Georgia Hunter-Bell and Keely Hodgkinson both finished second in their respective finals at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. The former finished second in the 1500m behind Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska, while Hodgkinson was, as has often been the case this season, beaten by Switzerland’s Audrey Werro in the 800m. Read more Read More
It was one of the surprises of the evening in Rovereto on Tuesday, as Yusuf Bizimana won the 800m in 1:43.31, spectacularly improving his personal best for the third consecutive time since the start of the summer. This latest performance also sees him become the sixth-best British performer in history over the distance, further underlining the progress made by the British middle-distance runner in recent weeks. Read more Read More
Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr will both line up at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship, taking place from 11 to 13 September in Budapest. After missing the Diamond League Final in Brussels for different reasons, the two British athletes return for a competition bringing together the best athletes of the season and which will represent the final major meeting of the year. Read more Read More
This summer, Lucy Bull and Edward Scott delivered two rare British results in the javelin at the European U18 Championships in Rieti. Bull won the women’s title with 56.60m, while Scott claimed silver in the men’s competition with 70.02m. Two medals which, on their own, are obviously not enough to herald a revival of British javelin. Yet they raise a broader question in an event where many of the leading throwers of recent years have come from countries in which cricket plays a major role : does the United Kingdom finally have a generation capable of beginning to close the gap ? Read more Read More
Amy Hunt has not had to wait long before returning to competition. Just days after completing a historic four-gold-medal haul at the European Championships in Birmingham, the British sprinter will already be back on the track this Friday evening in Lausanne, where she is set to contest the 200 metres on the Diamond League circuit. After a 2026 season already marked by major progress and significant success, Amy Hunt arrives in Switzerland looking to continue her upward trajectory against a particularly strong field. Read more Read More
