by ukadmin | Feb 2, 2012 | Featured, Indoor, News
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...
by ukadmin | Jan 29, 2012 | Featured, Indoor, News
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. And providing the most thrilling finale for the...
by ukadmin | Jan 26, 2012 | Featured, News, Parathletics
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. It was an exciting start to her...
by ukadmin | Jan 24, 2012 | Featured, News, Ultra
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. On a blustery day with...
by ukadmin | Jan 20, 2012 | Doping, Featured, Indoor, News
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...
by ukadmin | Jan 19, 2012 | Cross Country, Featured, News, Pre-event
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...