Laura Muir announced her new coaches
Scottish long-distance runner Laura Muir has announced that she is being coached by Steve Cram and her former rival Laura Weightman. The Olympic silver medalist has been working with former UK Athletics endurance programme manager Steve Vernon in the run-up to Paris 2024. This follows a split with long-time coach Andy Young in 2023, who
Daniel Ebenyo wants to be included in Kenya’s marathon team for the 2025 Tokyo World Championships
Daniel Ebenyo has failed to make the Kenyan national team for a series of events and has appealed to Athletics Kenya to include him in the marathon team for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. The world 10,000m silver medalist had hoped to make his Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games, but he
World champions Grant Holloway, Gudaf Tsegay and Katie Moon return to Lieven
World champions Grant Holloway, Gudaf Tsegay and Katie Moon will return to Liege on February 13 for the World Athletics Tour Indoor’s Gold Label event. Grant Holloway has won the 60m hurdles in the French city for the past four years. The Olympic 110m champion also holds the event record of 7.32 sec as of
Battle of the champions at the Karlsruhe meeting
Paris 2024 Olympic shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye (Germany) will face two-time world champion Chase Jackson (USA) and world indoor champion Sarah Mitton (Canada). The star-studded event will take place at the Karlsruhe meeting on February 7. It is part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour with a “Gold Label”. The three last met indoors
Yemisi Ogunleye and Malaika Mihambo started the indoor season with strong results
German athletics stars Yemisi Ogunleye and Malaika Mihambo opened the indoor athletics season in style after topping the world rankings for the season in their respective disciplines at the World Athletics Tour’s “Bronze Label” tournament Sparkassen Indoor Meeting Dortmund. Olympic shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye won the event with 18.98m, also a meeting record. The
Italian rising athletics star Kelly Doualla set a new European U18 best time for the 60m
Italian athlete Kelly Doualla set the fastest 60m time in Europe for the under-18 girls’ event after winning first place at the Memorial Giovannini, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Challenger meeting, in Ancona. The rising Italian athletics star, whose parents are from Cameroon, turned 15 in November. Kelly Doualla won the race convincingly in 7.23
Irish athlete Sophie Becker
Sophie Becker, an Irish athlete, who earned the silver in 4x400m relay at the Roma European Athletics Championships in 2024. She competed in the mixed 4x400m relay event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and 400m, 4x400m relay and 4x400m mixed relay at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Sophie Becker is an IAAF World Relays silver medalist
Oleh Doroshchuk cleared 2.30m to win high jump gold at Lviv meeting
European high jump bronze medalist Oleh Doroshchuk cleared 2.30m to win at the National Competitions High Jump “Memorial Demianiuka” in Lviv, Ukraine. He grabbed the gold after clearing the season’s best in the event. The silver went to Dmytro Nikitin with 2.21m, while the bronze went to Vadym Kravchuk with 2.18m. Kyrylo Lutsenko and Nazar
Luxembourg sprinter Patrizia Van der Weken leads 60m season rankings after two records
The favorite of the home team from Luxembourg, Patrizia Van der Weken, did not disappoint her fans and won the 60-meter sprint in front of the fans. She also did it with a national indoor record of 7.07 sec. In the heats, Patrizia Van der Weken won with a time of 7.18 sec, and in
Elvin Josue Canales set a new indoor national record at 800m event in Luxembourg
Spanish athlete Elvin Josue Canales moved up to sixth in the all-time European men’s 800m indoor ranking. He won the 800m event in Luxembourg yesterday in 1:44.65 min. The event was part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour with a “Silver Label”. Elvin Josue Canales, 23, was born in Honduras but was allowed to compete