Jo Pavey, who produced the moment of her athletics life by winning gold in Zurich last summer, will begin her track season by chasing another major title when she runs at next month’s 19th European Cup 10,000m in Chia-Pula. … [Read more...]
Tiffany Porter hurdles record
September 15, 2014
Tiffany Porter (coach: Rana Reider) recorded a new national record in the women’s 100m hurdles in a time of 12.51/0.7. This took 0.04 seconds off the old mark set by Jessica Ennis-Hill. Porter was second in the race behind the American, Dawn Harper-Nelson but her new lifetime best finished her season in style. … [Read more...]
James Dasaolu wins at Diamond League
July 5, 2014
James Dasaolu (coach: Steve Fudge) got his 2014 outdoor season off to a flying start as he streaked away to win the ‘B’ 100m in 10.03 (-0.1m/s) at leg seven of the 2014 Diamond League in Lausanne. … [Read more...]
Mo Farah returns to track
June 17, 2014
On Sunday night, Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) returned to the track for the first time since winning gold over 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow last summer and it was business as usual. … [Read more...]
UK selection for European Team Championships
June 10, 2014
British Athletics today named a 48-strong team to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the European Team Championships in Braunschweig, Germany on 21 – 22 June. … [Read more...]
Sports Guru to lead by example
October 14, 2013
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...]
Cram, Weightman eye 2012 Trials
June 18, 2012
Former Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram has admitted that his protégé Laura Weightman must put her Olympic aspirations to one side as she prepares for the Aviva 2012 Trials on 23-24 June. … [Read more...]
Juniors for Loughborough International
May 11, 2012
2009 World Youth Champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson (coach: Mike Holmes) will contest the 100m hurdles and the long jump as part of the 52-strong Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland junior team that will compete in next weekend’s Loughborough International (Sunday 20 May). … [Read more...]
Farah for London Grand Prix
May 2, 2012
Reigning World and European 5,000m champion, Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar), today confirmed that he will use the 5000m at the Aviva London Grand Prix on 13 July, as a crucial part of his preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games. … [Read more...]
Turkish Delight for UKA
March 11, 2012
The Aviva GB & NI team celebrated further medal success in the final session at the World indoors at the Atakoy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, with an outstanding gold for the women’s 4x400m relay squad and a number of other podium finishes to round off their best ever weekend at the Championship. … [Read more...]
