Andrew Heyes and Catherine Blew among the winners at Wollaton Park
England dominated three of the four races at the Home Countries International at Wollaton Park on Saturday, Stephen Green reports.
Andrew Heyes took the hard route to senior men’...
Mar 22nd 2014, 8:12pm
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Richard Kilty’s dad spoke to AW about the remarkable background behind his son’s sprint victory in Sopot
“If someone had said to me before the final I could take 10 million or gold, I swear I would have taken gold,” Kevin Kilty...
Mar 22nd 2014, 1:30pm
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Welsh sprinter on his ‘dream come true’ experience of winning gold at the Games
Iwan Thomas reflects on his Commonwealth Games experience of 1998 where he added 400m gold in Kuala Lumpur to the European title and IAAF World Cup glory he als...
Mar 22nd 2014, 10:40am
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Long jump world leader reported to have failed a doping test in February
World-leading long jumper Svetlana Biryukova has been provisionally suspended from competition after failing a doping test, the Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA has said.
Accord...
Mar 21st 2014, 3:32pm
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English Schools inter boys winner Ben Dijkstra among young athletes in action in Bolton this weekend
Having become the first athlete for over 40 years to win boys junior and intermediate English Schools’ cross country titles in successive years l...
Mar 21st 2014, 10:39am
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As part of our Young Athlete series, AW catches up with a sprinter who was fourth in the world youth 200m in 2013
Having moved to No.2 on the UK all-time under-17 rankings for 200m when finishing fourth in 20.84 at the IAAF World Youth Championships in...
Mar 21st 2014, 9:11am
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A look ahead to this weekend’s action at Wollaton Park where Dewi Griffiths and Jess Andrews are among those competing
The same Wollaton Park in Nottingham that staged the recent Saucony English National is the venue for Saturday’s Home Cou...
Mar 20th 2014, 3:58pm
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From the Borlees to the Dibabas, athletics can tend to be a family affair, as Nick Pagan explains
It’s not clear why certain families produce more than one elite athlete, but it’s not as rare as you might think.
Perhaps the most famous sib...
Mar 20th 2014, 3:33pm
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White men can’t run? Try telling Richard Kilty that
Richard Kilty’s amazing rise from UK bronze medallist to world indoor champion at 60m has reignited the white men can t run” debate.
For some, it s a taboo topic. For others, it is...
Mar 19th 2014, 1:36pm
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Most athletes will have experienced the dreaded “runner’s tummy” but how might we reduce the chances of suffering with it?
With spring marathons likely the focus for many distance runners right now, the dreaded “runner’s t...
Mar 19th 2014, 12:49pm
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