Athletics

The elite marathon runner meets other positive people in BBC Sounds series Anya Culling’s No Limits. BBC News

World champion Peres Jepchirchir has withdrawn from this month’s London Marathon. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion was diagnosed with an unspecified stress fracture after finishing second in the Valencia marathon in December. That delayed the start of her training for London and the 32-year-old Kenyan has now told race organisers …

Scottish 200m record holder Beth Dobbin has announced her retirement following “a three-year battle with a serious and life-changing health issue”. The 31-year-old ran at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, reaching the semi-finals, and won 4x400m relay bronze for Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Dobbie also competed …

Australian teenager Gout Gout has run 200m faster than sprinting great Usain Bolt did at the same age. The 18-year-old clocked a superb time of 19.67 seconds to win at his national championships on Sunday. It was the first time that Gout had gone under the 20-second mark legally, after …

Cari Brown is hooked on marathons and is preparing to compete in her 11th on Sunday. After learning of the changes, she felt forced to abandon her plans to run a personal best in Paris and entered a different race to chase her goal. “Unfortunately, it’s not going to be …

World Athletics plans to launch a standalone World Marathon Championships from 2030, with Athens in Greece potentially hosting the inaugural event. The marathon will remain part of the World Athletics Championships in 2027 and 2029 but will then have its own annual championship, with men and women competing in alternate …

Welsh record holder Jones, who is targeting the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, was the British champion in 2020. Last year she was runner-up at the UK Championships for a fourth time when throwing a new personal best of 56.53 metres. However, the broken javelins have hit her bid for …

Posting on his Instagram page, Gemili said:, external “It’s hard to put into words what an incredible journey it’s been. “Thank you for all the support, love, and belief you’ve shown me throughout my career. “From a baby-faced Adam at London 2012 to a slightly more grey-haired version in 2025. …

Former New York marathon champion Albert Korir has been banned for five years after admitting to doping. The 32-year-old Kenyan tested positive for CERA – a potent blood-boosting substance and modern variant of EPO – across three out-of-competition tests in October 2025. All of Korir’s results since October will now …

The London Athletics Meet, one of 15 stops in this season’s Diamond League schedule, takes place on Saturday, 18 July. Kerr reclaimed the indoor 3,000m title he won in Glasgow two years ago to complete his post-injury return to global success. That came six months after the 28-year-old’s world 1500m …

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell was beaten in the 1500m in Melbourne in her first race since she was crowned women’s world indoor champion. The 32-year-old arrived at the Maurie Plant Meet in Australia less than a week after she stormed to her first global indoor title in Poland. But …

Rand, who was born in Wells, Somerset, on 10 February 1940, was a prodigious talent, attending Millfield School on a sports scholarship before being expelled after going to Paris with her then boyfriend and becoming engaged. She burst on to the international scene at 18 with long jump silver at …

The Diamond League’s season-opening meet in Doha is “scheduled to go ahead as planned” but organisers say they are “exploring alternative options” amid the war in the Middle East. Qatar’s capital is due to host the first of this year’s 15 Diamond League events on 8 May. A final decision …

Four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson has confirmed he will refund a sum of $500,000 (£375,000) he allegedly “secretly” paid himself just days before his Grand Slam Track (GST) league collapsed. Three GST events were held – in Kingston, Miami and Philadelphia – before the project folded in December 2025. Contracted …

Available for over a year Last September, Alex Rose walked into a rain-soaked concrete circle at the Japan National Stadium and made athletics history. While many discus throwers struggled amid the downpour, Rose found a throw of 66.96 metres to win bronze at the World Athletics Championships – his first …

Ehammer breaks men’s heptathlon world record BBC News

Molly Caudery says her World Indoor pole vault title “means absolutely everything”. The 26-year-old from Cornwall jumped a season’s best 4.85m to take gold ahead of Slovenia’s Tina Sutej in Poland. It meant she reclaimed the title she won two years ago, a victory that propelled her onto the global …

Asher-Smith finishes seventh as Dosso takes women’s 60m gold BBC News

Five-time Olympic gold cycling medallist Dame Laura Kenny speaks to BBC Breakfast after negative social media comments left her questioning her breastfeeding journey. BBC News

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell wins her first global title after running a world-leading time of 3:58.53 in the women’s 1500m final at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland. Watch the World Indoor Athletics Championships Available to UK users only. BBC News