Here are our most popular online features and stories during the last 12 months
As the year draws to a close, it’s always interesting to look at the articles that received the most views on athleticsweekly.com.
Athletics fans from more than 200 countries around the world clicked into our website during 2024 and here are the top 20 stories from that period.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone ineligible for Diamond League 200m and 400m finals.
McLaughlin-Levrone is one of the biggest names in the sport and her exclusion from the Diamond League finals was a big deal, it caught your attention and became our most clicked-into piece of the year.
Kipyegon Bett (Getty)
Former world under-20 800m champion Kipyegon Bett dies aged 26.
Kenyan runner was in hospital receiving treatment for an illness when he died.
Paris Olympic medal predictions.
Everyone enjoys reading – and making – predictions for major championships and our Paris predictions were widely read in the run-up to the Games.
Six of the best running shoes from 2024.
Our monthly print magazine features shoes reviews every issue and we often put some of these online a few weeks after the issue has come out. In this case, this was a popular topic.
Parkrun petition gathers pace.
Parkrun articles have been very popular in recent years on our site with ‘parkrun world records’ often doing well. This time a petition against the decision to scrap age group and course records was something you cared about.
Kate Carter cleared of cheating at London Marathon.
The journalist caused a storm of controversy and our exclusive story of her being cleared of wrongdoing by England Athletics ended up being high up in our top 20 articles of the year.
Dwain Chambers (Getty)
Age is no barrier for Dwain Chambers.
A late contender, this feature only went online a few days ago but has already built up a large number of page views. Not everyone was happy with his AW masters athlete of the year award but it didn’t stop you clicking into read our interview with him.
An in-depth look at the Norwegian method of endurance training.
This article was a mere book review but about a subject that clearly has caught the imagination of the distance running world.
Divine Iheme (Pat Scaasi)
Divine Iheme runs world age 14 best for 100m of 10.30.
None of our reports from the World Under-20 Championships in Peru made this list but generally our readers are interested in the exploits of young athletes and Divine Iheme has certainly…
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