Athletics
British endurance athletes selected for Tokyo
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Thursday, 01 April 2021 01:27
Marathon trials winners Chris Thompson and Steph Davis named in Olympic team with Ben Connor and race walker Tom Bosworth, as Jess Piasecki and Steph Twell are picked ahead of Charlie Purdue The selection of marathon runners Chris Thompson, Steph Davis, Ben Connor and race walker Tom Bosworth for the Tokyo Olympics today (April 1) is no surprise. They earned…
Keep the 50km walk alive
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Athletics
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 08:22
Five-time Olympian Chris Maddocks hopes the IOC and World Athletics reconsider plans to scrap an event with such a proud and long history Shorten major championship distances or the removal of race walking altogether? Some people may not care, but many do – and I happen to be one of them. Setting aside dislikes and prejudices, most informed athletics enthusiasts…
Sergey Bubka in praise of Mondo Duplantis
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Tuesday, 30 March 2021 02:18
Pole vault legend applauds the current world record-holder and the feeling is mutual as the duo chat ahead of the Tokyo Olympics Sergey Bubka has told Armand Duplantis he has a “fantastic chance” of winning pole vault gold at the Tokyo Olympics and that the young Swedish athlete can go on to add further centimetres to his world record. The…
World-leading marks at Texas Relays – weekly round-up
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Athletics
Monday, 29 March 2021 15:12
Tara Davis, Terrance Laird and Shamier Little excel at the Texas Relays on a busy weekend of track and field action All British eyes this week were on the Olympic marathon and 20km walk trials but there was still plenty of other action – mostly on the track all around the world this weekend. Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Austin, March…
How to transform your passion for sports into a career
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Monday, 29 March 2021 12:10
AW promotion If you live and breathe running and love to be physically active, you may be looking for new ways to make it a much larger part of your life. You may find yourself discussing your latest running times, and which events you are taking part in with anyone that will listen, or maybe when you are not out…
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