The need for speed continues ⚡️
Keely Hodgkinson is set to race the 400m at this weekend's UK Athletics Championships 😍
Hear all about her plans over the summer season now: https://t.co/PSJ9vAEUwK
What might happen next with the men’s marathon world record ‼️
An interview with Andy Jones, a professor of applied physiology at the University of Exeter who worked on the INEOS 1:59 Challenge, on the future of marathon running 🗣️
With an imminently movable target, it begs the question how low can man potentially run 26.2 miles? “I can get 1:57:13" says Jones 🏃
There are four components – VO2 max, running economy, lactate or metabolic threshold, and the extent to which you can resist fatigue ⚡️
🖊️ @mattmajendie
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SCOTTISH RECORD
Megan Keith has set a Scottish 3000m record and gone third on the UK outdoor all-time list after running 8:28.35 in Oslo 🏴
The Brit has bettered Yvonne Murray's 8:29.02 from 1988 and is only behind Paula Radcliffe (8:22.20) and Laura Weightman (8:26.07) ⚡️
Laura Muir ran 8:26.41 indoors in Germany in 2017 🏃♀️
Some stats from a record-breaking women’s 800m at the Stockholm Diamond League 🇸🇪
✅ Audrey Werro (1:53.98) and Keely Hodgkinson (1:54.33) run the third and sixth quickest marks in history
✅ First sub-1:54 since 1983
✅ Fastest ever losing 800m mark
✅ The 400m split was 55.8
📸 Jerry Sun
Amy Hunt is now in the top three on the UK 60m, 100m and 200m rankings 🇬🇧
⚡️ 60m (2nd) – 7.04 (Toruń 2026)
⚡️ 100m (3rd) – 10.97 (Stockholm 2026)
⚡️ 200m (2nd) – 22.08 (Tokyo 2025)
📸 Jerry Sun
1ST CONTINENT ON THE WORLD TOUR: AFRICA 🌍
@EliudKipchoge ’s journey to run 7 marathons on 7 continents kicks off this Sunday in Cape Town 🇿🇦
Catch his debut live on World Athletics+ 📺
Femke Broeders-Bol will open her outdoor season in the 800m at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on June 16.
The double world 400m hurdles champion clocked 1:59.07 during her 800m debut in Metz indoors back in February.
Broeders-Bol broke Ester Goossens' Dutch indoor 800m record of 2:00.01 from 2001.
Phoebe Gill is back ‼️
Yesterday evening the 19-year-old ran a personal best of 4:05.53 over 1500m to win at the Trafford BMC meeting in Manchester ⚡️
It was her first outdoor race since competing in the 800m at the 2024 Paris Olympics 🇬🇧
📸 Graham Smith