Athletics news

• US 1500m champion Koech gets three-year doping ban

  11-08-2026 00:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American middle-distance runner Jonah Koech is banned for three years for blood doping.
  
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• Criticism of empty seats and ticket prices at the Europeans

  11-08-2026 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly 10,000 seats were empty at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium on Monday.
  
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• Are ticket prices to blame for 'disappointing' European Championship attendance?

  11-08-2026 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport pundits Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill believe that while concerns around ticket prices are understandable, being able to experience the European Athletics Championships live will create "core memories" for spectators which make the cost of tickets value for money.
  
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• Grand Slam Track athletes deny Johnson claim they have been paid

  11-08-2026 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Athletes promised thousands of pounds in payments for participating in Grand Slam Track events are still waiting for their money.
  
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• Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semi-finals

  11-08-2026 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's defending champion Keely Hodgkinson wins her heat to reach women's 800m semi-finals, at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• Pain, pride and teamwork - the camp behind Hodgkinson's success

  11-08-2026 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The M11 Track Club, masterminded by coaching duo Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows in Manchester, combines an intense, uncompromising training ethic with a supportive, family-like culture - providing the foundation for Keely Hodgkinson's spectacular rise to Olympic gold and her ultimate pursuit of the 800m world record.
  
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• Hodgkinson and gold medal rivals progress at Europeans

  11-08-2026 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keely Hodgkinson and gold medal rivals Audrey Werro and Femke Broeders-Bol progress to remain on course for a tantalising European 800m showdown.
  
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• GB's Hunt comes of age with European 100m gold

  11-08-2026 00:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Amy Hunt has her "coming of age" moment as she storms to 100m glory at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• Britain's Hunt sprints to European 100m gold

  11-08-2026 00:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Amy Hunt wins her first major gold medal with victory in the 100m at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• Ingebrigtsen returns from 'lowest of lows' to clinch 5,000m gold

  10-08-2026 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jakob Ingebrigtsen fights back from "the lowest of lows" to win a stunning 5,000m gold at the European Championships after almost a year out with injury.
  
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• 'We're a team to beat!' - Great Britain relay quartet celebrate silver medal

  10-08-2026 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's 400m relay team give their reaction to their silver-medal performance on the first night of the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
  
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• European Championships: Day two schedule & BBC coverage

  10-08-2026 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timetable and BBC coverage times for the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham from 10-16 August.
  
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• 'I knew I was going to win' - Ingebrigtsen on gold medal victory

  10-08-2026 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen says he knew he would win the men's 5000m gold medal "with 600m to go" at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.Ingebrigtsen successfully returned from the sidelines after Achilles surgery earlier in the year.
  
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• Great Britain win mixed 4x400m relay silver

  10-08-2026 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain win their first medal of the 2026 European Athletics Championships, finishing second to Norway to take silver in the 4x400m mixed relay final in Birmingham.
  
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• 'Genius' Ingebrigtsen surges late to win European 5,000m gold after injury

  10-08-2026 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen completes a sensational injury comeback with a late burst of pace to win men's 5,000m gold in Birmingham.
  
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• New filming guidelines used at Europeans for first time

  10-08-2026 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New guidelines advising broadcasters on more respectful camera angles at live athletics events are used at the European Athletics Championships for the first time
  
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• Kenya bids to host 2029 World Athletics Championships

  10-08-2026 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya submits a bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships as it seeks to become the first African nation to stage the flagship event.
  
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• Russian Athletics files new claim against sanctions

  10-08-2026 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian Athletics Ferderation files a new claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport to challenge the sanctions imposed by World Athletics.
  
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• The team behind Hodgkinson's golden rise and the hunt for a world record

  10-08-2026 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at the team behind Great Britain 800m star Keely Hodgkinson's golden rise and pursuit of a world record.
  
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• Defiant Hodgkinson says home European title would mean as much as Olympic gold

  09-08-2026 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keely Hodgkinson will seek to prove she is still number one following a "tricky" outdoor season when she faces world-class rivals for European 800m gold in Birmingham.
  
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• Athletes from bankrupt track league have now been paid - Johnson

  08-08-2026 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson speaks publicly for the first time since Grand Slam Track went bankrupt, and clarifies details of payments to himself and athletes.
  
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• Mawdsley out of European Championships with injury

  08-08-2026 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Sharlene Mawdsley withdraws from the European Athletics Championships after failing to recover in time from a hamstring injury sustained at the national championships last month.
  
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• The Warm Up Track 2026: Daniel Stahl

  07-08-2026 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daniel Stahl explains why Tokyo’s world title is his greatest.
  
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• European Athletics Championships: Key events, timetable & BBC coverage

  06-08-2026 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timetable and BBC coverage times for the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham from 10-16 August.
  
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• London submits bid for 2029 World Championships

  06-08-2026 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London submits its final bid to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, with the London Stadium, built for the 2012 Olympics, the proposed venue.
  
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• Sprinting for GB - two years after taking up sport

  05-08-2026 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gloucester sprinter James Arminio is racing at the Under-20 World Championships, only two years after first stepping on to an athletics track.
  
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• 'I'm incredibly lucky to have home city's support'

  04-08-2026 07:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gold medal winner Jazmin Sawyers praises her home city of Stoke-on-Trent for always backing her.
  
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• Selfies, signatures & social media - how Kerr embraced Glasgow Games

  02-08-2026 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gold medallist Josh Kerr has revelled in the Commonwealth Games and in competing for Scotland in Glasgow this week.
  
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• 2,000km, eight countries, 29 days - the fastest runner to cross the Alps

  02-08-2026 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ultra-runner Sophie Woods runs 2,000km across eight countries in only 29 days to break the record for completing the Via Alpina - one of the world's toughest endurance challenges.
  
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• Saturday scrap ends with emotional Kerr winning fight

  02-08-2026 00:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There were no pacers and no wave lights. This was a Saturday night scrap - Glasgow rules - and Josh Kerr wasn't going to let anyone beat him in that fight.
  
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