It's only five months until the World Championships in South Korea, and one athlete raring to be in the starting blocks is Jeanette Kwakye.The World Indoor Championship silver medallist and British 60m record holder is training and racing hard again

national favourite as an athletics pundit for the BBC. Denise reveals what she really feels about Jessica Ennis claiming her British heptathlon record, why she still gets starstruck around Sebastian Coe and why she’s thrown out the scales for good.My most

stopped running 5Ks and 10Ks, I was running marathons for a fast time. You can't break the world record in New York so I concentrated on running marathons like Berlin. They're at the same time of year so I couldn't run New York until now. Running here is a

Sally Gunnell became the golden girl at the Barcelona Olympics with her 400m hurdles win. A year later she became World Champion and smashed the world record. Her fierce competitiveness and sunny personality on screen have made her a household name

in the one that matters, the race that would write a British winner into the record books? "If he stops improving as quickly as he is, then I hope so. But to beat him I have to be the best in the world."

at the World Indoor Champs in Doha, Qatar, a year later. Last summer also saw her become European champion in Barcelona, bagging a new championship heptathlon record of 6,823 points in the process. She could therefore be forgiven for allowing herself

desirable shade at the World Indoor Champs in Doha, Qatar, a year later. Last summer also saw her become European champion in Barcelona, bagging a new championship heptathlon record of 6,823 points in the process. She could therefore be forgiven

Craig Alexander is a triathlon legend. In November 2011, the five-time World Champion became the oldest ever winner of the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, setting a new course record of 8:03:56 at the same time. He achieved another first

When you’re watching the London 2012 marathon this summer, spare a moment to applaud Hugh Jones. Hugh has measured the route dozens of times over the last two years to make sure it’s as accurate as possible.Unsurprisingly, Hugh is one of the world’s

have taken the event in the last 20 years – in terms of the charitable fundraising, the elite field and the first world record set on the course just six weeks after he died with Paula’s stunning 2:15:25. Look at the six goals my Dad and John Disley put