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A brilliant bronze for Team GB: Days 3-4 at the Olympic Games

The first Olympic medals secured for Team GB on days 3-4 at the Olympic Games

Athletics is underway! Days 1-2 from the Olympic Games

As the athletics gets underway at the Olympic Games, we're bringing you all of the action from days 1 and 2 at the Games.
Charlie Dobson, Charlotte Purdue, Jade O'Dowda, Charlie Dobson, Alex Haydock-Wilson.

Podcast #65: Four Olympic debutants on being part of Team GB in Paris

In the latest episode of the England Athletics Podcast, four Olympic debutants describe what it means to be part of Team GB at Paris 2024. They are European 400m silver medallist Charlie Dobson, Charlotte Purdue, Commonwealth heptathlon bronze medallist Jade O'Dowda and World and European medallist Alex Haydock-Wilson.
Blurred legs running past England Athletics banner

Age Group changes implementation update

As the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAFs) continue to work alongside stakeholders to implement the age-group changes which will come into effect in April 2026, Implementation Project Co-ordinator, Dean Hardman, provides an update on recent progress.

July 2024: Performance round up

Two action-packed weekends at the England Athletics Championships concluded a successful month of competition for English athletes. Future stars shone in Slovakia, Championship records were broken at the National Championships and the London Diamond League proved fruitful for British athletes. 
Race Walk official Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor: taking a third Olympics in his stride

The Paris Olympics athletics programme kicks off with the men's and women's 20km Race Walks. And one of our own British officials will be volunteering there as an International Race Walking Judge on that first day. He's no stranger to Olympic officiating; this will be his third.
Volunteer Awards Live voting

Voting for our Volunteer Awards - have your say!

This year we are making the Regional Volunteer Awards interactive, giving you the chance to decide who your winners are! For the Club of the Year and Community Project of the Year, there will be an online live vote where you will be able to read a little bit about each of the nominees and make your decision. 

England Athletics Age Group & Para and U20/Senior Combined Events Championships Day 3: Building dreams

Birmingham’s magnificent Alexander Stadium proved to be the perfect setting for day three of these championships. It’s been two years to the day since England hosted the Commonwealth Games at this venue and now judging by the weekend’s results, a new generation of world class athletes are benefitting from everything this huge arena has to offer.

England Athletics Age Group & Para and U20/Senior Combined Events Championships Day 2: A recipe for success

Day two of these Championships picked up where the opening one had ended with a string of superb performances that confirm the future of athletics is in safe hands. A Championships Best Performance in the heats of the U15 Boys’ 100 – and a British record in the final – confirmed the next generation is progressing superbly.

England Athletics Age Group and Para Championships Day 1: The journey begins

Just as the Olympic Games opening ceremony got under way in Paris, so the first gun fired to get the field going in the opening track final at this Championships in Birmingham. And for everyone this weekend, the magnificent stadium that hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games proved to be a fabulous venue for athletes beginning their journeys to Los Angeles in four years and beyond.