Athletics
It all starts with a bang
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Athletics
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 02:16
The sound of gunfire is the precursor to every great sprint in athletics history, writes Alexis James, yet those pulling the trigger are much more than a hired gun “ON YOUR MARKS.” At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, the field for the 100m final included the fastest man in history. He smiled at the camera and produced his…
Richard Whitehead: my greatest race
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Athletics
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 02:23
British para-athlete remembers his European title in the T42 100m in Grosseto in 2016 The Europeans were a few weeks before I turned 40 but I’d only been sprinting since around 2010 so I think my athletic age was still quite young. I hadn’t really had a lot of injury issues. I felt that I had a lot of marginal…
Diana Kipyokei stripped of 2021 Boston Marathon title
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Athletics
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:12
Kenyan loses her crown and is given a six-year ban for doping which means Boston title goes to Edna Kiplagat Kenya’s Diana Kipyokei has been banned for six years and been stripped of her Boston Marathon title from last year after failing a drugs test and then lying to anti-doping officials. The 28-year-old tested positive from a sample given after…
BAWA awards go to Muir, McColgan and Wightman
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Athletics
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 02:34
British Athletics Writers’ Association annual prizes go to Scottish endurance runners as coach Aston Moore earns the Ron Pickering Memorial award for services to athletics Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s sole individual gold medallist at the 2022 World Championships, Jake Wightman, has been named British Male Athlete of the Year in the annual awards overseen by the British Athletics Writers’…
Jake Wightman leads athletics challenge at SPOTY
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022 01:49
World 1500m champion is among the short list of contenders for BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Wednesday Jake Wightman flies the flag for track and field athletics at the 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year but the middle-distance runner will have to unleash the finishing kick of his life if he is to over-turn the hot favourite,…
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Why it’s so hard for athletes to hang up their spikes
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Tracksmith support program and fellowship grants open to UK applications
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Philippa Stone and Calum Johnson take NE Counties titles
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Eliud Kipchoge promises there is more to come
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