by gnadmin | Nov 15, 2013 | Athletes, Europe, Featured, News, United Kingdom, USA
IAAF Hall of Fame – 12 legends to be inducted Council approved the names of 12 athletes who will compose this year’s induction into the IAAF Hall of Fame which was inaugurated last year as part of the IAAF’s centenary celebrations. The very strict minimum criteria...
by gnadmin | Aug 1, 2013 | Europe, Featured, News, South Africa, United Kingdom
The compact frame of Hungarian Gergo Mezei took line honours in the 5km Road Race at the World Transplant Games in Durban today running a time of 17.36 The 25 year old looked comfortable the entire race, running in the lead group of three athletes he made his...
by gnadmin | Feb 24, 2013 | Ethiopia, Featured, Half, News, United Kingdom
Britain’s Mo Farah edged out Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam in a dramatic finish to win the New Orleans half-marathon. The pair left the rest of the field trailing, and it was Farah who grabbed the glory as a sprint finish gave him victory in one hour and...
by gnadmin | Dec 29, 2012 | News, Track
World Indoor 4x400m relay champion Perri Shakes-Drayton (coach: Chris Zah) has confirmed her participation in both the Glasgow and Birmingham indoor legs of the 2013 British Athletics Series this winter, running her first ever individual 400m flat indoor races....
by gnadmin | Oct 19, 2012 | Featured, General News, News, United Kingdom
Jessica Ennis (Coach: Toni Minichiello) and David Weir (Jenny Archer) have been voted British Olympic and Paralympic Athlete of the Year for 2012 by athletics fans across the country. Ennis secured 48% of the vote, beating double Olympic Champion Mo Farah (Alberto...
by gnadmin | Sep 17, 2012 | News, United Kingdom
Wilson Kipsang produced a superb sprint finish to win the Great North Run from fellow Kenyan Micah Kogo. Kipsang, who took bronze in the London Olympic marathon, produced a late surge to pass Kogo and win the half marathon in 59 minutes and six seconds....
