Interviews

Interviews

We speak to the leading athletes in the sport

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Hannah England: my greatest race

British 1500m runner looks back on her finest moment when she won silver behind Jenny Simpson at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu
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Battling the Barkleys

It’s an event of just 40 runners which takes place in Tennessee woodland and was inspired by a prison break, so why has the Barkley Marathons captured so much attention? Adrian Stott reports
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Chris Thompson: "I want to push the boundaries of what's possible"

The 42-year-old on how shoe technology has allowed him to try and break barriers for older athletes
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Mo Farah and Eilish McColgan on very different marathon missions

As one high-profile Brit approaches his final race over 26.2 miles and another prepares for her first, former world record-holder Paula Radcliffe urges both to make time to enjoy this year's London experience
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Eamonn Martin: "I get no pleasure from the fact no British man has won London since me"

After storming to glory in 1993, little did the Basildon runner realise that it would signal the start of a 30-year drought of domestic male victories at the London Marathon
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My greatest race: Paula Dunn

After lagging behind her contemporaries at youth level, the two-time Commonwealth medallist finally hit her stride in a Northern Champs 100m race that proved she had found her feet at the top level
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Ellie Baker on her middle-distance ambitions

The British indoor 1500m champion on a different mindset that has brought big changes
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The Italian who aims to make British sprinters the best

We meet Marco Airale, the man who is guiding some of Britain’s top sprinting talent through a mixture of precision and obsession
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Ask the athlete: Richard Kilty

We hear from a former world indoor 60m champion who is not afraid of stepping out of his comfort zone
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Georgina Schwiening moving up in the marathon world

Former world junior duathlon champion explains how her big leap forward to 2:26:18 for 26.2 miles was built on years of steady graft
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How Neeraj Chopra is inspiring a nation

The Olympic champion's ability to throw the javelin has propelled him to superstardom in his home country and helped a generation of Indian athletes to believe
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Maurice Greene: my greatest race

American sprinter looks back at the Tsikliteria International in Athens in June 1999 when he stormed to a 9.79 world record for 100m
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