An update on the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 💥 🌍 Goal is still for elite international competitions by 2028 🏟️ Aim for Jubilee Stand of 5000 capacity to fully open within a year 🧱 West Stand will take 3-4 years to get ready, with a focus on rebuilding concrete on the structure 📜 Newly refurbished track and equipment now accredited by UKA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Community and regional competitions can begin and low-scale national meets could be possible next year 🥁 Greater London Authority

“Everyone has just told me that I’d be a marathon runner and I didn’t really question it!” This past weekend, Abbie Donnelly ran 2:24:11 for eighth overall at the Frankfurt Marathon - going seventh on the UK all-time list 🇬🇧 It was just her second ever marathon, after Donnelly clocked 2:26:21 on debut in Rotterdam last year ⚡️ Donnelly trains at Lincoln Wellington AC and, earlier this summer, spoke to AW about her training and marathon journey as an elite athlete 🏃‍♀️ | Athletics Weekly

“I’m representing track and field tonight and it would be really great to win and put our sport up there.” Keely Hodgkinson chats to us ahead of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards - which she is nominated for 🏆 The Olympic and European champion was unbeaten over 800m this season 💥 🎥 Tim Adams | Athletics Weekly

Never give up in track and field 💪 15-year-old Abigail Dennis proved just that after she hit a hurdle, fell over and still won the race. 📹 Old Tappan Track & Field | Athletics Weekly

"When I set my PB's, I set them all winning races - I never finished third and got dragged to a time like that." Peter Elliott, on our Legends Series, talks though when he ran his 800m best of 1:42.97 in Seville, overtaking Johnny Gray to claim victory ⚡️ The Brit didn't know what shape he was in and questions whether he could have run quicker 🤯 🎙️ Tim Hutchings Watch the full interview under ‘premium video’ on the AW website 💻 | Athletics Weekly

Watch our mixed zone interviews from the UK Athletics Championships on Shots TV🔥 All the insight from athletes like Phoebe Gill and Dina Asher-Smith to Josh Kerr and Keely Hodgkinson 💬 Airs at 11.30pm on July 4 on Freeview 276 📺 👉 https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52513284 | Athletics Weekly

"Nearly half your day is spent running/training/gymming so it's really important to switch off." In our mini-documentary on the University of Birmingham, Tyler Bilyard talks through the significance of the community they have on campus 💬 Bilyard has 1500m and mile bests of 3:37.52 and 3:52.73 respectively - set in the same race in Boston back in February ⚡️ Watch the full mini-documentary 👇 https://athleticsweekly.com/news/interviews/watch-insight-into-the-university-of-birmingham-athletics-cl