Athletics
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Last person standing: The race with no finish line
The format might be simple – winning this race is anything but Think you can you run 4.16666 miles in…
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First Diamond League moved to Gateshead
Gateshead International Stadium has previously held Diamond League events as well as European Athletics Championships Gateshead will host the first…
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Covid-19: Great North Run faces ‘struggle’ over insurance guarantee
Sir Brendan Foster says the event needs to secure cover in case it is forced to be cancelled. Source
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Sprinter Coleman has ban reduced
Coleman became the sixth-fastest man in history in 2019 World 100m champion Christian Coleman has had his two-year ban for…
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Reid charged with drug offences
Leon Reid is aiming to represent Ireland in the 200m at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer Irish sprinter…
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Potter runs second-fastest road 5km ever
Britain’s Beth Potter ran the second-fastest 5km on the road ever by a female athlete at a race in the…
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‘People will miss golds because of Covid’
World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson speaks to BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent World heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson says Olympic success this…
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How shoe tech will affect Olympic trials
Welsh marathon runner Dewi Griffiths says advancements in running shoe technology are like being given “free time” in races. The…
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Elliot Giles: the story behind the record
Elliot Giles clocked one minute 43.63 seconds at the Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland, last week When he was 19,…
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‘I’ve been cat-called & shouted at’
Sabrina Sinha has been regularly harassed since she started running at the age of 11 “I almost learned to live…
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Work and play: Top sports women and their careers
Five elite sports women and their non-sporting careers They’ve got world titles, Paralympic medals and play in the top-flight of…
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Let’s talk about race: Black athletes on their experiences
Let’s talk about race with Cox, Fraser and Lansiquot After the death of George Floyd in 2020, sporting organisations and…
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Let’s talk about race with Cox, Fraser and Lansiquot
Donna Fraser, Kadeena Cox and Imani-Lara Lansiquot speak to BBC Sport’s Miriam Walker-Khan about having the confidence to speak out…
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‘Why did I hate my body?’ – one athlete’s journey
Clay is an accomplished horse rider as well as athlete “When I was losing weight, I felt like a true…
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Asher-Smith wants greater female exposure
Asher-Smith (centre) is the fastest female sprinter in British history Dina Asher-Smith wants the sports industry to consider “who we…
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O’Sullivan thrilled at changed landscape of women’s sport
O’Sullivan was silver medallist at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney – five years after winning 5,000m World Championship gold “Athletics…
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British sisters claim hurdles silver & bronze
Sisters Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter win silver and bronze in the 60m hurdles as Dutchwoman Nadine Visser retains her…
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Hodgkinson wins gold as GB end on high
Teenager Keely Hodgkinson further enhanced her reputation by taking 800m gold for Great Britain at the European Indoor Championships. The…
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GB’s Hodgkinson wins gold in 800m final
Watch Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson win gold in the 800m after a “superb performance” by the 19-year-old at the European…
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‘That’s unbelievable’ – Watch epic high jump finale as Nedasekau wins gold
Watch the closing stages of the high jump final as Maksim Nedasekau of Belarus prevails in an epic head-to-head against…
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