Athletics News
McColgan breaking pain barrier for Rio
BBC - 26 May 2016 17:46
Eilish McColgan remains on track to qualify for the Rio Olympics despite switching disciplines after injury and funding blows.
Tewelde ready for Great Britain bow
BBC - 26 May 2016 17:27
Tsegai Tewelde will make his GB debut in the half-marathon Team Cup at July's European Athletics Championships.
London 2012 Olympian Jared Tallent holds overdue medal ceremony
BBC - 26 May 2016 17:25
Australia's Jared Tallent held his own gold medal ceremony after a rival failed a retrospective drug test.
World's best long jumpers to do battle in Birmingham - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 26 May 2016 14:50
Great Britain's reigning Olympic, world and European champion Greg Rutherford will face many of the world's best long jumpers at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Birmingham on Sunday 5 June, the organisers announced on...
World champion Yego heads outstanding javelin field in Stockholm - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 26 May 2016 14:29
Kenya's 2015 world champion Julius Yego and his Czech predecessor Vitezslav Vesely will be part of an outstanding javelin competition at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on 16 June, organisers of the BAUHAUS-...
World champions Liu and Lopez head race walk fields in La Coruna
IAAF - 26 May 2016 13:03
Reigning 20km race walk world champions Miguel Angel Lopez and Liu Hong will race over the distances at which they won their world titles in Beijing last summer at the XXX Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna 2016, the Span...
Kazmirek and Theisen Eaton out to defend their titles in Gotzis
IAAF - 26 May 2016 11:08
Last year's winners, Germany's Kai Kazmirek and Canada's Brianne Theisen Eaton, will return to the famous Mosle Stadium to defend their titles at the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge, on...
Eugene provisional entry lists, as at 26 May - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 26 May 2016 09:22
The provisional entry lists for the fourth meeting of the 2016 IAAF Diamond League in Eugene on 28 May are now available.
Schippers to face Thompson and Bowie over 200m in Eugene - IAAF Diamond League
IAAF - 26 May 2016 08:55
The Netherlands' Dafne Schippers will head an outstanding 200m field, the distance at which she won the world title last summer, at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene on Saturday (28).