athletics

Lauren Bryant Just a few weeks after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with the buzz of the Games still very much alive, the Paralympics are officially underway. Over 12 days, around 4,400 athletes will compete across 22 sports, with more than 530 medals up for grabs. The excitement is, however,...

The Olympic Games are the pinnacle of many athletes’ careers, and for 1500m runner Katie Snowden, that is no different. Josh Collins caught up with Katie to speak to her about her preparation, as well as how her time in Nottingham has helped shape her athletic career so far....

Ewan James Earlier this month saw the surprising news of a footballer being banned for taking performance enhancing drugs. The Ajax FC Goalkeeper, Andre Onana, failed an out-of-competition drugs test in October 2020. Consequently, he was handed a 12 month suspension applying to all football activities, starting from February...

This year’s Varsity kicks off with Super Wednesday at the Lee Westwood Sports Centre on 20th March. Since the inception of the ‘Super’ events in 2016, we have won every single one, home and away. So what will this year’s instalment on Trent’s turf hold? This first event of...

Eight of the University of Nottingham’s Sports teams travelled to Sheffield last weekend with the hopes of returning home as winners. The eight sports contested over the weekend included; Indoor Athletics, Long Course Swimming, Fencing, Karate, Judo, Climbing, Rifle and Badminton. The BUCS Nationals event invites the elite sport...

UoN Athletics enjoyed a near perfect afternoon on their first appearance as a Varsity sport on Saturday, dominating proceedings as the Green and Gold reinforced their advantage in the first set of ‘Super Wednesday’ sports. 10 victories over the 11 track races were just reward for a great effort...

Seven years on from the legendary Beijing Olympic Games, the landscape of world athletics is now very different. The 2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships faced drama before any athletes had even thrown, jumped or run. The use of illegal performance enhancement measures in the sport dominated the headlines, with...