Because the yr attracts to a detailed, it’s all the time attention-grabbing to have a look at the articles that obtained probably the most views on athleticsweekly.com.
Athletics followers from greater than 200 international locations around the globe clicked into our web site throughout 2024 and listed below are the highest 20 tales from that interval.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ineligible for Diamond League 200m and 400m finals.
McLaughlin-Levrone is among the largest names within the sport and her exclusion from the Diamond League finals was an enormous deal, it caught your consideration and have become our most clicked-into piece of the yr.
Kipyegon Bett (Getty)
Former world under-20 800m champion Kipyegon Bett dies aged 26.
Kenyan runner was in hospital receiving remedy for an sickness when he died.
Paris Olympic medal predictions.
Everybody enjoys studying – and making – predictions for main championships and our Paris predictions had been extensively learn within the run-up to the Video games.
Six of the perfect trainers from 2024.
Our month-to-month print journal options footwear opinions each concern and we regularly put a few of these on-line a couple of weeks after the problem has come out. On this case, this was a preferred matter.
Parkrun petition gathers tempo.
Parkrun articles have been very fashionable lately on our web site with ‘parkrun world information’ usually doing nicely. This time a petition towards the choice to scrap age group and course information was one thing you cared about.
Kate Carter cleared of dishonest at London Marathon.
The journalist brought about a storm of controversy and our unique story of her being cleared of wrongdoing by England Athletics ended up being excessive up in our high 20 articles of the yr.
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Age isn’t any barrier for Dwain Chambers.
A late contender, this function solely went on-line a couple of days in the past however has already constructed up numerous web page views. Not everybody was comfortable together with his AW masters athlete of the yr award but it surely didn’t cease you clicking into learn our interview with him.
An in-depth take a look at the Norwegian technique of endurance coaching.
This text was a mere ebook overview however a couple of topic that clearly has caught the creativeness of the space working world.
Divine Iheme (Pat Scaasi)
Divine Iheme runs world age 14 finest for 100m of 10.30.
None of our stories from the World Beneath-20 Championships in Peru made this checklist however usually our readers have an interest within the exploits of younger athletes and Divine Iheme has actually caught your consideration.
Vote in your athletes of 2024.
Our annual readers’ vote is all the time standard and along with our web site views our social media posts on this matter proved massively standard as nicely.
Jarmila Kratochvílová (Mark Shearman)
The world 800m file that stood the check of time.
Jarmila Kratochvílová’s mark was set in 1983 however is now beneath menace from Keely Hodgkinson and Athing Mu. Right here we take a look at the background and historical past of the file.
Ruth Chepngetich (Getty)
Chepngetich’s world marathon file checks the idea of followers.
The Kenyan’s 2:09:56 world girls’s file brought about amazement within the athletics world and we explored the response on this article.
Linford documentary an engrossing however uncomfortable watch.
Loads of TV programmes got here out this yr specializing in athletics such because the Daley Thompson documentary and Netflix Dash collection. However the article you clicked into probably the most was our overview of the Linford Christie documentary.
Yared Nuguse and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Getty)
Hocker vs Kerr vs Nuguse vs Ingebrigtsen at Zurich Diamond League.
The boys’s Olympic 1500m remaining in Paris was a lot anticipated however the story that received probably the most views on our web site when it got here to this occasion was the following conflict between the principle contenders on the Zurich Diamond League.
McLaughlin-Levrone to race particular 200m and 400m races at Diamond League in Brussels.
With McLaughlin-Levrone’s incapacity to race in Brussels being our No.1 story of the yr, it’s no shock {that a} piece on her being allowed to race was additionally within the high 20.
Parkrun ditches age and course class information.
The unique article on parkrun’s controversial resolution to scrap its stats on its web site.
Steve Jones’ world marathon file 40 years on.
Nostalgia is one other standard matter amongst our readers and also you loved this jog down reminiscence lane. In fact you possibly can learn a lot of this sort of materials extra by signing up for entry to our journal archive, with each concern relationship again to 1945, for simply £3.99/month.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty)
World information for Mahuchikh and Kipyegon in Paris.
This Diamond League occasion supplied an outstanding prelude to the Olympics itself with excessive soar and 1500m girls’s world information.
Sifan Hassan (Getty)
Mysterious headband Sifan Hassan wore on approach to Olympic gold.
After the Dutch runner’s wonderful marathon win in Paris, we ran a narrative on the headscarf she wore and the benefits it offers runners.
Beatrice Chebet
World 5km file falls to Beatrice Chebet.
Technically this text was revealed in 2023 (on December 31) however the clicks continued into the brand new yr and it squeaked into our high 20 articles of 2024 checklist.
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