Athletics News

Patterson one of just 10 Australian world champion athletes Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers finishes tied for fifth Eleanor Patterson has become just the 10th Australian athlete to win world championships gold...

Winning 1500m gold at the World Athletics Championships lifts Jake Wightman from nearly man to one of Scotland's greatest athletes.

It isn't often someone has the privilege of winning a 1500m World Championship, and it's quite another when your father is responsible for the announcement. As Jake Wightman narrowly made it across the finish line ahead ...

28-year-old wins Britain's first gold medal of championships 'My voice has gone,' says father Geoff on stadium PA in Eugene As Jake Wightman was celebrating the greatest and most dramatic heist of these world championshi...

Brazil's Alison dos Santos wins gold in the men's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships as defending champion and world record holder Karsten Warholm misses out on the medals.

Britain's Jake Wightman produces a stunning run to take 1500m gold at the World Championships in Oregon.

USA sprinters Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton set up a mouth-watering 200m final at the World Athletics Championships with dominant wins in the semi-finals, but 100m champion, Fred Kerley, fails to make it through.

Great Britain's Jessie Knight qualifies for the semi-final of the women's 400m hurdles in the World Athletics Championships.