by ukadmin | Jun 9, 2014 | Featured, News, Parathletics
More para records fell in Switzerland yesterday, as 14 personal bests, five national records and one world record tumbled from GB & NI athletes. After breaking the T34 100m and 200m world record a matter of days ago, Hannah Cockroft (coach: Jenni Banks) continued...
by ukadmin | Oct 17, 2013 | Featured, News, Parathletics, Track
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. The selection of these athletes is based on their potential to win medals...
by ukadmin | Jul 1, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Parathletics, Track
Jonnie Peacock (coach: Dan Pfaff) created a huge shock overnight (30 June) running 10.85 seconds (+0.7m/s) for the T43/44 100m at the US Paralympic Track & Field Trials, a World Record mark that eclipses the times set by South African `Blade Runner’ Oscar...
by ukadmin | Jun 28, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Parathletics, Track
T42 200m World Record holder Richard Whitehead (coach: Liz Yelling/Keith Antoine) smashed his global best by over half a second with an impressive time of 24.93 (+1.9m/s) to win gold on the penultimate day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal,...
by ukadmin | Jun 25, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Parathletics
15-year old Olivia Breen (Leroy Elliot) will make her Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland debut in this week’s IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal, Holland (24-28 June). The Portsmouth athlete – who will compete in the T38 100m and 200m...
by ukadmin | May 23, 2012 | Featured, News, Parathletics, Track
Graeme Ballard (coach: Steve Thomas) smashed the men’s T36 100m World Record in today’s BT Paralympic World Cup (Tuesday 22 May) in 11.98 (+1.9m/s), becoming the first cerebral palsy athlete in history to duck under 12 seconds in that category. 32-year-old Ballard...