Interviews

Interviews

We speak to the leading athletes in the sport

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Sophie Ashurst on the rise

Teenage pole vaulter is following in the footsteps of her father and Commonwealth gold medallist, Andy Ashurst
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Mary Rand's finest moment

The 1964 Olympic long jump champion looks back on the golden moment in Tokyo when she took top spot with a world record leap of 6.76m, then landed pentathlon silver and 4x100m bronze
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Amy Hunt back in form ahead of UK Indoor Champs

Sprint talent is finding balance in her life and her form again on the track after an injury-hit 2021 season
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Kelly Sotherton looks ahead to Birmingham 2022

England Team Leader Kelly Sotherton looks back on how important the Commonwealth Games were to her as an athlete and why they’re still at the centre of her life after almost 20 years
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Andy Pozzi seeks a fresh start

After a year where “everything that could have gone wrong, did”, world indoor champion Andy Pozzi reveals just how much he has revamped as he seeks to fulfil his potential in 2022
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Quality over quantity for Jenny Nesbitt

Euro Cross team gold medallist and former Inter-Counties champion has been thriving since realising that less might, in fact, be more
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Montell Douglas 'overwhelmed' after creating British Olympic history

Former UK 100m record-holder Montell Douglas describes emotions and the background to her qualification for the Winter Olympics
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Sophie McKinna: "I’m going out there to break the British indoor shot put record"

Double British shot put champion Sophie McKinna aiming to break 38-year-old record at UK Athletics Indoor Championships
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Relentless rise of runner-triathlete Osian Perrin

Welsh endurance athlete has broken the UK indoor under-20 record for 3000m twice this year but is keen to achieve much more
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Sarah McDonald looks for fresh start in Boston

British middle-distance runner has made big changes in the hope of realising her potential
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Trayvon Bromell: "I’ve got a real strong connection with both Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake"

US sprinter on becoming the fastest man in 2021, friendship with Bolt and Blake plus using Tokyo disappointment for 2022 goals
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It's been quite a year for masters talent Joe Appiah

After excelling in the M50 sprint hurdles and horizontal jumps in 2021, the Kent athlete underwent surgery for prostate cancer and was named by our readers as top male veteran of the year
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