Athletics news
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Former World, Commonwealth and European champion named Loughborough’s new Head of Sprints and Hurdles
Dai Greene, a World, European, Commonwealth and Diamond League Champion has been appointed Loughborough University’s new Head of Sprints and Hurdles.
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Loughborough athletes deliver in Rome
Athletes linked to Loughborough University produced some incredible performances at the European Athletics Championships 2024 in Rome.
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Loughborough athletes return to UK with clutch of medals
Loughborough-linked athletes returned home from the World Para Athletics Championship with a huge medal haul after several impressive performances.
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Loughborough International delivers on a day of high sporting drama
Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson underpinned her Paris medal hopes by recording a season’s best in the high jump at the 2024 Loughborough International Athletics (LIA).
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Loughborough team ready to take home advantage this weekend
The Loughborough team will be looking to take full home advantage at this weekend’s annual Loughborough International, as Loughborough Past and Present take on teams from England, Wales, Scotland, the National Athletics League and GB&NI Juniors.
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Alumna Caudery wins “unbelievable” world title in Glasgow
Pole vault star Molly Caudery won a sensational gold medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow this weekend.
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Loughborough win 34 medals at BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships
Loughborough athletes had one of their best-ever BUCS performances at the 2024 BUCS Indoor Championships, winning 34 medals and setting three Championship Best Performances at the Sheffield EIS Arena between the 23rd and 25th February.
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Loughborough athletes take World University Cross Country gold in Oman
Seven Loughborough students travelled to the World University Cross Country Championships in Muscat, Oman, where BUCS rivals Loughborough and Birmingham joined together to take mixed relay gold.
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Medal Success for Loughborough at UK Indoor and UK Winter Throws Championships
It was a hugely successful weekend for Loughborough as current students, alumni and Loughborough-based athletes won medals across both the UK Indoor and UK Winter Throws Championships.
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Loughborough Teams Make Four from Four Podiums at BUCS Cross Country
It was another successful weekend for Loughborough’s Cross Country runners as all four teams make their respective podiums at a muddy Temple Newsam Park in Leeds on Saturday 3rd February.
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Brent Lakatos: From Canada via Loughborough with all eyes on Paris (VIDEO)
On first inspection, the Canadian city of Dorval has few similarities with Loughborough.
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Loughborough athletes contribute to Britain’s best ever Euro Cross gold medal haul
Loughborough athletes contributed to a record GB&NI medal haul at this weekend’s European Cross Country Championships, with all but one Loughborough student, alumni or Loughborough-based athlete returning from Brussels with a medal in their bags.
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Loughborough athletes selected for European Cross Country Championships
15 Loughborough athletes have been selected to compete for their respective national teams at the European Cross Country Championships in Belgium next month.
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Loughborough success at Liverpool Cross Challenge
Although a typical Saturday in Liverpool is full of either Everton blue or Liverpool FC red, on Saturday 25th November, Merseyside’s Sefton Park had a distinctive African Violet feel to it.
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World Championships sees incredible success for Loughborough University athletes
Loughborough University athletes are returning home as heroes after producing some extraordinary performances at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
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Loughborough celebrates its long-standing athletics success with Budapest event
Loughborough University’s long-standing success in athletics has been formally recognised at a key event held in Budapest, Hungary.
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Loughborough Students win medals at European Junior Athletics Championships
Loughborough students David Race (coach: Kyle Bennett) and Sean Anyaogu (TJ Ossai) will each be bringing back a medal from the European Junior Championships in Jerusalem, as they formed part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that took on the rest of the continent.
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Loughborough athletes selected for World Athletics Championships
Loughborough University will have a large contingent of athletes at this summer’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
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Lansiquot Lights up LEAP
Imani-Lara Lansiquot stormed to a new 100m PB of 11.01 at the annual Loughborough European Athletics Permit (LEAP) meeting this weekend, leapfrogging Montell Douglas’s 2008 LEAP performance of 11.05 to go third on the all-time women’s UK lists, and breaking the Loughborough stadium record in the process.
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Athletics superstars to compete at LEAP
Loughborough University will host some of the biggest names in athletics this Saturday (29 July 2023) as the Loughborough European Athletics Permit (LEAP) returns to campus for another year.
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Loughborough athletes sparkle at Para Athletics World Championships
Athletes linked to Loughborough University performed incredibly well at the recent Para Athletics World Championships in Paris, bringing home a combined nine medals.
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Golden weekend for Loughborough Students at the UK Athletics Championships
In a weekend which saw every possible element of British weather, from torrential downpours to dazzling sunshine, six Loughborough students battled the conditions to win gold medals and become UK Athletics champions for 2023.
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Loughborough athletes shine at Under 20/Under 23 National Championships
Loughborough students enjoyed a hugely successful Under 20/Under 23 National Championships as six athletes secured automatic spots on the upcoming GB&NI European teams.
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Warner-Judd books place at World Championships after winning 10,000m title
Jessica Warner-Judd has qualified for this year’s World Championships after winning back-to-back titles at the Night of 10,000m PBs fixture hosted in London.
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Johnson-Thompson stars at action-packed LIA
Team GB star Katarina Johnson-Thompson lit up this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on a glorious spring day at the Paula Radcliffe Stadium.
