Athletics
Jessica Ennis laughs at claim she’s ‘fat, with too much weight’
Former world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has laughed off reports a senior figure at UK Athletics has described her as fat ahead of this summer’s Olympics.
Edinburgh Marathon set to run with world’s elite
The potential to acquire a fast time has lured several overseas runners into the field for tomorrow’s Edinburgh Marathon, boosting the ambitions of its organisers to achieve elite status for an event that has squarely focused on attracting British talent since it was revived in 2003.
Paralympics final for GB footballers
Great Britain’s seven-a-side cerebral palsy football team secured a place in the gold medal final of this year’s BT Paralympic World Cup with a 7-3 victory over the Republic of Ireland yesterday at the Manchester Regional Arena.
Shoes fail to put spanner in Usain Bolt’s work
USAIN Bolt eased to victory in Ostrava last night, but his post-race reaction was unusual. The fastest man of all-time got off to a poor start in the 100 metres, but sharpened up over the closing 30m, finishing on 10.04 seconds.
Atheltics: Guy posts personal best
LASSWADE’S Scotland’s Guy Learmonth secured a superb victory in the 800 metres in a new personal best time of 1:47.65 at the Hyundai Grand Prix meeting at Oslo’s Bislett Stadium last night.
Athletics: Non-stop Freya in London
Freya MURRAY shows no sign of cutting back on her hectic schedule despite her disappointing outing in the 5000 metres at the BMC Grand Prix race at Manchester’s Sports City last Saturday night and is down to run in the London 10k road race in the Mall tomorrow, despite the fact that she has also been named to compete in the European Cup 10,000 metres track championship in Bilbao a week on Sunday.
Athletics: Houston eyes Edinburgh Marathon as 2014 marker
Both Scottish 5k road race champions Ross Houston (Central) and Keira Murray (Lasswade) will move up to challenge in the Edinburgh Marathon and Half Marathon in the Capital on Sunday.
Athletics: New personal best is Learmonth’s Oslo goal
Guy LEARMONTH (Lasswade) runs in the Hyundai Grand Prix meeting at the famous Bislett Stadium in Oslo tonight chasing a new best time in the 800 metres.
Clegg easing off as she makes times
LIBBY CLEGG admits she is now entering the calm before the storm after underlining her London 2012 credentials with double silver at the BT Paralympic World Cup.
Oscar Pistorius on form as he targets Olympic history
OSCAR Pistorius geared up for his latest attempt to seal a historic Olympic place by maintaining his winning record at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester yesterday.
Schools athletics: Bowie inspired by Olympic champion
It’s BEEN quite a month for Speyside High School’s Emma Bowie. She was one of four Scottish athletes to strike gold at the Sainsbury’s UK School Games in London and, on Saturday, she set a new personal best in the hammer at a Grand Prix Meet in Livingston.
Organisers ‘embarrassed’ by hurdles howler in Jessica Ennis race
Organisers of the Manchester event in which Jessica Ennis was robbed of a personal best in the 100 metres hurdles by the failure of bungling race officials to put up the correct number of barriers have admitted their embarrassment at the blunder and taken responsibility for it.
Oscar Pistorius sets his sights on two Olympics
OSCAR Pistorius insists his year will not be defined simply by whether or not he competes at the London Olympics.
Athletics: Emilys catch eye at Loughborough
While Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) won the 400 metres hurdles at the Loughborough International with her fastest time of the season– 55.92 seconds – it was two Emilys from the Capital who provided the talking points.
Double celebration for Child
EILIDH Child wore a Hearts T-shirt to her Scotland team meeting on Saturday night – and followed it up with a hurdles win yesterday in the Loughborough International.
1 comment
Olympics: Jessica Ennis denied personal best by missing hurdle
Jessica Ennis hit out at the athletics officials at the Powerade Great CityGames as an embarrassing blunder denied her a personal best in the 100 metres hurdles today.
Scots chase Olympic mark in weekend meetings
The athletics season can burst into life with the British Milers Club Nike Grand Prix in Manchester tomorrow and the Loughborough International on Sunday when Scotland face England, Wales, GB Juniors, British Universities and Loughborough Past and Present, writes SANDY SUTHERLAND.
English hero exits Scots hall of fame
DOUBLE Olympic champion Rodney Pattisson was yesterday removed from the Scottish Sport Hall of Fame. It is the first time such action has been taken.
Athletics: Sharp move from Lynsey in Games bid
Lynsey SHARP (Edinburgh AC) will make her much-anticipated season’s debut over 800 metres, not at the Loughborough International on Sunday but in a British Milers Club grand prix meeting in Manchester’s Sports City on Saturday night.
Athletics: Eilidh Child ready to run for Scots at weekend
Olympic hopeful Eilidh Child will pull on a Scotland vest for the Loughborough International match this weekend.
Murray wins Glasgow 10k to end long Scottish wait
ATHLETICS: Freya Murray underlined her form heading into next month’s Olympic trials by winning the Ignis Asset Management 10k in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park.
Twell’s gamble fails to pay off in Doha
ATHLETICS: Steph Twell ended up 13th in her first Diamond League outing for two years last night in Doha after her brave gamble to go for broke over 3,000 metres failed to come off. The 22-year-old Scot went with the pacemaker to build a lead of 30 metres over a world-class chasing pack.
Athletics: Capital duo picked for Loughborough event
Capital stars Emily Dudgeon and Tom Holligan (both Edinburgh AC) have won been rewarded for their bright early season form by being named in the British Junior team to contest the annual Loughborough International at Loughborough a week on Sunday.
Athletics: Green wants relay berth
Jack Green, the European under-23 400 metres hurdles champion, is eyeing a place in the British 4x400m relay squad after winning the UKA 400m hurdles (50.00) and flat 400m in a personal best of 46.05 at the Test Event at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford east London.
