Tag Archives: athletics

Thursday, 30 March 2017 :  Jo Pavey admits it will be a bittersweet experience receiving her first global medal after the 2007 World Championship silver medal result for Elvan Abeylegesse was annulled for a drug offence. The IAAF confirmed the Turkish athlete was guilty of committing a doping offence during …

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 :   The infusion of the legal supplement L-carnitine, given to Farah in 2014 before a major race, is being looked at by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to determine whether rules were broken. Dr Robin Chakraverty carried out the treatment on the instruction of Farah’s American …

Thursday, 16 March 2017 :  This year’s squad does include Gemili and Ujah, as well seven of the eight runners from Britain’s two Olympic bronze-winning women’s relay teams. British Athletics performance director Neil Black said the selection showed that “we are taking these championships incredibly seriously”. “We really only have …

Thursday, 9 March 2017 :  The infusion of the legal supplement L-carnitine, given to Farah in 2014 before a major race, is being probed by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to see if it broke rules on infusions. The infusion was carried out by UKA medics under instructions from Farah’s …

Venue: Belgrade, Serbia Dates: 3-5 March Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 :  The 23-year-old Scot has already broken the European 3,000m indoor record, and British 5,000m and 1,000m indoor records this year. She will be part of a Great Britain team that also includes defending 60m champion Richard Kilty. Also competing …

Friday, 3 Feb 2017 :  England will provide one of five teams competing against Usain Bolt’s All-Stars in a new athletics event IAAF president Lord Coe says will “revolutionise” the sport. Jamaica’s Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medallist, will be the star attraction at the first Nitro Athletics event in …

Thursday, 2 Feb 2017 :  Nitro Athletics: Usain Bolt takes on the world. Highlights of the first event in the inaugural Nitro Athletics series in Melbourne, featuring Olympic champion Usain Bolt. This hour-long programme shows the best of the action as six international teams made up of 24 athletes battle …

Wednesday, 1 Feb 2017 :  Lord Coe’s former chief of staff has been expelled by athletics’ world governing body for concealing a 30,000 euro payment and misleading an investigation. Nick Davies, who was IAAF deputy general secretary under Coe, was banned on 10 June over allegations he was one of …

Wednesday, 17 August 2016 Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest human, won the Olympic 100-meter sprint for an unprecedented third straight time on Sunday night. Since the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, the average gold medal-winning time in the 100-meter sprint has been 9.906 seconds. Remove Bolt’s victories in Beijing (9.69 …

Monday, 11 September 2017 :  Britain’s Mo Farah claimed a record fourth successive victory in the 37th Great North Run. The 34-year-old overcame New Zealand’s Jake Robertson in a thrilling duel to win in one hour six seconds. London Marathon winner Mary Keitany of Kenya surged to her third victory …