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World’s strongest man and British shot put record holder Capes dies
Geoff Capes, who competed for Great Britain in the shot put at three Olympic Games, won two Commonwealth titles and twice won the World’s Strongest Man competition, has died aged 75.
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Keely Hodgkinson explains why she was close to withdrawing only to win gold
The 800m superstar Keely Hodgkinson fought off a virus to retain European title in Rome as GB's 4x100m women coast to another gold medal in final session of championships
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Athletics breaks from 100 years of Olympic tradition with "pivotal" decision
Gold medalists in athletics at Paris Olympics will receive £39,400 in prize money as Seb Coe hails "commitment" to stars - but decision could be cause for tension with Games' organisers
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Denise Lewis stands down as UK Athletics president 'to protect' BBC punditry job
Dame Denise Lewis was appointed as the new president of UK Athletics back in December, but she has now decided to "temporarily step away" from the role amid concerns about her punditry work for the BBC
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Ultra-marathon runner banned for travelling in a car mid-race and claiming medal
Ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski claimed a trophy during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race but has now been banned for 12 months after an independent panel intervened
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Liz McColgan's fellow Olympic runner husband dies suddenly aged 56
Olympic long-distance runner John Nuttall has tragically died at the age of 56 after suffering a heart attack on Thursday morning, his wife Liz McColgan has confirmed
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Sprinter 'feared' for Team GB partner's safety during police stop and search
International athletes Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams say they were racially profiled when Met Police officers searched and handcuffed them in July 2020 after stopping them while driving home to west London
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Don't stop believing, Ennis-Hill tells Hodgkinson after another silver medal
“I wanted to come here to get gold. Three silvers now surely means that one point I’m going to get gold - that it’s a matter of when not how"
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Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asher-Smith crowned British champions in Manc monsoon
CJ Ujah makes 100m final at British Championships but can finish only fifth behind new national record holder
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Lance Armstrong labelled 'hypocrite' for debating "fairness" of Trans athletes
Lance Armstrong, the disgraced American cyclist who was stripped of seven successive Tour de France titles, took to social media to tease a conversation on transgender participation on sports
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Buckner calms fears UKA may go bust - and says Olympic funding is ring-fenced
“It’s a bit like a hard season, you’ve got to work your way through it. We’re going to be okay. I’m optimistic I’ll be in front of you for a few years yet. But I’m not jumping around”
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Chris Thompson says track and field must learn from 'Glastonbury' of athletics
All roads lead to Highgate for Night of 10,000m PBs and UKA boss Jack Buckner admits: "It would be great to see more innovation like this across the sport"
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Ultra-marathon runner breaks silence after using car during race to claim medal
Joasia Zakrzewski is facing calls to be banned after she used a car to complete part of her ultra-marathon but has admitted she made a "massive error accepting the trophy"
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Olympic star Laura Muir flies back to UK after fall-out with long-term coach
The Scottish 1,500-metre star won silver in 2020 Tokyo Olympics and is one of Britain's biggest athletics medal hopes ahead of next year's Games taking place in Paris
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Bolt: 'We need to make athletics more exciting - people don't want to watch'
'If you don't have a superstar that stands out like I did, then it's going to be hard to draw the big crowds and draw that attention that you want'
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Legendary athlete Dick Fosbury dies after “changing the high jump forever”
American Dick Fosbury, the man who changed the face of the high jump discipline forever and won a gold medal at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, has died at the age of 76
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Drug-banned British sprinter CJ Ujah sent public funding warning by UK Sport
The banned Team GB sprinter who cost the relay team a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has another obstacle to overcome regarding his finances
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Steve Borthwick using wisdom of Gareth Southgate to help shape his England team
“People talk about them being the 16th man but the crowd is worth more than one player, it is worth more than anything else, so I would ask the Twickenham crowd to roar this team on”
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Transgender athletes allowed to compete against women in World Athletics rules
World Athletics have reportedly sent a 'confidential consultation' to member federations with the preferred option to tighten rules around trans women athletes but not ban them from female events
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Former GB rower died after being thrown from spooked horse, inquest heard
Tanya Brady, who competed on the water for Team GB and was an Army captain, tragically died at the age of 49 in Liss, Hampshire in April of last year after being thrown from her horse
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Paralympics GB athlete and coach Anthony Hughes dies unexpectedly aged 63
Tributes have poured in from the para-sports world for former athlete and highly-respected performance coach Anthony Hughes, who has died unexpectedly aged 63