Athletics News

For the second consecutive year, Chinese walkers Liu Hong and Wang Zhen took the honours at the XXX Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna 2016, the Spanish leg of this year's IAAF Race Walking Challenge, on Saturday (28).

Canadian multi-events exponents Damian Warner and Brianne Theisen-Eaton are the overnight leaders after the first day of the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, a IAAF World Combined Events Challenge meeting on Saturday (28).

Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson looks set for this summer's Rio Olympics after a good opening day of the Hypo meeting in Gotzis.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's quest for Olympic history in the 100m has grown even more difficult since the end of last summer.