Jade Johnson, Herne Hill Harriers' former European and Commonwealth medallist produced a lifetime best jump of 6.81m (+1.7 m/s) to break her own club senior women's record by 1cm at the European Cup at Annecy, France.

Competing for a Great Britain women's team that placed third a year after being promoted back into the top league, Johnson opened with 6.47m, then had two good looking no jumps before nailing her PB with her final jump to place seond in the competition and score excellent team points.

Jonathan Edwards, who knows a little bit about jumping at the top level made the following comments: "With all her injuries it has been four very long years for her and her career could easily have been over.

"To jump a personal best of 6.81m she has shown that she could be one of the top six jumpers in the world, which I don't think any of us would have expected.

"It's just absolutely fabulous to see her find this sort of form ahead of the Olympics."

Dele Onifade shrugged off injury problems to place third in the 100m at the UK U20 Championships at Bedford.

Running a personal best time of 10.63 to win his heat, he then went on to win his semi-final in 10.64 and then finish third in the final in 10.74.

The final was a close run affair, with Dele missing silver by one hundredth of a second but also clocking the same time as the fourth-placed finisher.

Onifade's efforts were all the more commendable as he ran both the semi and the final with a calf problem incurred in his heat.

His reward was a place in the GB team for the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcs, Poland, early next month.

Clubmate Denise Osei also excelled in Bedford, claiming a silver medal in the U23 100m with a time of 12.12 (+0.6 mps).

Again things were close as Osei, who had been the fastest qualifier from only two heats in 12.08 (+0.6 mps), was beaten by an athlete who recorded the same time, with the bronze medallist only 0.01 behind.

Katie Snowden produced the headline performances at the HHH club championships and open meeting at Tooting Bec.

After winning the U15 girls' 100m in a championship-best time of 12.6, she then demonstrated her talent by winning the women's 400m in a remarkable time for a 14-year-old of 56.4 seconds.

This distance is rarely run by female athletes of this age - U15 girls do not compete over this distance in leagues or championships as it is considered too demanding!

Katie's view after her first one-lap race was that it is easier than 800m. The margin by which the club record, which has stood for 29 years, was broken - a whopping 4.5 seconds - amply illustrates the quality of her effort. Indeed, only three female club members of any age have ever run faster.