Athletics News
Young athletes take advantage of IAAF Media Training workshop 'Making The Most Of My Athletics Career'
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 18:32
More than a 100 competitors at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014, took advantage of the IAAF Media Training workshop 'Making The Most Of My Athletics Career' staged in Eugene over the last three days of th...
VIDEO: Decathlete false starts twice in 100m
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 14:24
Australia's Jake Stein false starts twice in the men's 100m in the decathlon and is disqualified from the discipline.
VIDEO: Gemili claims men's 100m silver
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 23:19
England's Adam Gemili claims men's 100m silver behind Jamaica's Kemar Bailey-Cole at Glasgow 2014.
VIDEO: Clegg wins Para-sport 100m sprint
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 21:51
Libby Clegg wins the Para-sport T11/12 100m to claim Scotland's first athletics gold with a season's best time of 12.20 seconds at Glasgow 2014.
Duquemin unhappy with shot final
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 21:49
Jersey's Zane Duquemin says he is disappointed to finish ninth in the 2014 Commonwealth Games shot put final.
Clegg wins sprint gold for Scotland
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 21:32
Scotland's Libby Clegg wins her nation's first athletics gold of 2014 with success in the Para-sport T11/12 100m.
US 400m runner Torrin Lawrence dies
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 18:32
The IAAF is deeply saddened to learn that US 400m runner Torrin Lawrence died in a car crash on Monday (28) at the age of 25.
VIDEO: 'Discus Dan' wins gold for England
BBC - 28 Jul 2014 13:32
England's Dan Greaves beats Aled Davies of Wales to become men's F42/44 discus champion after throwing a best of 59.21m in the third round.
Work, rest and play - Brianne Theisen Eaton
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 12:32
World heptathlon silver medallist Brianne Theisen Eaton is among the world's best combined eventers.
Lazaro Martinez honoured to uphold a Cuban tradition in Eugene
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Heir of a successful tradition in the triple jump, Lazaro Martinez left his mark on Hayward Field and won a much-awaited gold medal for Cuba on the final day of the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014, on Sunday...
Little no longer a diminutive figure in the world of hurdling
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
The cry of jubilation Shamier Little let loose on crossing the finish line in the women's 400m hurdles might have been one of relief.
Report: men's 3000m steeplechase - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Barnabas Kipyego led home his Kenyan team-mate Titus Kipruto Kibiego for a double in the men's 3000m steeplechase. Kipyego was clocked in 8:25.57; Kibiego crossed the line in 8:26.15.
Report: men's 4x400m - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
The United States ended a successful campaign at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 with a comfortable win in the 4x400m in 3:03.31, the fourth-fastest time in the history of the competition and the quickes...
Report: men's javelin - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Latvia's Gatis Cakss won the men's javelin with a last-round throw of 74.04m, his best ever.
Report: men's triple jump - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Lazaro Martinez confirmed his pre-competition status as the favourite and extended his country's successful tradition in the triple jump by taking Cuba's first gold medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 20...
Report: women's 1500m - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Dawit Seyaum became the fourth Ethiopian woman to win the 1500m at the World Junior Championships and she did in convincing fashion with 4:09.86.
Report: women's 4x400m - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
The women of the USA won the 4x400m relay for the seventh consecutive World Junior Championships with a clocking of 3:30.42.
Report: women's high jump - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Great Britain's Morgan Lake made good on her second shot at world junior gold, clearing 1.93m to secure the victory and a second title four days after her heptathlon triumph on Wednesday.
Expectations were exceeded, say organisers of IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Vin Lananna, president of local organisers TrackTown USA, told reporters that the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 "exceeded expectations" after the final medal ceremonies were completed at Hayward Field.
Kenyan double in Bogota as Kamworor Kipsang and Jeptoo triumph
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Geoffrey Kamworor Kipsang and his Kenyan compatriot Rita Jeptoo took the honours at the 15th edition of the Bogota International Half Marathon, the only IAAF Gold Label Road Race in South America, on Sunday (27).
Day six report: Williams and Martinez set championship records - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014
IAAF - 28 Jul 2014 05:32
Championship records from US hurdler Kendell Williams and Cuban triple jumper Lazaro Martinez provided the highlights of the final day of the IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 on Sunday (27).