After topping the medal table at the European Cross Country Championships in December, a 23-strong GB & NI team has been named for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Sunday 24 March. Emelia Gorecka … [Read more...]
UK Team for Euro Indoors 2013
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The European Indoor Championships get underway in Gothenburg, Sweden, tomorrow with a 28-strong team representing GB & NI. Holly Bleasdale (Dan Pfaff, Scott Simpson) will go into the pole vault with a European leading mark of 4.77m set … [Read more...]
Radcliffe backs WMM anti-doping penalties
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
World record holder Paula Radcliffe has welcomed the decision of World Marathon Majors (WMM) to revise their athlete contracts to include stricter anti-doping penalties. The organisers of the Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New … [Read more...]
Goteborg 2013 to become Eco Champs
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Swedish athletics legend Carolina Kluft and the organisers of next week’s 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championship are challenging athletics fans in Sweden to help raise the event to world-class status for sustainability by … [Read more...]
6 of the Best for Finland
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Six Scottish athletes have today been named in Team Great Britain for the European Championships in Finland later this month. The pool released by UK Athletics is a provisional one with those men and women who secure spots at London 2012 … [Read more...]
Cheats exposed from Helsinki 2005
March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
No matter how slowly the wheels may turn when it comes to catching cheats, the mere fact that it is happening shows that even after a period of 8 years there can still be justice. The International Association of Athletics Federations … [Read more...]
McConnell seeks solo spot
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Lee McConnell has a relay place assured for the European Championships with Team Great Britain in Helsinki next week and looks a good bet for the team event at London 2012. But Scotland’s most high-profile athlete in recent years is … [Read more...]
Hirt tests positive
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Traces of erythropoietin (EPO) were found in sample A of French athlete Hassan Hirt’s urine, who participated Wednesday morning in the 5000m heats at the London Olympics, where he finished 11th in 13’35” 26. The testing … [Read more...]
Adams continues track success
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SWITZERLAND Athletissima Diamond League Meeting, Lausanne – 23 August 2012 Valerie Adams continued to dominate the world shot put scene winning at the Diamond League meeting with a best of 20.95m. The double Olympic gold medallist started … [Read more...]
Commonwealth Squad size increase
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
scottishathletics will soon be announcing our ‘Commonwealth Squad’ with support for athletes for the next 12-month period. It is an essential part of the on-going work here for our Performance team with the initial selection … [Read more...]
