in the final stages of your race?It's hard, you're running at your limits. I think you just have to learn to deal with feeling uncomfortable. You try to ignore the pain, you're just in the moment and you're thinking about what's going on at that time. Sometimes

was really pleased with my run. Conditions were tough so times were slow but I worked through the race and finished strongly. It’s nice to know I can deliver on the international stage.My career low was London last year. I was in great shape but a bit

Dai Greene is sitting outside the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on a still September evening. Just a few minutes ago he was centre stage on the track. He finished second, but in doing so became overall winner of the 2011 Diamond League Series

was not ‘Would he win?’, but ‘How fast could he go?’But, in Korea last summer, something strange happened. In the 100m World Championship final in Daegu, Bolt didn’t win. In the biggest race outside of the Olympics, he false-started for the first time in his

. I’ll be using a Scott Plasma at Kona. Do you have a triathlon secret weapon? It has to be my wife. We’ve been together for 25 years and she’s been to 99 per cent of all my races. At this stage I’d say she’s probably the most experienced spectator

he's added an Olympic medal to his Commonwealth Games Time Trial silver - and based on our chat he's certainly one to watch for London 2012.Tell us about your typical racing week?I've just come off the Tour de Luxembourg [Jun 1-5]. That started with a

A cursory glance around Hugh Brasher’s office at the London Marathon HQ is enough to reassure you that his father’s legacy is in safe hands. A stack of medals from various races hang from a coat hanger in the corner of the room, telling you Hugh

talent is shining through on the world stage.We stole Hannah away from a busy press conference to find out how she's coping with the increased media attention and pressure ahead of London 2012 - and how texts from Dame Kelly herself pushed her to medal

and then going through each stage of the race one step at a time – imagining yourself performing at your peak, but also successfully overcoming potential problems.- Break the race up into smaller, more manageable segments. I always think of the marathon as 4x10K

way to start an interview but, as is soon apparent, if there's one thing the multi-talented 25-year-old athlete doesn't do with aplomb, it's dull.We've just met at St Pancras station in London. Jess has arrived by train from her home in Sheffield