British Athletics have selected athletes to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the European Marathon Cup, which will be included in the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland 12 -17 August. … [Read more...]
Gorecka leads UK Euro Charge
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...]
Sports Guru to lead by example
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...]
Mo for Team Championships
It is just under two months until the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead and the host nation can bank on their star man. Mo Farah, the double Olympic champion, has confirmed he will be available to represent Great Britain and N.I. at the venue where Britain first won the trophy 24 years ago in [...]Mo … [Read more...]
UK Team for Euro Indoors 2013
The European Indoor Championships get underway in Gothenburg, Sweden, tomorrow with a 28-strong team representing GB & NI. … [Read more...]
Steel leads UK to 4th
The Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland women’s team finished an impressive fourth place at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Kavarna, Bulgaria. … [Read more...]
Talbot takes Euro Bronze
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. … [Read more...]
Ennis takes Silver in Istanbul
On Friday evening at the Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, the Aviva GB & NI team celebrated their first medal of the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships campaign. … [Read more...]
World 2012 Indoor Team Named
UKA today announced defending World champions Jessica Ennis (coach: Toni Minichiello) and Dwain Chambers (self-coached) in a 39-strong squad as part of the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey 9 – 11 March. … [Read more...]
Gorecka takes 5000m Silver
5000m duo Emelia Gorecka (coach: Mick Woods) and Annabel Gummow (coach: Chris Wooldridge) finished second and third respectively on the final day of competition at the European Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia (21-24 July), but there was no doubt that the highlight of the evening came from the gold medal … [Read more...]