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Josh Kerr: "The only limits are the ones you put on yourself"

World record-holder adds to his haul of 2026 honours by lifting Scottish Athlete of the Year title.

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Auriana Lazraq-Khlass banned for 22 months by AIU

The 2024 European silver medallist in the heptathlon received the ban after three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period.

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Greatness without the glare: the stars who never got their full share of the spotlight

Stripped of his Olympic titles and not named sole champion until 2022, Jim Thorpe is one of 20 athletes, past and present, whom the AW team believes are too often overlooked.

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Into the wild: the history of trail running

Dave Holmes explores how trail running evolved from an ancient necessity into the world’s fastest-growing discipline.

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Josh Griffiths handed three-month ban

The club runner who emerged from the pack to finish as top Briton at the 2017 London Marathon has been sanctioned after a metabolite of cocaine was found in a sample he gave at this year’s Belfast Marathon.

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WATCH: Track and Field Legends – Femke Broeders-Bol
Tim Hutchings exclusively sits down with double world 400m hurdles champion and now 1:55.60 800m runner Femke Broeders-Bol. Broeders-Bol talks through why she decided to swap the 400m hurdles for the 800m, the pressures that come with that and her long-term potential over two laps....
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WATCH: England Athletics and AW club of the month – Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow
Through the voices of athletes, coaches and those who work behind the scenes, get exclusive insight into AW's and England Athletics' club of the month, Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow. Each person talks through their journey at Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow and tells AW how much the club means to them....
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Agate Caune’s retirement at 22 is sad, but it is not a failure
The Latvian distance runner was a double European under-20 champion and a World Championships performer by the age of 18. Now injuries have ended her professional career and we reflect on what teenage success does, and doesn’t, guarantee. Every so often a retirement announcement makes you check the date of birth twice. This week it was Agate Caune, who has called time on her professional running career at just 22. The Latvian made the new...
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A word of appreciation for the unsung heroes of athletics
Katharine Merry spares a thought for some of the underrated athletes whose work might not always get the recognition it deserves. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again when we make our choices about which athletes have achieved the most or whose performances have left the greatest impression on us in 2026. But I thought I’d come at awards season from a slightly different angle. ...
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Nairobi 2029: Kenya's chance to change the conversation
There have been concerns raised about Kenya's connections to doping, but Nairobi winning the right to host the world championships has created a huge opportunity to change perceptions, writes Michelle Katami. "History is coming home!" It was a short but weighty statement from double Olympic and world champion Beatrice Chebet after Kenya – and more specifically the capital city of Nairobi – was awarded the right...
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Winds of change are blowing across the sport
Some purists might not like it, but athletics needs events such as the Ultimate Championship and Athlos to help the sport thrive, writes Katharine Merry. I can’t really remember a month quite like the one we’ve just witnessed in the sport of athletics. Talk about finishing the outdoor track and field season with a flourish.  Be...
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2019 world 200m champion and multiple major medallist
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A lap with Alice Braham 
We talk to the 50-year-old who set new marathon standards in Frankfurt. Alice Braham believes the best is yet to come. “I think I can run 2:33 for the marathon,” she says. In Frankfurt the 50-year-old recorded a mark of 2:35:46 [gun time 2:35:48], not only the second-quickest performance of her career over the distance but it also lowered the British W50 record of 2:36:25 she set in London in April....
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Mud, money and medals: the fight for cross-country’s future
Is British athletics’ winter sport in decline? We investigate a corner of the sport being squeezed into an ever-shorter season, stripped of its TV audience and watching its oldest domestic series shrink — even as grassroots leagues thrive and Glasgow prepares to host the European Championships. Something odd has happened to the British cross-country season. It used to run from September through to the World Cros...
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Kilian Jornet: “Doing simple things is very hard”
The legendary trail and mountain runner discusses how to approach training, the role of technology and remembering what's important. Kilian Jornet has time on his hands. Having undergone knee surgery in the latter part of last month, the man known for his feats of endurance and daring in the mountains and on the trails is taking life just a little slower at the moment. It m...
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Izzi Batt-Doyle’s big finish
After her record-breaking performance at the Chicago marathon, Izzi Batt-Doyle talks about the work that is helping her learn to excel over 26.2 miles. Izzi Batt-Doyle recalls the moment she overtook four women in the last mile at the Chicago Marathon last month. After reaching halfway in 10th position with 70:29 and buoyed by her pacemaker – her fiancé Riley Cocks – t...
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WATCH: England Athletics and AW club of the month – Chichester Runners & AC
Through the voices of athletes, coaches and those who work behind the scenes, get exclusive insight into AW's and England Athletics' club of the month, Chichester Runners & AC. Each person talks through their journey at Chichester Runners & AC and tells AW how much the club means to them....
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WATCH: England Athletics and AW club of the month – Cornwall Athletic Club
Through the voices of athletes, coaches and those who work behind the scenes, get exclusive insight into AW's and England Athletics' club of the month, Cornwall Athletic Club. Each person talks through their journey at Cornwall AC and tells AW how much the club means to them....
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WATCH: Track and Field Legends – Kriss Akabusi
Tim Hutchings exclusively sits down with Olympic bronze medallist and 1990 European 400m hurdles champion Kriss Akabusi. In an in-depth interview, the pair discuss Akabusi’s role in that iconic world 4x400m relay in Tokyo, his difficult upbringing in foster care and his career in television.  ...
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WATCH: Track and Field Legends – Jenny Meadows & Trevor Painter
Tim Hutchings sits down exclusively with M11 Track Club coaches Jenny Meadows and Trevor Painter, who coach Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell. The pair discuss how they divide their time and responsibilities across the Manchester-based group, reflecting on Meadows’ transition from athlete to coach and the changing demands of the 800m for Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson....
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How they train: Andreas Almgren
Katy Barden speaks to the world half-marathon and European 10,000m champion about how he is preparing for to make his marathon debut in New York. Sweden’s Andreas Almgren shattered his European half marathon record with 58:06 (previously 58:41) to win the world half marathon title in Copenhagen in September. Outkicking Kenya’s long-time leader Nicholas Kipkorir in the final 300m, it was yet another exception...
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How they train: Patrick Dever
We speak to the Olympian who took some hugely encouraging first steps in his marathon career with fourth place in New York. Age: 29; Coaches: Alistair and Amy Cragg Patrick Dever made a conscious effort to prioritise consistency over perfection in 2025 and it paid off with a fourth-place finish at the New York City Marathon, his time of...
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How they train: Tom Evans
The UTMB winner talks about his approach and why finding happiness has been a key ingredient in his recipe for success. Since his spectacular Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB) victory in August, former British Army Captain Tom Evans has been working to a military-style schedule to accommodate a multitude of media and sponsor commitments. Yet, after a calculated and dominant performance over approximately 170km/10,000m elevation gain, it’s...
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A deep dive into Eilish McColgan's training
These are the methods that the British 5km, 10km and half-marathon record-holder has undertaken ahead of the Great North Run Eilish McColgan is in full preparation ahead of the autumn road running season. After making her 26.2 mile debut in London back in April – she placed eighth overall in 2:24:25 – the 34-year-old is gearing up to compete at the...
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