Athletics news

• Muir's former coach Young banned for three years

  30-09-2025 14:50 via bbc.com
  Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir says she has put a "difficult chapter firmly behind" her after her former coach Andrew Young is banned for three years for "serious misconduct".
  
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• How student midwife became a European champion

  29-08-2026 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Success Eduan balanced studying for her three-year midwife degree with her training as an elite athlete.
  
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• More British athletes convicted in connection with Baptiste case

  28-08-2026 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport reveals that Will Sharman, Richard Sharman and Lamin Deen were also convicted in the case which led to Leon Baptiste's imprisonment.
  
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• Second world record in Zurich goes to Russell in the 100m hurdles

  27-08-2026 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American Masai Russell storms to victory in the women's 100m hurdles in a remarkable 12.09 seconds, breaking the world record at the Diamond League in Zurich.
  
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• Dos Santos breaks 400m hurdles world record in Zurich

  27-08-2026 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brazil's Alison dos Santos breaks the 400m hurdles world record, clocking a time of 45.80 seconds at the Diamond League in Zurich.
  
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• Werro edges closer to 800m mark as world records fall in Zurich

  27-08-2026 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European champion Audrey Werro came tantalisingly close to downing the oldest outdoor world record in athletics, finishing a little more than four tenths of a second off Jarmila Kratochvilova's 800m mark.
  
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• 'The record will fall' - Werro takes aim at 43-year-old 800m mark

  26-08-2026 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European 800m champion Audrey Werro backs herself to overhaul one of athletics' oldest and most controversial world records.
  
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• Hodgkinson withdraws from Zurich Diamond League

  24-08-2026 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keely Hodgkinson withdraws from the women's 800 metres at Thursday's Diamond League meeting in Zurich because her "body is not quite ready".
  
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• Kejelcha breaks men's half marathon world record by 29 seconds

  23-08-2026 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha breaks the men's half marathon world record in a time of56 minutes 51 seconds in a World Athletics road race in Buenos Aires.
  
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• 'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error

  23-08-2026 05:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Runners will receive a medal at the 2026 Sydney Marathon with an engraving of a German stadium.
  
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• Hunt second in Diamond League 200m as White wins

  21-08-2026 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amy Hunt follows up her extraordinary week at the European Championships with a second-placed finish in the women's 200m at the Diamond League in Lausanne behind Kayla White.
  
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• Duplantis releases song for Ultimate Championship

  21-08-2026 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis says "music and sport bring people together in the best way as he releases 'Gold' for the upcoming inaugural Ultimate Championship.
  
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• Olympian Simpson says she will never run again after cardiac arrest

  21-08-2026 10:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic 1500m medallist Jenny Simpson says a "chapter has ended" and she will not return to running after having a cardiac arrest.
  
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• Edmonton Marathon route was 674 metres too long

  20-08-2026 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Organisers of the Edmonton Marathon admit their course this year was more than half a kilometre too long.
  
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• An action-revenge thriller steeped in mythology, starring Dev Patel

  20-08-2026 02:19 via bbc.co.uk
  One small ember can burn down everything. Dev Patel’s thriller steeped in mythology
  
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• Athletics coach believed missing is in jail for sexual assault

  19-08-2026 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  English athletics coach Leon Baptiste was given a 10-month prison sentence in Morocco for sexually assaulting a minor.
  
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• 'Sensational' Hunt's historic European Championships

  17-08-2026 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relive Great Britain's Amy Hunt's "iconic" European Championships where the sprinter won four gold medals with victories in the women's 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the mixed 4x100m relay.
  
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• 'Are you not entertained?' - Hunt enters stardom with iconic quadruple

  17-08-2026 09:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amy Hunt asserts herself as Great Britain's new track sensation after winning an unprecedented four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
  
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• Dramatic last laps as GB take silver in men's and women's 4x400m relays

  16-08-2026 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain take silver in both the men's and women's 4x400m relay, with the last lap of each race going right down to the wire.
  
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• Final European Championships medal table & list of GB medallists

  16-08-2026 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Final medal table and Great Britain's medallists for the European Athletics Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium.
  
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• 'The jump of her life!' - GB's Sawyers takes long jump silver

  16-08-2026 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Jazz Sawyers puts on "one of the performances of the championship" to take silver in the women's long jump, finishing just one centimetre behind gold-winning Larissa Iapichino.
  
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• GB's Hunter-Bell comfortably wins 'serene, beautiful' 1500m gold

  16-08-2026 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Georgia Hunter-Bell wins convincingly in the women's 1500m to take gold for Great Britain, making herself uncatchable on the final stretch.
  
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• History for Hunt and Asher-Smith in golden finish for GB

  16-08-2026 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amy Hunt and Dina Asher-Smith make history and Georgia Hunter Bell claims a commanding 1500m gold as Great Britain maintain their bid to top the final medal table at the European Championships.
  
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• Hunt wins fourth gold as GB storm to mixed 4x100m relay victory

  16-08-2026 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremiah Azu, Dina-Asher Smith, Zharnel Hughes and Amy Hunt combine to win gold for Great Britain in the first mixed 4x100m relay at the European Athletics Championships.
  
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• O'Connor targets biggest titles after European gold

  16-08-2026 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kate O'Connor knows she is capable of winning a world and Olympic title after producing a superb performance to clinch a European gold medal.
  
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• Athletics medal ceremonies postponed after fraud arrest

  16-08-2026 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Transport was also delayed because of the arrest, leading to crowds building up outside the venue.
  
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• European Championship marathon records fall in men's and women's races

  16-08-2026 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany's Amanal Petros and Finland's Alisa Vainio both set new championship records on their way to gold in the men and women's marathons, on the final day of the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• Donnelly wins GB's first women's marathon medal at Europeans

  16-08-2026 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abbie Donnelly became the first British woman to win a marathon medal at the European Championships as she claimed bronze in Birmingham on Sunday.
  
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• Bronze for Donnelly and team gold for GB in women's marathon

  16-08-2026 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abbie Donnelly wins the bronze medal in the women's marathon, with Great Britain also winning a gold medal in the team event, on the final day of the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• 'It was so up and down' - O'Connor wins heptathlon gold

  16-08-2026 00:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Kate O'Connor speaks after winning gold in the women's heptathlon at the European Athletics Championships, just weeks after winning the same event at the Commonwealth Games.
  
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