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Meet Funmi, one of five Welsh throwers at this year's Paralympics. While Funmi's journey so far leads her to compete in the Women's Discus Throw F64 (September 1 from 09:47am) and the Wome...

Sabrina Fortune is a force to be reckoned with, winning title after title in her own dignified way. She is now the world's leading women's F20 shot putter having won the world title three tim...

Olivia Breen, who competes in the T38 100m and T38 Long Jump as one of the stars of Welsh para-athletics, comes into the Paris Paralympics after being named as Co-captain of the Paralympics GB Team. ...

This summer's Paralympics, the games' 17th summer edition, is nearly ready for kick-off! Running from August 28 - 8 September, the next eleven days are set to feature an exciting range of co...

WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – GOTHENBERG, AUGUST 13-25 A number of Welsh athletes came away from Sweden with medals and outstanding individual performances representing Great Britain. Amon...

  Pictured above: Back row left to right: Alun James, Hayden Curren, Gwynne Griffiths, Vince James and John Bradshaw.  Front row left to right: Fred Bell, Terry Davies & Mike Walters The late John...

Born in Italy, but brought up in Tongwynlais, Ivor Gaylard was one of the leading track stars in Wales during the mid 1930s. His grandson, Dewi, has been delving into Ivor’s scrapbooks and memorabi...

ENGLAND ATHLETICS AGE GROUP COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPS AND UNDER-20 HOME COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL: BATTLE OF THE AGES – ETON, AUGUST 17 AND 18 Wales’ Under-20 women’s 4x400m team set new age group be...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the athletes selected to race at the Podium 5K event on the 24 August 2024 in Bute Park, Cardiff.  Steve Mitchell, National Endurance Development Coach at ...

Welsh Athletics are delighted to announce the appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors following an open recruitment process. Catherine Lewis  Catherine brings a wealth of experience to the Bo...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...