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30th Jun 2025
UK Athletics signs major sponsorship deal with Novuna
Financial services brand is now title sponsor of flagship British meetings and will support the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team Novuna, one of the UK's leading financial services brands, has been announced as a major sponsor for UK Athletics. "This is a transformative moment for athletics," says UKA chief executive Jack Buckner. The deal will see Novuna become title partner of major...
28th Jun 2025
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Double Dutch relay delight at Euro Team Champs in Madrid
Spanish capital sizzles in heatwave conditions as the Netherlands impress in 4x100m relays, Tentóglou shines in the long jump and Italy edge closer to a successful title defence The Netherlands caught the eye with a clean sweep of the sprint relays at the end of Saturday’s session at the European Team Championships in Madrid. But it was the all-round consistency of Italy that pro...
27th Jun 2025
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Sam Reardon and Eugene Amo-Dadzie enjoy British wins in Madrid
The Netherlands lead the team standings after the opening night of the European Team Championships The first full day of the European Team Championships in Madrid on Friday (June 27) saw several championship records broken. Despite the warm and humid conditions, the newly laid green...
26th Jun 2025
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Faith Kipyegon runs 4:06.42 at Breaking4
The Kenyan went under her previous world record but didn't record the first ever sub-four-minute mile by a female athlete in Paris on Thursday Faith Kipyegon is no stranger to attempting history. Throughout her life she has constantly defied the odds and on most occasions prevailed. At last year's Olympics she became the first woman to win 1500m gold at three consecutive Games – Rio 2016,...
25th Jun 2025
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Euro Team Champs 2025: who, what and when guide
Italy is the team to beat in Madrid this weekend as the Azzurri bring out their big guns in defence of the title they won two years ago in Poland When Italy stormed to victory in the European Team Championships in Silesia, Poland, in 2023, it was their first-ever triumph in the event. This week in Madrid, though, they aim to prove it wasn't a one off by successfully defending their crown as kin...

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27th Jun 2025
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When will a female run a sub-four-minute mile?
Faith Kipyegon, after clocking 4:06.42 for the mile, made it clear that she would one day attempt to break the four-minute barrier again Not if, but when. Off the back of Breaking4, that is the resounding message from both Faith Kipyegon and Nike. On an emotionally-charged night in Paris, the triple Olympic and quadruple champion fell short in her attempt to become the first ever female to break the four-minute mile, running 4:06.42 at Stad...
27th Jun 2025
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Breaking4 struggles to deliver despite Kipyegon's best efforts
Kenyan just about matches Sydney Wooderson’s 1937 world record of 4:06.4 during a valiant but ultimately doomed attempt to break four minutes for the mile Protected by a flotilla of pacemakers and powered by Nike’s latest shoes and apparel, plucky Faith Kipyegon gave it her best shot over the classic distance of one mile in Paris on Thursday (June 26). It wasn’t the 'moonshot' the organisers hoped for, but if you reach for th...
25th Jun 2025
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Why Faith Kipyegon is praying for a sub-four miracle
Kenyan will do well to beat her current women's world mile record of 4:07.64 in Paris this week At the 50th anniversary celebration of Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile in 2004 I was lucky enough to sit next to the world’s first female sub-five-minute miler, Diane Leather, at a special function at Oxford University. Following her groundbreaking 4:59.6 in Birmingham in 1954, she had seen...
24th Jun 2025
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Why novelty events are contrived yet compelling
While purists insist Faith Kipyegon’s breaking four attempt or Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-two-hour marathon mean little, Ben Bloom argues that such showcases are the perfect way for athletics to build attention I’ve had a vision – quite a specific one – for a few years now and I think I need to speak to Barry Hearn about it. For anyone unfamiliar, Hearn is the sports pr...
21st Jun 2025
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Georgia Hunter Bell: "I'm thinking of focusing on the 800m this season"
After running 3:58.06 for sixth over 1500m at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, the Olympic bronze medallist stated she is seriously considering prioritising the 800m in 2025 Georgia Hunter Bell has revealed she is thinking about putting her focus towards the 800m over the 1500m this season. The Brit secured an Olympic bronze and European silver medal in the 1500m last summer and also set a British record of 3:52.61 for the distance, a ma...
17th Jun 2025
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Hannah Cockroft on the harsh reality of life as a wheelchair racer
Multiple Paralympic champion is no stranger to success but the honours can’t mask the financial difficulties faced by para athletes in pursuing their ambitions Hannah Cockroft has become used to appearing on podiums. With nine Paralympic gold medals, multiple world titles and established as a dominant force in wheelchair racing for over a decade, she has long been recognised as one of Britain’s most successful para athletes. But there are...
11th Jun 2025
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A lap with Andy Butchart
We talk to a two-time Olympic finalist who has deliberately moved out of his comfort zone It’s grim up north, apparently, but this sweeping statement does not appear true when relocating south from Scotland: “The sun hasn’t stopped shining,” says a happy Andy Butchart who is speaking to AW from his new home just outside Manchester. Butchart and his famil...
6th Jun 2025
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WATCH: Track and Field Legends – Sally Gunnell
Tim Hutchings exclusively sits down with Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion Sally Gunnell The duo talk through Gunnell's extraordinary career – from a farm in Essex to Barcelona 1992 – her mindset in the heat of competition and the feeling of winning so many gold medals across the globe. https://dai.ly/k6cYkXW0Caayy8DcLaQ    ...
30th Apr 2025
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WATCH: Insight into Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC
Through the voices of athletes, coaches and those who work behind the scenes, get exclusive insight into Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC Each person talks through their journey at Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC, provides insight on what goes on and tells AW how much the club means to them. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k7ctXcQBuPD6Y6CXEHs...
30th Apr 2025
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WATCH: Track and Field Legends – Peter Elliott
Tim Hutchings exclusively sits down with 1990 Commonwealth 1500m champion and Olympic 1500m/world 800m silver medallist Peter Elliott The duo talk through Elliott's remarkable career on both the domestic & global stage, his battles with Seb Coe, Steve Cram & Steve Ovett and his views on this era of middle-distance running. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k4jV3JjJG914F6CXCJA...
29th Apr 2025
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WATCH: Insight into the University of Birmingham Athletics Club
Through the voices of the athletes, get exclusive insight into the University of Birmingham Athletics Club Some of Great Britain's finest young prospects talk through their journeys in athletics, why they decided to base themselves in Birmingham and the importance of the set-up in meeting their lofty goals. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k1eozzc9QYzGCsCQ6vk...
20th Mar 2025
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WATCH: Track and Field Legends - Colin Jackson
Tim Hutchings exclusively sits down with Olympic 110m hurdles silver medallist and double world champion Colin Jackson The duo talk through everything from Jackson's journey into athletics & his fearsome training programme to coaching the next generation ahead of LA 2028 & his legacy in the sport. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/k1ysKCGXIlRMukCHkLy...
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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