Athletics News

Traditionally, American 1500m women have had trouble making it to the top of the podium at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, well-known as the Prefontaine Classic, but this year a strong US group aims to make a ...

Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir is considering missing this year's IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha.

Sprinter Justin Gatlin says organisers of the Beijing World Challenge did not want him to compete at the event.

"Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I get it wrong," said Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteguonor when talking about her 100m running.

It has been 13 years, but the women's javelin returns to Oslo's Bislett Stadium for the 50th anniversary ExxonMobil Bislett Games on 11 June.

The IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, well-known as the Prefontaine Classic, has a history of producing fast 5000m races, including the only sub-13:00 times - five and counting - recorded on US soil and that number ...