Athletics news
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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.
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Loughborough athletes bring back European Cross Country Medals
Loughborough athletes contributed excellently to Great Britain and Northern Ireland's medal haul at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin this weekend.
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Five Loughborough athletes selected for Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Five Loughborough-linked athletes have been selected to compete for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin next month (12th December).
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Bennett joins Loughborough as Lead Endurance Coach
Loughborough University has announced Kyle Bennett as its new athletics Lead Endurance Coach.
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Nine Loughborough students on British Athletics World Class Plan
Nine current Loughborough Scholars have this week been offered a place on the British Athletics World Class Plan (WCP) for the 2021/2022 season.
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Strong late season performances from Loughborough at Manchester International
As the Loughborough International is the traditional season opener in May, the Manchester International in mid-August has started to cement itself as the summer season closer.
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Loughborough success at European U23 Championships
Loughborough Scholar Molly Caudery matched the silver medal she won at the European U20 Championships back in 2017 by taking 2nd place at the recent European U23 Championships in Tallin, Estonia.
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British U23 record for Mortimer
If there was any fatigue from his 5000m 4th place at the U23 European Championships last Saturday, Loughborough scholar Tom Mortimer failed to show it as he ran a new British U23 record for the 3000m at the Gateshead Diamond League on Tuesday 13th July.
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O’Donnell races up European Rankings
Loughborough Scholar and Irish International Chris O’Donnell set a new 400m PB of 45.55 seconds in Lucerne, Switzerland, when he came 2nd to World Record holder Wayde van Niekerk.
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Loughborough Students selected for U23 European Championships
Thirteen current Loughborough students have been selected to compete for their respective countries at the European U23 Athletics Championships, taking place between the 8th and 11th July in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Loughborough lights up grey Bedford at U20/U23 National Athletics Championships
It was a damp, grey and often chilly Bedford that faced the country’s best U20 and U23 athletes this past weekend, as national medals and automatic qualification for European Championships were up for grabs at the England Athletics age-group Championships. However, undeterred by the conditions, Loughborough Students came away with 24 medals and two confirmed spaces for the European U23 Championships in Estonia next month.
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Double gold for Skinner at European Para Championships
The European Para Athletics Championships took place in Bydgoszcz, Poland between the 1st and 5th June, with Loughborough students past and present, and Loughborough-based athletes contributing towards Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s 37 medal haul.
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Loughborough athletes perform superbly over a bumper Bank Holiday
A jam-packed Spring Bank Holiday weekend saw Loughborough students competing across the world, as European U23, Commonwealth and Olympic standards were achieved.
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Call for participants in new study investigating deselection
Researchers from Loughborough University are looking to recruit participants that have experienced deselection for a new study.
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LIA returns as competitive athletics light up Loughborough
Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) returned to campus on Sunday (23 May) as England secured victory in the 2021 ‘Battle of the Nations’.
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The Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) meeting returns to campus this weekend
Loughborough University is proud to be hosting this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday, 23 May.
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Loughborough athletes selected for European Team Championships
Loughborough athletes have made a strong contribution towards the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team that will compete at the European Team Championships Super League in Poland on the 29th – 30th May.
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Strong Loughborough performances at Stretford BMC
There were two European Qualifying marks and stacks of PBs for Loughborough Students at the Stretford BMC Grand Prix on Saturday 8th May.
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O’Donnell helps Ireland secure Olympic relay spot
The World Athletics Relay Championships took place on the 1st and 2nd May in Silesia, Poland, and as well as an opportunity for competing nations to take home World relay medals, the Championships also offered a chance for Olympic and 2022 World Championships Qualification.
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Dobson called up for senior debut
Athletics scholar Charlie Dobson (coach: Benke Blomkvist) has been selected to compete for Great Britain & Norther Ireland in the 4 x 400m at the World Relays taking place in Poland on the 1st – 2nd May.
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Loughborough alumnus Thompson secures place in Tokyo team
Loughborough alumnus Chris Thompson has won the Müller British Athletics Marathon to secure his place on the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Double Bronze for Loughborough Students
The European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun, Poland was a welcome return to International athletics competition at the weekend, with four current and six former Loughborough students selected for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team.
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Loughborough University experts shaping heat preparation for hottest ever Olympics - Tokyo 2020
The results from an international research collaboration including world-leading experts from Loughborough University have now been published.
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Campbell shines in Loughborough throws event
Sunday 28th February saw Loughborough host the first major outdoor athletics event of 2021, as the University co-hosted the Loughborough Winter Throws Meeting with British Athletics.
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Loughborough athletes selected to represent Great Britain & NI at European Indoor Championships
Current Loughborough students Holly Bradshaw (coach: Scott Simpson) and Jamie Webb (Matt Yates/Adrian Webb) have been selected to compete at the European Indoor Championships taking place in Torun, Poland between the 4th and 7th March.
