Athletics

Davis-Woodhall ends season after car crash
Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall decides to end her 2026 season after suffering "severe concussion" in a car crash and she will now miss this week's World Athletics Ultimate Championship.
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21 hours ago
Late season lift for Reekie after difficult summer
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1 day ago
McColgan wins London Big Half after five months out
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2 days ago
Hunt 'not afraid of anyone' after 100m second-place finish
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3 days ago
'Best bend I've ever run' - Hunt's strong season continues in Brussels
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4 days ago
Alfred wins 200m as Hunt finishes third in Brussels. Video, 00:01:07
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4 days ago
Second world record in Zurich goes to Russell in the 100m hurdles. Video, 00:01:39
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27 August

Athletics Shorts

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Dos Santos breaks 400m hurdles world record in Zurich. Video, 00:02:40
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27 August
'Sensational' Hunt's historic European Championships. Video, 00:06:49
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17 August
Hunt wins fourth gold as GB storm to mixed 4x100m relay victory Video, 00:04:30
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16 August
GB's Hunter-Bell comfortably wins 'serene, beautiful' 1500m gold. Video, 00:07:11
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16 August
'The jump of her life!' - GB's Sawyers takes long jump silver. Video, 00:05:24
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16 August

Athletics news

Olympic champion Davis-Woodhall 'lucky to be alive' after car crash
Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall says she is "lucky and blessed to be alive" after being involved in a car crash.
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6 days ago
More British athletes convicted in connection with Baptiste case
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28 August
Tebogo says late mother 'always there' ahead of emotional return to Budapest
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Africa Sport
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5 days ago
How student midwife became a European champion
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Manchester
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29 August
Werro edges closer to 800m mark as world records fall in Zurich
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27 August
Kejelcha breaks men's half marathon world record by 29 seconds
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23 August
'The record will fall' - Werro takes aim at 43-year-old 800m mark
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26 August

More athletics video

Dramatic last laps as GB take silver in men's and women's 4x400m relays. Video, 00:04:18
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16 August
Bronze for Donnelly and team gold for GB in women's marathon. Video, 00:01:03
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16 August
European Championship marathon records fall in men's and women's races. Video, 00:01:39
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16 August
'Absolutely miles ahead!' GB women win brilliant relay gold. Video, 00:03:30
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15 August
Great Britain storm to 4x100m relay gold. Video, 00:03:43
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15 August

More athletics news

Hunt second in Diamond League 200m as White wins
Amy Hunt follows up her extraordinary week at the European Championships with a second-placed finish in the women's 200m at the Diamond League in Lausanne behind Kayla White.
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21 August
Olympian Simpson says she will never run again after cardiac arrest
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21 August
'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error
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World
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23 August
Athletics coach believed missing is in jail for sexual assault
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19 August
Edmonton Marathon route was 674 metres too long
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20 August
History for Hunt and Asher-Smith in golden finish for GB
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16 August
Donnelly wins GB's first women's marathon medal at Europeans
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16 August

Features and analysis

'Are you not entertained?' - Hunt enters stardom with iconic quadruple
Amy Hunt asserts herself as Great Britain's new track sensation after winning an unprecedented four gold medals at the European Athletics Championships.
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17 August
Why is the women's 800m record so tough to break?
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12 August
GB's Hunt comes of age with European 100m gold
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10 August
The team behind Hodgkinson's golden rise and the hunt for a world record
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10 August
Selfies, signatures & social media - how Kerr embraced Glasgow Games
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2 August
2,000km, eight countries, 29 days - the fastest runner to cross the Alps
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2 August
Speed suits & altitude rooms - how Kerr planned to beat mile world record
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17 July

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