Athletics News
Zharnel Hughes: Great Britain sprinter will miss Rio Olympics
BBC - 10 Jul 2016 13:53
Great Britain sprinter Zharnel Hughes will miss next month's Olympic Games in Rio with a knee injury.
Fajdek leads Polish gold rush as European Championships conclude
IAAF - 10 Jul 2016 20:14
Poland finished atop of the medal table at the 2016 European Championships after a hat trick of golds on Sunday (10) in Amsterdam.
European Championships: Britain win men's 4x100m and women's 4x400m titles
BBC - 10 Jul 2016 19:36
Great Britain win two relay gold medals - in the men's 4x100m and women's 4x400m - at the European Championships in Amsterdam.
Lagat earns fifth Olympic team berth at US Trials
IAAF - 10 Jul 2016 10:07
London had its Super Saturday in 2012. The 2016 US Olympic Trials in Eugene condensed its Super Saturday (9) into 20 minutes. First, Bernard Lagat kicked to win the 5000m as if he were aged 21, not 41. Then Justin Gatlin...
Russia's Klishina cleared to compete as neutral in Rio
BBC - 10 Jul 2016 09:40
Russian long jumper Darya Klishina is cleared to compete as a "neutral" athlete in international competitions.
Merritt fails in Rio bid less than year after transplant
BBC - 10 Jul 2016 09:08
Aries Merritt will not defend his Olympic 110m hurdles title in Rio after finishing fourth at the US trials following a kidney transplant.
41-year-old Bernard Lagat headed for fifth Olympics after winning 5,000m
The Guardian - 10 Jul 2016 03:51
Lagat, 41, wins 5,000m at US Olympic track and field trials in US record holder already qualified for marathon and 10,000m At age 41, Bernard Lagat made his fifth - and most unexpected - Olympics by winning the 5,000-met...
British athletes 'given banned drugs', Kenyan doctors claim
BBC - 10 Jul 2016 00:03
Claims from two Kenyan doctors that they supplied British athletes with banned drugs will be investigated by UK Anti-Doping.