Graffin
brothers opt for NI posted 24 December
Olympic athlete Andy Graffin and his twin brother
Allen have opted to declare for Northern Ireland..
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Compete
Or Lose Out, Athletes Warned posted 23 December
UK Athletics will dock earnings from athletes who
choose not to compete at the Norwich Union Trials
& AAAs in a bid to raise the profile of the indoor
event. . | more
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Huddersfield:
Harriers' in festive challenge posted 17 December
Runners from Longwood and Holmfirth stage their annual
Christmas Handicap races on Saturday.. | more
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Irish
World Medalists for Indoor Athletics Championships
posted 16 December
The Northern Ireland Athletic Federation and the Athletic
Association of Ireland are pleased to announce that
World 3,000m Walk Record holder GILLIAN O'SULLIVAN,
World Indoor Bronze medallist PAUL McKEE and Irish
indoors and outdoors sprint record holder PAUL BRIZZEL
will all be competing again at the Irish Indoor Athletic
Championships at the Odyssey Arena, Belfast on the
weekend of 14th and 15th February 2004. | more
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XCountry:
British pair face Tulu challenge posted 16
December
Three-time world cross-country champion Derartu Tulu
will provide a daunting challenge for Liz Yelling
and Kathy Butler in next month's Great North Cross
Country.. | more
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Track:
Coe Regrets Retreat From The Middle-Distance
posted 16 December
British Olympic great Sebastian Coe has bemoaned the
decline in middle-distance running since he dominated
the sport two decades ago. | more
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Euro
XCountry: Radcliffe's Reservations Were Right
posted 15 December
Injury-troubled Charlotte Dale went down fighting
before relinquishing her hold on the Spar European
Cross Country junior crown in Edinburgh. | more
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Euro
XCountry: Dale Goes Down Battling posted 15
December
Injury-troubled Charlotte Dale went down fighting
before relinquishing her hold on the Spar European
Cross Country junior crown in Edinburgh. | more
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Euro
XCountry: GB Senior Men’s Preview posted
11 December
A new look Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern
Ireland Senior Men’s Team will have recent history
on its side as it aims to get among the medals at
the 10th Spar European Cross Country Championships
in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, on Sunday 14 Dec | more
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'We've
yet to see best of Radcliffe' posted 10 December
PAULA Radcliffe has achieved so much over the past
couple of seasons, but her best may be yet to come,
according to Liz McColgan. Radcliffe, who leads the
British women’s team in the European Cross-Country
Championships in Edinburgh on Sunday, has yet to decide
whether to enter the marathon or the 10,000m at next
year’s Olympic Games, but for McColgan, the choice
should be straightforward. . | more
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Euro
XCountry: GB turn to Tullett after Pavey call-off
posted 09 December
HAYLEY Tullett, the world 1,500 metres bronze medallist,
has been called into the Great Britain team for Sunday’s
European Cross-Country Championships in Edinburgh
following the withdrawal of Jo Pavey. The winner of
the trials in Liverpool last month, Pavey has been
forced to pull out after illness interrupted her training
schedule. . | more
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Euro
XCountry: Partridge crosses her home country for GB
posted 08 December
SUSAN Partridge is as keen as anyone that next Sunday’s
European cross-country championships, to be held in
Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park, live up to their billing
as one of the biggest athletics events to be staged
in Scotland. . | more
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XCountry:
Kipchoge heads for Newcastle posted 08 December
World 5,000m champion Eliud Kipchoge has agreed to
race in the Great North-Cross Country in January..
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Fukuoka
Marathon: Brown misses qualifying mark posted
08 December
Portsmouth:
Harding clinches top title posted 06 December
The promising 16-year-old athlete has received the
prestigious Michael Austin Harlick Award for his outstanding
achievements in 2003.. | more
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XCountry:
Lebid aiming to equal record in Edinburgh
posted 05 December
SERGEI Lebid of Ukraine confirmed yesterday that he
will attempt to defend his title at the European Cross-Country
Championships in Edinburgh on Sunday week. Lebid will
be going for his fourth title in Holyrood Park, and
if successful will equal the championship record set
by Portugal’s Paulo Guerra, a winner in 1994,
1995, 1999 and 2000. . | more
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Fukuoka
Marathon: Brown misses qualifying mark posted
08 December
XCountry:
Lebid aiming to equal record in Edinburgh
posted 05 December
SERGEI Lebid of Ukraine confirmed yesterday that he
will attempt to defend his title at the European Cross-Country
Championships in Edinburgh on Sunday week. Lebid will
be going for his fourth title in Holyrood Park, and
if successful will equal the championship record set
by Portugal’s Paulo Guerra, a winner in 1994,
1995, 1999 and 2000. . | more
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Interview:
Jon Brown will run the Fukuoka Marathon posted
04 December
Welshman Jon Brown will run the Fukuoka International
Marathon for the first time on December 7. It will
be his first marathon since he dropped out of the
ING New York City Marathon in November, 2002 after
injuring his calf dodging another competitor at a
fluid station. Since then, he has had groin surgery
and has only been training steadily since last summer
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XCountry:
Hectic Month Ahead For Pavey posted 04 December
World 1500 metres finalist Jo Pavey faces a hectic
cross-country schedule with three races in the space
of a month. | more
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Marathon
cash to spur Britons on posted 04 December
Organisers of the London Marathon yesterday launched
a series of cash incentives to help improve the performance
of British competitors in next year's event, so concerned
are they by the falling standard of home runners.
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UK
Athletics chief doctor asks: Where have my medics
gone? posted 04 December
The Olympic prospects of British athletes are being
hampered by a cut in their medical back-up team personnel
from eight to a total of two over a period of 12 months
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XCountry:
Brits Impress In Europe posted 01 December
Sonia O'Sullivan intends to remind her rivals next
month that she also has more than a passing interest
in cross-country running. While world and European
track gold medals sit in the same trophy cabinet as
the 5,000m Olympic silver she claimed in Sydney three
years ago, there are another two very meaningful ones
alongside them. .. | more
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