Athletics

So 2017 is here and as well as bringing a new year it is also bringing with it a potential new sport. Nitro Athletics Melbourne is the first of its kind and boasts Usain Bolt as its first superstar competitor. It is the brainchild of Australia Athletics and the endgame ...

Embed from Getty Images As the curtain closes on yet another fascinating Olympic Games, this time hosted in the vibrant and colourful city of Rio de Janeiro, we say good-bye to arguably the two greatest Olympians in recent memory, if not in the history of the Olympiad. Yes, with 37 medals ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Mo Farah becomes the second athlete in history to achieve the historic ‘double double’. In winning the 5,000m and 10,000m at London 2012 and now defending them titles in Rio, he is the first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic golds. ...

Embed from Getty Images   Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt made history once again by completing a unique ‘treble treble’ of Olympic gold medals. Bolt ensured Jamaica won gold in the 4x100m relay after already retaining the 100m and 200m titles with ease himself. The results of the relay were Jamaica ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill claimed silver in the Heptathlon after coming agonisingly close to winner Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium. Gold medal winner Thiam produced the performance of her young career, setting five personal bests in seven disciplines. She started off impressively with a personal best ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Jason Kenny claimed his fifth Olympic gold after beating teammate Callum Skinner in the individual sprint final. Two races were all that was needed for the best of three contest with the more experienced Kenny dominating and winning easily. It was 23-year-old Skinner ...

Embed from Getty Images   Great Britain’s Mo Farah made history – becoming the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals. GB’s long distance King claimed gold in the 10,000m last night in twenty-seven minutes and five seconds. He overcame a mid-race fall and produced ...

The final day of the European Athletics Championships was a good one for Team GB. The Championships, which have been held in Amsterdam, has shown good quality in the run up to the Olympics. This was proven on the final day, as GB won gold in both the Men’s 4×100 and ...

With this summers Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, slowly getting closer, The Sports Lowdown looks at how the Brits have been getting on in the recent athletics championships in Amsterdam. Embed from Getty Images   Martin Rooney was one Brit who was in sensational form as the 400m runner retained ...

View image | gettyimages.com   South African paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after his original manslaughter verdict was overturned in a South African appeals court earlier this morning. The athlete, who was found guilty of culpable homicide in October 2014, shot dead his girlfriend Reeva ...