British Athletics
2018 Newcastle/Gateshead Diary: Greg Rutherford’s deep thoughts, an interview at Newcastle
Greg Rutherford's last LJ, photo by North News This interview was done on 7 September 2018, the day before Greg...
Read moreDetailsDiane Leather – First woman to run under 5 minutes for the Mile, passes away, obit by Peter Thompson, addendum file on Diane Leather by Peter Thompson
Diane Leather, The cover of The London Illustrated News, October 1955 This year, in early March 2018, we lost the...
Read moreDetails2018 Brussels DL Diary: Shara Proctor takes second in Memorial Van Damme Long Jump
Stuart Weir wrote about Shara Proctor, the NR holder in GBR at a time when the British have a plethora...
Read moreDetails2018 Berlin Diary: The Rooney Rule (paying tribute to Eilidh Doye and Martyn Rooney, two stalwarts of British Athletics)
Matthew Hudson-Smith, Martyn Rooney, 2014 European Athletics Championships, photo by PhotoRun.net Eilidh Doyle from Anyika Onura, 4x400m, 2016 European Athletics...
Read moreDetailsThe British Women’s 4x400m team is finally awarded their bronze medals: The Right thing was finally done
The 2008 GBR 4x400m team, Nicola Sanders, Marilyn Okoro, Kelly Sotherton, Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, andphoto by British Athletics/Getty Images...
Read moreDetails2018 London Diary: Mixed response from British Media on Athletics World Cup
LONDON (GBR): The inaugural Athletics World Cup received a mixed response from national media in the host country. Ben Bloom,...
Read moreDetails2018 London Diary: USA ahead of Poland
The Athletics World Cup, held on the same weekend as Wimbledon finals, Diamond League and World Cup Footbal final weekend....
Read moreDetails2018 London Diary: Some reflections on Day 2 of the Athletics World Cup
Here's the final article form Stuart Weir on the 2018 Athletics World Cup. Stuart Weir wrote this piece on his...
Read moreDetails2018 London Diary: Event by Event updates of Day 1, Athletics World Cup
Day one reaction... @AthWorldCup action resumes soon, but here's what some of the athletes competing yesterday had to say ⤵ï¸...
Read moreDetails2018 London Diary: a Tale of Two Relays
The men brought 🥇 home for Team USATF to cap off a successful first @athleticsworldcup! Congratulations to men's 4x400m champions...
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