{"id":123535,"date":"2026-06-22T14:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/watch-our-video-interviews-as-scots-land-medals-and-records-scottish-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:43:19","slug":"watch-our-video-interviews-as-scots-land-medals-and-records-scottish-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/watch-our-video-interviews-as-scots-land-medals-and-records-scottish-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Our Video interviews as Scots land medals and records &#8211; Scottish Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"meta-date\">Monday 22nd June 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos by Getty Images for British Athletics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/sunday-at-uk-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday best: Trio win gold as medal tally rises<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Peter Jardine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scottish athletes and their coaches have delivered once again at the <strong>Novuna UK Champs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The medal tally for a special weekend in Birmingham reached <em>#Fab15<\/em> with no fewer than five gold medal performances.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Behind those basic statistics, there are stories aplenty and we\u2019d like to think we told some of those over a hectic 48 hours in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Here are those medal winners . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold (Five): <\/strong>Sarah Calvert, Stephen MacKenzie, Finlay Menzies, Jake Wightman, Melanie Woods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver (Four):<\/strong>\u00a0Andrew Butchart, Gavin Drysdale, Kirsty Law (<em>her 14th medal)<\/em>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Nicholas Percy\u00a0<em>(his 12th medal)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze (Six):<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Bennett,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Kyle Brotherton,\u00a0Laura Muir, Joanna Robertson, Sarah Tait, Eloise Walker.<\/p>\n<p><em>Congratulations to the athletes, their families, coaches and clubs. The athletics pathway in Scotland? It works.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/uk-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record-breaker! Stephen leaps to gold with 8.15m and Melanie wins, too<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephen Mackenzie\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWvV7LxZZNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>JOIN US on our YOUTUBE CHANNEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/scottishathletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please subscribe: it is Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, it was a real pleasure to speak to a number of the athletes at the Alexander Stadium. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve video interviews for you to enjoy as follows . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Mackenzie<\/strong> on his Highland upbringing and why the Scottish Long Jump Record is now marked \u2018made in Ullapool\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finlay Menzies<\/strong> on why introducing Frame Running to the UK Champs for the first time will help the event\u2019s visibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophie Thomas<\/strong> on the adrenaline rush of racing against British sprint stars <strong>Dina Asher-Smith<\/strong> and<strong> Amy Hunt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Calvert<\/strong> on the last minute \u2018let\u2019s drive south\u2019 decision by her parents to watch in person as the Scot repeated her Women\u2019s 1500m gold medal success of a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Also video interviews with <strong>Kathryn Christie, Silver Nwabuzor, Kirsty Law, Andy Butchart, Neil Gourley<\/strong> and<strong> James Alexander\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/scottishathletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finlay Menzies reflects on becoming the first ever British Champion in frame running\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hda8DGbhdC8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sophie Thomas - 11.32 Scottish U20 Record Women\u2019s 100m\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U0yibfJYWPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sarah Calvert on successfully defending her 1500m title at the 2026 British Athletics Championships\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PmmORQkn6Mk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/birmingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/finlay-menzies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finlay Menzies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/novuna-uk-champs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Novuna UK Champs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/sarah-calvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Calvert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/sophie-thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophie Thomas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/tag\/stephen-mackenzie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Mackenzie<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function ( d, s, id ) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName( s )[0];\n        if ( d.getElementById( id ) ) return;\n        js = d.createElement( s );\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234654626717555\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore( js, fjs );\n    }( document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk' ));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishathletics.org.uk\/watch-uk-champs-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 22nd June 2026 Photos by Getty Images for British Athletics 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. 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