Athletics

Caudery and Hunter Bell win at Rome Diamond League
World indoor champions Molly Caudery and Georgia Hunter Bell triumph in the pole vault and 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
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Athletics
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16 hours ago
GB's Hunter Bell fights back to win 1500m in Rome. Video, 00:01:07
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16 hours ago
Hodgkinson seventh as Jaeger wins women's 400m. Video, 00:01:42
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Athletics
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16 hours ago
UK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympian
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Disability Sport
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2 days ago
GB's Burgin beats Wanyonyi to win Diamond League 800m
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4 days ago
Hodgkinson chasing 43-year-old 800m mark in 'battle of world records'
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7 days ago
Wales' fastest woman blocked from Commonwealth Games
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28 May

Athletics news

Diamond League 2026 - how to follow Hodgkinson's 800m run in Stockholm
Keely Hodgkinson runs her first outdoor 800m of the season at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday - live on the BBC.
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Athletics
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3 hours ago
Jackson smashes meeting record to win 200m
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Athletics
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23 May
The 'F1 of athletics'? Athlos announces London debut
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21 May
Record 50m freestyle time at controversial Enhanced Games
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25 May
English takes stunning 800m win at Diamond League event
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Athletics
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16 May
Ethiopian marathon runner Melese dies aged 36
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Africa Sport
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12 May
Mashed potato & 19 minutes' sleep - Entrekin's epic race
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Athletics
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7 May

Athletics video

'One of the biggest of his career!' - Burgin wins 800m in 'special' race. Video, 00:01:16
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Athletics
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4 days ago
'I jumped around the house': Sabastian Sawe's parents celebrate marathon record. Video, 00:01:09
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Africa
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28 April
Assefa breaks her own world record to win London Marathon. Video, 00:01:38
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Athletics
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26 April
Sawe runs sub-two-hour marathon in London Video, 00:01:17
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Athletics
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26 April
'I am so happy' - Sawe reacts to record-breaking marathon win Video, 00:03:22
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Athletics
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26 April

More athletics news

World Athletics rejects IOC proposal to lift Belarus ban
World Athletics rejects a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee that a ban on Belarusian athletes and teams competing under the flag of their nation should be lifted.
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Olympic Games
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7 May
Record 1.3m apply for 2027 London marathon ballot
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Athletics
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5 May
GB win mixed 4x400m bronze as five teams make Worlds
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Athletics
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3 May
'I did not expect it': Sawe's jubilant Kenya homecoming after marathon feat
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Africa
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30 April
Athletics won't strangle super-shoe innovation - Coe
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Africa Sport
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1 May
How special Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier
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Athletics
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27 April
Run a marathon? Try 100 in 100 days
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27 April

More athletics video

GB's Azu loses world title as Anthony takes gold in 60m indoor final. Video, 00:02:06
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Athletics
Posted
20 March
Asher-Smith finishes seventh as Dosso takes women's 60m gold. Athletics. Video, 00:01:58
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BBC Sport
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21 March
Ehammer breaks men's heptathlon world record. Athletics. Video, 00:01:36
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BBC Sport
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21 March
Asher-Smith breaks British record to reach 60m final. Video, 00:02:42
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Athletics
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21 March

Features and analysis

Sawe smashes two-hour mark to 'move goalposts for marathon running'
Sabastian Sawe makes history at the London Marathon as the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race.
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Athletics
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26 April
Trapped nerve and wee stops - running a marathon 22 weeks pregnant
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Athletics
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21 April
How Keely 2.0 dominated 800m field for first world indoor title
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Athletics
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22 March
Mary Rand - the trailblazing Olympic champion
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Athletics
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28 March
'Closest I've felt' - Hodgkinson on breaking longest-standing world record
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Athletics
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23 February
'I take marathon training seriously - but Ramadan is more important'
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Athletics
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3 March
'She's most gifted female British sprinter ever'
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Athletics
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23 December 2025

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