Athletics News
Vesely finds form in Rome in time to defend world title - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 4 Jun 2015 22:45
Vitezslav Vesely isn't the most consistent of throwers, but the world champion can often throw long when it counts and he won his first competition outside his native Czech Republic for more than a year when he unleashed...
World leads for Ethiopia's Kejelcha and Aman in Rome - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 4 Jun 2015 22:15
Yomif Kejelcha, amazingly still only 17, became the first runner to run faster than 13 minutes in the 5000m this year when he beat a strong field to win in 12:58.39 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome on Thursday ...
Qatari sprinters dominate at Asian Championships
IAAF - 4 Jun 2015 22:05
Sprinters from Qatar produced the most eye-catching performances on the second day of the Asian Championships in Wuhan on Thursday (4) with 18-year-old Abdalelah Haroun claiming the 400m title and Femi Ogunode setting an...
Chen, Wang, Lopez and Hong form formidable fields in La Coruna
IAAF - 4 Jun 2015 12:48
A mouth-watering line-up has been assembled at the Gran Premio Cantones de Marcha - the Spanish leg of the 2015 IAAF Race Walking Challenge - on Saturday (6) in La Coruna, a city which has annually hosted this world-clas...
VIDEO: Cheats have cost me medals - Pavey
BBC - 4 Jun 2015 10:35
European 10,000m champion Jo Pavey says she has lost medals to athletes who have been later shown to have cheated.