Athletics

Olympic medallist Simpson recovering after collapse
Olympic medallist Jenny Simpson is making 'encouraging improvement' in hospital after collapsing at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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7 hours ago
Werro wins again as Broeders-Bol shines on 800m debut
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2 days ago
Olympic medallist Simpson collapses at mile event
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1 day ago
World Athletics seeks to improve pregnancy support
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2 days ago
'You make your own hope, I'm not going to let cancer win'
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3 days ago
'So close on the line!' - Teenager Lutkenhaus stuns Olympic champion in 800m. Video, 00:01:39
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11 June
Hodgkinson beaten by Werro despite personal best in Diamond League Video, 00:01:58
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7 June

Athletics news

Ethiopia's Tsegay handed four-month doping ban
Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay is banned for four months after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test.
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Africa Sport
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6 days ago
Pole vaulter Caudery has emergency spinal surgery
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5 days ago
'Not on my bingo chart' - Tharp smashes 110m hurdles record
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11 June
Lutkenhaus, 17, upsets Olympic champion Wanyonyi in Oslo
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10 June
Birmingham stand honour for 400m runner Hudson-Smith
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9 June
Hodgkinson and Duplantis suffer shock defeats in Stockholm
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7 June
Hurdler Minshull wants to turn bronze into gold
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5 June

Athletics video

'He's way off it' - Duplantis suffers shock loss in front of home crowd. Video, 00:01:05
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7 June
GB's Hunter Bell fights back to win 1500m in Rome. Video, 00:01:07
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4 June
Hodgkinson seventh as Jaeger wins women's 400m. Video, 00:01:42
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4 June
'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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31 May
'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

More athletics news

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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4 June
How to follow 2026 Diamond League live on the BBC
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7 June
UK Athletics fined £350,000 over death of Paralympian
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Disability Sport
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2 June
GB's Burgin beats Wanyonyi to win Diamond League 800m
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31 May
Jackson smashes meeting record to win 200m
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23 May
The 'F1 of athletics'? Athlos announces London debut
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21 May
Wales' fastest woman blocked from Commonwealth Games
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28 May

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
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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

Mashed potato & 19 minutes' sleep - Entrekin's epic race
Rachel Entrekin tells BBC Sport how she broke the course record for the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in Arizona.
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7 May
How special Sawe broke iconic sub-two-hour barrier
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27 April
Sawe smashes two-hour mark to 'move goalposts for marathon running'
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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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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

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