Action from Sainsbury's British Championships Birmingham Alexander Stadium 5th July 2015

More action from the Sainsbury's British Championships at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.  A day of sunshine and heavy showers....and lots of medals

 L-R: Bethan Davies (Cardiff), Johanna Atkinson (Middlesbrough) and Heather Lewis (Pembroke) - medallists from the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Tom Bosworth (Tonbridge) celebrates his UK record in the Men's 5000m Race Walk

Niall Flannery (Newham) celebrates his win in the Men's 400m hurdles

Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) celebrates his win in the Men's 100m

Johanna Atkinson celebrates her win in the Women's 5000m Race Walk

Joseph Hylton (Birchfield) goes head-to-head with David King (Plymouth) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m hurdles

 Laura Muir (Dundee) leads the field on the way to her win in the final of the Women's 1500m 

Kyle Langford (Shaftesbury Barnet) celebrates his win in the Men's 800 Final

Anyika Onuora (Liverpool) crosses the line in the Women's 400m Final

Charlie Grice (Brighton) leads the pack on the way to his win in the final of the Men's 1500m 

 Eilidh Child (Pitreavie) wins the Women's 400m Hurdles Final

Greg Rutherford (Marshall Milton Keynes), UK Champion in the Men's Long Jump

Lawrence Clarke (WSE Hounslow) outpacing the field to winning the Men's 100m Hurdles

Bianca Williams (Enfield & Haringey) comforts Asha Philip (Newham) after she pulled up in Heat 2 of the Women's 100m Semi-Final

Matthew Roberts (Newham) making the bar bounce in the Men's High Jump

James Dasaolu (Croydon) coming home in front of Ojie Edoburun (Enfield & Haringey) in Heat 1 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (fresh from recording an appearance on Question of Sport) coming home in Heat 2 of the Men's 100m Semi-Finals

Robbie Grabarz (Newham) clearing the bar in the Men's High Jump

Lauren Deadman (Havering) leads the pack in the early stages of the Women's 5000m Final with the rain coming down

 Stephanie Twell (AFD) celebrates winning the Women's 5000m as the sun comes out

Lynsey Sharp (Edinburgh) on her way to winning the Women's 800m Final

 Rabah Yousif Bkheit (Newham) wins the Men's 400m Final....

....ahead of Nigel Levine (WSE Hounslow) who just pipped Martyn Rooney (Croydon)

Dina Asher-Smith (Blackheath & Bromley) wins the Women's 100m Final

Chijindu Ujah (Enfield & Haringey) wins the Men's 100m Final

More action from the Birmingham Grand Prix

In a hectic 3 hours of competition, Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford won the Men's long jump with 8.17m - the best in the world this year and just 1cm short of the national record and (going by his form yesterday and just how far off the front of the board he took off from) there is a good year in store for him. It looks like he'll skip Prague next month to concentrate on the World Championships later on in the year.

This shot was taken by a remote camera, set up by the side of the long jump pit and trigger from over 60m away where I was at the end of the sprint straight.

Jenny Meadows is still number one in the world - winning the 800m in a time of 2:01.25

Nigel Levine continued his great start to the season by winning the 400m in 46.43 ahead of Jarryd Dunn (who also makes the plane to Prague) and loved every second of it:

Kim Collins won the 60m in 6.50 seconds ahead of Chijindu Ujah who finished second in 6.55 in a race which was disrupted by two false starts by Daniel Bailey (Antigua) and Michael Rodgers (USA):

Allan Smith was one of five athletes to clear 2.26m in a thrilling men’s high jump competition - winning the competition on countback as he was the only athlete to clear each height on the first attempt:

Lawrence Clarke came second in the men's 60m hurdles in 7.62 seconds, dipping over the line only just behind Kevin Craddock (USA):

Habiba Ghribi - Tunisia’s world and Olympic silver medallist - came good in the women's 3000m in a time of 8:46.61:

Axumawit Embaye (Ethiopia) seen here keeping tabs in an early lap, set a new all-comers record in the women’s mile in a time of 4:23.50:

Top sports action on Day 1 of the UK Indoor Athletics Championships - KJT sets new high jump record

On an amazing first day at the EIS, Sheffield Katarina Johnson-Thompson set a new British high jump record as she defended her indoor title in Sheffield.   The 22-year-old heptathlete (Liverpool Harriers, Mike Holmes) cleared 1.97m and then attempted 2.0m.

Katarina  Johnson-Thompson clears 1.97m at the first attempt

 Morgan Lake clears 1.94m at the first attempt

 There was a strong field in the Women's High Jump to push her on to the new record - Morgan Lake, 17, set a new PB British indoor junior record in clearing 1.94m to finish second, and silver medallist from the 2104 Commonwealth Games Isobel Pooley came in third with 1.88m.  Lake's effort, especially impressive for a 17 year old, was enough to secure her place in the British squad for next month's European Indoor Championships in Prague.

 

Chijindu Ujah stormed to victory in the Men's 60m in 6.57 seconds ahead of  Sean Safo-Antwi (6.66 seconds) and Roy Ejiakuekwu (6.72 seconds).

Dina Asher-Smith won the Women's 60m in 7.15 seconds.

60m hurdler Lawrence Clarke was pushed all the way but won in a strong finish as he returns from injury.  He dipped in 7.69 seconds to qualify for the European Indoor Championships, with David Omoregie second in 7.78 seconds.

 

  Clare Maurer (Woking AC) in action in the Women's pole vault.

 

Abigail Roberts (Wakefield) in action in the Women's pole vault.

In other action from the day, Kristie Edwards (Sheffield AC, Lewis Samuel) came 10th in her first senior 60m and Jenny Meadows (Wigan AC)  won her heat of the Women's 800m.