Mary Rand, the first British woman to win Olympic athletics gold, has died aged 86. Her extraordinary three-medal haul at Tokyo 1964, including a world-record long jump, set a standard that stood for 60 years.
Mary Rand, the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics, has died at 86. Her world record leap of 6.76m at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics remains one of the greatest moments in British sporting history.
Keely Hodgkinson claimed her first world indoor 800m title with a championship record of 1:55.30 in Torun, Poland, becoming Great Britain's first ever women's 800m world champion.
Josh Kerr reclaimed his world indoor 3,000m title in Torun, Poland, surging past Olympic rival Cole Hocker on the final lap to win in 7:35.56 and complete a remarkable comeback from injury.