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62:32 for Ed Buck to be the fastest 🇬🇧 at the Valencia Half Marathon, improving his PB by over 90 seconds. He's one of many returning to 🇪🇸 for the Valencia Marathon in December.

"Felt controlled and had a fun race! Onwards and upwards"

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Fastest 🇬🇧 women at the Valencia Half Marathon:

Sam Harrison 68:45
Charlotte Dannatt 69:56 PB
Clara Evans 70:46
Alice Wright 71:51
Rose Harvey 71:53
Louise Small 72:19

[Athletics Integrity Unit @aiu_athletics]

The AIU has provisionally suspended reigning World and former Olympic champion, Peres Jepchirchir, after an out-of-competition sample, collected in Kenya prior to her recent Sydney Marathon victory, returned an adverse analytical finding for EPO. 1/2

[British Athletics @BritAthletics]

Athletes on the 2027 Olympic World Class Programme have been confirmed 👏

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Ben Connor, Charles Wheeler, Samantha Harrison, Clara Evans, Lily Partridge, Rose Harvey & Alice Wright are amongst the 🇬🇧 due to race the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday 25 October.
https://t.co/8GqqnlXBcr

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2:10:14 PB for @_MarcScott at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon 🇳🇱! A PB of 2:13:20 for Jonathan Escalante Phillips also.

📸 @runoutofhell

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Excellent 2:09:24 PB for Jake Smith at the Berlin Marathon 🇩🇪

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In her first marathon since 2024, and returning from a torrid time with injury, Lucy Reid is inside PB pace at halfway (72:46) at the Berlin Marathon.

64:57 for Jake Smith at halfway, also inside PB pace.

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The Commonwealth Games are underway! Olympic Champions Nina Kennedy 🇦🇺 (pole vault), Arshad Nadeem 🇵🇰 (javelin) & Thea LaFond 🇩🇲 (triple jump) were amongst the flagbearers at last night's Opening Ceremony.

📸: @james_athletics

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Amy-Eloise Neale will make her marathon debut in Chicago 🇺🇸 in October!

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According to the entries on the @Glasgow_2026 website, Tom Keen - fresh from a 3:49.33 PB at the London Diamond League - has replaced Elliott Giles in the @EnglandAthletic team at the Commonwealth Games 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

📸 @james_athletics

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2:02.54 over 800m for two-time British 1500m Champion Sarah Calvert at the P-T-S Meeting in 🇸🇰.

📸 @james_athletics (from earlier this season)

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1:45.06 for Jack Higgins at the P-T-S Meeting in 🇸🇰. That is the second fastest 800m of his career, three days after winning the national race at the @London_DL on Saturday.

📸 @james_athletics

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Izzy Fry & Joe Wigfield won the British 10000m Championships in Loughborough yesterday, securing their spots at the European Championships in Birmingham in August.

🥇 Joe Wigfield
🥈 James Kingston
🥉 Max Milarvie

🥇 Izzy Fry
🥈 Poppy Tank
🥉 Hannah Irwin

📸 @James_Athletics

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🇬🇧 at the PUMA NITRO Lange Laufnacht in Karlsruhe 🇩🇪on 30 May:

800m: Callum Dodds, Henry Fisher, Guy Learmonth
1500m: Archie Davis, Tom Keen, Sam Charig, Callum Elson, James McMurray, Lyla Belshaw
5000m: Cari Hughes, Charlotte Dannatt
3000SC: Zak Seddon

[James Rhodes @James_Athletics]

Plenty of 🇬🇧s at @sound_running (Sat 23):
800m: Jake Wightman, Josh Kerr, Tiarnan Crorken, Ellie Leather, Shannon Flockhart, Yusuf Bizimana
1500m: Ellie Baker, Gemma Finch
5000m: Katie Snowden, Adam Fogg, David Mullarkey, Eloise Walker
3000SC: Elise Thorner, Stevie Lawrence

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13:46.70 for Jack Kavanagh to win the 5000m at the KPMG Night of Records in Prague 🇨🇿 last night; just outside his PB of 13:44.95.

He'll make his 🇬🇧 debut at the European 10000m Cup in Italy next weekend.

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1:48.11 for Archie Davis to win the 800m at the @BritishMilers Gold Standard at Birmingham University last night. Also notable a solo 7:51.43 3000m PB for Joe Tuffin.

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Katie Snowden will debut over 5000m at the @sound_running LA Track Festival 🇺🇸 next Saturday (23 May).

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Ahead of his 🇬🇧 debut at the European 10000m Cup, Jack Kavanagh will race over 5000m at the KPMG Prague Night of PBs 🇨🇿 tomorrow. Ben McMillan also competes. Full start lists: https://t.co/kyv34aJQ2I