A three day event, dubbed the 'London Anniversary Games', will be held at the Stratford stadium in July

For Hannah Cockroft, it was a day of coming in from the cold. First, the Arctic Pennine weather forced the wheelchair racer who struck double sprint gold at the London Paralympics to abandon plans to train outdoors on the track in her native Halifax. "It was a bit of a health and safety issue," she said. "I had to come inside to the gym."

Ennis's coach says influx of foreigners is bad news after rejecting new role with governing body

Olympic pole vault finalist Holly Bleasdale soared to the top of the world rankings as she sealed her place on the British team for the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. Bleasdale, who finished sixth at London 2012, maintained her unbeaten start to the year with a third-time clearance at 4.77m, moving above the Olympic champion, Jennifer Suhr (4.76m), in the 2013 standings.

It is three months since Shara Proctor swapped east Florida for the East Midlands.

The American athelete took silver when his training partner won 10,000m gold at London 2012. Now he is aiming to reverse the roles, he tells Simon Turnbull

Britain's Holly Bleasdale set a season's best record of 4.75 metres to win the pole vault at yesterday's Russian Winter meeting in Moscow.

Toni Minichiello, the man who guided Jessica Ennis from schoolgirl novice to Olympic heptathlon champion, has been issued with a "take it or leave it" ultimatum as he ponders whether to accept a consultancy role with UK Athletics. Minichiello has been officially redundant since his old role with the national governing body came to an end 10 days ago but has been offered a consultancy contract to continue to train Ennis.

Britain's most infamous drugs cheat speaks from experience as his own rehabilitation continues

Five months on, Kim Collins was still shaking his head at the mention of London 2012. "I am the first man to get in trouble for allegedly having sex with his wife," the veteran Caribbean sprinter said, after finishing runner-up to Dwain Chambers in the 60m at the British Athletics Glasgow International Match. "I really don't understand the logic behind it."

The Welshman goes indoors to recover from Olympic disappointment

Sprint queen returns to action in Glasgow after shattering tainted record in London

Stef Reid was busy telling her life story to the pupils of Corpus Christi Primary School in the west end of Glasgow, when one young member of the wide-eyed throng stopped her in her tracks and said: "We want you to take off your leg. We want to see it."

Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis will be back in the Olympic Stadium, on the anniversary of the Olympics Opening Ceremony, which is to host a Diamond League Athletics Grand Prix.

Toni Minichiello, the coach who guided Jessica Ennis from schoolgirl novice to Olympic heptathlon champion, confirmed today that he is still in talks with UK Athletics about working with the domestic governing body in a consultancy capacity.