by ukadmin | Jul 11, 2012 | Featured, News, Track, Youth
The Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team opened its medal account at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona thanks to a spirited bronze medal performance by 3000m runner Emelia Gorecka (coach: Mick Woods). The Aldershot, Farnham and District...
by ukadmin | Jul 4, 2012 | Featured, News, Track
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today 71 track and field athletes selected to Team GB for the London 2012 Olympic Games. These athletes join the six marathon runners earlier selected to complete the Team GB athletics line-up, bringing the athletics...
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 | Jul 1, 2012 | Europe, Featured, News, Track
It was a mixed bag of results at the end of day four at the 21st European Athletics Championship in Helsinki. Danny Talbot (coach: Daniel Cossins) claimed the only Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland medal – bronze in the 200m. The men’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay...
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,...