Posted on September 30, 2019
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With the 2019 World Athletics Championships well underway, Julia Cook takes a look into the issues of body shaming that have become more and more prevalent in track and field over recent years. There’s no doubt about it, Eilish McColgan is having a sensational…
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 200m, 2019 British Athletics Championships, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 3000m Steeplechase, 400m, 4x400m, 5000m, Allie Ostrander, Amber Campbell, Anyika Onuora, ASICS, Athletics, Commonwealth Games, Doha, Eilish McColgan, European Athletics Championships, Great Britain, Greg Rutherford, Hammer throw, Heptathlon, Jess Ennis-Hill, London 2012, Long jump, Middle-distance running, NCAA, Olympics, Qatar, Rio 2016, Scotland, Super Saturday, USA, World Athletics Championships
Posted on November 18, 2018
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Photo credit: UK Sport Ask any British Olympic medalist the story behind their success and often they will tell you it’s down to help they received from others. While everyone has their own unique path, look closely into the journey of many athletes from…
Category: Olympics, Paralympics, The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: Alpine skiing, Ben Ainslie, BOA, Bradley Wiggins, British Cycling, Canada, Canoeing, Charlotte Dujardin, Charlotte Evans, Chris Hoy, Cricket, Cycling, Dame Sarah Storey, Darren Kenny, David Roberts, David Weir, Diving, Ed Clancy, Ellie Simmonds, Equestrian, football, Germany, Golf, Great Britain, Gymnastics, Hannah Cockroft, Heptathlon, Hockey, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Isabel Newstead, James Anderson, Jason Kenny, Jess Ennis-Hill, Kelly Gallagher, Laura Kenny, Lee Pearson, Liz Nicholl, Lizzy Yarnold, Matthew Pinsent, Mo Farah, netball, Netherlands, Olympics, Paralympics, Pyeongchang 2018, Rio 2016, Robert Matthews, Rowing, rugby, Russia, Sailing, Sir Hugh Robertson, Skeleton, Sochi 2014, Sophie Christiansen, Steve Redgrave, Swimming, Taekwondo, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Team GB, Trampolining, Triathlon, UK Sport, USA, Wales, Wheelchair Racing, Winter Olympics
Posted on October 21, 2018
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Retirement is one of sport’s inevitabilities, alongside success, failure and injury. And while there will always be some upset at seeing their favourite athletes walking away, the mark of one that’s truly special is the universal outpouring of love sent their way after making…
Category: The 52, Winter OlympicsTags: #NotARedCard, A Question of Sport, British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association, Charlotte Dujardin, Great Britain, Heptathlon, Jade Jones, Laura Deas, Laura Kenny, Lizzy Yarnold, Martha Kelner, Nicola Adams, Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, Rusada, Russia, Sean Ingle, Shirley Robertson, Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Skeleton, SportSpiel, Steph Cook, Team GB, The Guardian, Twitter, WADA, Wales, Winter Olympics
Posted on September 15, 2018
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What is it that defines an athlete as a ‘legend’? Some base it on the number of trophies, accolades and records a sportsperson collects over their career, others on the length of time an individual represents their country at the elite level for. Furthermore…
Category: Rugby Union, The 52Tags: #HWC2018, #ShowUp, 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, 2018 Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, 2018 Women's Six Nations, Abigail Dow, Alastair Cook, Amy Cokayne, Athletics, Becky Essex, Canada, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Ellie Kildunne, Emily Scarratt, England, France, Grand Slam, Great Britain, Heptathlon, Hockey, Ireland, Jason Leonard, Jennifer Sutton, Jess Breach, Jess Ennis-Hill, Joanna McGilchrist, Legend, Newcastle University, Rocky Clarke, Roger Federer, rugby, Rugby Union, Sarah Bern, Six Nations, Sport, Switzerland, Tamara Taylor, Tennis, Tyrrells Premier 15s, USA, Zoe Aldcroft
