Jo Pavey (coach: Gavin Pavey) and Andy Vernon (Nic Bideau) showed their strength as they defeated the opposition, and the wind, to be crowned British 10,000m Champions at the Highgate Night of the 10,000m PBs. … [Read more...]
Doha Diamond League Round-up
May 11, 2014
The first stage of the IAAF Diamond League season kicked off in Doha this evening with five British athletes in action on the track and field. … [Read more...]
Greg Rutherford jumps new Long Jump record
April 25, 2014
Olympic champion Greg Rutherford (coach: Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo) further etched his name into the history books last night as he leapt to 8.51m in San Diego, USA, to set a new British long jump record. … [Read more...]
Mo Farah for Glasgow Grand Prix
April 24, 2014
The event schedule for the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix on July 11-12 has been confirmed with double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) set to compete on the second day of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League meet at Hampden Park. … [Read more...]
Moira Gallagher committed to athletics
March 17, 2014
Staging athletics meetings is complicated process and one of the trickier aspects is managing the technical officials. It’s a hard enough at local and regional meetings, but Britain’s Moira Gallagher has fulfilled this responsibility with aplomb at no less than the 2012 Olympic Games in London. … [Read more...]
Success at Sopot Indoor Championships
March 12, 2014
Katarina Johnson-Thompson (coach: Mike Holmes) was one of the stars of the final session at the IAAF World Indoor Championships after the multi-event specialist clinched silver in the long jump thanks to a personal best jump of 6.81m. … [Read more...]
Performance Program Selections
October 17, 2013
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...]
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...]
New 800m Relay Record
April 27, 2013
There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. … [Read more...]
UK Team for Euro Indoors 2013
February 28, 2013
The European Indoor Championships get underway in Gothenburg, Sweden, tomorrow with a 28-strong team representing GB & NI. … [Read more...]
