BRITISH TRIALS – OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST HENRY GUNNING FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LONDON
There are very few cases, especially in sport, when being compared to tumbleweed can be a positive reflection of an athlete’s high sporting pedigree.
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ARNOLD AND GREAVES ELECTED AS TEAM CAPTAINS TO #REPRESENT THE BRITISH ATHLETICS TEAM FOR THE WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
British Athletics are proud to announce that reigning Paralympic and world F46 javelin champion Hollie Arnold (coach: David Parker) and nine-time Paralympic and world medallist Dan Greaves (John Godina) have been chosen as Team Captains to represent the British team at the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.
World-leading performances by Elaine Thompson and Kendra Harrison at their National Trials
A round-up of the latest action at the Jamaican and US Championships in Kingston and Sacramento
Tyson Gay is trying to outrun his pain, and it’s not working
Tyson Gay isn’t really ready to race again. Not now, not yet, just eight months after his 15-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet from a shootout in Louisville, Kentucky.
ORGANISERS ANNOUNCE MORE THAN 230,000 TICKETS SOLD FOR WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPS 2017
On exactly three weeks to go until the start of the World Para Athletics Championships, organisers London 2017 Ltd have announced record sales with more than 230,000 tickets sold. Sales are bigger than all of the previous eight editions of the championships combined and the biggest ever outside of a Paralympic Games.
Elaine Thompson will not attempt the double at the London 2017
Jamaica’s Olympic 100m and 200m sprint champion Elaine Thompson will not attempt the double at the London World Championships after she was entered for only the 100m at the National Senior Championships which begins today inside the National Stadium.
Asafa Powell and Co Hunt Tickets To London World Championships
The hunt for places on Jamaica’s team to the IAAF World Championships in London begins today at the National Stadium.
Stockholm: Lasitskene Extends Winning Streak
Maria Lasitskene underlined her position as overwhelming favourite to retain the world high jump title this summer as she produced her fifth jump this season of 2.00m or higher – easily enough to earn maximum IAAF Diamond League points in Stockholm at the Bauhaus Galan on Sunday (18).
Sebastian Coe and World Series of Boxing teams caught up in Westminster terrorist attack
LONDON — International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe and members of the British Lionhearts and Italia Thunder boxing teams were among those caught up in a terrorist attack in Westminster here today, where five people have died and at least 40 injured.