Athletics
Hammer thrower Tara Simpson-Sullivan aspires to inspire
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Monday, 01 August 2022 04:56
The 2021 British champion has set her sights on the Paris Olympics in 2024 Tara Simpson-Sullivan is fast becoming one of the most notable members of the British throwing cohort. The young hammer thrower, who attends Rice University, Texas, first made her mark at junior level in 2014 when she won gold at the Northern Schools Inter-Counties, Cumbria Schools and…
Stars of the future take to the stage in Colombia
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Sunday, 31 July 2022 13:12
Sebastian Coe says this week’s World Under-20 Champs in Cali is a true ‘litmus test’ of the sport’s health Since the inaugural event in Athens in 1986, the World Under-20 Championships has often provided the first glimpse of the athletics superstars of the future. Usain Bolt (200m winner in Kingston in 2002), Haile Gebrselassie (5000m and 10,000m champion in Seoul…
Kirsty Wade: my greatest race
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Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:41
There would be three Commonwealth golds and a British 800m record to come but facing Britain’s best in the AAA under-15 800m at Crystal Palace in 1976 proved she could live in the fast lane I grew up in a place called Llandrindod where we had a grass area that was a track in the summer and we had a…
How elite sprinters prepare for both 100m and 200m races
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Sunday, 31 July 2022 00:48
AW promotion The fastest 100m race was run in 9.58 seconds. That is roughly the time it would take to count from “One Piccadilly” to “Nine Piccadilly.” And like every other aspect of life humans have excelled at, there is always something to be learned from the best of the best. The world is continuously churning out elite sprinters at…
Bob Weir – the Commonwealth Colossus
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Sunday, 31 July 2022 01:08
Bob Weir uniquely won titles in hammer and discus but athletics in Britain has squandered the chance to use his amazing experience and knowledge This summer marks 20 years since Bob Weir won a discus bronze medal for England at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Aged 41 at the time, it was the final medal-winning act of an amazing career…
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