Follow BBC Sport - Athletics, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/bbc-athletics Wed, 22 Sep 2021 03:25:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1zZ1pIWsgT2Ifjc6hd5eWF Bristol half marathon winner Omar Ahmed was only signed up to the 10k and took a wrong turn.]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:38:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1zZ1pIWsgT2Ifjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2VWSiSfMH6XiRFMxTa8z4W Banned athletics coach Alberto Salazar's four-year suspension is upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:23:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2VWSiSfMH6XiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F00j89YsVbYhUGT5aWO9DEx The World Anti-Doping Agency is to review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance after Sha'Carri Richardson missed the Olympics for testing positive for the substance.]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:34:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F00j89YsVbYhUGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3QSIp19uEpreGkz6RCC25z Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba sets a new 2,000m world record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb.]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 21:47:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3QSIp19uEpreGkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3QSIp19uEprQVLTsI7B9NX British Olympic silver medallist CJ Ujah's 'B' sample tests positive, following his initial positive test at the Tokyo Olympics.]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:29:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3QSIp19uEprQVLTsI7B9NX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1pOXyXcUrqB4vmyuk5fxzE Britain's Marc Scott wins the Great North Run in Newcastle, with Kenya's Hellen Obiri triumphing in the women's event.]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:57:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1pOXyXcUrqB4vmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F0fZK8f-YH93J8v71dCn6bG The Great North run will return on Sunday, 12 September for its 40th anniversary - here is everything you need to know about the race.]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:53:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F0fZK8f-YH93J8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1-hMNSvld43THgrmwRGUK6 British teenager Keely Hodgkinson wins the Diamond League 800m title to bank $30,000 in prize money and cap an extraordinary year.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:52:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1-hMNSvld43THgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjle5jCclomp- Watch as Christine Mboma wins the women's 200m final Diamond League in Zurich with Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith finishing third.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:22:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjle5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjnOFESPuQWsX Watch Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson win the women's 800m at the Diamond League in Zurich with fellow Briton Jemma Reekie finishing fourth.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:56:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjnOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjm0dX84dnP8Y Watch Elaine Thompson-Herah break the women's 100m meeting record with a time of 10.65 seconds as Dina Asher-Smith finishes second with a season's best time in the Diamond League in Zurich.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:37:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjm0dX84dnP8Y https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjmFk24e89-qg Anzhelika Sidorova becomes only the third woman in history to clear five metres with a jump of 5.01m in the women's pole vault final at the Diamond League in Zurich.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:53:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjmFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjnHnycKeoCpf Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt talks to BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin about his ambitions for a career in music, Tokyo 2020, the women's 100m world record, and Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Manchester United.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 15:44:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F1rfM9NkkcUjnHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3E5fj0tgE5A2w5Ur-z5Bww Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt says it is "too late" for a comeback but admits he has "got that itch" for a dramatic return to the sport.]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2021 07:07:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3E5fj0tgE5A2w5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3V9hIk2zMHtKvLeqE6yv18 Burundi's Francine Niyonsaba underlines her credentials as a genuine distance threat with a 5,000m Diamond League final win over Kenya's Hellen Obiri.]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:31:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3V9hIk2zMHtKvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3V9hIk2zMHtIMOI2eu70Rg Karsten Warholm says he has struggled to motivate himself in the wake of his world record-breaking run for Olympic 400m hurdles gold in Tokyo.]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 18:35:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3V9hIk2zMHtIMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2JyDAMDX80B-ifqJurszLU Francine Niyonsaba says she keeps competing after her enforced switch to longer distances to "make sport a better place and inspire others".]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:06:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2JyDAMDX80B-ifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F0GdHHm0SQPLcqq6eZJzUh9 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games organisers say they are confident of hosting capacity crowds at a "Covid-friendly games".]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:40:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F0GdHHm0SQPLcqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3THNDpelcB5N6jHbRcHw3s Elaine Thompson-Herah and Dina Asher-Smith are among the star names at this week's Diamond League final in Zurich.]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:15:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F3THNDpelcB5N6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2TWWMfD9LkppONpYks2fGs British athletes Hannah Cockroft and Aled Sion Davies retain their Paralympic titles, as canoeists Charlotte Henshaw and Laura Sugar also triumph on day 11 in Tokyo.]]> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:28:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/6bM4HjJm6F2TWWMfD9LkppONpYks2fGs