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22nd May 2025
Crystal Palace redevelopment gathers pace
Images and a video emerge of what the new facility will look like as young athletes prepare to compete there in June Plans to renovate Crystal Palace have moved on this week with new image of the proposed track redevelopment being released together with a video. The news comes on the eve of the South of England Age Group Championships for young athletes, which is being staged at Crystal Pala...
22nd May 2025
Sheila Chelangat suspended for use of EPO
The distance runner becomes the latest Kenyan to be provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit Sheila Chelangat, who won the 2024 Istanbul Half Marathon and placed second at this year's edition, has been suspended for the use of EPO. The Kenyan got within seven seconds of her half-marathon personal best of 66:06 – set in Valencia in October – in the Turkish city last month....
21st May 2025
Mohamed Katir appeals four-year tampering ban
The Athletics Integrity Unit has cross-appealed the appeal filed by Katir and it's now pending before the Court of Arbitration for Sport Mohamed Katir, who was banned for four years after an independent Disciplinary Tribunal ruled he committed tampering, has appealed the decision. The...
20th May 2025
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Top fields for WMRA Mountain Running World Cup at iconic Nasego
Andrea Mayr, Scout Adkin, Philemon Kiriago and Andrea Elia are among the entries for this weekend's big event After an exciting launch event for the 2025 World Cup at Zmeu X-Fest in Romania we now head to the more familiar ground of Casto in Italy for the next races in the WMRA Mountain Running World Cup series. The athletes will battle it out in front of the spectacular backdrop of the Ital...
19th May 2025
Brendan Foster: "I think it's fantastic we've got these new shoes"
The European/Commonwealth 10,000m champion, Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist and former world 3000m/two miles record-holder on why technology in running should embraced Brendan Foster, who founded the Great Run Company, has welcomed new technologies within athletics and emphasised that the focus should be on competition and not on breaking records. In an exclusive interview with Tim Hutching...

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7th May 2025
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"Why do I do this to myself?"
Verity Ockenden reflects on her experiences of competing at the inaugural European Running Championships, an event that helped to clarify just some of the reasons why athletes choose to put themselves to such stern tests To start on a bit of a morbid note, one of the darker facts of life that drives me to live and to compete the way that I do is that none of us can ever know when it’s going to be our last day. I was reminded of this when I s...
2nd May 2025
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Is BBC’s athletics coverage taken for granted?
The Beeb's free-to-air coverage is often criticised but watching Grand Slam Sports in the UK costs £30.99 per month on TNT Sports For years, BBC’s coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport has come under fire. Criticism usually focuses on the arguably excessive time spent talking to studio pundits. “Show us more athletics action rather than chit-chat!” scream the fans. BBC’s long-time loyalty...
25th Apr 2025
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Mini Marathon photo worth a thousand words
Alex Yee and Ben Dijkstra were beaten by future footballer Jamal Lewis on The Mall in 2013 with Emile Cairess and Josh Kerr well down the field Like many British marathon runners in London this weekend, Alex Yee's long-distance love affair with the race began as a teenager in the Mini event. The Olympic triathlon champion didn’t have it all his own way back in 2013, though, with victory in the under-15 boys race at Mini London Marathon in...
18th Apr 2025
The emerging force – Sander Skotheim
Jakob Ingebrigtsen wasn’t the only Norwegian to produce outstanding European and world indoor performances. Gabby Pieraccini profiles Sander Skotheim, a combined eventer who is deservedly attracting some attention For a country with a population of just 5.5 million, Norway has more than its fair share of athletics honours. With the bulk of the attention split between the feats of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the exuberance of Karsten Warholm and the...
14th May 2025
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A lap with Charlie Wheeler
We talk to the British international who is making good progress but isn’t about to get ahead of himself After a whirlwind few months, Charlie Wheeler takes time to reflect. “I don’t want to say it’s a long time coming but I feel like I’m validating my position in the sport a little bit more,” he says. Buoyed by his recent progress but aware of the work that still needs to be done, the 26-year-old is philosophical about his current...
