Athletics
Roger Robinson still going strong at 83
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Sunday, 23 October 2022 02:54
Former England and New Zealand distance running international clocked 88 minutes at the Great South Run this month and has also written another book about the sport Runner-author Roger Robinson talked to AW after his outstanding age-group win in the recent Great South Run 10-Miles in Portsmouth. Aged 83, and running on two knee replacements, Robinson ran 1:28:57 to finish…
Times are of the essence for Thompson-Herah
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Sunday, 23 October 2022 03:03
Multiple Olympic sprints champion talks about the women setting new standards, how she worked her way to the top and why she felt “sluggish” in running 10.54 for 100m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may have taken the world title and been the quickest woman on the planet this year, but her fellow Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah remains the fastest woman alive. Shoulder and…
A lap with Alastair Chalmers
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Saturday, 22 October 2022 11:31
We speak to the 400m hurdler who surged to a memorable Commonwealth bronze in Birmingham Alastair Chalmers made history and headlines in Birmingham when he launched himself over the line in the 400m hurdles to win bronze and become Guernsey’s first ever Commonwealth track and field medallist. How did he celebrate? With a Domino’s meat feast pizza with extra meatballs.…
Cairess leads British challenge in Valencia
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Friday, 21 October 2022 11:45
British and world all-time half-marathon ranking lists are set for revision in the Spanish city on Sunday Fresh from his best-ever cross-country run when placing fourth at the Cardiff Cross Challenge last weekend, Emile Cairess heads to Spain this weekend with a number of Brits all looking to revise their PBs for 13.1 miles. The Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso…
Searching for a cure for the Kenyan doping epidemic
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Friday, 21 October 2022 06:47
An unusually large number of runners from the east African nation have been suspended recently It is 34 years since Cosmas Ndeti became the first-ever Kenyan runner to be suspended for doping. Ndeti tested positive for ephedrine at the 1988 World Cross Country Championships. He argued that he didn’t realised the banned stimulant was in a cold remedy, but he…
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