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...]
Peter Eriksson appointed
UK Athletics has today named Peter Eriksson as the newly appointed Olympic Head Coach. … [Read more...]
Athletes selected for WCPP 2013
UKA has released the names of athletes who will receive support from the World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2013, with a number of Olympic and Paralympic performers elevated to top level funding following successful Games performances. … [Read more...]
Hitchon sets UK Hammer Record
2010 World Junior Champion Sophie Hitchon (Derek Evely) continued her great start to the season by breaking her British hammer record for a second time in a week, and in doing so achieving the Olympic A standard. … [Read more...]
Bleasdale for Birmingham Indoors
New world No. 1 Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic pole vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday 18 February. The 20-year-old pole vault prodigy, who cleared 4.87m at a meet in Villeurbanne, France, last month to move to No. 2 on the all-time list behind world indoor record holder … [Read more...]