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O'Sullivan warns Wavelight pacing technology makes athletics "more predictable and less exciting"

  • Athletics

Sonia O'Sullivan, one of Ireland's greatest athletes, has warned that the Wavelight technology increasingly used for pacing record attempts is in danger of making the sport "more predictable and less exciting to watch".

"remarkable".But she maintained: "I now realise that as much as Wavelight technology has a place in athletics

All sports need personalities to make it more attractive, yet athletics is leading towards being more

Sonia O'Sullivan feels athletics is "leading towards being more about numbers and statistics" ©Getty





Surin joins Canadian Olympic Foundation Board of Directors

  • PASO

Olympic gold medallist Bruny Surin has been added to the Canadian Olympic Foundation (COF) Board of Directors.

.He jointly holds the Canadian record of 9.84sec in the 100m sprint, which he ran at the 1999 World Athletics


Iwan Thomas: The National Lottery has unlocked the potential of Britain's athletes

  • Inside the Blogs

pressure you can feel - it’s so important to recognise the talent and personality that we have in British Athletics

funding and wraparound support for their training, the sky is the limit at this next month's World Athletics

 National Lottery funding for Para-Athletics for this cycle alone is over £9 million ($11.8 million


Guernsey finish on a high with more home success at Island Games

  • Multi-Sport Games

Guernsey topped the medal standings as they made home advantage count at the Island Games by racking up more than 50 golds.

titles in 33-medal haul, while they also accumulated a whopping 10 golds in swimming and eight in both athletics

David Taverner of Ynys Môn was crowned English skeet individual open champion.Guernsey won three more athletics




Trinbago 2023 mascot Cocoyea the turtle turns up to tout ticket launch

  • Trinidad and Tobago 2023

Cocoyea, a leatherback turtle who is the official mascot for the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, has made its first public appearance in Couva to mark the launch of the ticketing programme and official anthem of the Games.

for free.Tickets to the beach volleyball, FAST5 netball, rugby sevens, swimming, track cycling and athletics


England win Birmingham 2022 women's 4x100m relay gold after Lucozade excuse by Nigerian sprinter rejected

  • Birmingham 2022

England have won their 58th Commonwealth Games gold medal at Birmingham 2022 after the women's 4x100 metres team were promoted to first place following the disqualification of Nigeria, who originally crossed the line first but have now been disqualified for doping.

anchor leg as Nigeria beat England by 0.21 seconds at Alexander Stadium on August 7, the last day of athletics

at Birmingham 2022The following month, Nwokocha was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity

 "The matter has now been passed to the Athletics Integrity Unit to determine any further consequences




Japan and India win three golds each on day two of Asian Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

Japan matched their opening total of three golds on the second day of action at the 25th Asian Athletics

of India’s Tejaswin Shankar, who totalled 7,527.Jyothi Yarraji has won the gold medal in the Asian Athletics

"Asian Athletics Championships"pic.twitter.com/eTJvTW2NmL— Sport Enthusiast (@frolic_waseem) July 13,

bronze.India's Ajay Kumar Saroj came through a tactical battle in the men's 1500m to win in 3min 41.51sec.Asian Athletics