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Summer of Sport Days 3-4

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
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.
400m winner Stan Chevous

U20 Home Countries International team announced

England will be represented by two strong teams at this year’s Home Countries international. A new format of competition, the programme is condensed with a mixture of events for each gender lending itself to a fast-paced competition.
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. 

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.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson

U15/U17 and Junior para champs, U20/Senior combined events champs: preview

World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Aston Moore; Liverpool Harriers) is set to feature among some of the country’s top combined-eventers, as well as some potential stars of the future. The three-day meeting includes the England, UK and BUCS championships for the Senior and under 20 combined-events, the England under 17 and under 15 championships and the England junior para championships.
Joe Steward wins Snowdon 2024

England's Joe Steward King of the Mountain on his race debut

This year's Snowdon International mountain race on 20 July was held in very wet conditions with visibility on the mountain also very poor, but it didn’t stop some fantastic racing. The England team was a mixture of experience and athletes making their England debuts, but both the men's and women’s team would be competitive, all the Home Nations were competing as well as a strong Italian squad.