Athletics
Kelly Holmes: why your struggles can make success so much sweeter
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Athletics
Tuesday, 29 December 2020 07:56
Double Olympic champion is now motivated by helping others through the lessons she learned on the arduous journey to gold at Athens 2004 Dame Kelly Holmes is a great believer in fate. As such, she sees the double Olympic gold she achieved at the Athens Games of 2004 as part of a journey which has since enabled her to help…
Tony Bowman battles through a tough year
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Athletics
Monday, 28 December 2020 08:21
After recovering from heart problems the remarkable veteran sprint hurdler has struggled to train and compete in 2020 and lost his wife to Covid-19 but he refuses to be downbeat Overcoming adversity is a regular theme in athletics. Yet Tony Bowman has endured far more than his fair share of problems in the last year or so. The 85-year-old has…
Kate Avery and Emile Cairess win Podium 5km – weekly round-up
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Monday, 28 December 2020 06:48
Limited action over the festive period includes road races at Barrowford and cross country in Guernsey Podium 5km, Barrowford, Lancashire, December 27 Emile Cairess followed his 10km success in September with another Podium event victory, this time over 5km. Clocking 14:11 in wet and cold conditions, the European under-23 10,000m bronze medallist won a close race ahead of Ross Millington…
Ask the physio – Achilles tendinopathy
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Sunday, 27 December 2020 08:03
In the second of his regular columns, renowned physiotherapist and best-selling author Paul Hobrough examines Achilles tendinopathy – a problem which can afflict many a runner WHAT IS ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY? Some of you who have been running for a number of years will want to call this injury ‘Achilles tendonitis’, however it is more commonly known as ‘Achilles tendinopathy’ these…
Coe chronicles: 1976 to 1979 – early senior strides to first world record
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Sunday, 27 December 2020 13:30
In part three of a six-part series on Seb Coe’s career, Steve Smythe looks at his races in the late 1970s After a promising but not earth-shattering junior career Seb Coe moved on to the senior ranks as there was no under-23 competition back then. He was still a teenager for the whole of the 1976 track season but he…
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No Millrose Games in 2021
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Max Burgin puts studies on hold
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UKA reopens cross-country distance debate
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Tommy Hughes threatens world M60 10,000m record in Belfast – weekly round-up
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Sara Hall and Martin Hehir claim Marathon Project wins
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Marc Scott’s stellar year
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Fast times expected at The Marathon Project
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Kevin Mayer secures Olympic qualifying mark in Réunion
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Stephen Maguire steps down as Scottish Athletics director of performance and coaching
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Avid athletics enthusiast Jack Miller dies
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British ultra-runner poised for festive feat
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Book reviews: Shoemaker, Win at All Costs and more
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