Athletics News

With six days to go before the start of the athletics programme at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, which commences on Friday (12) and takes place from 12-21 August, previews for each of the 47 medal events have started to be...

Whether it's the six global titles, the multiple world records, or his status as the world leader heading into Rio; there are numerous reasons as to why Ashton Eaton is the overwhelming favourite for the decathlon title.

The anticipated clash between the world's top three heptathletes didn't quite materialise at last year's World Championships, but Rio offers another opportunity for Jessica Ennis-Hill, Brianne Theisen-Eaton and Katarina ...

Athletics took centre stage at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony as marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima lit the flame in the cannonball-shaped cauldron - a small and low-emission model befitting the environmental...

Miguel Angel Lopez produced one of the shocks of the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 when the Spaniard came through strongly over the last two kilometres to leave the highly-rated Chinese walkers floundering in his...

World champion Liu Hong has been unbeaten since March 2015, making the world record-holder the big favourite for the women's 20km race walk in Rio.

A tibia injury at the start of the year threatened to derail Matej Toth's 2016 campaign, but after a good block of training in Italy, the world champion is said to be back to full fitness.

On paper, the men's 4x100m should be a duel between sprint powers USA and Jamaica, with each team able to draw from a pool thick with fast men and major championship finalists, not least probable anchor men Justin Gatlin...

Expect the race for 4x100m gold to be a familiar battle between Olympic champions the USA and reigning world champions Jamaica as the two sprinting superpowers go head to head once again.

As was the case at last year's IAAF World Championships, the women's 4x400m in Rio looks set to be another classic battle between USA and Jamaica.