Lia Radus places second in the England Athletics Under 17 1500m Championships

Lia Radus, 15, maintained her excellent run of form by placing a close second in the England Athletics Under 17 1500m Championships at Bedford. Her time of 4:33.34 cut a further five seconds from the personal best that she had set just one week previously. Radus now stands 13th in the UK U17 rankings, while still due to remain in the age group for a further year. Radus reported, "The running conditions were fairly good although a little too hot for my liking. I sat behind Kiara Frizelle, the eventual winner, throughout the race in the hope that I would be able to sprint past her. She went off really fast and we opened up an 11 second gap ahead of the third placer. I was unable to sprint for as long as usual because I have had a hip niggle for several days, which was frustrating.  But overall, considering that I started the season quite badly, I'm delighted to be ending it so well."

Roger Bruck, 78, brought his season to a satisfying conclusion by successfully defending his 100m, 200m, high jump and long jump titles at the Southern Counties Veterans Championships at Kingston. Bruck retains his top position in the UK V75 annual high jump rankings, stands second in the long jump and has top 10 places for both sprints.

Competing for Highgate AC one day before turning 17, Idan Gal-Shohet gained a long jump victory and triple jump second place in the Southern League at Parliament Hill. Gal-Shohet's triple jump mark of 12.44m was a personal best.

Rachel Ayrton, 18, improved her 400m PB to 65.64 at the latest Watford Open Graded Meeting.

Lia Radus runs into her best form in South of England Championships

Lia Radus, 15, achieved her best result of the season with an excellent second place in the South of England U17 1500m Championships. Her time of 4:38.53 was a personal best by almost 4 seconds.

Emma Taylor, 16, contested the shot, hammer and javelin in the Eastern Young Athletes League at Hendon, winning the hammer and setting a fine javelin PB of 33.34m. Maayan Radus, 13, won the U15 1500m in 4:59.25 while David Stone, 15, improved his 1500m time to 4:19.27.

Eden Davis, 18, represented England in the 100m at the Manchester International at Sportcity, placing fourth in 10.60. A poignant highlight of this Home International match was the reunion of the full 2004 Great Britain Olympic sprint relay team. With a resounding victory in a celebrity race in aid of the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund, they showed that they still possessed some of the speed that brought them Olympic gold thirteen years ago.

Gilad Nachshen, 13, edging closer to two minutes and the top of the UK age-group rankings

Immanuel College pupil Gilad Nachshen, 13, maintained his dramatic progress over 800m to move to second in the UK rankings for his year group. On a wet and windy evening, Nachshen trimmed his personal best by almost two seconds to record 2:04.49 at the latest Watford Open Graded Meeting. It was his last competition before taking a well-earned break in Israel.

Nachshen has cut his time for the distance by nine seconds this season, under the guidance of Shaftesbury Barnet coaches Colin Godfrey and Jeremy Sothcott. Sothcott explained, "Nachshen has only recently moved to my group, where he trains with a faster group of athletes. He intends to compete in the 800m at the Eastern Young Athletes League Final in Bedford in early September, and then a few selected Road Relays. Looking further ahead, we intend to enter a few indoor races in December and January. Throughout this time we will be working to develop Gilad's speed, strength and power, to enable him to rise still further up the UK rankings."

Remarkable performance by Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko at the World Athletics Championships

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, 27, achieved a fourth round mark of 14.42m to place 4th in the triple jump in this week’s World Athletics Championships in London. The result was a remarkable achievement in Knyazyeva-Minenko’s second competition of the year, following on from foot surgery.

Knyazyeva-Minenko, who emigrated to Israel from the Ukraine four years ago, had taken the silver medal at the last World Athletics Championships, in Beijing in 2015. She had also placed fifth in last year's Olympics. Both of those performances represented the best-ever finishes by an Israeli track and field athlete in the respective championships.

Israeli javelin thrower Marharyta Dorozhon narrowly missed reaching the World Championship final. Her throw of 61.33m in the qualifying round was less than a metre short of the distance required to progress further. Dorozhon had recorded a mark of 63.07m in taking the gold medal in last month's Maccabiah.

Australian Steven Solomon, who reached the 2012 Olympic 400m final at the age of 19, had a less successful return to Olympic Park. Solomon finished seventh in his 400m heat in 46.27, and did not proceed to the semi-finals.

Young middle distance runners out in force

Several young middle distance runners contributed to Shaftesbury Barnet's overall victory in the Eastern Young Athletes’ League at Hendon. David Stone won the U17 1500m in 4:20.77, cutting six seconds from his personal best. Gilad Nachshen took first place in the U15 800m in 2:06.38 and also improved his 300m time to 39.26. Maayan Radus, having rejoined Shaftesbury from Blackheath & Bromley, placed second in the U15 1500m in 5:08.33. Bini Bloom, Adam Cahn, Aron Yona and Joshua Goldstein also contributed to the team's success.

Gilad Nachshen, 13, reduced his 1500m best to 4:24.57 at the Watford Open Graded Meeting. Likewise, Adam Firsht, 14, cut his time to 4:32.9 in the Youth Development League at Lewes.

Lia Radus, 15, took victory in the 1500m and second place in the 3000m in the Youth Development League at Hendon. Her times were 4:53.72 and 10:39.91 respectively.

Lucie Wolfenden, 15, won the U17 pole vault in the Youth Development League at Wrexham with a 2.75m clearance.

Rosalind Zeffertt tackled four events successfully in the London Inter Club Challenge at Hendon. Contesting the hammer throw for the first time, she achieved a mark of 18.72m to move to 26^th in the UK V55 rankings.