TRACK AND FIELD TOURS

12/10/2026

30/09/2026

Scandi star athletes and their wives part 2 ...

30/09/2026

26/09/2026

BBC News - Sprinter Matt Hudson-Smith becomes Wolverhampton mayor for a day - BBC News

City leaders took Matt Hudson-Smith's post-race joke and made it a reality on Friday.

25/09/2026

It's 26 years to the day since Denise Lewis struck heptathlon gold for Team GB at the Sydney 2000 Olympics 🥇

Lewis (6584 points) beat both Yelena Prokhorova (6531) and Natallia Sazanovich (6527) to the top of the Olympic podium in Australia 🇬🇧

This was her series:

100m hurdles – 13.23
High jump – 1.75m
Shot Put – 15.55m
200m – 24.34
Long Jump – 6.48m
Javelin Throw – 50.19m
800m – 2:16.83

23/09/2026

Seems there is plenty of money to be made from selling athletics shoes and gear! 😎

Phil Knight and wife, Penny, make largest known donation to a public university to fund a new engineering school

22/09/2026

The European Athletics Championships will have a total record prize fund worth £3m when it takes place in Poland in 2028.

22/09/2026

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European Athletics has increased the prize money for athletes at the Silesia 2028 championships to a record €3,500,000 🌍

Prize money will be awarded for every top-eight finish across all of the 50 event disciplines – with €30,000 for each winner ⚡️

For relay events, prize money will be shared among the team 🏃

🥇 €30,000
🥈 €15,000
🥉 €10,000
4⃣ €5000
5⃣ €4000
6⃣ €3000
7⃣ €2000
8⃣ €1000

22/09/2026

European Athletics has increased the prize money for athletes at the Silesia 2028 championships to a record €3,500,000 🌍

Prize money will be awarded for every top-eight finish across all of the 50 event disciplines – with €30,000 for each winner ⚡️

For relay events, prize money will be shared among the team 🏃

🥇 €30,000
🥈 €15,000
🥉 €10,000
4⃣ €5000
5⃣ €4000
6⃣ €3000
7⃣ €2000
8⃣ €1000

21/09/2026

The Jakob way.... the tough of the track!

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is meticulous in his training regime – ‘if there’s anything that’s out of my control, then I’ve not done my job properly’