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13th Jun 2025
British 400m hurdling on the rise in 2025
Alastair Chalmers' superlative run this past weekend was yet more evidence of Great Britain's athletes excelling over the distance Cast your mind back to last year's UK Athletics Championships and the moment when Alastair Chalmers attempted to qualify for the Paris Olympics. To guarantee selection for the Games, the British hurdler needed to run faster than the automatic qualification mark o...
12th Jun 2025
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Being "brave" takes George Mills to British 5000m record
European silver medallist makes history as Nico Young also finds record-breaking form in memorable Bislett Games showdown George Mills summed it up well. “I like to run brave,” he said, minutes after having destroyed the British 5000m record at the Bislett Games in Oslo.  The European silver medallist was fourth in a...
12th Jun 2025
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LA Grand Slam Track event cancelled
Shift in "Global economic landscape" sees final instalment of Michael Johnson's new project called off The fourth and final event of Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track Series, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on June 28-29, has been cancelled due to reported financial issues. The Californian Slam had been due to b...
12th Jun 2025
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UK 10,000m Championships: Who, what and when guide
Birmingham hosts the 10,000m trials as British athletes will hope to secure a spot on the World Championships team With spots on the plane to Tokyo up for grabs, many of Britain’s best endurance runners will race at the University of Birmingham track this Saturday (June 14) for the UK Athletics 10,000m Championships, serving as the official trial for September...
11th Jun 2025
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Warholm, Benjamin, Dos Santos set for 300m hurdles clash in Oslo
Hurdles giants clash over little-run distance, while Brits such as Amber Anning, Daryll Neita, Dina Asher-Smith, George Mills and Max Burgin are also in action on Thursday Nine reigning Olympic champions and seven in-form Brits compete in the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday (June 12). Such are the quality of the line-ups, it is hard to predict what the highlight...

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7th May 2025
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"Why do I do this to myself?"
Verity Ockenden reflects on her experiences of competing at the inaugural European Running Championships, an event that helped to clarify just some of the reasons why athletes choose to put themselves to such stern tests To start on a bit of a morbid note, one of the darker facts of life that drives me to live and to compete the way that I do is that none of us can ever know when it’s going to be our last day. I was reminded of this when I s...
2nd May 2025
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Is BBC’s athletics coverage taken for granted?
The Beeb's free-to-air coverage is often criticised but watching Grand Slam Sports in the UK costs £30.99 per month on TNT Sports For years, BBC’s coverage of the No.1 Olympic sport has come under fire. Criticism usually focuses on the arguably excessive time spent talking to studio pundits. “Show us more athletics action rather than chit-chat!” scream the fans. BBC’s long-time loyalty...
25th Apr 2025
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Mini Marathon photo worth a thousand words
Alex Yee and Ben Dijkstra were beaten by future footballer Jamal Lewis on The Mall in 2013 with Emile Cairess and Josh Kerr well down the field Like many British marathon runners in London this weekend, Alex Yee's long-distance love affair with the race began as a teenager in the Mini event. The Olympic triathlon champion didn’t have it all his own way back in 2013, though, with victory in the under-15 boys race at Mini London Marathon in...
18th Apr 2025
The emerging force – Sander Skotheim
Jakob Ingebrigtsen wasn’t the only Norwegian to produce outstanding European and world indoor performances. Gabby Pieraccini profiles Sander Skotheim, a combined eventer who is deservedly attracting some attention For a country with a population of just 5.5 million, Norway has more than its fair share of athletics honours. With the bulk of the attention split between the feats of Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the exuberance of Karsten Warholm and the...
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    ...
5th Jun 2025
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'Kung fu' Kenny Bednarek fights back
Kenny Bednarek's love of martial arts is improving his ability to relax in the quest for a major sprints gold It has become a well-worn routine that signals when it’s time to get to work. “I do the same thing every single time I go to the track,” says Kenny Bednarek. “I put the headband on, do my bow and make sure to get my mind right.”...
5th Jun 2025
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Sabastian Sawe's road to success
The story of how a coach from Scotland helped set Kenya's Sabastian Sawe on a path toward the top of the marathon world It’s the kind of moment that makes it all worthwhile and can keep a coach motivated for months. Colin Thomas was stood on the roadside behind a barrier, roughly 6km from the finish line of the London Marathon, and on the lookout for some familiar faces. He was there to support some of the athletes he mentors, as well as fri...
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...
29th Mar 2023
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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 What your hardest but most rewarding training session? I do have a very specific session for that. We usually do this session in the middle of November and December, then I would repeat that session in the end of March before the start of the outdoor season. We would do six repetitions of 150m sprints, broken down into two sets of thre...
2nd Jan 2023
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Ask the athlete: Alyson Dixon
British endurance athlete on racing at the Olympics, winning the world 50km title and her advice for budding marathon runners What it was it like to represent Great Britain at the Olympics in the heat and humidity of Brazil in 2016?  It was honestly a dream come true. Just to be at the Olympics was amazing and it was something I had dreamt of for 25 year...
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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