Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics: How many medals will Britain win in athletics? August 2, 2024 The athletics got underway yesterday with the race walks but the Stade de France stadium programme really kicks off for Team GB this morning. Athletics will be a daily occurrence between now and the closing ceremony with Britain in the mix for medals. Team GB finished 24th in the Tokyo 2020 medal table, a low [...]
Captain Kerr ready for 1500m battle with Ingebrigtsen in Paris August 1, 2024 Josh Kerr is blocking out the noise as he begins his bid to compete in what he believes will be “one of the best 1500m races of all time” against Jakob Ingebrigtsen. The reigning world champion takes to the Stade de France track in the first of three heats tomorrow morning at 10.10am, with fellow [...]
Zharnel Hughes: Team GB sprinters like me, Azu and Hinchcliffe can win medals at Paris 2024 Olympics July 17, 2024 In just 17 days’ time British sprinter Zharnel Hughes will hope to be one of eight men lining up for the biggest race of all: the Olympic 100m final in the Stade de France, Paris. It is the showpiece of the Games, where legends such as Usain Bolt, Jesse Owens and Linford Christie darted into [...]
Phoebe Gill, 17, heads to Olympics with Hodgkinson in 800m June 30, 2024 Teenage sensation Phoebe Gill won the 800m final at the British Championships to qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer. The 17-year-old Brit broke the 45-year-old European Under-18 record in May and will now compete at the Olympics. She will join Jemma Reekie, who she beat in Manchester, in the French capital. Gill will be [...]
Michael Johnson announces Grand Slam Track with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone June 18, 2024 Michael Johnson’s challenger athletics tour was announced yesterday with Grand Slam Track set to contract racers to four Slams per year with prize money up to $100,000 per event. The idea has $30m of backing from a number of sources and will see four Slams between April and September, starting next year, and apparently avoiding [...]
European Athletics Championships: Five Brits to watch in Rome June 6, 2024 On Friday a 70-strong British team will begin the hunt for medals at the European Athletics Championships. And though Team GB haven’t sent a completely full strength squad, there will be an expectation for success in Rome over the next six days. Here are five Brits to watch across the European Athletics Championships. Keely Hodgkinson [...]
Semenya set for ECHR hearing in “important day” in her journey May 14, 2024 Caster Semenya will tomorrow have a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber in what has been described as “an important day in her journey as a human being and an athlete”. The 33-year-old South African has not been able to compete in the 800m since 2019 after controversial limits were [...]
Team GB can set Olympics marker at World Athletics relays championships May 4, 2024 One of the most exhilarating athletics events in an Olympics track and field schedule, relays captivate the mind. They’re fast, elegant and hold enough risk to keep viewers interested until the very end. Great Britain have a mixed set of results at the Olympic games: But the 4x100m women’s race is where the interest is. [...]