Paula Radcliffe and Jazmin Sawyers whizz through 16 world records and 10 annual prizes during three quarters of an hour as global governing body looks back on a memorable Olympic year During December it’s always nice to reminisce over the track and field highlights from the past 12 months. For British athletics fans with long memories, the short summary of…

On the eve of the 2021 results being announced, we take a look at the AW Readers’ Poll from 1961 to 1981 The early years of the AW Poll saw just four awards – world male, world female, UK male and UK female. World male 1961-1981 Courtesy of three world high jump records, Valeriy Brumel was the 1961 winner and…

American shot putter was married to sprinter Marion Jones and he tested positive for nandrolone during controversial career Just over 20 years ago CJ Hunter was one of the biggest names in athletics. He won the world shot put title in Seville in 1999 and his wife was US sprints star Marion Jones. On the eve of the 2000 Olympics,…

Olympic 1500m champion will race in the continental championships in Ireland on December 12 Organisers of the Spar European Cross Country Championships in Dublin next week received a boost when Jakob Ingebrigtsen was named in the Norway team for the event. Ingebrigtsen, who recently turned 21, has won four European cross-country titles in the under-20 age group but will be…