Athletics
Paavo Nurmi Games: Who, what and when?
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Athletics
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 07:30
A guide to who is competing and where you can watch Tuesday’s World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting Some of the world’s top athletes will be in Turku on Tuesday (August 11) for the first World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the year, the Paavo Nurmi Games. World discus champion Daniel Stahl is back in action, one day after …
“I feel privileged that people still remember me running” – Wendy Sly on LA 1984
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Athletics
Monday, 10 August 2020 09:08
Thirty-six years on, Britain’s Olympic 3000m silver medallist recalls her Los Angeles Games experience The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic 3000m final is one of those races that sticks in the memory but often for the wrong reasons. The local favourite, Mary Decker, fell in a tangle with Britain’s Zola Budd. The winner was Romania’s Maricica Puică, with GB’s Wendy Sly…
Daniel Stahl throws 71.37m in Sollentuna – weekly round-up
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Athletics
Monday, 10 August 2020 12:07
Global highlights from the past week in athletics Sollentuna Grand Prix, Sweden, August 10 World champion Daniel Stahl launched the discus out to a world-leading 71.37m on home soil for his second best ever mark and the 14th best ever in the world. His third-round attempt was initially judged to be a foul before the mark was reinstated. He also…
US-based British runner Marc Scott now holds the UK 5km records both indoors and on the roads and we profiled him in-depth before lockdown This interview was first published in the March 12, 2020, edition of AW magazine When Marc Scott clocked an eye-opening 13:08.87 indoors in Boston on February 28, he was delighted to run inside the Olympic qualifying…
How to choose the right running shoes
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Athletics
Sunday, 09 August 2020 09:43
We bust some of the jargon around running footwear and look at how to find the best pair for you Running is a dynamic movement and one in which all the body’s weight hits the ground, on a single foot, with a far greater impact than standing still. The way in which your foot moves forward during its contact with…
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Tokyo 2020 1YTG: Women’s combined events history
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No financial threat to UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Champs
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Tokyo 2020 1YTG: Men’s Olympic long jump history
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UK athletics comeback continues at Lee Valley, Nuneaton and more – weekly round-up
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Remembering Seb Coe’s Moscow 1980 1500m win
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Jemma Reekie pips Laura Muir in Trieste 800m
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Muir, Reekie, Pozzi and Johnson-Thompson to take to the track in Trieste
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UKA to make changes following safeguarding review
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Tokyo 2020 1YTG: Women’s Olympic 100m history
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