{"id":117857,"date":"2026-04-13T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/thanks-for-the-memories-beth-and-best-wishes-for-future-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:54:00","slug":"thanks-for-the-memories-beth-and-best-wishes-for-future-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/thanks-for-the-memories-beth-and-best-wishes-for-future-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for the memories, Beth, and best wishes for future – Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monday 13th April 2026<\/p>\n

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Beth Dobbin and team-mates Nicole Yeargin, Jill Cherry and Zoey Clark celebrate medal success in Birmingham 2022 (photo by Bobby Gavin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

BBC Scotland website news story<\/a><\/p>\n

Olympian, Commonwealth Games medallist and Scottish Record holder Beth Dobbin<\/strong> has announced her retirement from the sport.<\/p>\n

The Doncaster-raised sprinter, now 31, cited a \u2018serious and life-changing health issue\u2019 as the reason behind her decision to step away from the track.<\/p>\n

Beth was always hugely proud to represent Scotland and was part of the quartet who memorably won bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Women\u2019s 4x400m.<\/p>\n

A brilliant run of 22.50 stands as our Women\u2019s 200m Record and that came during a purple patch couple of years when missing the 2018 Games in Gold Coast by a fraction of a second became a distant memory.<\/p>\n

Beth represented Team GB in the 200m at the Tokyo Olympics and ran for GB and NI at two World and European Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n

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Beth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham (photo by Bobby Gavin)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone at scottish<\/strong>athletics would like to thank Beth for her significant contribution to Scottish women\u2019s sprinting and wish her all the very best for the future.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s two short anecdotes which maybe paint more of a picture of Beth . . .<\/p>\n

*When she broke the Scottish Women\u2019s 200m Record for the first time, after 34 years, Beth\u2019s performance drew huge admiration on our social media channels.<\/p>\n

One of the very first to post her congratulations in the comments section was none other than Sandra Whittaker<\/strong> \u2013 the erstwhile Record holder. Pretty sure there was then a warm connection between two fine sprinters from different eras (Sandra having raced at the Edinburgh 86 Commonwealth Games) thereafter #SALtogether.<\/p>\n

*Deep inside the Alexander Stadium as the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games drew to a close, Beth was a member of the Team Scotland quartet who finished fourth in the Women\u2019s 4x400m Relay race. And conducted polite interviews thereafter.<\/p>\n

Half an hour or so later, with the England team DQ announced, those interviews had to be repeated with a very different, bronze medal theme. What sticks very much in the mind is Beth\u2019s heartfelt concern for the England athletes who had lost out. Classy.<\/p>\n