11th May 2025
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Rising star – Darcy Coslett
The record-breaking Welsh teenager who has wasted little time in making a big impression when it comes to the 400m In 2009, Jodie Williams etched her name into the record books by setting a British under-17 indoor 400m mark of 54.95. At the time, the athlete who would eventually succeed her at the top of the list hadn’t even been born. Fast forward to Birmingham in February of this year, and 15-year-old Darcy Coslett rewrote history. At t...
9th May 2025
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My greatest race – Ellen van Langen
Rated as an outside bet due to an Achilles injury the previous year, the Dutch athlete chose the perfect time to reach a career peak, a ferocious finish propelling her to gold. The welcome home to the Netherlands brought an unexpected bump in the road, though Coming out of 1991, I knew I had to be patient during that next year and not try to rush things, but I also had to qualify for Barcelona. There were plenty of good races in Europe, but th...
7th May 2025
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Coaching Conversations with Helen James
We hear from the woman who has led Jeremiah Azu to international sprint success about the joys and challenges of being a mentor Helen James has been a coach at Cardiff AAC for over three decades, most recently guiding Jeremiah Azu – an athlete she’s coached since he was 16 – to World and European Indoor 60m gold. A former Welsh 60m champion and national age-group record-holder herself, James started running at primary school and continue...
29th Mar 2023
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Ask the athlete: Richard Kilty
We hear from a former world indoor 60m champion who is not afraid of stepping out of his comfort zone What your hardest but most rewarding training session? I do have a very specific session for that. We usually do this session in the middle of November and December, then I would repeat that session in the end of March before the start of the outdoor season. We would do six repetitions of 150m sprints, broken down into two sets of thre...
2nd Jan 2023
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Ask the athlete: Alyson Dixon
British endurance athlete on racing at the Olympics, winning the world 50km title and her advice for budding marathon runners What it was it like to represent Great Britain at the Olympics in the heat and humidity of Brazil in 2016?  It was honestly a dream come true. Just to be at the Olympics was amazing and it was something I had dreamt of for 25 year...
24th Dec 2022
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Ask the athlete: Geoff Wightman
Coach and stadium commentator on Super Saturday, his advice for young athletes and why his son Jake hasn't yet reached his peak What do you think of the current domestic grassroots scene and are there any lessons from the past that could benefit today’s athletes?  The comparisons are very, very difficult to make because when we...
18th Dec 2022
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Ask the athlete: Roger Black
One-lap legend on the training that led to the Olympic podium and why the sport should tap into the experience of former internationals You came very close to breaking the European 400m record. Why do you think it is still standing after so long?  The European 400m record of 44.33 was set in 1987 by a great rival of mine called Thomas Schönlebe from Eas...
20th Apr 2024
Different training inspirations that athletes can use
AW collaboration Do you consider yourself an athlete? You don’t have to be a professional who is making money doing what you love to call yourself an athlete; there are plenty of amateur athletes who are just as passionate about their sport and are always looking for ways to push themselves further and reach that next level of personal best. So much of your success can be traced back to your training ses...
18th Jul 2022
5 effective running tips after 40
Advice on how to run well and strong as you move into the masters age groups Running after 40 is an excellent way to boost cardiovascular health, minimize...
18th Jun 2022
Why athletes need to embrace sun protection
Spencer Duval from England Athletics offers advice on how to keep your skin safe this summer With athletes spending hours under the sun while training and competing, you’d think they would be used to protecting their skin? As it turns out, sun protection – in all formats – is often not seen by athletes as a necessity, in fact it can be unpopular or just forgotten about. Protective clothing can sometimes be restrictive, inhibiti...
7th Apr 2022
Train with the Greene machine
Former world 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene explains why he’s flippin’ pizzas and coaching recreational runners to support his ongoing athletics ambitions It is 11 years since Dai Greene won the world 400m hurdles title in South Korea and the Welshman turns 36 this week. Yet he is still going strong and is juggling a number of jobs in between his own training. One of these is an online coaching business which he has just set up...
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