Athletics
Win for Brit Jackie Stretton at Lake Garda Marathon
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Sunday, 26 March 2023 11:33 Springfield Striders runner takes surprise win at the X-Bionic Lake Garda 42 event in Italy on Sunday Nestled in the northern mountains of Italy, Lake Garda is a spectacular body of crystal-clear water stretching for 52km from north to south and 17km from east to west, Paul Bramley reports. Surrounded by majestic mountains and rolling hills, it’s been a popular…
Camille Herron breaks 48-hour ultra-running record
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Sunday, 26 March 2023 02:41 American endurance athlete smashes women’s world mark at Sri Chinmoy 48-hour track race in Canberra Camille Herron completed a distance of 435.336km/270.505 miles by completing 1088 laps of a 400m track at the Sri Chinmoy 48-hour race in Canberra, Australia, this weekend for a world record, Adrian Stott reports. The 41-year-old from Oklahoma passed the record a little over 45…
Innovative Podium 5k continues to strike right chord
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Saturday, 25 March 2023 06:36 Collaboration with SportsShoes has paid dividends with events becoming more popular, regular and crucially engaging An athletics event at a go-kart track, four levels underground below the main shopping centre at Canary Wharf, shouldn’t theoretically work. Given the Epic Karting circuit in Docklands had an abundance of tight turns, the surface was designed for rubber tyres rather than shoes and…
How Neeraj Chopra is inspiring a nation
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Saturday, 25 March 2023 06:41 The Olympic champion’s ability to throw the javelin has propelled him to superstardom in his home country and helped a generation of Indian athletes to believe The doors of the arrivals hall opened and life changed forever for Neeraj Chopra. When he walked out into New Delhi airport, Olympic gold medal in hand, he could see the thousands of well-wishers…
How they train: Kirsty Longley
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Saturday, 25 March 2023 07:13 We speak to a Liverpool athlete who left smoking and binge drinking behind to become a masters record-breaker Kirsty Longley has two young daughters and works full-time as a teacher. Yet she still finds the time and energy to run 60-70 miles per week and such training has led to her topping the UK rankings in the W45 age group…
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