The British Judo team stand a good chance of winning some medals this year with a strong line up. The British Olympic Contenders are: Sarah Clark fights in the women’s under 63kg weight category Michelle Rogers is our contender for the women’s under 78kg gold medal. Karina Bryant will represent Team GB in the...
The British endurance athletics team has been revealed. Here are the contenders: Paula Radcliffe, Mara Yamauchi and Liz Yelling will be running the Women’s Marathon for Britain. Hopefully Paula will be fully fit by August. Dan Robinson is the sole contender for the Men’s Marathon. Johanna Jackson will be walking to victory in the...
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today selected taekwondo members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Our fighters are: Mike Harvey will compete in the under 58kg group. Mike Harvey has recently made the switch from Junior to Senior but has an impressive record at Junior level which suggests an exciting future...
Powell smashes 100m world record – Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti. Powell, bronze medallist at the recent World Championships, set the new record in the second of two heats. The race was run with a strong following wind but it...
Christine Ohuruogu leads a British one-two in the World Championships with a stunning victory in the women’s 400m. Christine Ohuruogu claimed Britain’s first gold medal at the World Championships in Japan with a stunning victory in the women’s 400m. Fellow Briton Nicola Sanders won silver while Jamaican Novlene Williams, who led for most of...
More news from the British Fencing World Class Pathway Programme. Ten new members of the World Class Development Programme were announced earlier this year, and they are: ANNA BENTLEY (25 – Foil) CHRIS BUXTON (26 – Sabre) KEITH COOK (25 – Foil) LAURENCE HALSTED (22 – Foil) NEIL HUTCHISON (22 – Sabre) ED JEFFERIES...
Several Olympic hopefuls have been participating in the 2007 Osaka World Athletic Championships. British Olympic hopeful Kelly Sotherton climbed into the bronze medal position of the World Championships in after four events in the heptathlon at the Osaka World Championships. British team-mate Jessica Ennis slid back to fourth after a poor shot put while...
“North West fencers Jon Willis and Stuart Marshall have qualified for the British Fencing and Sport UK for World Class Development status as part of the Olympic Pathway programme. They will each receive an Athlete Personal Award and will train on a full-time basis at the British Fencing Elite Training Centre in Hornsey, North...
After her success in the New York marathon, Paula Radcliffe looks like she has secured her place in the Beijing 2008 Olympic squad. She also is planning a longer term plan with the London 2012 Olympic Games. Radcliffe reveals 2012 ambition – Paula Radcliffe says she hopes to run in the 2012 Olympics in...
Britain’s James DeGale (75kg) has beaten Ireland’s Darren John Sutherland in the men’s middleweight boxing to go through to the final. He will fight Cuba’s Emilio Correa Bayeaux for a chance to win Britain another gold medal. James DeGale and Darren John Sutherland have fought six times in the last four years, and Sutherland...
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