Athletics
Prosecutors seek four-year sentence for Lamine Diack
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Friday, 19 June 2020 02:44
Former IAAF president has attended court in Paris, where he faced corruption and money-laundering charges French prosecutors have sought a four-year sentence for former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack during his trial in Paris. Prosecutors also requested that the 87-year-old’s son and co-defendant Papa Massata Diack, a former IAAF marketing consultant, receive a five-year sentence and…
London Marathon “will not give up hope” on October event
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Friday, 19 June 2020 03:06
Organisers say they have been looking at logistics and coming up with “innovative ways” to socially distance the event Virgin Money London Marathon event director Hugh Brasher has said that the cancellation of September’s Great North Run does not necessarily mean that the rescheduled London event cannot place the following month. The Great North Run was originally planned for September…
BMC 3km time trial gets off to strong start
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Thursday, 18 June 2020 14:23
Amie Bagnall and Alex Crossland go quickest on the first day of the virtual contest Amie Bagnall ran a superb 10:18 for the fastest female time by well over a minute on day one of the British Milers’ Club (BMC) virtual 3km time trial. The Prestatyn runner (pictured above) set the standard for the remaining three days of the virtual…
England Athletics launches Weekly30 Run Challenge
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Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:18
Participants will be able to compete virtually against other runners as well as other sports England Athletics has launched the Weekly30 Run Challenge, a free weekly virtual running challenge starting June 20-21, encouraging everyone to run for 30 minutes a week and compete against each other. With group running and mass participation events currently restricted, the aim of the Weekly30…
Brendan Foster: “Sport teaches you to roll with the punches”
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Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:22
Coronavirus has caused the cancellation of the British distance running great’s flagship Great North Run but his athlete mentality has helped put things into perspective Brendan Foster has been impressed by the way athletics has started to make a comeback amid the coronavirus pandemic but says it was saddening to have to cancel his own flagship event, the Great North…
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