Following the trial race at the Reading half marathon last weekend, British Athletics will be sending four athletes to the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday 29 March. … [Read more...]
Mo Farah nominated for Laureus
February 26, 2014
Mo Farah's achievement in winning the 5,000m and 10,000m double at last year's World Championships in Moscow has seen him nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year honour. … [Read more...]
Vernon and Purdue excel in Antrim
January 5, 2014
The third leg of the British Athletics Cross Challenge took place today at the Antrim IAAF International Cross Country event. A sprinkling of morning rain made for muddy underfoot conditions for the later races while temperatures remained cold throughout the day. … [Read more...]
Gorecka leads UK Euro Charge
November 26, 2013
Emelia Gorecka will attempt to win a fourth consecutive under 20 women’s medal after being selected as part of a 36-strong GB & NI team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on Sunday 8 December. … [Read more...]
Farah, Ohuruogu named Athletes of the Year
November 22, 2013
Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) and Christine Ohuruogu (Lloyd Cowan) have been named Male and Female British Athletes of the Year following a total of over 15,000 public votes on the British Athletics Facebook page. … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Year Voting
November 12, 2013
Following another successful year for the GB and NI team, British Athletics has today announced the shortlists for the annual British Athletics Athlete of the Year Awards. For the first time ever, fans will be able to vote in the six categories by visiting the British Athletics Facebook page. … [Read more...]
Performance Program Selections
October 17, 2013
UKA, the national governing body for British athletics, has announced the Olympic and Paralympic athletes that will be supported by the World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2013- 2014. … [Read more...]
Sports Guru to lead by example
October 14, 2013
Brazil’s capital is hosting both the World Football Cup and the Olympics, but down in the Rio Grande Do Sul Porto Alegre is ready and now receiving 4,500 athletes from 83 countries for the biennial World Masters Athletics Track and Field Championships that run from Wednesday 16th through to Sunday 27th. … [Read more...]
British victories in Oslo
June 14, 2013
There were two British victories this evening at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, the sixth leg of the IAAF Diamond League. Shara Proctor (coach: Rana Reider) led the women’s long jump from the very first round as she leaped to 6.89m, just two centimetres short of her season’s best. The World Indoor bronze … [Read more...]
Eriksson quits post
May 16, 2013
British Athletics has confirmed that Head Coach Peter Eriksson will be leaving his post at the end of June, having asked to be released from his contract in order to return to Canada to be with his family. … [Read more...]
