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Mark Lewis-Francis: Sprinting's Comeback Kid
By Dominique Brady on 03/11/2010 17:34:30
Returning from Delhi with a medal haul and renewed lottery funding, we catch up with England and GB sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis.
Commonwealth Games and that was electric, so having the Olympics in the UK will be amazing. I'd love to be there but I know anything can happen. I wanted to be at Beijing but a big injury stopped me from going. So I'm taking the road to 2012 by stepping stones
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Jess Ennis: The Golden Girl Next Door (Preview)
By Kerry McCarthy on 17/08/2011 11:55:50
Find out how Jenis Ennis competes worldwide in seven events - and still finds time for wedding plans
way to a photo shoot. Such is the immense pressure on the time of GB's top hope for a 2012 athletics gold these days, that I've been allotted a 40-minute slot with her in a taxi - neatly squeezed into the time it takes to travel between venues
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Jess Ennis: The Golden Girl Next Door
By Kerry McCarthy on 17/08/2011 12:25:44
Find out how Jenis Ennis competes worldwide in seven events - and still finds time for wedding plans
and is on her way to a photo shoot. Such is the immense pressure on the time of GB's top hope for a 2012 athletics gold these days, that I've been allotted a 40-minute slot with her in a taxi - neatly squeezed into the time it takes to travel between venues
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RW Interviews... Haile Gebrselassie
By Alison Hamlett on 05/11/2010 15:12:34
We caught up with the happiest man in running, Haile Gebrselassie days before he makes his New York City Marathon debut
for this marathon I have been doing two, two and a half, three hour runs, but not fast. [When pressed, he admitted that his 'not fast' was actually around 3:45 per kilometre!]Q. Are you planning to run the London 2012 Olympic Marathon?A. I'm thinking about it but it
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Meet The UK's Paratriathletes
By Simon Griffiths on 19/11/2009 15:52:05
Paratriathlon is becoming the sport of choice for disabled athletes and may even be a Paralympic sport in 2016. We investigate the reasons for its success and talk to some of the UK's finest paratriathletes
at podium finishes at the World and European championships," he says. "Long term, I'd like a Paralympic gold medal."Goddard will have to stay on top of his game for at least another seven years to achieve that goal. Triathlon became an Olympic sport in 2000
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Heroes Of Running 2009
By on 24/04/2009 11:13:48
Sponsored by Aviva. Join us in recognising the outstanding individuals who make us exceptionally proud of our sport
Challenge. Now she has her eye on the biggest prize of all: "Cross-country is good background work, but because it isn't an Olympic sport, I'm moving more towards track. I'm focusing on the 5,000m for London 2012." Focus is one thing Purdue certainly has
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Fat or Fiction? Why You Should Be Wary Of Your BMI
By Michael Donlevy on 12/08/2009 16:52:17
Budding runners may be overweight, according to the Body Mass Index. But despite being used by the government to measure obesity, you shouldn't be put off by this outdated and unscientific formula
– but this highlights the problem with the BMI. Recently crowned European 60m indoor champion Dwain Chambers is technically overweight, despite kicking the steroids, and so was former world-record holder Maurice Greene when he won the Olympic 100m in 2004. His
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RW Pocket Race Guide - October
By Catherine Lee on 27/09/2007 12:59:04
What's coming up, what's closing soon, what's filling fast
and competition venues ahead of the 2012 Olympics: a state-of-the-art athletics centre in Enfield. Ten months on, and this purpose-built arena is all set to host its first road-running fixture, combining a preview of the elite facilities and the leafy, waterside
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RW Interviews: Steph Twell
By on 10/06/2011 12:10:00
Injury can’t keep down one of Britain’s brightest middle-distance talents
. At 21, she has already notched up Commonwealth 1,500m bronze and World Junior gold over the same distance, and is three-time European Junior cross-country champion. After narrowly missing out on the 1,500m final at the Beijing Olympics, she's raring
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Q & A with Hannah England
By Annie Rice on 06/03/2013 15:53:39
GB Middle distance athlete Hannah England speaks to us at the launch of Nike's Flyknit Lunar running shoe.
Tell us about your experience at the London 2012 Olympics It was amazing to be part of The Games. Unfortunately I got injured in late May so athletically I didn’t quite get what I wanted to get out of it but I did as much as I could with the way I
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