Athletics
Emile Cairess breaks European record for 10 miles
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Saturday, 04 March 2023 13:25
British distance runner clocks 45:57 at ‘Breaking 10’ event in Barrowford, Lancashire, to beat Richard Nerurkar’s long-standing mark Emile Cairess showed he is in great form in the run-up to his marathon debut in London next month by taking five seconds off Richard Nerurkar’s European 10 miles record of 46:02. Nerurkar set the mark 30 years ago at the Cabbage…
Laura Muir: “Winning a fifth gold medal is a pinch me moment”
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Saturday, 04 March 2023 14:08
Scot becomes first British athlete in history to win five gold medals at the European Indoor Championships Laura Muir contemplated the 1500m/3000m double at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul but was focused on winning gold in one of those events. The decision to race in just the 1500m, similar to the one she took at last year’s European Championships,…
Karsten Warholm wins the hard way in Istanbul
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Saturday, 04 March 2023 12:21
Norwegian speeds through 200m in 20.84 before hanging on to clock 45.35 for 400m gold at the European Indoor Champs on Saturday Any 400m runner knows it’s good to get into pole position at the end of the first lap in an indoor race. Anyone attacking from behind finds it difficult to overtake – and the bends in the Ataköy…
Double Dutch as Bol and Klaver shine in 400m
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Saturday, 04 March 2023 13:00
Dutch 1-2 as Femke Bol records yet another sub-50 time at the distance There could not have been many athletes who have had a better indoor season than Femke Bol. Before the European Indoor Championships, she had already broken Jarmila Kratochvílova’s 41-year-old world 400m record – one of the longest standing marks in the history of the sport – with…
Ceccarelli and Jacobs complete Italian job
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Saturday, 04 March 2023 12:05
One-two in men’s 60m for the Azzuri at European Indoors in Istanbul as Brits are left struggling for pace Samuele Ceccarelli beat Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs at the Italian indoor championships and the little-known 23-year-old repeated the feat at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul on Saturday night as he scorched to a 6.48 victory ahead of Jacobs’ 6.50.…
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James Kingston and Sarah Astin win first senior National titles
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Neil Gourley going for gold in Istanbul
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