Athletics
Exclusive Interview: Britains bright young thing Jessica Ennis
Athletics story by
sport.co.uk,
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:13:36GMT
Undoubtedly the comeback queen of 2009, multi-events star Jessica Ennis has started the year where she finished off; by capitalising ndash; and improving ndash; on the scintillating form that took her to world heptathlon glory last summer. With the world at the feet of the diminutive, yet super-athletic poster girl of the London 2012 Olympics, Nicola Bamford caught up with her in between the hectic daily graft of training and promotional duties.
Fresh from shocking herself and the world by storming to...
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Bolt sets sights on 400m
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:13:34GMT
AS Usain Bolt prepares for the new athletics season by running a 400m in Jamaica on Saturday, it once again raises the question: can Bolt challenge Michael Johnsons ten year record?
The 23 year-old star has dominated the sprint events since rising to prominence in 2002 and has gone on to break both the 100m and 200m world records as well accumulating a series of world and Olympic medals.
Its not uncommon for the Jamaica star to run the longer distance at the...
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Britain announce indoor team
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:13:30GMT
Great Britain have announced their squad for the World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar next month.Defending triple jump champion Phillips Idowu is a possible gold medal hope for Team GB despite making a slow start to the season.But after jumping 17.25 in the Aviva Grand Prix last weekend, he has once again demonstrated why he is one of the favourites to retain his crown in the Gulf state.Dwain Chambers has the chance to go one better in the 60-metres after, sharing...
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Ennis to skip Commonwealth Games
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:17:10GMT
World heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis has revealed she will not be competing for Britain at this years Commonwealth Games.Ennis, who was crowned world champion in Berlin in August 2009, claims that competing in Delhi in October will harm her chances of winning the following years European Championships."I sat down with my coach and we decided the Commonwealth Games isnt a good option this year," the Sheffield-born athlete told BBC Sport."October is a difficult time to peak - in July for the...
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No Sheffield action for Ennis
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:17:07GMT
Jessica Ennis has been forced to pull out of this weekends indoor World Trials and UK Championships in Sheffield because of a foot injury.The 24-year-old world heptathlon champion suffered the injury after competing in Glasgow last week and an MRI scan has confirmed a slight ligament strain."I have to rest it in the short term which means missing the trials in front of my home crowd. Im truly devastated," she said."Toni Minichiello, my coach, believes Im in the shape of my...
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Bolt: Im not where I want to be
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:17:04GMT
Usain Bolt is convinced that he is nowhere near his best even after he strolled to victory in the 400m at the Camperdown Classic in Jamaica, his first race of the 2010 season.The 23-year-old won the race in a new meet record time of 45.86 seconds, 0.49 seconds better than the previous best which he set in the same race last year.After his latest success, Bolt said: "It was a good race - to run 45 seconds was a good sign...
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A marathon runners dream
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Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:33:12GMT
ldquo;I always loved running. It was something you could do by yourself, and under your own power. You could go in any direction, fast or slow as you wanted, fighting the wind if you felt like it, seeking out new sights just on the strength of your feet and the courage of your lungs.rdquo;nbsp; Jesse Owens
As much as Jesse Owens captured the very essence of running, the great Olympian never had to contend with a brutal British winter. Over the next...
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Georgie Thompson talks Chrissie Wellington and women in sport
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:09GMT
Sport.co.uk Editor Nigel Brown hooked up with Georgie Thompson at The Sunday Times Sports Woman of the Year Awards 2009, to chat about her highlights of 2009, and the ladies to look at for in 2010. Plus, the Sport.co.uk Editor gets a peck on the cheek...
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Jessica Ennis talks heroes her meteoric rise and London 2012
Athletics story by
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:54:08GMT
Sport.co.uk News Editor Andrew Allen caught up with The Sunday Times Sports Woman of the Year Award 2009 runner-up Jessica Ennis, to chat about her childhood heroes, her brilliant 2009 and her aims for the 2012 London Olympics...
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