Rachel Mat-Morgan

Lapsed athletics trainer but always a supportive rugby mum.

[Rachel Mat-Morgan @RachelMatanmi]

@JennyMeadows800 Congratulations Jenny what an achievement. x

[Global Athletics Hub @glblathletichub]

World Athletics have revealed the entry standards for the 2027 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

Some of these are mindblowing…

[Rachel Mat-Morgan @RachelMatanmi]

@mark_caveney All good thanks. Just got back from Grenada was fab. Big hugs to Mandy xx

[VisionaryVoid @VisionaryVoid]

The Woman Who Broke the Barrier Nobody Noticed.

On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran a mile in under four minutes. The world lost its mind. Twenty-three days later, a 21-year-old chemistry student named Diane Leather ran a mile in 4:59.6 at the Midland Championships in Birmingham, he first woman ever to break five minutes. The world barely looked up from its newspaper.

Leather had only started running two years earlier, inspired by watching the 1952 Olympics on television. She joined the Birchfield Harriers in Birmingham, trained under coach Doris Nelson Neal, and within months became the national cross-country champion. By 1954, she was rewriting what was considered physically possible for women over distance, a feat medical experts of the era openly doubted could be done safely.

She didn't stop at one barrier. Leather broke her own record five times, lowering it to 4:45 by the end of 1955, a mark that stood for seven years. But here's the thing: the IAAF refused to officially recognize the women's mile as an event until 1967. Her times were classified as "world bests," not world records. The Olympics didn't even include a women's 1500m until 1972.

Leather retired from running at 27, married, moved to Cornwall, and spent decades working in social care. It took until 2013, nearly sixty years, for her to be inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. She died in 2018 at age 85.

Bannister got a knighthood. Leather got a footnote. History has a way of losing things in plain sight.

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE 🫨

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first person ever to break the 2-hour barrier in official race conditions, storming to a historic 1:59:30‼️

@KejelchaYomif, on his marathon debut, also breaks 2 hours with a stunning 1:59:41 and @jacobkiplimo2 clocks 2:00:28, also faster than the previous world record 😤

[British Athletics @BritAthletics]

British triple threat 😍

Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt are all lining up at the @London_DL

Find out more here: https://t.co/c26doZyrsD

[Track & Field Gazette @TrackGazette]

Shaunae Miller-Uibo 🇧🇸 running 22.44s (0.5) over 200m at the Florida Relays!

Her fastest since 2022.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Ellie Scotney became Britain's youngest undisputed champion in the four-belt era - and she wants to inspire the next generation of fighters to step into the ring!

[Fred Duncan @Fred__Duncan]

One thing coaches look at during sprint video is the space between the knees at touchdown.

Not because that image alone determines speed, but because it can tell you something about leg recovery mechanics.

A bigger gap often means the switch is happening later. A smaller

[DyeStat @DyeStat]

Kishane Thompson Runs World 150m Best At Miramar Invitational

By @kgray5555 📰 https://t.co/EZhBlJkLXO

[AW @AthleticsWeekly]

Measured in miles or kilometres per hour from start to finish, no race has ever been as quick as @usainbolt over 150m from the Great CityGames in 2009 ⚡️

The Jamaican clocked 14.35 in a straight 150m in Manchester 🇯🇲

📹 A FilmNova Production with Sky Sports and Can Communicate

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you're the mother who was reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aloud to your child on the LNER train from London to Edinburgh yesterday, one of my grown up children was listening and says you did the voices brilliantly❤️🥹

[AW @AthleticsWeekly]

Keely Hodgkinson has stated that "The GB team will bring back more medals to that [London] stadium than West Ham have seen in their entire history."

This is after West Ham refused to vacate the London Stadium in September 2029, ahead of London's World Championships bid.

The bid has received the backing from the government and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

[Rachel Mat-Morgan @RachelMatanmi]

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[British Athletics @BritAthletics]

It's gold for Georgia Hunter-Bell 🥇

Judged to perfection and she takes the win over 1500m in a world-leading 3:58.53 💪

#WorldIndoorChamps

[Rachel Mat-Morgan @RachelMatanmi]

@KatMerchant14 Hi Kat im sorry horrid people project their horrid crap. Your positive thoughts and advice really helped me to get back in the gym after my op last year and I did my first hyrox with my son a few weeks ago. Thank you xx

[Fylde Rugby @fylderugby]

🚨TEAM NEWS🚨
🆚 Wharfedale (H)
💪🏼 Trippier & Walton into the starting pack
🔁 Slawson in for Turner
➡️ Sutcliffe & Lanigan join the squad
⏰ Kick off 3.00pm
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#RunitFylde

[Jenny Meadows @JennyMeadows800]

Happiness, frustration, sadness, repeat! The emotional rollercoaster athletes go through when learning of performance upgrades via others not confirming with the rules. I’ve been there many times & hoped my athletes wouldn’t have to too. Congrats on the silver medal 🥈 Georgia 🎉