Athletics
Kilometre quick-fire questions with Mo Farah
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Athletics
Tuesday, 28 April 2020 08:28
The four-time Olympic champion takes to the treadmill to answer as many random questions as he can while running an easy kilometre 1. Earliest athletics memory? It would have to be the Olympics in Sydney, that’s when I really got into it. 2. Favourite training session? 200m. Maybe 15 x 200m. 3. Least favourite training session? It would have to…
World Athletics launches $500,000 fund for athletes during pandemic
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Tuesday, 28 April 2020 04:42
Fund is created to help professional athletes experiencing financial hardship due to the Covid-19 outbreak World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have launched a US $500,000 fund to support professional athletes experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. World Athletics president Sebastian Coe, who also chairs the IAF, said the fund would be used to assist athletes…
Czech athletics to return in June
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Monday, 27 April 2020 08:33
Czech athletics federation announces a ‘micro-meeting’ series which is set to feature stars such as Barbora Spotakova and Pavel Maslak Some Czech athletes will be able to return to competitive action in June as the Czech athletics federation has announced a ‘micro-meeting’ series of six events. The country’s government is set to allow gatherings of up to 50 people from…
Jazmin Sawyers and Guy Learmonth: Life in Lockdown
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Athletics
Sunday, 26 April 2020 09:37
In the first of a three-episode series, the athletics couple share insight into how they are coping during the coronavirus crisis Behind closed doors, we’re all living in lockdown. But how are top British athletes coping? Rhona McLeod asked Guy Learmonth and Jazmin Sawyers, a couple who are self-isolating 240 miles apart because of their athletics. In the first of…
10 top London Marathon moments
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Sunday, 26 April 2020 05:01
Experienced marathoner Steve Smythe shares the races that he will always remember Steve Smythe, who has achieved a 40-year span of sub-three-hour marathons, would have been running his 39th London Marathon today. When news of the 40th edition’s postponement was confirmed, he sat down to reflect on his top 10 moments so far as a fan. 1981 The inaugural London…
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 07:48
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Saturday, 25 April 2020 02:31
“Nothing is off the table” as London Marathon plans continue
Friday, 24 April 2020 14:08
Laura Muir on learning how to push herself
Friday, 24 April 2020 11:45
TV guide: Marathon action on the BBC
Friday, 24 April 2020 05:44
Goldie Sayers takes on javelin 2.6 Challenge
Thursday, 23 April 2020 13:17
Paris European Athletics Championships cancelled
Thursday, 23 April 2020 09:39
Oslo ‘Impossible Games’ announced for June
Thursday, 23 April 2020 03:13
BMC launches Bannister Virtual Miles
Wednesday, 22 April 2020 09:31
Opening up the conversation on female athlete health
Wednesday, 22 April 2020 05:06
Berlin Marathon no longer set for September
Tuesday, 21 April 2020 03:31
Former UK Athletics performance director Neil Black dies
Monday, 20 April 2020 08:56
Exclusive interview: Mo Farah talks training and Tokyo
Monday, 20 April 2020 02:51
Managing potential problems for runners during coronavirus crisis
Sunday, 19 April 2020 03:26
From the AW archive: Kelly Holmes’ Athens Olympic double
Saturday, 18 April 2020 07:07
We must support each other, says Haile Gebrselassie
Saturday, 18 April 2020 05:23
From the AW archive: Eamonn Martin’s London Marathon victory
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Training during the coronavirus crisis
Friday, 17 April 2020 11:08