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Weekend Round-Up (10-11 August)
WOMEN'S OLYMPIC MARATHON After receiving a late call-up to the team just eight days before the race while busy planning her wedding, Clara Evans (Pontypridd Roadents) came home as the first Briti...
Junior Track & Field Championships 2024 - Round-Up
Day One - Saturday 10 August Day one of the Welsh Junior Athletics Championships saw some outstanding performances across the under-13, under-17 and under-20 age groups. Athletes competing early in th...
Clara Evans is the first Brit home in the Olympic Marathon
Having been called into the team just eight days before the start of the Olympic marathon, Clara Evans produced a brilliant run to be the first British finisher on the streets of Paris on Sunday morni...
Get to know Clara Evans ahead of competing in the Olympic Marathon
Clara Evans will be competing in the Marathon at the Olympic Games tomorrow (Sunday 11 August) at 7am. It will be her debut appearance at the Games. Clara has been called up as a late athlete repla...
Jeremiah Azu is an Olympic Bronze Medalist
Jeremiah Azu became the first Welsh track and field athlete in 28 years to win an Olympic medal when he led the Great Britain 4x100m relay squad to bronze in Paris on Friday night. The result complete...
Welsh Junior Championships 2024 - Preview
Almost 450 athletes will take part in this weekend’s Welsh Junior Track and Field Championships in Swansea. The summer of 2024 has already seen some outstanding performances from Wales’ latest cro...
Jeremiah Azu qualifies for the Olympic Men's 4x100m Relay Final
Jeremiah Azu showed huge character to bounce back from his false start in the individual 100m to lead Great Britain’s 4x100m team into Friday night’s final. Having false started in the 100m heats ...
Expressions of Interest- BMAF Masters Cross Country International Belfast
Welsh Athletics will be selecting Welsh Teams to compete at the BMAF Masters Cross Country International taking place in Belfast on Saturday 16th November 2024. Welsh Team Selectors will meet in the m...
Weekend Round-Up (3-4 August)
MURDER MILE 2024 – CROSS KEYS, AUGUST 2 The Murder Mile is reputed to be one of the toughest in the country and is included in the Runner's World list of 10 hardest races. To make the challenge ...
What Does Mental Health Mean To You?
Our friends at Mind Cymru joined us at the Senior & U15 Championships in June, not only to cheer on the athletes but to open important conversations about mental health within athletics. They asked at...
Notice of 2024 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Welsh Athletics Ltd for 2024 will be held at 10 a.m. on 26th October 2024. The meeting will be held in Sport Wales (Jubilee Suite) in Cardiff or online via a video co...
Weekend Round-Up (27-28 July)
Images: Above - Eleri Jones at BMAF Champs (Credit Clive Willimas) & News feed - Eden Robinson (Credit: Michelle Robinson) GREAT BRITAIN WORLD ATHLETICS UNDER-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT ...
Team Announcement - British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships
Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the team selected to compete in Ireland for the British and Irish Junior Mountain Running Championships September 14, 2024. Steve Mitchell - National Endu...
Get to know Wales' fastest man, Jeremiah Azu ahead of the Olympic Games
The fastest Welshman in history is on his way to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris! Jeremiah Azu will become the first Welshman to race the 100m at an Olympic Games in over half a century! The 23...
Team Announcement - Masters Cheshire 5KM International
Congratulations to all the athletes selected to run for Wales in the Mid Cheshire 5km race which is the third of this year’s Master International’s against England. The race will take place on Fri...
SIAB Track & Field International 2024 - Round-Up
Golds medals galore, national records and a championship best performance – Welsh athletes certainly enjoyed hosting the annual Schools International Athletics Board (SIAB) International in Carmarth...
Weekend Round-Up (18-21 July)
EUROPEAN UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS – SLOVAKIA, JULY 18-21 Six Welsh athletes were part of the Great Britain team which travelled to Slovakia for the European Under-18 Championships. Aron Tugwell (Cardi...
Team Announcement - Manchester International
We are delighted to announce the athletes who have been nominated for selection to represent Wales at the Manchester International on the 24 August. For the competition, the Welsh representative tea...
SIAB International 2024 - Preview
Some of the most exciting young athletes from across Great Britain and Ireland will be competing in Carmarthen on Saturday. A strong Welsh selection will take on national teams representing England, S...
UK Coaching Awards 2024 - Nominations Now Open
Nominations are now open for the UK Coaching Awards 2024! The UK Coaching Awards celebrate life-changing coaching and unstoppable dedication, from grassroots heroes to strategists at the peak of high...