Athletics
World records for Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Faith Kipyegon in Paris
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Athletics
Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:59
Ukrainian clears 2.10m to beat the 1987 mark of Stefka Kostadinova while Kenyan middle-distance star improves her own 1500m best with 3:49.04 Less than three weeks before the Olympics kick off in Paris, the French capital staged a brilliant Diamond League meeting with two world records. When Yaroslava Mahuchikh was born in 2001, Stefka Kostadinovas world high jump record of…
OAC Europe hunting high and low for success
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Athletics
Sunday, 07 July 2024 02:00
We visit the top of the world to spend time with an athlete group growing in strength and to chat to George Mills, a man on a distance running mission This is our summer, jokes Sebastian Frey, the Austrian distance runners tongue planted firmly in his cheek as he surveys the early May Alpine scene of low, grey cloud, drizzle…
El Guerrouj: Ingebrigtsen can break my records (but Id rather he didnt!)
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Athletics
Saturday, 06 July 2024 04:12
Middle-distance great talks about his spiritual father Roger Bannister, Eliud Kipchoges longevity, super shoes and why Jakob Ingebrigtsen has potential to break his longstanding world records A quarter of a century has passed since Hicham El Guerrouj went on a world record-breaking spree in Rome. In July 1998 the Moroccan clocked 3:26.00 for 1500m before returning to the Italian capital…
Emily Borthwick: Ive defeated all my demons
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Athletics
Saturday, 06 July 2024 03:16
After the tragedy of losing her brother, Tokyo Olympic high jumper talks about the challenges she has had to face on the road back to competitive action High jumpers train tirelessly to defy gravity but, for Emily Borthwick, the challenges she has faced in the past few years extend far beyond simply clearing the bar. The 26-year-old made it to…
Why the British athletics selection bar is set so high
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Friday, 05 July 2024 10:59
Setting tough standards helps improve performance levels, writes UKA chair Ian Beattie as he outlines the reasoning behind the governing bodys strict policy There has been a lot of discussion before every championship about the selection policy that UKA has in place. I wanted to explain the thinking behind it in more detail. Ever since lottery funding came into place,…
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