Wednesday 13th August 2025
Alessandro Schenini on top of the UK Champs podium for Men’s Long Jump (photo Izzy Brider)
It is the nature of sport that participants experience highs and lows.
This happens year in, year out at whatever the level and athletics, arguably, is even tougher with a strong...
This decade included memorable performances by Liz McColgan, Sally Gunnell, Linford Christie, Jonathan Edwards and Colin Jackson as our 'greatest moments' series continues to mark the 80th anniversary of AW
Powell’s Tokyo triumph
Bob Beamon’s astonishing mark of 8.90m from the 1968 Olympics still stood as the men’s long jump...
Thursday 14th August 2025
UK Champs Triple Jump medallists, Bera Ajala and Silver Nwabuzor, are set to compete for Glasgow Jaguars this weekend (photos by Izzy Brider)
National Athletics League
Glasgow Jaguars head to Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, for the final match of this year’s National Athletics League Premier Division campaign.
With other...
Swedish pole vaulting superstar talks through what it would mean to set a 14th world record, how rival Emmanouil Karalis motivates him and his "super high expectations" for Tokyo
Mondo Duplantis continues to reach for the stars. At this past week's Istvan Gyulai Memorial (August 12), he set the...
The Navachab Gold Mine Half Marathon was launched for the 11th successive year yesterday with an increased sponsorship of N$345 000 in prize money being announced.
The male and female winners in the 21km half marathon will each receive N$20 000 with further prizes for the top ten finishers,...
Thursday 14th August 2025
Catriona MacDonald, Angus Wright and Harris Pagett are among those due to race this weekend (photo by Craig Pagett at Snowdon International)
This weekend the UKA mountain running trials for the World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Canfranc in September are being held in the...
Fresh from world record of 6.29m on Tuesday, the pole vaulter confirms he will compete in the inaugural event in Budapest in 2026
World pole vault record-holder Mondo Duplantis has been announced as the inaugural "Ultimate Star", with just over one year to go to the first edition of...
Armand Duplantis, of Sweden celebrates his victory and world record in the final of the men’s pole vault at the 15th Gyulai Istvan Memorial Track and Field Hungarian...
Tuesday 12th August 2025
Neil tops the podium in Birmingham last week – to make it eight times in the last nine a Scot has won gold (photo Getty Images for British Athletics)
Scottish gold double as Sarah and Neil seize 1500m titles in Birmingham
By Peter Jardine, Head of Communications
When...
There was revolution and plenty of records in this decade as our 'greatest moments' series continues to mark the 80th anniversary of AW
Wottle springs a surprise
The favourite for men’s Olympic 800m in 1972 was European champion Yevgeniy Arzhanov of the Soviet Union, who hadn’t been beaten for four years...
