Sebastian Coe was elected as the sixth IAAF President at the 50th IAAF Congress in Beijing, China on Wednesday (19). … [Read more...]
Team for World Junior Championships
July 8, 2014
British Athletics has today announced a finalised team of 46 athletes for the IAAF World Junior Championships to be held in Eugene, Oregon on 22-27 July, with IAAF World Youth pole vault champion Harry Coppell (coach: John Mitchell) the most notable addition. … [Read more...]
UK select World Relay team
May 14, 2014
British Athletics named a 24-strong team to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the inaugural IAAF World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas on 24 – 25 May. … [Read more...]
2014 IAAF Indoor Meetings
January 24, 2014
There is just over a week to go until the start of both the 2014 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season and the 2014 IAAF Race Walking Challenge. Saturday 1 February sees the German city of Karlsruhe stage the first of six top-level indoor meetings during an action-packed two weeks which will act as a prelude [...]2014 IAAF … [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...]
Steel leads UK to 4th
October 8, 2012
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...]
UK Team to IAAF Half Champs
September 25, 2012
UKA has today named three athletes who will compete for the Aviva GB & NI team in Kavarna, Bulgaria at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. … [Read more...]
Ennis takes Silver in Istanbul
March 10, 2012
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
February 21, 2012
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...]
Track Worlds 2017 for London
November 16, 2011
London has been awarded the right to stage the 2017 IAAF World Championships following presentations to the IAAF in Monaco. The London 2017 bid was awarded the championships following a nine-week campaign against a rival bid from Doha, Qatar. The 26 member voting council voted 16 votes to 10 in London’s favour. … [Read more...]
