CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine - Great Britain’s Gemma Steel outsprinted American distance running great Shalane Flanagan to join Bedan Karoki of Kenya on Saturday as champions in the 17th TD Beach to Beacon 10 Road Race in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. … [Read more...]
Morgan Lake double champion
Morgan Lake (coach: Eldon Lake, club: Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow) was crowned double world junior champion on the final day of the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, as she added high jump gold to the heptathlon title she won earlier in the week. The British women’s 4x400m relay team also won … [Read more...]
Team for World Junior Championships
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...]
Mo Farah returns to track
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...]
Greg Rutherford jumps new Long Jump record
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...]
Farah wins New Orleans Half
NEW ORLEANS - February, 24, 2013 - Running competitively on the roads for the first time since winning two gold medals at the London Olympics last summer, Mo Farah didn't have time to acknowledge all the well-wishers along the half-marathon route of Sunday's Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans Marathon & Half Marathon. … [Read more...]
Farah and Onoura star in CityGames
The Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team may have been beaten in the annual GB v USA Great North CityGames match in a 6-3 scoreline, but there was a string of impressive performances on the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside. … [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...]