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World indoor champion Hunter Bell beaten in Melbourne
Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell is beaten in the 1500m in Melbourne in her first race since she was crowned women's world indoor champion.
Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout to win 200m at Peter Norman Memorial
‘You’ve just got to not freak out, stay relaxed’ Kennedy also won 100m, ahead of Rohan Browning Gout Gout has a problem and his name is Lachie Kennedy. In another enthralling evening in Australian athletics, the superstar teenager was once again upstaged by his fellow Queenslander, at the Maurie Plant Meet on Saturday. Under pouring rain at Lakeside Stadium in front of close to 9,000 fans, Kennedy held off the fast-finishing Gout in the Peter Norman Memorial 200m. The result was a replay of la
Mary Rand - the trailblazing Olympic champion who captured Mick Jagger's eye
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win athletics gold at the Olympics, was described as "Marilyn Monroe on spikes".
British Olympic champion Rand dies aged 86
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, dies at the age of 86.
Mary Rand, first British woman to win Olympic athletics gold, dies aged 86
Rand won gold, silver and bronze medals at Tokyo 1964 Mary Peters pays tribute to ‘most gifted athlete ever’ Mary Rand, the British track and field athlete who blazed a trail for women by winning three Olympic medals at the Tokyo Games in 1964, has died at the age of 86. Rand was one of the giants of her sport: the epitome of speed, power and grace. Her long jump victory in Tokyo made her Britain’s first female Olympic gold medallist in athletics, and she followed it up with a silver in the pe
Doha Diamond League scheduled to go ahead despite war
The Diamond League's season-opening meet in Doha is scheduled to go ahead as planned but organisers are "exploring alternative options".
Keely Hodgkinson pokes fun at West Ham over world championships stadium dispute
British world champion mocks Hammers in tweet Club refusing to vacate stadium for event in 2029 Keely Hodgkinson has playfully poked fun at West Ham after it emerged that they could ruin London’s chances of winning the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships. Sebastian Coe, the World Athletics president, has made it clear that he wants those world championships to be held in September as a finale to the athletics season. However West Ham do not want to give up the London Stadiu
Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout on facing racing rival Lachlan Kennedy in the 200m – video
The teenage teenager speaks to a swarm of cameras ahead of the Maurie Plant meet on Saturday. The major attraction of the marquee night in Australian athletics is a rematch of the 200m, in which Gout was upstaged last year by Lachlan Kennedy. Gout says his friendly rivalry with Kennedy is 'amazing', but he is confident he will be able to perform on Saturday ‘It’s something bling’: Gout Gout ready to sparkle as he enters new phase of sprint career Continue reading...
‘It’s something bling’: Gout Gout ready to sparkle as he enters new phase of sprint career
Teen sensation has finished school and now trains as full-time athlete 18-year-old to renew rivalry with Lachlan Kennedy at Maurie Plant Dazzling in his sponsor’s tracksuit, and sparkling with an earring and two glimmering chains, sprint sensation Gout Gout told his first press conference in Melbourne his confidence is growing. The teenager spoke to a swarm of cameras on Thursday, ahead of the Maurie Plant Meet on Saturday. The major attraction of the marquee night in Australian athletics is a
Johnson to give back 'secret' payment of $500,000
Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson confirms he will refund a sum of $500,000 (£375,000) he allegedly "secretly" paid himself before his Grand Slam Track league collapsed.
London Marathon considers two-day event in 2027
London Marathon organisers are "looking at the intention" for next year's event to take place across two days.
US runners led off course in chaotic half-marathon given entry to world championships
Lead runners were led off course by guide vehicle World Athletics gives runners special entry Three runners who were led off course in a race that served as a qualifier for the World Road Running Championships have been given entry into the upcoming competition. Jessica McClain, Emma Grace Hurley and Ednah Kurgat were leading the USA Track & Field Half Marathon Championships in Atlanta earlier this month when the guide vehicle took the trio off course. Molly Born, who had been more than a minu
Revealed: secret plans for two-day London Marathon with 100,000 runners
‘Double London Marathon’ plans backed by mayor’s office 2027 event would raise tens of millions more for charity The London Marathon is in advanced talks about staging a two-day event in 2027, allowing tens of thousands more runners to take part in the iconic race and to raise tens of millions more for charity. While the Double London Marathon, as it is being called internally, has not been granted formal approval it is believed to have the backing of the mayor’s office for it to be staged o
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Discus thrower Alex Rose is making athletics history for Samoa
West Ham stadium stance could block London’s World Athletics Championships bid, warns Coe
Club refusing to vacate stadium for three weeks in 2029 Coe: ‘I do ask cities to try to accommodate us’ Sebastian Coe has warned that London’s bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships could be scuppered by West Ham’s refusal to allow their stadium to be used in September. World Athletics has made it clear to bidding cities, which the Guardian understands also includes Rome, Munich and Nairobi as well as a mooted Indian city, that the world championships should be the grand finale to the
Olympic champion Hassan out of London Marathon after treadmill mishap
Olympic champion Sifan Hassan withdraws from next month's London Marathon because of an Achilles injury.
