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*A weekend spent in Istanbul was more than enough evidence
to suggest that British athletics will be coming to the
London 2012 party.
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*A day spent at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix over the
weekend was more than enough to prove that Britain's
athletes are looking in good shape to excel this summer at
the London Olympics.
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Chambers Flips Where Stafford Flopped!
Did you catch the men's indoor 60 metres dash in Sheffield
over the weekend?
Dwain Chambers was sprinting so fast as he crossed the
finish line in first place that not even the ramp and
padding could prevent him from flipping over the barrier and
ending up, head first down, with his legs sticking up...
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Usain Bolt will make his first international appearance of
the year at the Bislett Games in Oslo on June 7, the triple
Olympic champion has revealed.
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“We definitely don’t mess around,” smiles Martyn
Rooney, happily aware of the grueling necessities of
readying his body to compete at the very summit of world
athletics. “There are no gimmicks, we just go out there
and work as hard as we can.
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*Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have both made the shortlist for
the International Athletics Federation’s
Athlete-of-the-Year award, the only two Caribbean track
stars to do so.
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Former world 800m champion, Caster Semenya, has turned to
coach Maria Mutola to help her win Olympic gold in London
next year. Semenya, who won gold at the Berlin World Championships in
2009 (pictured), left her previous coach Michael Seme
shortly after winning silver at the 2011 event in Daegu.
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*Chris Tomlinson, Britain’s leading long-jumper, has
warned his rivals that he will be at his very best at next
summer’s Olympic Games after suffering injury heartache at
the final of the World Championships in September. *
Tomlinson was in impressive form heading into the event at
Daegu.
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As Holly Bleasdale gazed up at the bar – a full 4. 70m
above the crash mat she now rested on – the enormity of
her achievement at the Banhaus Gala in Mannheim had not yet
settled in.
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*Although Team GB reached the medal target set by UK
Athletics chief Charles van Commenee at the World
Championships in South Korea, there were clear signs that
Britain’s athletes could have exceeded the seven that were
collected.
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Farah Shines Again in Great North City Games
World 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah passed up the chance to
appear at a potentially lucrative Diamond League meeting in
Brussels this weekend, to take part in the Great North City
Games.
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It was Farah’s first appearance since collecting his
dramatic gold in the World Championships in Deagu.
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Jamaica’s new 100m world champion Yohan Blake produced a
personal best of 9. 82 seconds to beat Asafa Powell at the
latest Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
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While the recent World Athletics Championships in Daegu
offered its audience the chance to feast on the planet’s
finest competitors, for Tasha Danvers the viewing was not so
easy.
“Yeah it’s a bit of a headache.
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*So farewell Daegu and the world athletics championships,
and thanks for some memorable moments.
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Jamaican Sprinting In Drug Fiasco
*In a major blow for the Jamaican athletics team, just ahead
of next weekend’s start to the World Championships,
sprinter Steve Mullings, is facing a lifetime ban from
athletics after testing positive for the banned substance
furosemide.
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Sportsvibe were catching flies with chopsticks in the dojo
(Pineapple Dance Studios), with British hurdler Andy Turner.
After quickly realising that this isn't the set of Karate
Kid, we talked to Andy about hurdling and the impending
World Championships in Daegu.
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Devonish Preferred Over Lewis-Francis
*Mark Lewis Francis’s hopes of lining up for Britain at
the World Championships in Deagu as a 100m contender are
over, following a selectors’ decision to pick Marlon
Devonish*.
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Mark-Lewis Francis has been overlooked by UK Athletics and
will not complete at the upcoming World Championships in
Daegu, South Korea. He was disqualified for a false start at the recent UK World
Trials and the three spots have gone to Dwain Chambers,
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Marlon Devonish.
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'Blade Runner' Named In South African Squad
South Africa has named 24 year-old double amputee Oscar
Pretorius as their selection for the 400m in the World
Championships.
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