Men’s 100 metre World Record holder, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, has today announced that he is to miss the rest of the 2010 season following a medical consultation regarding a lower back injury. The news comes just four days after Bolt was beaten for the first time by American Tyson Gay in Stockholm. Bolt will [...]
15,472 spectators – more, even, than the official capacity – crammed into the stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, for the much anticipated final of the Samsung Diamond League 100 metres today. American record holder, Tyson Gay, caused an upset by beating World Record holder Usain Bolt. The USA sprinter recorded a time of 9.84 seconds. Speaking [...]
The BUPA Edingburgh International Cross Country takes place today, with Kenenisa Bekele the double Olympic and World champion four time winner of the event heading the men’s field. The women’s event is set to be ultra-competitive too, with Scotlan’s Stephanie Twell, 19, lining up against Etheopian Tirunesh Dibaba and Vivian Cheruiyot who have won Olympic [...]
The British Olympic Association has just announced the 33 winners of the Athlete of the Year Awards – awarded to British athletes each year in every discipline. The award was introduced in 2005, to mark the BOA’s Centenary Year and the success of London being awarded the 2012 Olympic Games. There are a number of [...]
Great Britain is currently topping the medals table at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland. Here are the current standings: Nation Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL Team GB 6 3 3 12 Germany 5 6 3 14 Russia 5 3 4 12 Italy 5 1 5 11 France 3 3 2 8 Britain have 12 [...]
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