Saturday 28 September 2013

Athletics

Athletics: latest track and field news and stats, athletics analysis, athletics pictures with updates of World, European and UK Athletics, news on the IAAF Diamond League, Olympic and Commonwealth Games as well as the latest on everyone from Usain Bolt to Jessica Ennis.

Johnson evokes pity on return to Seoul

Ben Johnson evokes pity, not redemption on return to Seoul Olympic Stadium

Tanya Aldred: disgraced sprinter shows why he is wrong person to promote anti-doping with his message only of regret.

25 Sep 2013

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Italian athlete caught using fake penis to beat dope test

Italian athlete caught short after using fake penis

Runner Devis Licciardi is to face a disciplinary hearing for allegedly using fake penis to try to beat a doping test.

24 Sep 2013

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Ben Johnson: I'm still being punished 25 years on

Ben Johnson: I was nailed on a cross for taking steroids at Seoul Olympics, and 25 years later I'm still being punished

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson returns to Seoul - 25 years to the day after 100m win that destroyed career.

24 Sep 2013

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What became of the other runners

The world's dirtiest race: What happened next to rivals in Seoul 100m final

Of the eight athletes in the 1988 Olympic 100 metres final, only two have not been tainted by drugs...

21 Sep 2013

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Johnson back at scene of crime

Ben Johnson's road to redemption takes him back to scene of the crime

On the 25th anniversary of the world’s dirtiest race, Oliver Brown talks to the 'winner’ and finds a man on a mission.

21 Sep 2013

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Bolt: I won't date 'English ladies' due to British press

World's fastest man stays away "from English ladies" because he is wary of appearing all over the British tabloids.

20 Sep 2013

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The 10 biggest cheats in sport

To mark the release of 9.79*, a film about the ill-fated men's 100-metre final at the 1988 Olympics, Oliver Pickup selects 10 infamous moments in sport when the rules were bent or broken.

20 Sep 2013

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Bolt tries to wear out Aguero ahead of derby

Manchester United fan Usain Bolt tries to wear out Manchester City's Sergio Aguero ahead of the Manchester derby in an advert for Puma

19 Sep 2013

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Bolt reconsidering plans to retire after Rio 2016

Six-time Olympic champion could carry on after 2016 and wants to race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

19 Sep 2013

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Jamaica PM backs Wada

Jamaica prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller commits to fight against doping following high-profile positive tests.

18 Sep 2013

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How To Run Like Mo Farah

Ever wanted to run like a double Olympic gold athlete? Science Correspondent Richard Gray takes a 3D gait test and picks up some tips on how to run like Mo Farah.

16 Sep 2013

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The secrets of Mo Farah's success

Mo Farah has nine key elements to his running technique that have allowed him to become Britain’s greatest ever runner. Here we examine what it is that makes him so fast.

16 Sep 2013

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Kenya’s Jeptoo wins women's race

Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo almost breaks Paula Radcliffe’s world half-marathon best in the Great North Run.

15 Sep 2013

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Bekele throws down gauntlet to Farah

Kenenisa Bekele holds off a late charge from Mo Farah to win a thrilling race, with distance great Gebrselassie third.

15 Sep 2013

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Farah urged to aim for golden treble

Great North Run rival Haile Gebrselassie tells Mo Farah he can win three gold medals at Rio Games.

14 Sep 2013

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Farah treads the path of legends

Bitter rivals unite to pay tribute to Britain’s double Olympic champion, writes Ian Chadband.

13 Sep 2013

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A jog on the Tyne will do just fine

Since Brendan Foster created the Great North Run in 1981 he has made an enduring success of endurance running, says Jim White.

13 Sep 2013

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Farah may challenge for marathon world record

Mo Farah's 'super shoes' could lead to a world record challenge in London Marathon next year, says his coach Alberto Salazar.

12 Sep 2013

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Ennis-Hill eyes indoor return

Jessica Ennis-Hill has targeted the indoor season early next year for her competitive return from the Achilles problem.

11 Sep 2013

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Farah: hard work, not drugs, made me No 1

Double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah says he reached the top through years of struggle and sacrifice.

10 Sep 2013

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Farah 'confident' ahead of Great North Run

Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah is set to take on long distance champions Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie in this year's Great North Run.

10 Sep 2013

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