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The relationship between thinking styles, wellbeing, and behaviours in athletes to be explored in new study
A Loughborough University study is set to explore the relationship between thinking styles, wellbeing and behaviours in the athlete population.
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Athletes shine at latest Loughborough competition
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Loughborough University hosted one of the very few domestic indoor athletics competitions over the weekend, abiding by strict COVID protocols to allow athletes an opportunity to qualify and prepare for the upcoming European Indoor Championships in March.
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George Gandy: funeral information
The funeral of George Gandy will be held on Friday 30th October at 2:45pm.
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George Gandy
It is with great sadness that the University announces the death of Head Endurance Coach, George Gandy.
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Huge medal haul as Loughborough athletes shine at the British Championships
In any other year, the start of September would signal the start of an athlete’s end of season break, but for this, anything but normal year, the 4th and 5th September marked the date of the rearranged 2020 British Athletics Championships.
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Roundtable: Loughborough sport performance analysts share their thoughts
*this roundtable event took place prior to social distance measures*
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Loughborough Sport’s support network proves vital for athletes during lockdown
Behind every great athlete is a strong support network, helping individuals and teams achieve their goals.
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‘My new training partner is a 5kg fluffy white ball’ – Meghan Beesley
Meghan Beesley, Loughborough University’s 400m hurdler, has found a new training partner during the Covid-19 outbreak – in the form of a four-legged friend.
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A washing line pole and a tin of beans – the new elite athlete training method
Finding the elite in the every day - with a little bit of help from her store cupboard and garden - Loughborough athlete and Olympic hopeful Holly Bradshaw is using unique ways to carrying on pole vault training during the lockdown period.
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Strong Loughborough performances in Glasgow and Sheffield
The cancellation of the World Indoor Championships (for which this would have been the trials), alongside the change in location from its usual Birmingham or Sheffield venue, meant that this year’s British Indoor Championships were an undeniably quieter affair than in previous years. However, it didn’t deter all athletes and the Championships saw 23 current students, 16 alumni and 16 Loughborough-based athletes make the flight, train or drive up to the Emirates Arena in Glasgow.
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Loughborough athletes deliver 25 medals at BUCS Indoor Championships
Day 3 of the BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships was a showcase for Loughborough talent, with a constant flow of medals, PBs and superb performances throughout the Sheffield EIS arena.
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Inter Varsity Indoor success for Loughborough athletes
The annual Inter Varsity Indoor competition has been dominated by Loughborough athletes.
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Loughborough Paralympic hopefuls recognised in 2020 Paralympic World Class Programme
British Athletics has announced that several Loughborough-based athletes have been offered membership to the Paralympic World Class Programme (WCP) in 2020.
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Records and PBs tumble for Loughborough athletes during fruitful weekend
Loughborough athletes enjoyed a successful weekend as records and PBs fell across various disciplines.
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Loughborough athletes shine at BUCS Cross Country
The BUCS Cross Country Championships, held at Holyrood Park in Edinburgh on Saturday 1st February, saw close to 2,000 runners participating and Loughborough impacting powerfully on proceedings - with team victories in three of the four races and a third team place in the other.
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Scottish record smashed by Loughborough sprinter
Loughborough scholar Alisha Rees set a new Scottish Indoor 60m record as she took the Scottish National indoor title in Glasgow.
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Jess Judd and Joshua Lay triumph in Area Cross Country Championships
Loughborough student runners competed with considerable success in the Area Cross Country championships over the weekend.
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Loughborough students picked to represent England at international athletics meet
Loughborough students and alumni will form a strong presence in the England squad at the Vienna Indoor International Meeting in February.
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Loughborough runners lead the charge in Liverpool
Jessica Judd and Matt Willis led an impressive Loughborough showing during the European Championships Trial races at Liverpool’s Sefton Park.
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Loughborough athletes shine in Dubai
Athletes based at Loughborough University enjoyed a successful World Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai, including Sophie Hahn setting two new world records.
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Femi Akinsanya named as the new director of athletics at Loughborough University
Loughborough University has announced Femi Akinsanya as its new Director of Athletics.
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Strong Loughborough presence in GB Para Athletics squad for World Championships
Ten Loughborough-based athletes have been selected for the World Para Athletics Championships 2019 which will be held in Dubai from Nov 7-15.
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Over 175 new PBs for student endurance runners
For the fourth year in a row, Loughborough student endurance runners have registered a remarkable number of Personal Bests achieved in track competitions between January and September.
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First Heavy Throws open day is a success
Loughborough University hosted its first Heavy Throws open day in August, showcasing the excellent coaching, facilities and student experience it offers.
