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Watson sets another world record on way to fourth CPISRA World Games gold medal

  • Paralympics

Scotland’s Shelby Watson set her second world record of the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) World Games in Nottingham, becominge the first athlete in the T33 1500 metres event to go under the five-minute mark.

of athletics competitions, England's Amy Wareing added the discus title to her historic P38 class pentathlon


Bubka or Coe set to take up IAAF role that is among most exclusive in sport

  • The Big Read

The race for the Presidency of the International Federation of Athletics Associations (IAAF) could well be the most significant sporting contest this year. Sergey Bubka or Sebastian Coe will join a very exclusive roll of honour, for only five men have previously led world athletics in the 103-year history of the governing body. 

The Stockholm 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon champion Jim Thorpe had just been stripped of his


Hayer breaks world record in seated club throw to claim CPISRA World Games gold

  • Paralympics

England's Muninder Hayer secured a gold medal in the seated club throw F31 class with a world record throw of 12.18 metres on another exciting day of athletics at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) World Games in Nottingham.

8.24m, while team mate Amy Wareing sealed a historic gold by topping the podium in the women’s P38 pentathlon




Philip Barker: The debt owed by London 2012 to Birmingham

  • Inside the Blogs

Last week in a hotel overlooking London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Dame Tessa Jowell joined volunteers to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the day London was chosen as Olympic hosts for 2012.

Park which staged athletics, aquatics , track and bmx cycling, handball, hockey basketball, modern pentathlon

Coe joined 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion Mary Peters, 1969 Wimbledon singles champion Ann Jones


Final flourish earns Czech pair the Modern Pentathlon World Championships mixed relay title in Berlin

  • Modern Pentathlon

The Czech Republic’s Jan Kuf, who overcame a career-threatening injury three months ago when he required major surgery after breaking his right forefinger while fencing, enjoyed the biggest day of his career so far in Berlin as a thrilling final flourish earned him and Natalia Dianova Modern Pentathlon’s World Championships mixed relay world title.

must be included in the 2020 Olympic Games,” said Dr Klaus Schormann, President of the world modern pentathlon

Republic partner Jan Kuf as he comes home to secure their victory in the mixed relay at the World Modern Pentathlon


Berliner Schoneborn wins Modern Pentathlon World Championships title and Rio 2016 place in home city

  • Modern Pentathlon

herself a place at Rio 2016 in the 38-degrees heat of her home city today by winning her first Modern Pentathlon

just kept on running as hard as I could.”The podlum after the women's individual event at the Modern Pentathlon

of places from the podium.Related storiesJuly 2015: Hot run/shoot wins Ukraine’s Tymoshchenko Modern Pentathlon

title and Rio 2016 spotJuly 2015: Murray begins title defence with comfortable qualification for Modern Pentathlon

World Championships finalJuly 2015: Storie sets swimming world record but misses out on Modern Pentathlon

2015: Hosts Germany start Modern Pentathlon World Championships in style with men's team relay victory


Hot run/shoot wins Ukraine’s Tymoshchenko Modern Pentathlon World Championships title and Rio 2016 spot

  • Modern Pentathlon

Tymoshchenko secured place at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by winning the International Modern Pentathlon

the 200 metres freestyle swimming, in which Logan Storie of the United States had set a world modern pentathlon

Ukraine's Pavlo Tymoshchenko stands proudly atop the podium in Berlin after winning the Modern Pentathlon

Related storiesJune 2015: Murray begins title defence with comfortable qualification for Modern Pentathlon

World Championships finalJuly 2015: Storie sets swimming world record but misses out on Modern Pentathlon

2015: Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon World Championships start in Berlin


Murray begins title defence with comfortable qualification for Modern Pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

defence got off to an ideal start as she qualified for the women's final at the International Modern Pentathlon

, and her running and shooting was up there with the best," said Jan Bartu, performance director of Pentathlon

-athlete final.Related storiesJuly 2015: Storie sets swimming world record but misses out on Modern Pentathlon

2015: Hosts Germany start Modern Pentathlon World Championships in style with men's team relay victoryJune

2015: Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon World Championships start in BerlinJune 2015

: Asadauskaitė earns chance to defend Olympic title after modern pentathlon World Cup Final win


Storie sets swimming world record but misses out on Modern Pentathlon World Championships final

  • Modern Pentathlon

States’ Logan Storie failed to qualify for the men’s individual final at the International Modern Pentathlon

Related storiesJune 2015: China defend women's relay title at Modern Pentathlon World ChampionshipsJune

2015: Hosts Germany start Modern Pentathlon World Championships in style with men's team relay victoryJune

2015: Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon World Championships start in BerlinJune 2015

: Asadauskaitė earns chance to defend Olympic title after modern pentathlon World Cup Final winJune 2015


China defend women's relay title at Modern Pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

Chen Qian defended their women’s relay world title on the second day of the International Modern Pentathlon

is due to see the men’s semi-finals take place.Related storiesJune 2015: Hosts Germany start Modern Pentathlon

Championships in style with men's team relay victoryJune 2015: Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon

Championships start in BerlinJune 2015: Asadauskaitė earns chance to defend Olympic title after modern pentathlon

with dramatic win in UIPM World Cup finalJune 2015: Home favourites take mixed relay crown at modern pentathlon


Hosts Germany start Modern Pentathlon World Championships in style with men's team relay victory

  • Modern Pentathlon

Alexander Nobis and Marvin Faly Dogue got the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Championships

for Rio 2016 qualification berths.Related storiesJune 2015: Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon

Championships start in BerlinJune 2015: Asadauskaitė earns chance to defend Olympic title after modern pentathlon

with dramatic win in UIPM World Cup finalJune 2015: Home favourites take mixed relay crown at modern pentathlon

World Cup FinalMay 2015: Asadauskaitė looks set for golden hat trick at Modern Pentathlon World Cup



Six Rio 2016 places on offer as Modern Pentathlon World Championships start in Berlin

  • Modern Pentathlon

Six qualification places for Rio 2016 are up for grabs in the Modern Pentathlon World Championships

own spirit.”Related storiesJune 2015: Asadauskaitė earns chance to defend Olympic title after modern pentathlon

with dramatic win in UIPM World Cup finalJune 2015: Home favourites take mixed relay crown at modern pentathlon

World Cup FinalMay 2015: Asadauskaitė looks set for golden hat trick at Modern Pentathlon World Cup

Final in MinskMay 2015: Tóth and Marosi earn home mixed relay gold to end Modern Pentathlon World Cup