Jonnie Peacock and David Weir fail to repeat London Paralympic glory
• Gold medallists from 2012 left searching for form in IPC Athletics Grand Prix • British records claimed by Georgina Hermitage and Sophie Hahn on trackJonnie Peacock and David Weir were denied...
View ArticleGreg Rutherford stands by his criticism of new Great Britain team kit
• Omission of union flag causes escalating outcry from athletes• Kit for world championships has British Athletics logoGreg Rutherford has defended his criticism of the new Great Britain team kits,...
View ArticleJo Butterfield claims fifth gold for GB at Doha World Championships
• Event record in F51 club throw adds to Britain’s gold medal tally• Maria Lyle and David Weir both claim silver on the trackJo Butterfield won Great Britain’s fifth gold medal of the IPC World...
View ArticlePaul Blake retains T36 800m title at IPC World Championships
• David Weir misses out on podium in T54 5,000m • Ben Rowlings finishes fourth in T34 800mPaul Blake admitted he felt the pressure after winning T36 800m gold at the IPC World Championships in...
View ArticleDavid Weir pulls out of New York Marathon with stomach bug
• Weir won T54 1500m silver in Doha but was seventh in 5,000m• Paralympic champion confident of challenging for medals at Rio 2016David Weir has pulled out of the New York Marathon on Sunday because of...
View ArticleDavid Weir claims first title since London 2012 in 5,000m T54
• Team GB collects seven golds in IPC Athletics European Championships• Richard Whitehead sets championship record time in 100m in GrossetoDavid Weir claimed his first title since the London...
View ArticleTen to watch: meet Team GB's sporting superheroes
They won our hearts at London 2012: can Team GB do it again? We salute our top athletes, from Tom Daley to Ellie Simmonds, as they fly into Rio for the 2016 OlympicsContinue reading...
View ArticleRichard Whitehead smashes his T42 200m world record and targets Rio gold
• Forty-year-old stormed to victory in 23.03sec at the Olympic Stadium• British T11 200m runner Libby Clegg also set new world recordBritain’s Richard Whitehead might have turned 40 last week but he...
View ArticleDavid Weir: ‘Peaking for Paralympics has been more of a challenge’
Wheelchair racer with six Paralympic golds will not let up, even after he has competed in RioOn a sweltering afternoon at Kingsmeadow Athletics and Fitness Centre, the cameras are trained on David Weir...
View ArticleDavid Weir calls for tougher measures to rid disability sport of drug cheats
• British Paralympian says testing needs to be ‘more thorough’• Six-times Paralympic gold medallist backs Rio ban on RussiaDavid Weir, one of Great Britain’s most decorated Paralympians, has revealed...
View ArticleParalympics: Aled Davies wins shot put gold but David Weir misses out in 400m
• Davies swaps events to add to discus gold at London • Weir and Richard Chiassaro finish fifth and fourthWhen David Weir returned to the Olympic Stadium on Monday morning, it cannot have been easy for...
View ArticleDavid Weir announces retirement from track racing after further Rio woe
• Wheelchair racer misses out on podium again at Paralympics• Weir will retire from competition after next year’s London MarathonDavid Weir made no attempt to hide his disappointment after his...
View ArticleBritain’s David Weir says he ‘let the country down’ with Paralympics showing
• 37-year-old ‘gutted’ at missing son’s birth for ‘terrible performance’• Weir lost all three of his individual events after winning four golds in 2012David Weir, the six-times Paralympics gold...
View ArticleDisappointed David Weir claims he was ‘stabbed in the back’ in Rio
• Six-times Paralympic champion frustrated with British Athletics• Weir withdraws from marathon after crashDavid Weir said that he had been stabbed in the back after the British wheelchair racer’s...
View ArticleDavid Weir ‘let down again’ as he attacks British Athletics before retiring
• Six-times Paralympic champion hits out on Twitter• Weir struggled in Rio and claimed he had been ‘stabbed in the back’The six-times Paralympic champion David Weir claims he has “been let down again”...
View ArticleDavid Weir says he was accused of throwing race in Rio Paralympics
• Claims Jenni Banks said he sabotaged the 4x400m relay team• I would never, ever, throw a race just because I don’t like someone’David Weir, the six-times Paralympic gold medallist, has claimed Jenni...
View ArticleDavid Weir after London Marathon win: ‘The last four months have been hell’
• Weir takes record seventh wheelchair title in sprint finish• Winner talks about depression: ‘Rio was where it started. I was in a dark place’David Weir banished his Paralympics demons by winning a...
View ArticleDavid Weir: ‘Gym training can be like torture’
The 38-year-old wheelchair athlete on the London Marathon, looking after his children and chilling outSleep I love sleep and if I haven’t got a reason to get up, I’ll stay in bed. If I’ve got a big...
View ArticleLondon Marathon: from Mo Farah to the Weirwolf, via epic women’s duel
It’s Eliud Kipchoge versus Kenenisa Bekele, Mo Farah out to show he’s not on wrong track, Mary Keitany facing with Tirunesh Dibaba and David Weir seeking to ‘break’ Marcel HugEliud Kipchoge has a...
View ArticleDavid Weir reverses decision and aims to compete for Team GB again
• Weir retired from international competition after Rio 2016• Sets his sights on marathon at Tokyo 2020 ParalympicsThe six-times Paralympic champion wheelchair racer David Weir has banished suicidal...
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