Lostock AC’s fell runners had a busy weekend of racing last week, completing two events over two days.
After five years, Dina Asher-Smith is back on top of a medal rostrum at a major international championships. And although the Olympic Games might be the main objective this season, a fifth European Athletics Championships gold – the 18th major medal over an 11-year span – sends a message that will be noted across the Atlantic.
US sprint stars Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone impressed on their way to easy victories at the New York City Grand Prix on Sunday as Jamaican star Elaine Thompson-Herah suffered an injury scare.But the race was overshadowed by an apparent injury to Jamaica's Thompson-Herah, the two-time Olympic 100m and 200m champion.