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Loughborough Looks to Take Home Advantage at the 65th Loughborough International
Paralympic Champion Thomas Young and double 2022 European medallist Alex Haydock Wilson headline the Loughborough Past and Present team for this weekend’s Loughborough International. They will compete in the traditional curtain raiser of the season against teams from England, Wales, GB & NI Juniors, Scotland and a National League team.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson set to compete at LIA 2023
British sporting icon Katarina Johnson-Thompson has confirmed her place at this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday 21 May 2023.
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Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra completes training camp at Loughborough University (VIDEO)
India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has completed a winter training camp at Loughborough University.
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Former javelin world record holder and alumnus visits Loughborough University (VIDEO)
Loughborough University has welcomed back one of its greatest sporting alumni as Steve Backley OBE recently visited campus.
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78 Loughborough-Linked athletes compete at the 2023 UK Indoor Athletics Championships
There was a distinctive Loughborough feel to the recent UK Indoor Athletics Championships at the Birmingham Utilita Arena, which saw 78 Loughborough students, alumni and Loughborough-based athletes compete over the weekend of the 18th/19th February.
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Loughborough Cross Country Team strike BUCS gold in West Wales
Loughborough travelled down to the national BUCS Cross Country Championships in Pembrey Country Park in Carmarthenshire on Saturday 4th February, and came away with a haul of eleven medals including three of the four team wins and three individual golds from a possible four.
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Loughborough athletes win European Cross Country medals
There were eight past and present Loughborough athletes in action at the European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy on Saturday 17 December, where Great Britain & Northern Ireland topped the overall medal table.
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Loughborough University selected as new England Athletics Talent Hub
Loughborough University has announced a new partnership with England Athletics that will see it become a new national Talent Hub.
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Loughborough students added to UK Sport Paralympic World Class Programme
British Athletics has announced its nominations onto the UK Sport Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) for 2022/23, which includes 14 Loughborough students, alumni and Loughborough-based athletes.
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Strong Loughborough athletics contingent heading to European Championships
On the eve of the athletics getting underway at the Commonwealth Games, British Athletics have today announced the 115-strong Great Britain and Northern Ireland team set to compete at the European Championships on the 15th – 21st August in Munich, Germany, with Loughborough-linked athletes making up over a quarter of the team set to take on the best in Europe.
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Loughborough alumnus Wightman wins stunning World Championship gold
Loughborough University alumnus Jake Wightman produced a stunning performance in the Men’s 1500m to win gold at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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Loughborough at the World Athletics Championships – Days 1 – 3
The World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon started on the 15th July, with a strong representation from Loughborough athletes.
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Loughborough student creates support hub for young athletes and their parents (VIDEO)
A Loughborough University student has created a ground-breaking online platform that supports athletes and parents with wellbeing.
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Loughborough students selected to compete at World Championships
Thirteen Loughborough past and present students have been selected to compete for Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA taking place between the 15th – 24th July.
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Bradshaw secures World Championships qualification at 2022 UK Athletics Championships
Olympic pole vault bronze medallist and Loughborough scholar Holly Bradshaw (coach: Scott Simpson) won the UK Championships this weekend, securing her automatic selection to compete at the World Athletics Championships next month.
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Para Sport sculpture inspired by Loughborough athlete unveiled
A sculpture celebrating para athletes has been unveiled in Birmingham as part of the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games.
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A day of high drama unfolds at Loughborough International
Spectators witnessed an action-packed day of top-class athletics as Loughborough International (LIA) once again opened its doors to the public this Sunday (May 22).
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Loughborough look to take home advantage at the 2022 Loughborough International
A Loughborough team that contains Olympians, GB Internationals and multiple BUCS medallists is set to take on the best of British this Sunday in the annual Loughborough International.
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ParalympicsGB star Young set to light up Loughborough International
Paralympic Games gold-medallist Thomas Young has confirmed his place at this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday 22 May 2022.
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Borthwick and O'Donnell to join fellow Loughborough athletes in Belgrade
Tokyo Olympians Emily Borthwick and Chris O’Donnell will be joining the eight Loughborough athletes competing for their respective countries at the World Indoor Athletics Championships taking place on the 18th – 20th March in Belgrade, Serbia.
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Loughborough athletes Belgrade bound
A total of eight current and former Loughborough students have been selected to compete for their respective countries at the World Indoor Championships taking place in Belgrade, Serbia, on the 18th – 20th March.
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Loughborough success at UK Winter Long Throws Championships
This weekend saw the inaugural UK Winter Long Throws Championships take place, the sister event of the UK Indoor Championships.
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Loughborough athletes triumph at BUCS Indoor Athletics
Loughborough Students produced some stunning performances at the BUCS Indoors Championships, bringing back 27 medals from 32 events to become convincing men’s and women’s Indoor Athletics Champions once more.
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Five Loughborough students selected for FISU World University Cross Country Championships
After a successful BUCS cross country campaign, five Loughborough students have been selected to compete for GB Students at the FISU World University Cross Country Championships in Aveiro, Portugal on Saturday 12 March 2022.
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Kirsty Walker cruises to BUCS Cross Country victory
It has been two years since the last BUCS Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh in 2020, but after coming away with individual and team wins at this year’s edition in Horsenden Hill, Middlesex on the 5th February, Loughborough proved it had been well worth the wait.
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Loughborough athletes selected for home nations in Commonwealth year
Loughborough students and Loughborough-based athletes have been selected to compete for their respective home nations at the new DNA Indoor athletics competition in Glasgow on the 5th February.