Posted on February 18, 2020
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Photo credit: British Athletics Jemma Reekie is a track and field superstar in the making. The middle distance runner has shot to prominence this indoor season, smashing three records in the last month. She also took 1500m victory in the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix… Continue Reading “Forget the Nike controversy, can we just accept Jemma Reekie for the exceptional talent she is?”
Category: Athletics, The 52Tags: 1500m, 2017 European U20 Athletics Championships, 2018 Athletics World Cup, 2018 European Athletics Championships, 2019 European U23 Athletics Championships, 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2020 Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix, 2020 Indoor British Championships, Athletics, Brigid Kosgei, British Athletics, Eliud Kipchoege, Great Britain, IAAF, Jemma Reekie, Kenya, Kilbarchan, Kilbarchan AAC, Laura Muir, New York Times, Nike, Nike Vaporfly, Olympics, Poland, Scotland, Sofia Ennaoui, The Guardian, Tokyo 2020, World Athletics
Posted on August 5, 2016
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It’s here, it’s back; the Olympic Games are upon us! It’s scarcely believable that it’s already been four years since London 2012, the memories are that strong. A lot has happened in that period of time however. For example, Britain is no longer part… Continue Reading “How not to run a sport”
Category: Rio 2016Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, Athletics, Cycling, Doping, Drugs, France, Germany, Great Britain, Gregory Bauge, IAAF, IOC, Jamaica, Justin Gatlin, Lizzie Armitstead, London 2012, McLaren Report, Rio 2016, Russia, Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Team GB, Thomas Bach, USA, USSR, Yohann Blake
Posted on February 2, 2016
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It’s fairly late on a Monday evening, I’ve just finished working on an essay and decide to check the news before heading off to bed. Clicking on the BBC Sport website to see the result of that night’s Premier League fixture, I am greeted… Continue Reading “A Sad State of Affairs”
Category: TennisTags: Athletics, Australian Open, Barclays Premier League, BBC Sport, Corruption, Drug abuse, FIFA, football, French Open, IAAF, IOC, Match fixing, Money, Roland Garros, Tennis, US Open, Wimbledon
Posted on August 6, 2015
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London 2012; arguably the greatest Olympic Games ever, especially if you are British. With gold medals aplenty, records being broken daily and many heart-warming stories of triumph after adversity, it truly was a fortnight no-one will ever forget. However, not everything went according to… Continue Reading “Britain on the rise”
Category: SwimmingTags: 2013 World Aquatics Championships, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2015 World Aquatics Championships, 2015/16 Barclays Premier League, Adam Peaty, Aimee Willmott, Athletics, Australia, Barcelona 2013, BBC2, Ben Proud, British Swimming, Cameron van den Burgh, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Doping scandal, England, FINA World Championships, Fran Halsall, Glasgow, Great Britain, IAAF, Investec Ashes 2015, James Guy, Jazz Carlin, Kazan 2015, London 2012, London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Games, Russia, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, South Africa, Swimming, USA, Water polo
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