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Team selected for Snowdon Mountain Running Home International

This year for the first time the Senior Home International is being run at the Snowdon Mountain race and will provide a very tough test for all the athletes. We are pleased to announce the selected athletes. As usual we are expecting some fantastic racing in both men’s and women’s events.
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Podcast #52: World Para Champs special and Commonwealth Youth Games preview

This podcast is a World Para Athletics Championships special, with three of the nation's accomplished stars all joining host Alex Seftel to talk about everything from best career moments to challenges they have overcome. This episode also marks the announcement of Englan
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Grassroots athletics volunteers receive King's Birthday Honours

As well as the England Athletics Chair Gary Shaughnessy receiving a CBE for his charity work, three English athletics volunteers were also honoured. Malcolm Rogers receives a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to the sport spanning more than 50 years. And there's a British Empire Medal (BEM) for two athletics stalwarts - Bryan Smith and Paul Sanderson.
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Looking back on National Volunteers Week 2023

This year, National Volunteers Week took place from the 1-7 June. As ever, this national event presented the perfect opportunity to celebrate the hard work, dedication and commitment of volunteers across the country.
Keely Hodgkinson competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Image by Mark Shearman

Hodgkinson headlines England Athletics U23 and U20 Championships

British Olympic and world 800m silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson (coach: Trevor Painter; club: Leigh) will be the star attraction at the England Athletics Under-23 and Under-20 Championships in Chelmsford this weekend (June 17-18).
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Jennings and Snook claim national race walking titles

Abigail Jennings (Verity Snook) and Chris Snook (Andi Drake) took the England titles in the fierce heat of Leeds in the British Grand Prix of Race Walking over 20,000m.
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Get involved as a volunteer this summer

Have you seen our events live streamed? Have you been to one of our Championships? Have you ever thought, ‘I’d like to be involved in that event’ but don’t know how?
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Mike McFarlane: 1960-2023

England Athletics is saddened to hear of the death of Mike McFarlane. Mike was a sprinter who earned a relay medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics plus represented England at two Commonwealth Games, taking gold in the 200m in Brisbane in 1982 and silver and bronze respectively in the 4x100 relay and 100m four years later in Edinburgh.
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England Athletics U20 and U23 Championships (17-18 June): venue update

The operators of Chelmsford Sports and Athletics Centre have confirmed to us that the track refurbishment work is progressing well. We are reassured that our U20 and U23 Championships on 17-18 June will be staged there as planned.
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England Athletics celebrates Global Running Day 2023