Interviews

Interviews

We speak to the leading athletes in the sport

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Jessica Ennis-Hill backs KJT and Keely Hodgkinson for gold in Paris

As the athletics begins in Paris, the 2012 Olympic champion reflects on the French pressure and backs British gold hopes
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Alexis Ohanian: "We want to help inspire the next generation"

An exclusive interview with the founder of ATHLOS, on why he set-up a women's-only track event, its potential impact on the sport and his ultimate goals for it 
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Coaches have "had enough" over UK Athletics selection policy

Judy Oakes and Mike Winch, directors of the British Athletics Coaches Association, say the approach is just one of many issues for mentors across the UK
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"We're starting to see the old Keely again"

Coach Trevor Painter and Keely Hodgkinson on learning to deal with success, the potential still to be realised and the path towards Olympic 800m gold in Paris
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Phoebe Gill: “Ever since running 1:57, I’ve felt older”

The 17-year-old Phoebe Gill on her breakthrough year, how she is keeping herself grounded and what she plans to make of her first Olympic experience in Paris
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Jo Pavey backs McColgan and Keith ahead of Olympics

The five-time Olympian is excited by the prospects of Team GB’s distance runners on the eve of the Paris Games
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Laviai Nielsen: from 2012 volunteer to running sub-50 at London Stadium

The 28-year-old ran a 400m personal best at the London Diamond League, perfect timing ahead of her Olympic performance
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My greatest race: Shirley Strong

British sprint hurdler looks back on the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles when she won silver in 12.88 behind Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
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Joel Masters on his big sprinting ambitions

The British teenage sprint sensation has golden aims at the European U18 Championships and his ultimate target is the LA 2028 Olympics 
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Meet the coach: Patrick Sang

George Mallett talks to the mentor who has masterminded the careers of some of the most successful distance runners in history
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Josh Kerr: "After the Olympics I want some change"

Once he achieves his Olympic goal, the 1500m world champion seeks a transformation in the sport following his new signing with Grand Slam Track League
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El Guerrouj: "Ingebrigtsen can break my records (but I'd rather he didn't!)"

Middle-distance great talks about his “spiritual father” Roger Bannister, Eliud Kipchoge’s longevity, super shoes and why Jakob Ingebrigtsen has potential to break his longstanding world records
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