Athletics
Alisha Rees – the fastest Scottish woman in history
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Monday, 01 August 2022 04:58
Record-breaking sprinter hopes to make her mark at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this week “I just feel so average,” said Alisha Rees to her coach Leon Baptiste prior to this year’s UK Indoor Championships. The 23-year-old, in her own mind at least, had a lot to live up to. A talented junior, she had won individual medals over 100m…
Sam Atkin’s unconventional path to success
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Monday, 01 August 2022 05:08
Grimsby-born Sam Atkin came from relative obscurity to run 27:26.58 for 10,000m in California in December 2020. Despite racing himself to sixth on the British all-time list, he’d be the first to admit he’s still largely unknown. Based in Idaho since 2011, Atkin studied at Lewis-Clark State College, where, after an unassuming start (he was advised to try it out…
Munich-bound athletes in form at Bedford
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Monday, 01 August 2022 06:35
Results from late July include the England Championships where hammer thrower Charlotte Payne is again in great form England Athletics Championships, Bedford, July 30-31 It wasn’t a particularly well-supported event coming late season after the major championships teams have been selected and curiously held during the Commonwealth Games. However, good performances from some athletes who were ignored by the English…
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…
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