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British Olympic Association: Athlete of the Year 2009 Awards

British Olympic Association: Athlete of the Year 2009 Awards

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 [...]

Swimming: British Women’s 4×200m Fresstyle Relay Team Set New European Record

Swimming: British Women’s 4×200m Fresstyle Relay Team Set New European Record

Great Britain’s Women’s 4×200m relay team of Caitlin McClatchey, Jasmin Carlin, Hannah Miley and Rebecca Adlington have broken the European and British record for the event while beating the USA in 7:49.04 during the semi-final at the World Championships at Rome.
The final will take place this evening, and there are hopes for a faster time [...]

Tom Daley is Diving World Champion

Tom Daley last night won gold in the 10m diving World Championship contest held in Rome. The 15 year old is also one of the UK’s youngest olympians – he was 14 at the Beijing Olympics and had previously had special dispensation to compete in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival at the age of ten. [...]

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