A thread to discuss all things athletics related such as events, debates and news and anything to with the world of athletics in 2022.

I imagine the first Athletics event of note will be the Indoor Championships in March, I'm sure some news story or other will pop up before then though!

2022 Athletics Calendar:

 

https://www.worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results

Tiffany Porter has announced her retirement.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/60274425

Gutted" Laura Muir will miss the indoor athletics season with a back injury.

 

The Olympic silver medallist, 28, withdrew from last Saturday's DNA Athletics event in Glasgow, and is now set for a prolonged spell on the sidelines.

 

She had hoped to set a new 1,000m indoor record at the Grand Prix event in Birmingham this weekend.

 

"I am sad to announce I am not going to be able to compete," Muir said.

 

"After further investigation on Friday into an injury I sustained a few weeks ago, I have to take some time off running to recover.

Team GB have now been officially stripped of their 4x100m silver medal following CJ Ujah's doping test.

 

Ultimately it had to be the case but you have to feel sorry for them, having that feeling of elation just punctured like that.

I feel sorry for his teammates to have that taken away from them, from a teammate's positive test. No news yet on a ban for Ujah.

I expect Ujah to get a two year ban.

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been given a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".

 

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said the 33-year-old was banned for five years for the use of multiple prohibited substances and five for not co-operating with the investigation.

 

Okagbare was suspended during the Tokyo Olympics after failing a drug test.

It's a real shame to see - Okagbare is a name I've been aware of since the London Olympics and back then I don't think I even knew what doping was! Hopefully her experience will lead other athletes to make sure they're racing fairly.

Heartbroken Richard Kilty insists he will never forgive Team GB relay team-mate CJ Ujah for failing drugs test which strips him of Olympic silver medal.

Heartbroken Richard Kilty insists he will never forgive Team GB relay team-mate CJ Ujah for failing drugs test which strips him of Olympic silver medal.

 

Yeah I read that story today about not having a medal to give his son to take in to school. Here’s hoping he can compete at the next olympics

Eilish McColgan broke Paula Radcliffe's 21-year-old British half marathon record with a stunning run at Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates.

 

The 31-year-old Scot finished sixth in one hour six minutes 26 seconds, eclipsing Radcliffe's mark of 1:06:47.

 

McColgan's milestone in just her second competitive half marathon also beat her mother Liz's best of 1:07:11.

American endurance athlete Camille Herron has broken her own women's world record in winning the USA Track and Field 100-mile Championships in Nevada.

 

The 40-year-old beat her previous mark by almost a minute and a half, winning in 12 hours 41 minutes 11 seconds - averaging around 7:37 minutes per mile.

 

She finished almost half an hour ahead of first male athlete Arlen Glick, who came home in 13:10:25.

 

"What a difference a year makes," said Herron, who was fourth in 2021.

Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson has set a new British record to win the women's 800m at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham.

 

The 19-year-old triumphed in one minute 57.20 seconds, 0.71secs faster than Jemma Reekie's previous indoor record.

 

It was Hodgkinson's first race of 2022 and the fastest time in the world so far this year.

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will make his return to competition at the Vitality London 10,000 in May.

 

The 38-year-old, Britain's most decorated track and field athlete, has not raced since suffering a fractured foot in June last year.

Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake says he is "heartbroken" after losing his 4x100m Olympic silver medal because of CJ Ujah's failed drugs test.

 

Mitchell-Blake found out on Friday the Great Britain relay team will lose the medals they won at the Tokyo Olympics last August.

 

Ujah, 27, tested positive for ostarine and S-23 but says he "unknowingly consumed a contaminated substance".

 

"It hasn't really 100 per cent sunk in yet," said Mitchell-Blake on Saturday.

Irish Olympic sprinter Leon Reid aims to continue his athletics career despite his criminal conviction after being found guilty of allowing his flat to be used to produce crack cocaine.

 

He got a 21-month sentence, suspended for 18 months, and 220 hours unpaid work at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.

 

Reid's agent Derry McVeigh says the athlete, 27, wants to race on.

Adelle Tracey won the women's 1500m final at the UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham as Keely Hodgkinson progressed to the women's 400m final.

 

Tracey powered away to claim victory in four minutes 13.14 seconds, with Erin Wallace (4:14.72) in second and Holly Archer (4:18.36) in third.

 

Adam Thomas won the the men's 60m in 6.56 seconds, and the women's 60m was won by Cheyanne Evans Gray in 7.25.

 

Hodgkinson, 19, won her semi-final in 52.45 to reach Sunday's final.

 

The Olympic 800m silver medallist set a new British record to win the women's 800m at the Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham earlier this month.

New Zealand's Valerie Adams, the two-time Olympic shot put champion, has retired at the age of 37.

 

Adams was the Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012, won silver in 2016 and bronze in Tokyo last year.