Athletics

Chambers targets Olympic medal after 100m victory

Dwain Chambers last night served notice not just of his intention to compete at this summer's Olympics but to make the podium there as he won his first 100m race in two years.

Inside Athletics

Baddeley's Dream Mile victory puts cup place within reach

Saturday, 7 June 2008

Andy Baddeley rounded off a night on which Tirunesh Dibaba broke the women's world 5,000m record by winning the concluding event of the Oslo Golden League meeting, the Dream Mile, in a personal best of 3min 49.38sec. It was Britain's first victory in the showpiece event since Peter Elliott's in 1991.

Jepkosgei prepares response to Jelimo's run of the decade

Friday, 6 June 2008

At the age of 19, Kenya's Pamela Jelimo has run the 800 metres more than a second faster than 2004 Olympic champion Kelly Holmes ever managed – her time of one minute 54.99 seconds in Berlin on Sunday put her fifth on the all-time world list – and she could go faster still tonight when the Golden League caravan moves on to Oslo.

Bolt focuses on 200m gold despite record

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Usain Bolt, the new world 100m record holder, has revealed that he may not even run that distance at this summer's Olympics, where his main goal remains the 200m – though he has hinted strongly that he may run in London before the Games get under way.

The Big Question: As the 100m world record falls again, how much faster can humans run?

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Ennis dream of Olympic glory is shattered by broken ankle

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Jessica Ennis will miss this summer's Beijing Olympic Games after scans yesterday revealed she has a broken right ankle.

'Lightning' Bolt storms to record in 100 metres

Monday, 2 June 2008

The world 100 metres record was reduced to 9.72 seconds on Saturday night by an athlete who does not start properly, slows down before the finish and is not even supposed to be running the distance seriously. Who knows what Usain Bolt can do when he gets it all together?

Collins stays calm as Ennis adds to injury concerns

Monday, 2 June 2008

British athletics' Olympic prospects suffered two further blows at the weekend as Jessica Ennis pulled out halfway through the international heptathlon here because of an ankle injury and Nicola Sanders, the world 400m silver medallist, was reported to have given up the idea of competing in Sunday's Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, because of a knee injury.

A brief encounter, then a rapid exit

Sunday, 1 June 2008

The International Association of Athletics Federations' programme of Golden League meetings gets under way in Berlin this afternoon, but the new golden girl of track and field will be conspicuously absent from the 1936 Olympic Stadium.

Ennis takes aim at rivals for crown of absent Kluft

Saturday, 31 May 2008

Jessica Ennis sat on the lush infield of the Mösle stadium here yesterday in oppressive heat that was about to be dissipated by storm clouds rolling in over the mountains which surround this small but famous Austrian border town. In the relative calm before the coming storm of Beijing, this small but famous native of Sheffield was contemplating a weekend of activity that will offer a clear view of her Olympic ambitions.