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Reekie sets new British 800m indoor record
Glasgow: 1st February 2020 – Jemma Reekie won double gold at the Gavle 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships last summer and this afternoon (1) in Glasgow she came of age with the most sensational run to break the British 800m indoor record in 1:57.91. Jemma...
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Farah, Bekele for Vitality Big Half 2020
British Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah will begin his journey towards this year’s Tokyo Games by racing another of the all-time distance running greats, Kenenisa Bekele, at the 2020 Vitality Big Half on Sunday 1 March. Mo Farah and Kenenisa Bekele for Vitality Big Half...
Muir middle distance double in Glasgow
Scotland – Laura Muir wrote her way into history – yet again – while final day victories for Marcin Lewandowski in the 1500m and in the women’s 4x400m relay in the final event of the programme saw Poland top the medal table again at the Glasgow 2019 European Athletics...
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Scott sets European 5000m Indoor record
USA - Great Britain’s Marc Scott ran his way into history last night by breaking Mo Farah’s European indoor 5000m record with a sensational run at the Boston University Last Chance Invitational. Scott smashed his outright personal best by over 13 seconds to finish...
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Dewi Griffiths Frankfurt Marathon debut
Frankfurt Marathon - After running the fastest marathon by a Briton in three years with 2:09:49 for fifth place in Frankfurt; and on his debut at the distance, Dewi Griffiths laughs when asked if his running and lifestyle is a “throwback” to the 1980s, an era when...
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Knowles-Jones wins Gold in Samorin
Samorin - Harriet Knowles-Jones gave Great Britain a glorious start to the European Cross Country Championships, finally landing the individual gold medal that she has spent the winter aiming for. Harriet Knowles-Jones gets her Gold in Samorin After winning...
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UKA reaction to CAS ruling
UKA's response to CAS’ decision in the arbitration between the BOA and the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA): The CAS Panel has ruled that the BOA bye-law related to the selection of British athletes for the Olympic Games was not in compliance with the World...
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Moira Gallagher committed to athletics
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...
Jo Pavey aims for Euro Champs
Jo Pavey, who produced the moment of her athletics life by winning gold in Zurich last summer, will begin her track season by chasing another major title when she runs at next month’s 19th European Cup 10,000m in Chia-Pula. Pavey will be one of the headline acts on...
UK Team for Euro Indoors 2013
The European Indoor Championships get underway in Gothenburg, Sweden, tomorrow with a 28-strong team representing GB & NI. Holly Bleasdale (Dan Pfaff, Scott Simpson) will go into the pole vault with a European leading mark of 4.77m set at the British Athletics...
New UKA Commercial Director
With 100 days to go until the Paralympic Games, UKA today announced IPC World Championships silver medallist and European record holder Sophia Warner has been appointed as UKA’s new Commercial Director with effect from October 2012. Warner, a T35 Cerebral Palsy...
Mo Farah sets English marathon record
It wasn’t the fairy-tale debut that many hoped for, but nonetheless there was an English marathon record for Mo Farah (coach: Alberto Salazar) as he finished eight in the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon. Opting to run in the second group in the early stages, Farah...