The TelegraphShe’s behind you! Watch as race walker is caught by opponent after celebrating medal too soonThe Telegraph - Jeremy WilsonRace-walking provided unexpected high drama at the European Athletics Championships on Friday when a premature celebration – which included carrying a flag, sticking out her tongue and punching the air – cost Spain’s Laura Garcia-Caro a bronze medal. Garcia-Caro was so sure of her place on the …
The TelegraphPeres Jepchirchir sets women's-only world record in brilliant London Marathon winThe Telegraph - Greg WilcoxReigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women’s-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men’s race. The 30-year-old Jepchirchir crossed the …
The TelegraphMary Peters: ‘I would have £1m if I had won gold in 2012 but what happiness would it bring me?’The Telegraph - Simon Briggs“That was going to be the title: Mary P’s Again. But they thought it was a bit undignified for a Lady.” Lady Mary Peters chuckles, a warm and engaging sound. She is talking about her recently revised and extended autobiography Mary Peters: My Story, which adds eight new chapters to 1974’s Mary P. It …
The TelegraphDoing Parkrun today? You could be the 100 millionth finisherThe Telegraph - Jim WhiteThis Saturday morning, someone, somewhere in one of 2,300 events in 22 countries, will set a sporting record. An extraordinary one too. No-one can be certain where it will happen, but happen it will. Someone is about to become the 100 millionth finisher in a Parkrun. It will mean 100 million 5k …
The TelegraphLone runner races in 100m and toilets littered with drugs as doping scandal erupts in IndiaThe Telegraph - Jeremy WilsonThe lone runner in a farcical state 100m sprint final in India has laid bare a doping culture that has seen him be encouraged to cheat and witness other athletes being injected in changing rooms. Lalit Kumar was ultimately the only runner on the start line for Tuesday’s final after the seven other …
The TelegraphJazmin Sawyers: Long-jumper, dressmaker and The Voice contestantThe Telegraph - Jeremy WilsonJazmin Sawyers is staring out through her chosen Zoom backdrop of the Big Brother diary room and, appropriately enough, there will be at least one candid confession. The year was 2013 and Sawyers, then one of the most promising teenage athletes in the country, was desperate to get inside London’s …
