Athletics
Eilish McColgan and Marc Scott victorious at Great Manchester Run
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Sunday, 26 September 2021 05:11
Brits enjoy impressive wins over 10km on Sunday as thousands take to the streets in north-west England Eilish McColgan and Marc Scott showed few signs of the long, gruelling Olympic season as they stormed to victory in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday (Sept 26). With 30:52 McColgan went No.3 on the UK all-time rankings for 10km on the road,…
Guye Adola survives savage early pace to win Berlin Marathon
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Sunday, 26 September 2021 03:41
The 30-year-old Ethiopian wins in 2:05:45 ahead of Bethwel Yegon and Kenenisa Bekele while the women’s victory goes to debutante Gotytom Gebreslase Four years ago in Berlin the Ethiopian runner Guye Adola showed his talent by clocking what was, at the time, the world’s fastest-ever debut marathon of 2:03:46 to finish runner-up to Eliud Kipchoge. Since then he has struggled…
Niamh Emerson on the comeback trail
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Saturday, 25 September 2021 10:41
Heptathlon talent has had to endure an injury nightmare over the past two years but, with the end in sight, she has been able to see the benefits of coping with adversity It would be an understatement to say Niamh Emerson hasn’t enjoyed the best of luck in recent years. The 22-year-old had marked herself out as another British heptathlon…
Marc Scott and Eilish McColgan lead Great Manchester Run line-ups
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Friday, 24 September 2021 14:12
Great North Run men’s winner and women’s runner-up head the elite athlete fields over 10km on Sunday Marc Scott and Eilish McColgan will race in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday (September 26) as the 10km event returns for the first time since 2019 due to the pandemic. Scott, who won the Great North Run over 13.1 miles earlier this…
My greatest race – Jack Buckner
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Friday, 24 September 2021 08:23
British 5000m runner, who turned 60 this week, recalls his gold medal-winning run at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986 I went into that year with an objective of focusing on the 5000m. I knew I could run a faster 1500m or a mile but I knew I’d never have that acceleration in the last lap. With the 5000m,…
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