Rooney fast off the mark
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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:54:28GMT
Olympic 400 metres finalist Martyn Rooney made his best-ever start to a season on an impressive return from injury in La Chaux des Fond, Switzerland on Sunday despite losing to in-form team-mate Rob Tobin. The two British internationals fought a close battle at the before Tobin pulled clear to just win in a seasons best of 45.15 seconds.Tobins performance was the second fastest by a Briton this year after US-based Michael Bingham and bettered the qualifying mark of 45.55secs for the...
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Disgraced Montgomery admits: I won gold after taking drugs
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:56GMT
Disgraced athlete Tim Montgomery admitted he won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics after taking drugs. Montgomery is currently in prison on fraud and heroin trafficking charges and the IOC said they will take the necessary actions after the sprinters admission.The American said he took testosterone and a human growth hormone before the Sydney Games in 2000, where he won a 4x100m relay gold medal.
He said: "I have a gold medal that I didnt get with my own ability."
The athlete...
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Edgar Bolt not untouchable
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:47GMT
British sprinter Tyrone Edgar has warned Usain Bolt he wont have it all his own way in 2009. The Jamaican superstar won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, obliterating the world records in the 100m and 200m events.Edgar was the only member of the British sprint team who even made it through to the final of the 100m, but the 26-year-old claims Bolt isnt
"untouchable".
"What he did was a breakthrough. Hes moved the sport way past what it should be,"...
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Pistorius will recover from surgery
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:42GMT
Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is expected to make a full recovery following head and facial injuries sustained in a boating accident. Pistorius underwent surgery in Johannesburg on Sunday and is in a stable condition in intensive care after Saturdays accident.The 22-year-old South African double amputee won three golds at the Paralympics in Beijing last year.
"His brain is functioning normally," said Anchen Laubcher, the principal medical officer of the emergency service which evacuated Pistorius.
"He will soon be discharged and taken home...
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Chambers wins 60m Gold in Turin
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:37GMT
Dwain Chambers stormed home to a gold medal in the 60 metres at the European Indoor Championships in Turin in a time of 6.46 seconds. The shamed sprinter went fastest in the heats and the semi-finals, when he broke the European record in 6.42secs, and he did not have to surpass that time to clinch a clear win.
The victory could mark a turning point in the sprinters career as he strives to rebuild his reputation following a positive drugs test in...
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Superman: The Continental Conqueror
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:33GMT
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Take a bow Charlie Pitcher, the nearest we get to Superman on planet Earth. The married father of four is currently in Morocco preparing himself for this weekendrsquo;s Marathon De Sable before turning his attentions to the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, which sees the East Coast born Pitcher row solo across an ocean that covers 22% of the Worldrsquo;s surface. nbsp;
The Marathon De Sable is the hardest footrace on the planet, where only...
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Superman: The Continental Conqueror
Athletics story by
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:27GMT
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Take a bow Charlie Pitcher, the nearest we get to Superman on planet Earth. The married father of four is currently in Morocco preparing himself for this weekendrsquo;s Marathon De Sable before turning his attentions to the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race, which sees the East Coast born Pitcher row solo across an ocean that covers 22% of the Worldrsquo;s surface. nbsp;
The Marathon De Sable is the hardest footrace on the planet, where only...
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Exclusive Interview: Denise Lewis
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:23GMT
Former Olympian Denise Lewis talks about her role in securing the 2012 games for London and the state of British athletics.nbsp;...
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Wanjiru wins London Marathon
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Fri, 22 May 2009 09:28:18GMT
The 29th London Marathon was won by Kenyas Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru who kept his nerve to win the mens race by 10 seconds, holding off a determined challenge by Beijing bronze-medallist Tsegay Kebede of Ethiopia at the 19 mile mark. Jaouad Gharbib of Morocco finished in third place.Wanjiru had been aiming to break the world record - currently held by Haile Gebrselassie- and though it was clear just after half-way through the 26 mile slog that this was not going...
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