Olympic stars among Laureus World Sports Awards nominees
Olympic champions Katie Ledecky, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Mikaela Shiffrin are among the nominees for this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Sport News
Final-lap pain propelling Darragh McElhinney to greater heights
Back in August, Team Ireland had two representatives in the final of the men's 5000m final at the European Championships in Munich: 22-year-old UCD student and Cork native Darragh McElhinney, and 24-year-old University of Washington's Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrocks.
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.
Heyward rues missed opportunity at European Championships
Jake Heyward rued a missed opportunity after narrowly missing out on a shock European Championship title. The Welsh middle distance star ran a scintillating race to seal silver but reckons he could have caught world 5000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen on a dramatic night in Munich. Ad Heyward, 23, ran a time of 3:34.44 as Ingebrigtsen, the world silver medallist behind British star Jake Wightman, delivered a daring front-running display to finish almost two seconds ahead and grab gold.
Jake Wightman shocked by first 800m outing in three months
By Will Jennings in Munich Jake Wightman admits his first 800m race since May was a significant shock to the system. Ad But the versatile Scottish star says the simplified strategy required over the distance has reignited his desire for success. AthleticsMore to come from Caudery despite seventh-placed finish at Europeans2 HOURS AGO Wightman, the current world champion over 1500m, won his European Championship 800m heat on Thursday morning in a time of 1:45.94.