Athletics
‘Grand slam’ offers great 2022 challenge, says Commonwealth Games chief
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Friday, 12 June 2020 10:14
David Grevemberg hopes schedule changes, including a compressed five-day athletics programme, will attract athletes to the Birmingham event Commonwealth Games bosses are working on further scheduling changes for the 2022 Games in Birmingham to make it more feasible for athletes to attempt a world, European and Commonwealth hat-trick that summer. On Thursday the Commonwealth Games Federation announced new dates of …
Karsten Warholm smashes world 300m hurdles best in Oslo
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Thursday, 11 June 2020 14:06
World champion runs 33.78 and Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks European 2000m record with 4:50.01 in front of a cardboard cutout crowd and TV viewers around the world Karsten Warholm stormed to the quickest outdoor 300m hurdles time in history on Thursday, clocking 33.78 as the Diamond League returned in an exhibition event format in Oslo. The behind-closed-doors ‘Impossible Games’, held within…
Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie talk training and life in lockdown
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Thursday, 11 June 2020 09:41
The Scottish middle-distance duo have been isolating together in Glasgow Laura Muir reckons she can come out of lockdown at full tilt after isolating with training partner Jemma Reekie – and her dog Dolly. The Scottish middle-distance duo have spent the past three months shacked up at Muir’s house in Glasgow as they await the green light for tracks to…
New dates for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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Thursday, 11 June 2020 02:28
The event will start and finish one day later than originally announced following various changes to the sporting calendar The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will now take place from July 28 to August 8, following a 24-hour change in start date announced on Thursday by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The event will start and finish one day later than originally…
Calendar changes require compromise, says Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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Wednesday, 10 June 2020 06:22
Multi events star set to defend either her world or European pentathlon title in March Katarina Johnson-Thompson has ruled out defending both her world and European indoor titles next year, insisting the revamped athletics calendar carries a risk of burnout. The reigning world heptathlon champion has been seen online running around her flat and carrying a javelin into a park…
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