Athletics
Bolt runs fastest 100m time of the year but wind is over legal limit
Usain Bolt ran the fastest 100 metres in the world this year with a breathtaking performance of 9.77 seconds last night only for the wind to be a fraction over the legal limit at the IAAF Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava.
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Richards' rapid win puts the heat on Ohuruogu
Monday, 15 June 2009
American sets best 400m time of the year in emphatic Golden League victory
Charles van Commenee: Van the Superman flies to the rescue of British athletics
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Team GB are going Dutch to win more medals in 2012 and the ruthless Amsterdammer is the man with the Midas touch to ensure they strike gold.
Greene is keen to get Britain off to a flying start
Saturday, 13 June 2009
It is fair to say that the most rapidly rising star of British athletics has yet to truly make a name for himself. Nobody was quite sure what to call the man who was selected in the British squad yesterday for the 400m hurdles in the inaugural European Team Championships at Leiria in Portugal. Was it David, Dave or Dai Greene? "David's my name, but Dai's kind of my nickname in Wales," he said.
Kate Dennison: 'It helps being a little bit crazy'
Saturday, 13 June 2009
Kate Dennison pole vaulted into an eccentric club when she cleared 4.50m this week, writes Simon Turnbull
Bolt shuns million-dollar prize pot
Saturday, 13 June 2009
The race for the $1m (£600,000) jackpot in the International Association of Athletics Federations' Golden League series gets under way in Berlin tomorrow without the athlete who looked $1m at the Olympic Games in Beijing last year.
Danvers sparkle distracts crowd from missing stars
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Pilot Super8 event proves a hit despite sponsorship row causing late withdrawals
Ohuruogu campaign to retain world title begins
Thursday, 11 June 2009
400m champion set for first race over her favoured distance this season
Danvers leads British track and field into new era at the Super8 launch
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Tasha Danvers, the Olympic 400 metres hurdles bronze medallist, will be at the helm of one of eight city teams tonight as British athletics launches its Super8 project – an 11-event, inter-city contest packed into a two-hour programme.
Dasaolu breaks into world class
Monday, 8 June 2009
James Dasaolu is not the first British sprinter to break 10.10 seconds for the 100m. In fact, the Croydon Harrier became the tenth to do so when he sped to victory in 10.09sec in the EAP Swiss Meeting in Geneva on Saturday.
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Meadows has a field day with scalp of female Bolt
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Britain's Pocket Rocket into her stride and ready for blast-off
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