Sprinter Jeanette Kwakye is raring for the UK trials later this month, ready to set the dust flying for a Team GB slot.Jeanette made her mark as a young athlete, taking English Schools and then national age-group titles. Then she made it to the 100m
Gardens Triathlon and the Nuneaton & Bedworth Triathlon – and came second in the latter. I’m proud to have raced faster in the Ironman World Championships in 2010 (aged 49) than I did at the same race in 1987 (aged 27). And finally, finishing third
Back in April, we were honoured to meet Richard Whitehead - the marathoner turned men's 100m and 200m T42 sprinter. He told us about his blades, training regime and the power of the Paralympic Games.Catch up with this inspriring interview
without keeling over, and thought it was a shame my bad experience had put me off for so long.My friend and BBC colleague Sophie Raworth had been nagging me for ages to get back into running. So we both signed up for this year’s New York City Marathon. I
into the Thames naked. So we stripped off and went for it. My coach didn’t find out for ages, but when he did he went mental. I’ve been good since then...So RW is tipping you for the top spot on the podium this summer. What would constitute success in your eyes
be broken. World Championship medals are also fantastic but only in the world of track and field. Outside the world of athletics the Worlds don’t really have a big following.“When I do interviews with non-sports media they have no idea that in Berlin [World
Ryan Giggs, right-footed Greene trained himself to play as a left-winger. When, aged 17, he turned down a contract to focus on athletics, hurdling came naturally as he could lead with either foot. Though he showed promise, at college he was, “only
was very close to my physio, Kevin Lidlow, who did all he could to get me back on track as quickly as possible. The discipline of doing what you’re told during those moments of injury is very important.Age: 40Coaches: Darrell Bunn, Charles van Commenee, Dr
