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• The controversial dress code at sport's biggest party
  Posted on Tuesday April 16, 2024
  Paris will welcome the world this summer, but France's distinctive relationship with religion means its own Olympic athletes will have a different dress code.
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• Controversial half marathon result being investigated
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  Organisers of the Beijing half marathon will investigate allegations that three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner He Jie to win Sunday's race.
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• UK Athletics announces venture to improve finances
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  UK Athletics announces a "groundbreaking" venture with the London Marathon and Great North Run to help it tackle a financial crisis.
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• Watch the London Marathon live on BBC
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  More than 50,000 runners, with their reasons and motivations, will aim to tackle the 26.2 miles, while raising millions of pounds for charity in the process.
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• Men's discus world record broken after 38 years
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  Mykolas Alekna produces a throw of 74.35m in the discus to break the longest-standing men's world record.
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• Olympic champion Rojas misses Paris through injury
  Posted on Friday April 12, 2024
  Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas says her "heart is broken" after she is ruled out of Paris 2024 with an Achilles tendon injury.
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• Kipchoge 'expects' to win third Olympic marathon
  Posted on Friday April 12, 2024
  Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has "huge expectation" to win a historic third successive Olympic marathon gold medal in Paris this year.
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• Cockroft picked in strong British team for Worlds
  Posted on Friday April 12, 2024
  Reigning champion Hannah Cockroft is included in the Great Britain team for May's World Para Athletics Championships.
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• Ujah returns to British squad for world relays
  Posted on Thursday April 11, 2024
  CJ Ujah is included in Great Britain's squad for the first time since his doping ban for next month's World Athletics Relays.
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• Glasgow offer back up for 2026 Commonwealth Games
  Posted on Friday April 12, 2024
  Glasgow is ready to step in with a scaled-down offering should no other host be found for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
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Athletics Weekly

• Hellen Obiri and Sisay Lemma triumph in Boston Marathon
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  East African athletes dominate elite races as Britain's Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins women's wheelchair crown .
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• Manchester Marathon wins for Adam Clarke and Charlie Arnell
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  British duo impress over 26.2 miles at the 2024 adidas Manchester Marathon Sunday saw over 32,000 runners take the streets of Manchester to cover the 26.2 miles on one of the flattest courses in the UK. On a day helped by perfect weather conditions, Adam Clarke from Aldershot, Farnham and District AC took the elite […] .
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• Is Athletic Ventures up to the challenge?
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  Optimism is high as London Marathon Events and the Great Run Company help UK Athletics resurrect the sport's fortunes .
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• UKA, London Marathon and Great Run Company strike historic deal
  Posted on Monday April 15, 2024
  National governing body for athletics joins forces with two giants of the British road running scene to deliver major events and find new sponsorship .
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• Jürgen Schult’s long-standing world discus record falls to Mykolas Alekna
  Posted on Sunday April 14, 2024
  Young Lithuanian throws 74.35m to beat 38-year-old mark at the Ramona Throws Festival in Oklahoma .
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• Spring into style with our seasonal running wardrobe update
  Posted on Sunday April 14, 2024
  With marathon season in full swing, we look at some of the latest and best offerings from brands .
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• Hellen Obiri all set for Boston Marathon title defence
  Posted on Sunday April 14, 2024
  Kenyan runner on becoming a major force at her “best distance” and targeting the only honour missing from her medal collection – Olympic gold .
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• From London to Paris: Runners campaign for trail running in Olympics
  Posted on Saturday April 13, 2024
  Relay team tackling London to Paris route hope that trail running can become an Olympic sport .
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• Training pals Cairess and Sesemann have Paris in their sights
  Posted on Saturday April 13, 2024
  Twin towers of British men’s marathon running are both in action in the TCS London Marathon this month .
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• More than 32,000 runners set for Manchester Marathon
  Posted on Friday April 12, 2024
  The 2024 adidas Manchester Marathon, Europe’s fifth-largest race, takes place on Sunday April 14 .
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