Olympics: Asafa Powell ready to outshine his rivals in Diamond League
With the London Olympics 77 days away, the season-opening Diamond League meet in Qatari capital Doha tomorrow offers a chance for many of the world’s elite athletes to chart their progress and renew old rivalries.
Athletics: Monsoon, drunk youths . . . but my run goes on!
Running enthusiast Michael Nowicki would probably be the first to admit he never envisaged a road sign saying “Welcome to York” would one day make him so emotional.
Athletics: Scots trio top podium at Olympic Test
The final day of the four-day Test Event at Stratford produced a whole slew of good performances from the hungry Scots, revelling in the chance to compete on the track for the 2012 Olympics.
Athletics: Guy Learmonth shakes off illness to win
Guy Learmonth believes he is in shape to challenge for a place in Great Britain’s team this summer after victory in the 800 metres at the Olympic Stadium in London yesterday. The 20-year-old from Midlothian ran 1:50.36 to add the BUCS outdoor title to the indoor crown he won earlier this year, producing a late burst in a tactical race.
Teenager Morro Bajo is ready to run after return from Africa
Teenage sprinter Morro Bajo returns to Scotland today ready to resume a promising athletics career.
Ian Stewart: Athletes must be ready after winter of content before Olympics
HOW well have I trained over winter? What form am I in now? How much do I need to improve before the Olympic Games?
Most athletes might believe they already have the answers to those questions, but you never know for sure until the action starts in earnest – which it does on Friday, with the first Diamond League meeting of the year in Doha.
1 commentAthletics: Stewart smashes rival’s Scots steeplechase record
Edinburgh University maths student Emily Stewart broke her Scottish rival Eilish McColgan’s championship record for the 2000 metres steeplechase by well over four seconds during the first meeting at London’s Olympic Stadium.
Bolt’s first race of year is the fastest
JAMAICAN Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year’s fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational at the weekend.
Child claims two victories at Olympic test event
Eilidh Child pulled off a double victory in her first two outings at the Olympic Stadium in London but the Scot admits she still has ample room for improvement following the weekend’s test event.
New stadium shines at chilly Stratford
The London Olympic stadium, all set to become the beating heart of the Games in 83 days’ time, opened formally yesterday when the Stratford arena hosted the British Universities Championships.
Rejuvenated Twell turns attentions to 1500m
Eighteen months have passed since Steph Twell broke her ankle in a cross-country race in Belgium. It cost her the whole of last summer and shattered the momentum generated by her 1500metres bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Sharp targets 400m in colleges tourney
ATHLETICS: Lynsey Sharp made a flying visit to the Olympic Stadium in London earlier this week and she’s back there this weekend for the BUCS Championships.
Sandy Sutherland: Child off to Stratford in search of Olympic berth
This weekend’s British Universities & Colleges (BUCS) Championships at the London Olympic Stadium in Stratford, which has been chosen as the official athletics Test Event, marks the start of seven weeks of frantic activity as many of our best athletes strive for places in Team GB in July.
Athletics: Claire Gibson jets to Japan for IAAF event
Claire Gibson is heading to Japan this weekend to compete at 800metres in an IAAF event.
Pentathlon
Britain’s modern pentathletes face the most important test of their Olympic credentials next week when they go to Rome for the World Championships.
Athletics: O’Hare sets new PB in 1500 metres
The Scottish all-time list for the 1500 metres had a quite a revision at the weekend following the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, California.
Athletics: Steph Twell is first Scot to post Olympic A time
STEPH Twell has become the first Scot to post an Olympic A standard on the track during 2012 with a good run in the United States. It means Twell is now a step closer to London 2012 as the trials loom towards at the end of June in Birmingham.
Olympics ban for drug cheats is overturned
THE British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban for drugs cheats has been formally declared unenforceable.
1 commentAthletics: Rhona shines on Deeside
Edinburgh University student Rhona Auckland warmed up for next weekend’s Test Event at the London 2012 Olympic Stadium by setting a course record for the 5k road race at the Balmoral Races on Royal Deeside on Saturday.
Suttie Smith: Scotland’s forgotten running hero
THOSE Scottish athletes who will compete at this year’s Olympic Games have been preparing for the big day for months, dedicating themselves full-time to ensuring they will be as competitive as humanly possible. The likes of Chris Hoy and Katherine Grainger have access to an army of expert advice and assistance, and to an array of training equipment.
Drugs cheats to compete in Olympics
The British Olympic Association has lost a court case to keep their lifetime ban for drugs cheats.
1 comment
Interview: Jessica Ennis, heptathlete
In her remarkable rise from girl next door to Olympic pin-up, Jessica Ennis’ craziest moment was a tribute from an Oscar winner
Athletics: Edinburgh scoop club award
Top athletes Lynsey Sharp and Jenny Maclean were present for a civic reception at the City Chambers in honour of their club’s recent achievements.
Athletics: O’Hare aims for Olympics
Chris O’HARE (EAC), who earlier this year made history as the first Scot to win an NCAA track title, the indoor one mile, competes in the 1500 metres in the Payton Jordan Invitational at Stanford tomorrow as he steps up his bid for Olympic selection.
Athletics: Freya eyes up alternative path to make London 2012
Capital marathon star Freya Murray will not allow the disappointment of missing out on Olympic selection get her down, as she looks to other ways of qualifying for the British team for London 2012.
Athletics: Ian Beattie takes the chair at Scottish Athletics
ULTRA-runner Ian Beattie has been appointed non-executive chairman of Scottish Athletics.
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Edinburgh
Saturday 26 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 12 C to 22 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
