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Sunday best: Trio win gold as medal tally rises
By Peter Jardine
Scottish athletes and their coaches have delivered once again at the Novuna UK Champs.
The medal tally for a special weekend in Birmingham reached #Fab15 with no fewer than five gold medal performances.
Scots picked up 14 medals at the Alexander Stadium in 2025 and we make the running total for the past six years at . . . 72 medals.
Behind those basic statistics, there are stories aplenty and we’d like to think we told some of those over a hectic 48 hours in Birmingham.
Here are those medal winners . . .
Gold (Five): Sarah Calvert, Stephen MacKenzie, Finlay Menzies, Jake Wightman, Melanie Woods.
Silver (Four): Andrew Butchart, Gavin Drysdale, Kirsty Law (her 14th medal), Nicholas Percy (his 12th medal).
Bronze (Six): Chris Bennett, Kyle Brotherton, Laura Muir, Joanna Robertson, Sarah Tait, Eloise Walker.
Congratulations to the athletes, their families, coaches and clubs. The athletics pathway in Scotland? It works.
Record-breaker! Stephen leaps to gold with 8.15m and Melanie wins, too
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As always, it was a real pleasure to speak to a number of the athletes at the Alexander Stadium. Thank you.
We’ve video interviews for you to enjoy as follows . . .
Stephen Mackenzie on his Highland upbringing and why the Scottish Long Jump Record is now marked ‘made in Ullapool’.
Finlay Menzies on why introducing Frame Running to the UK Champs for the first time will help the event’s visibility.
Sophie Thomas on the adrenaline rush of racing against British sprint stars Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt.
Sarah Calvert on the last minute ‘let’s drive south’ decision by her parents to watch in person as the Scot repeated her Women’s 1500m gold medal success of a year ago.
Also video interviews with Kathryn Christie, Silver Nwabuzor, Kirsty Law, Andy Butchart, Neil Gourley and James Alexander
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Birmingham, Finlay Menzies, Novuna UK Champs, Sarah Calvert, Sophie Thomas, Stephen Mackenzie