Desiree Henry: I lit the cauldron at London 2012, sending my Olympic career into a spiral of fear and panic

After losing her British athletics funding in 2019, the Olympic bronze medalist had to fund her campaign to make Team GB for Paris by working full-time from 2016 until this year – Jeff Gilbert for The Telegraph Desiree Henry is a member of one of the most exclusive sports clubs in the world. The sprinter’s … Read more

Almost cutting off my finger is all part of the chaos – pole vault champion Molly Caudery

Los Angeles 2028 seemed like Molly Caudery’s best chance at an Olympic medal until her stellar indoor season – AP Photo/Bernat Armangue “They say fight fire with fire… I’m meeting chaos with chaos,” says Molly Caudery, laughing about those crucial, supposedly carefully planned days leading up to crowning Britain’s first world pole vault champion earlier … Read more

What’s really going on at UK Athletics – and can it survive?

Laura Muir will compete in the 1000m at this year’s World Indoor Tour event in Birmingham, which lost £500,000 and has been removed from next year’s schedule – PA/Martin Rickett There was a surprise guest at the Sports Journalists’ Association’s annual gala on Thursday. Linford Christie made a rare public appearance to honor Zharnel Hughes … Read more