London Mini-Marathon will allow East Kilbride athlete to follow stars like Laura Muir
St Leonards athlete Jamie Connor hopes to use next week’s London Mini-Marathon to follow in the speedy footsteps of Jake Wightman, Laura Muir and Eilish McColgan.
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Warholm saves Norway’s honor, Ingebrigtsen denied in 1500m again
BUDAPEST: Norway’s Karsten Warholm produced a fighting performance to regain his 400m hurdles title but teammate Jakob Ingebrigtsen once again fell short in the 1500m on a pulsating night at the world championships on Wednesday.
Britain's Wightman won't defend 1,500m world title due to injury
Jake Wightman will not defend his 1,500m title at next month's world championships due to a foot injury sustained during a training camp earlier this year, the Briton said on Wednesday.
Johnson: Wightman can emulate inspirational exploits of Farah and Ennis-Hill
Jake Wightman can spearhead the next generation of superstar British athletes after a sensational summer of middle-distance running saw him crowned world champion, claims Michael Johnson. Wightman, 28, shocked the field in July by storming past Norway's Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to take 1500m glory in Oregon having finished a distant 10th in Tokyo last year.
Canterbury runner Matthew Stonier on fifth at the European Athletics Championships, facing Jakob Ingebrigtsen and running in 'The Champions League' of athletics
Middle-distance runner Matthew Stonier is learning a lot from racing against European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen - as he prepares to challenge him again!
World Champion Wightman eyes middle-distance double in 2023
NEW YORK : New 1,500 metres world champion Jake Wightman will close the book on a career-defining season at the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York next month, and will look to bring British athletics back to its roots with a middle-distance double in 2023.
Wightman aims to emulate British greats Coe and Ovett
Jake Wightman reckons the fun-fuelled end to his whirlwind season can catapult him on the same trajectory as middle distance legends Seb Coe and Steve Ovett. The world 1500m champion rounded off a gruelling campaign with a European 800m silver medal last night after being beaten by Spaniard Mariano Garcia in Munich.
Great Britain win men’s sprint relay before error proves costly in women’s race
Great Britain’s men won gold in the 4x100m relay final, but defeat for the women enabled Germany to top the medals table at the European Championships in Munich.