Cycling, crystals and cutting-edge science: the secrets of Hodgkinson and Hunter Bell’s success
Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows, who oversaw gold medal success in Torun for Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell, believe the best is yet to come for the pair It was the architect of London 2012 Olympics who said it best, shortly after Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson, Georgia Hunter Bell and Molly Caudery had lit up the World Indoor Championships with three gold medals in 29 minutes. “That was a towering moment, not just for UK Athletics but for British sport,” said Sebastian Coe, now the presi
World Indoor title 'means absolutely everything' - Caudery
Molly Caudery says reclaiming her World Indoor pole vault title "means absolutely everything".
Negative breastfeeding comments 'broke my heart' - Kenny
Five-time Olympic gold cycling medallist Dame Laura Kenny speaks to BBC Breakfast after negative social media comments left her questioning her breastfeeding jo
'I thought I was untouchable and would never lose again - but sport is brutal'
Josh Kerr thought he was "untouchable" but injury left him waiting for success and gave him a new attitude to athletics.
‘My time is coming’: Australia’s Jessica Hull scoops medal double at world indoors
1500m runner claims silver medal to add to 3000m bronze Adam Spencer wins bronze in men’s event on final day in Poland Jessica Hull won a medal for the second time in a weekend and cracked another national record as the Australian middle-distance ace claimed silver in the 1500m at the world indoor championships in Poland. With Adam Spencer winning a surprise maiden global medal in the equivalent men’s event, Australia celebrated five medals from their three-day visit to Torun – even if gold di
Three golds in 28 minutes - GB make history at World Indoors
Great Britain claim three golds in a sensational 28 minutes to make history and achieve the team's best-ever haul at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
'Six weeks ago I couldn't even get off the ground'
Molly Caudery reflects on why it means so much to her to have won gold in the women's pole vault at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
How 'Keely 2.0' dominated 800m field for first world indoors title
Keely Hodgkinson captures her first world indoor title in commanding fashion as she claims 800m gold with a championship record in Poland.
US high school student Cooper Lutkenhaus wins 800m to become youngest ever indoor world champion
17-year-old took time off high school to win gold Beats Belgium’s Eliott Crestan by 0.14 seconds US teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus made history on Sunday when he won gold in the 800m to becomes the youngest ever champion at the world indoor athletics championship. The 17-year-old, who took time off from his classes at Northwest High School in Texas to compete at the championships, won gold with a time of 1min, 44.24sec, 0.14 seconds ahead of Belgium’s Eliott Crestan. Mohamed Attaoui of Spain won b
GB strike golden treble at world indoors with Hodgkinson, Hunter Bell and Caudery
Keely Hodgkinson caps famous night for British team Georgia Hunter Bell and Molly Caudery also take glory Amid a gold rush for the ages, one image became instantly seared on the mind: Georgia Hunter Bell, Molly Caudery and Keely Hodgkinson jumping in pure delirium, before screaming like banshees as they revelled in surely the greatest night for British athletics since the London 2012 Olympics. You could hear them high in the stands in Torun. And, one hopes, even louder in homes up and down the
Ireland's O'Connor wins world bronze in pentathlon
Kate O'Connor of Ireland wins bronze in the women's pentathlon, with Netherlands' Sofie Dokter claiming gold and USA's Anna Hall taking Silver at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
O'Connor secures World Indoor pentathlon bronze
Ireland's Kate O'Connor wins a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
Hodgkinson wins 800m gold in championship record time
Keely Hodgkinson runs a championship record time of one minute 55.30 seconds to take gold in the women's 800m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.
Caudery wins gold for GB in pole vault
Great Britain's Molly Caudery wins gold in the women's pole vault with a height of 4.85m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland.