2 w. ago World Athletics Championships: Odira pips Hunter Bell and Hodgkinson in 800m final, GB women miss 4x100m podium – live

Updates from closing night of the worlds in Tokyo‘What the hell?’: Johnson-Thompson shares bronze Get in touch! Email Daniel with any thoughts“Worth a mention of the Berlin Marathon if you are covering athletics I think,” writes Ben Tuff. “Unless it is London, we seem to so under-appreciate these epic events. No WR today because of the heat but Sawe won it at a canter. Great to see Akasaki in second, albeit four mins back. Wanjiru was a long way off her WR but much closer race for the women. Also, some crazy people have been running around Battersea track in the Self Transcendence 24-hour Track Race for the last 23 hours and 42mins. The leader, Julien Cazorta, has completed 234km so far ”Goodness me, that is absurd. And the men’s marathon final in this competition – judged by photo-finish – was one of most mind-boggling things I’ve seen this year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold as Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver

On the final day of action in Tokyo, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson missed out on GB’s first gold medal of the week

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Keely Hodgkinson goes for gold in 800m and more – live

Updates from closing night of the worlds in Tokyo‘What the hell?’: Johnson-Thompson shares bronze Get in touch! Email Daniel with any thoughtsAha, we’re with the women’s high jump now, Olyslagers of Australia clearing 1.93, first go and by miles; Ukraine’s Mahuchikh does likewise, so too Patterson, also of Australia. Those are the three favourites, but we’ll see how it goes.We’re 12 minutes away Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: GB golden girl Keely Hodgkinson goes for 800m glory

On the final day of action in Tokyo, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson will try to deliver GB’s first gold medal of the week

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: heptathlon gold for Hall, Johnson

Updates from the penultimate night of action in TokyoFollow us on Bluesky | And you can email EmilliaJohnson-Thompson has thrown 38.82m with her first of three attempts in the javelin. She’s been pushed out of the medal positions for now.Kate O’Connor of Ireland has mustered a phenomenal personal best of 53.06m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Team GB suffer World Athletics Championships disaster as 100m star in live TV apology

Welshman Jeremiah Azu's chance of a medal went up in smoke after a mistake by his team-mates

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: GB flop in men’s 4x100m; heptathlon and men’s 800m final – live

Updates from the penultimate night of action in TokyoFollow us on Bluesky | And you can drop Luke a mailJohnson-Thompson has thrown 38.82m with her first of three attempts in the javelin. She’s been pushed out of the medal positions for now.Kate O’Connor of Ireland has mustered a phenomenal personal best of 53.06m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Thiam out of heptathlon, USA miss men’s 4x400 final – live

Updates from the penultimate night of action in TokyoFollow us on Bluesky | And you can drop Luke a mailJohnson-Thompson has thrown 38.82m with her first of three attempts in the javelin. She’s been pushed out of the medal positions for now.Kate O’Connor of Ireland has mustered a phenomenal personal best of 53.06m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Thiam out of heptathlon, men’s 800m final and more – live

Updates from the penultimate night of action in TokyoFollow us on Bluesky | And you can drop Luke a mailAmy Hunt is just collecting her silver medal. She is looking a little tired, which is not surprising given she got to bed at 5am this morning, and will not be running in the heats of the women’s 4x100m relay later today.Nafi Thiam – one of the defending champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s key rivals – withdrew on Saturday withdrew from the heptathlon on Saturday after an underwhelming long jump left Belgium’s triple Olympic champion with little chance of a medal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: GB’s Amy Hunt wins 200m silver, Noah Lyles seals fourth 200m title

Both men’s and women’s 200m crowns are up for grabs while Keely Hodgkinson continues her bid for 800m glory in the semi-finals

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Noah Lyles takes men’s 200m gold, Benjamin and Bol win 400m hurdles – live

Updates from night seven of the worlds in TokyoMcLaughlin-Levrone storms to 400m gold | Mail YaraWomen’s heptathlon – high jump: Johnson-Thompson’s second attempt at the 1.80m better run-up and a good clearance! O’Dowda’s third and final chance to get 1.80m now and she manages it as well!Brooks though cannot match the GB pair and she groans as she fails in her final attempt. That is her out of the high jump. Disappointing given her personal best is 1.84m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Benjamin wins 400m hurdles gold; heptathlon and more – live

Updates from night seven of the worlds in TokyoMcLaughlin-Levrone storms to 400m gold | Mail YaraWomen’s heptathlon – high jump: Johnson-Thompson’s second attempt at the 1.80m better run-up and a good clearance! O’Dowda’s third and final chance to get 1.80m now and she manages it as well!Brooks though cannot match the GB pair and she groans as she fails in her final attempt. That is her out of the high jump. Disappointing given her personal best is 1.84m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 200m finals, heptathlon and more – live

Updates from night seven of the worlds in TokyoMcLaughlin-Levrone storms to 400m gold | Mail YaraWomen’s 800m: Keely Hodgkinson will be excited to be back in action in today’s semi-finals.The Olympic 800m champion has been so bored in her hotel in the 35c heat she has even taken to staging playful indoor races with her training partner, Georgia Hunter Bell. But she dusted off the cobwebs in qualifying comfortably for today’s semi-finals in 1:59.79. “I don’t like the rounds,” she said. “They feel awful. They are awful. It was not pretty or fast tonight but I am safely through.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson returns and Noah Lyles goes for 200m gold

Both men’s and women’s 200m crowns are up for grabs while Keely Hodgkinson continues her bid for 800m glory in the semi-finals

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, McLaughlin

The reigning 800m champion barely broke a sweat as she progressed to the semis, while American legend McLaughlin-Levrone set a championship record in a lightning-quick 400m final

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: Kebinatshipi wins men’s 400m, Lyles lays down 200m marker as Gout exits – live

Latest updates from the track on night six in TokyoEnhanced Games targets more GB stars | Mail DanielBack on the track, Yamamoto leads from Tanaka, with Battocletti of Italy third and Chebet fourth.Oli Goldman reminds me that, when reminiscing about the 1991 worlds, I neglected to mention the GB 4x400m quarter changing up their order and Kriss Akabusi taking out Antonio Pettigrew, the individual champion, in the final few strides. I was actually looking for and failing to find photos of the t-shirts made thereafter, featuring Roger Black’s post-race line, “We kicked their butts”, then got distracted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, Noah Lyles returns

Plenty of Brits are in action on day six of the World Championships while the men’s and women’s 400m medals will be contested

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson cruises into 800m semis, Asher

Plenty of Brits are in action on day six of the World Championships while the men’s and women’s 400m medals will be contested

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships 2025: 400m finals, 200m semis and more – live

Latest updates from the track on night six in TokyoKerley joins Enhanced Games soon after ban | Mail DanielBack on the track, Yamamoto leads from Tanaka, with Battocletti of Italy third and Chebet fourth.Oli Goldman reminds me that, when reminiscing about the 1991 worlds, I neglected to mention the GB 4x400m quarter changing up their order and Kriss Akabusi taking out Antonio Pettigrew, the individual champion, in the final few strides. I was actually looking for and failing to find photos of the t-shirts made thereafter, featuring Roger Black’s post-race line, “We kicked their butts”, then got distracted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago World Athletics Championships live: Hodgkinson begins 800m title bid, Asher

Plenty of Brits are in action on day six of the World Championships while the men’s and women’s 400m medals will be contested

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