Posted on July 7, 2018
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Have you heard about the sprinter who went from relative obscurity and missing out on a place at the Commonwealth Games by 0.01s to British champion in the space of a few months, breaking a 34-year-old record on the way? Sounds too good to… Continue Reading “#4) Beth Dobbin”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 IAAF European Championships, Aesop, Athletics, Athletics World Cup, Beth Dobbin, Bianca Williams, British Athletics, Carlos Bacca, Commonwealth Games, Dina Asher-Smith, England, Gold Coast 2018, Great Britain, Hare, Hollywood, Jodie Williams, Jordan Pickford, LA 1984 Olympics, Loughborough University, Sandra Whittaker, Scotland, Scottish Athletics, SportSpiel, Sprinter, Tortoise
Posted on August 26, 2014
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British athletics hasn’t had much success for a long time – indeed, there have been very few medal-winning athletes since the likes of Ovett, Wells, Coe and Thompson way back in the ‘70s and ‘80s. That’s not saying that there haven’t been some outstanding… Continue Reading “The Start of Something Special”
Category: AthleticsTags: 2012 European Athletics Championships, 2013 World Athletics Championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 European Athletics Championships, Adam Gemili, Allan Wells, Andrew Osagi, Athletics, Bianca Williams, Blessing Okagbare, Charles van Commenee, Christine Ohuruogu, Dai Greene, Daley Thompson, Dame Kelly Holmes, Eilidh Child, Great Britain, Greg Rutherford, Hannah England, Holly Bleasdale, Jamaica, James Dasaolu, Jess Ennis, Jo Pavey, Jodie Williams, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Linford Christie, London 2012 Olympics, Lord Seb Coe, Lyndsey Sharp, Martyn Rooney, Mo Farah, Neil Black, Nigeria, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Phillips Idowu, Robbie Grabarz, Sally Gunnell, Scotland, Steve Ovett, Tiffany Porter, Will Sharman