Mike Rowbottom Chief Feature Writer

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Mike Rowbottom, one of Britain's most talented sportswriters, covered the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics as chief feature writer for insidethegames, having covered the previous five summer Games, and four winter Games, for The Independent. He has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian.

London 2012 champions Stanning and Copeland restate claims at GB Rowing Trials

By Mike Rowbottom

April 19 - London 2012 champions Heather Stanning and Kat Copeland restated their case for a return to elite selection after taking a year out of competition with winning performances in the final GB Rowing trials on the Redgrave-Pinsent Lake at Caversham.

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World Rowing Cups for 2015 and 2016 to fit in with Rio Olympic preparations, FISA announce

By Mike Rowbottom

April 15 - Olympic considerations have been a major factor in the World Rowing Cup schedules drawn up for 2015 and 2016, the sport's international body has announced.

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Exclusive: London was never going to bid for 2022 Commonwealth Games, admits chief executive

By Mike Rowbottom

April 13 - London was never going to bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, despite being encouraged to do so by the city's Mayor Boris Johnson, Commonwealth Games England (CGE) chief executive Adam Paker has admitted.

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Men's and women's world records under threat in strongest-ever London Marathon

By Mike Rowbottom

April 12 - Tomorrow's Virgin Money London Marathon can claim to have brought together the best men's race ever assembled, in what is shaping up to be a titanic contest.

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Guaranteed entry for the London Marathon - through virtual reality

By Mike Rowbottom

April 11 - Runners who have been unable to gain an entry to the Virgin Money London Marathon - and over the years almost two million would-be athletes have missed out - will have an opportunity to take part next year whatever the circumstances following the creation of "the world's first digital marathon experience".

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Maurice Greene takes charge of Nigerian sprint relay teams for World Relays and Glasgow 2014

By Mike Rowbottom

April 11 - Nigeria has put the United States' former world and Olympic 100 metres champion Maurice Greene in charge of its sprint relay team for this summer's Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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Exclusive: ITU President Marisol Casado targets mixed relay for Tokyo 2020

By Mike Rowbottom

April 6 - In the year the International Triathlon Union (ITU) celebrates its 25th anniversary it is clear that the sport - which got its 2014 World Triathlon Series underway in Auckland today - is benefiting from changes targeted at broadening its worldwide appeal, as its President Marisol Casado has explained to insidethegames.

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Australia take top honours as Sydney hosts World Rowing Cup season opener

By Mike Rowbottom

March 30 - Australia made the most of their home course advantage in the season's opening World Rowing Cup rowing event in Sydney, as they finished top of the medals table with nine from the 14 finals.

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Tadese's World Half Marathon run ended by Kamworor – but Eritreans find a golden lining

By Mike Rowbottom at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen

March 29 - Zersenay Tadese, the dominant force in the event for almost a decade, was finally run out of the medals here in the IAAF/Al-Bank Half Marathon Championships as he finished fourth in a race won by Kenya's Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor in 59min 07sec.

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Copenhagen 2014 first to get IAAF Athletics Better World award, President Diack announces

By Mike Rowbottom at the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen

March 28 - A day before Eritrea's five-times champion Zersenay Tadese and Kenya's 2010 gold medallist Wilson Kiprop do battle on the streets here in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Half Marathon Championships, the event organisers have already found themselves on top of the podium.

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Diack waves white card as IAAF back first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

By Mike Rowbottom

March 26- The first International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, which will take place on April 6, is being fully supported by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Tadese and Kabuu seeking lion's share of $245,000 prize money at World Half Marathon Championships

By Mike Rowbottom

March 25 - Runners at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Half Marathon Championships in Copenhagen on Saturday (March 29) will be competing for total prize money of $245,000 (£148,000/€177,000).

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Athletics Australia President rues "uneven" treatment as another sprinter banned for breaking doping rules

By Mike Rowbottom

March 25 - David Grace President of Athletics Australia, has questioned the justice of varying punishments within world sport for failing to be present for doping tests following the announcement a third member of the Australian men's sprint relay squad, Anthony Alozie, has incurred a sanction.

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IAAF launches WorldRunning.com for grass roots runners

By Mike Rowbottom

March 18 - In an effort to "bring the world of running together", the International Association of Athletics Federations has today announced the launch of World Running, a new global website aimed at non-elite runners.

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IAAF's new TV deal with EBU off to flying start at Sopot 2014

By Mike Rowbottom

March 14 - The television audience figures for last weekend's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships in Sopot were higher than for the last version of the event in Istanbul, and more than 300 per cent higher than the equivalent figure for the 2010 edition in Doha.

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