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Beesley and Dobbin help Europe to victory over USA
Loughborough duo Meghan Beesley and Beth Dobbin helped Europe comfortably beat the United States to win the inaugural The Match athletics event in Minsk, Belarus.
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Loughborough cohort selected for World Championships in Doha
11 athletes with Loughborough connections have been selected in the GB team for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Doha.
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Loughborough success in multiple international championships
It has been a busy few weeks for athletes at Loughborough with students competing in the World University Games in Naples and the European U23s and U20s Championships, both in Sweden.
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Action-packed day at LEAP sees personal bests tumble
A thrilling day of athletics at the Loughborough European Athletics Permit (LEAP) saw several competitors smash their own personal records.
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Strong line up expected at annual LEAP event
Some of the world’s best athletes have confirmed their attendance at the annual Loughborough European Athletics Permit (LEAP) on Tuesday 6 August 2019.
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Loughborough-based athletes in record breaking weekend
Elite level athletes based at Loughborough University enjoyed a thrilling weekend of competition, which saw records tumble and championships secured across multiple sports.
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Loughborough athletes selected to represent Great Britain in multiple competitions
Loughborough University will once again be well represented at high-profile athletics meetings this summer, with a total of 17 athletes called up to Team GB.
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Loughborough Javelin Festival 2019 a roaring success
The inaugural Loughborough Javelin Festival provided the perfect setting for a thrilling day of competitive throwing.
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Loughborough students selected for World University Games
Loughborough University will once again be well represented at this year’s World University Games, with twelve students set to travel to Naples, competing in fencing, athletics and swimming respectively.
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Loughborough 4x100m quartet set record time
Amidst some fantastic performances at the recent Loughborough International meet, the victorious men’s Loughborough 4x100m quartet set what is believed to be the fastest ever time by a British University student team.
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World record broken at Loughborough International
Paralympic champion Sophie Hahn produced a storming run in Women's Para-Elite T38 100m to break the world record at Loughborough International Athletics (LIA).
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Emerson to lead the line for Loughborough at LIA
Great Britain’s medal-winning heptathlete, Niamh Emerson, will lead a star-studded line up at this year’s Loughborough International Athletics (LIA) event on Sunday, 19 May.
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Haydock-Wilson selected for GB & NI squad heading to Japan
Loughborough University student Alex Haydock-Wilson has been added to the Great Britain & Northern Ireland 4x400m squad for the upcoming IAAF World Relays meeting in Yokohama, Japan.
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Loughborough Students retain their BUCS Nationals indoor Legacy with Storming Success.
As Loughborough Students Athletics Club descended to the EIS in Sheffield last weekend, they proved just how much the hard work of being student-athletes pays off. With an impressive medal haul, Loughborough were named BUCS Indoor National champions.
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Loughborough Athletics cohort top the UK ‘top 12’ Merit Rankings
17 Loughborough students and alum have achieved top twelve status at 800m-Marathon in the UK Merit rankings at Olympic distances for 2018 compiled by Peter Matthews of the National Union of Athletics Statisticians and published in Athletics Weekly over Christmas.
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Loughborough Students and Alum star in Great Stirling International Cross-Country Line up
Two former and three current Loughborough University students have been selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Great Stirling International Cross-Country event on 12th January.
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Sprinters steal the show at LEAP 2018 despite a Blake false start
On a sizzling hot day at Loughborough University’s Paula Radcliffe Stadium there were a number of superb sprint performances, even if Yohan Blake’s false start in the men’s 100m final did leave fans a little disappointed.
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Yohan Blake to headline LEAP 2018
Wednesday 25th July sees the Loughborough European Athletics Permit (LEAP) meeting return to the Paula Radcliffe Stadium, with Yohan Blake one of the international stars looking to light up the track.
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Dobbin writes her name into the history books
For Beth Dobbin, and Scottish Athletics for that matter, Saturday 2nd June will go down in history.
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England beat hosts Loughborough to claim Loughborough International Athletics title
On a beautiful summer’s day the 2018 edition of the Loughborough International Athletics meeting lived up to its tag line, ‘reaching new heights’ on a number of fronts.
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Baker and Judd headline Loughborough team for #LIA2018
Chris Baker and Jess Judd are the headline names in a strong Loughborough team who’ll contest the 2018 Loughborough International Athletics match this Sunday.
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International teams announced for Loughborough International
With less than a week to go until the 2018 edition of the Loughborough International Athletics match, which takes place on Sunday 20 May at the Paula Radcliffe Stadium, the various international teams are starting to take shape.
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First international athletes unveiled for #LIA2018
With just 10 days to go until the 2018 edition of the Loughborough International Athletics match, a quintet of international stars have been confirmed as the first major names who’ll compete on Sunday 20 May.