Kenyan police announced that they had arrested the husband of distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-time World Championship bronze medallist who was found dead at her home. The country’s track federation announced she had died on Wednesday. She was 25. Athletics …
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Roger Bannister – The Four Minute Mile The four-minute mile was an elusive ambition in the field of athletics. It had been a target for many years but has never been recorded formally. Then one day in 1954 a young …
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A History of British Sprinting: Jason Gardener and Darren Campbell The first part of this series focused on two Olympic gold medalists Linford Linford Christie and Allan Wells, the two men that can claim to the best ever sprinters in …
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Stockholm, Sweden hosted a Diamond League meet on Sunday, August 23. Multiple new records were set at this meet, a testament to the training athletes around the world have been putting in amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The men’s and women’s …
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A History of British Sprinting: Linford Christie and Allan Wells Although Americans, Jamaicans and Canadians have generally dominated the sprinting game through history, there have been countries which have challenged this pattern throughout the years of modern competitive sprinting. The …
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The Dark Horse and The Muscle Man The dark horse of British sprinting, Dwain Chambers, 36, once again shocked the nation in the recent British Championships to secure a spot at the European Championships in Switzerland. Muscle bound sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, …
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A History of British Sprinting: Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis The last article in this series was about Darren Campbell and Jason Gardener, two athletes who have been successful in recent years and made sure that sprinting in Britain was …
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A History Of British Sprinting: Dwain Chambers and Christian Malcolm In this part of the A History of British Sprinting series, we will be looking at Dwain Chambers and Christian Malcolm. These two sprinters have been very successful in what has been a …
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Portrait painter Natalie Holland paints people who both inspire and provoke her. In 2010 she was watching athletics on the TV and became entranced by a character known as The Blade Runner. He was a double amputee who was aiming …
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The 30-year-old from Preston, secured the women’s world championship in Malaysia, therefore becoming first British woman in 15 years to achieve that feat. The world number 2 saw off Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 in Penang to …
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