
Five new National Event Group Leads have been named in joint appointments between British Athletics and England Athletics. The five coaches will be part of the British Athletics Coaching and Development team and play a critical role in driving coaching standards...
by ukadmin | Feb 5, 2013 | Featured, News
Ian Stewart has decided to leave UK Athletics with immediate effect in order to pursue independent career opportunities. Stewart has been a vital cog in the machinery of British Athletics for more than 20 years, most notably as Meet Director for the successful...
by ukadmin | Jan 22, 2013 | Featured, Marathon, News
Mara Yamauchi today announced that she has decided to retire from elite competition. After becoming Britain’s second fastest ever marathon runner, and competing both in the Beijing and London Olympic Games, she has decided that now is the right time to move on to new...