. The Olympic 100m final was supposed to start at 6pm, but the runners were told they would have to wait another 60 minutes. When each hour already seemed like a day, it was almost too much for Harold Abrahams to bear. Since the semi-final, nearly four hours
’s finest athletes. In 2010, Greene became European and Commonwealth champ then, two weeks before Brussels, he became World champion in Daegu. And with a home Olympics round the corner, he’s in prime position to take the only prize now missing from his
. I don’t have to make a decision on that until after the 10,000 though, so I have time.And what about after London...what does the future hold for you?By the time the next Olympics, in Rio, comes round, I’ll be 33 years old, and by then I think I
2012 Olympics. Scroll to the bottom of the blog for a list of upcoming events or visit the website for more. In the grand wood-panelled library at the Institut a star panel assembled: Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the 11-time Paralympic gold medallist
Martyn Rooney is ready to avenge his racing demons. In last year’s World Championships in Daegu he crashed out in the 400m semi-finals - now he's using that memory to fuel his London 2012 training.With a strong finish at the Beijing Olympics under
place finish at the Berlin Marathon in 2:10:55.The former 5,000 and 10,000m track runner had met the Olympic A standard, secured his slot in London 2012 and burst onto the scene as a shining new British marathon talent.With less than six months until his
over the 200m, breaking three hours for the first time with the road marathon and finishing my first marathon in 2004, are just a few. Hopefully London 2012 will be the highlight of my career so far.The Olympic moment I remember most was Kelly Holmes
.Sally revealed how it felt to win Olympic gold, the pressure at the top, how she banished self doubt and why she’s looking forward to watching the wildcard winners at London 2012. Athletics is the main sport of the Olympics. There’s nothing like seeing who wins
)Sally Brown is part of Team Samsung, a selection of top British athletes who will be opening up their lives and training regimes to the public through Samsung’s Digital Hub in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Samsung is giving the British public
’s only one Richard Whitehead – and I’ll put money on him bringing home a shiny Team GB gold this summer.Richard Whitehead was in Sheffield to launch the new Powerade Olympic Games Sports Bottle, which will be used to hydrate athletes at the London 2012
