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• Some GB Olympic athletes still refusing to have Covid vaccine, says BOA chief

  25-06-2021 09:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Andy Anson: ‘People have right to choose but it’s not helpful’BOA had said it was on track to ensure all were vaccinatedThe British Olympic Association (BOA) is still trying to convince some athletes to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before next month’s Tokyo Olympics, chief executive Andy Anson said.The BOA said earlier this month it was on track to ensure all athletes and staff were fully vaccinated before the Olympics. The Tokyo Games, delayed last year because of the
  
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• Mo Farah in ‘good shape’ for last-ditch shot at Olympic qualification

  24-06-2021 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Farah failed to meet time required this monthBritish Championships also feature Dina Asher-SmithThe doors of the last chance saloon are about to swing shut for Mo Farah’s Olympic qualification hopes, but there is a growing confidence in UK Athletics circles that he is injury-free and can revert to “Classic Mo” in his final attempt to make the Tokyo Games.The 38-year-old’s chances of defending his Olympic 10,000m title appeared to be ebbing away when he plodded home 22 sec
  
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• Transgender runner CeCe Telfer ruled ineligible for US Olympic trials

  24-06-2021 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Telfer ruled ineligible for 400m hurdles a US Olympic trialsTransgender runner did not meet World Athletics’ conditionsTransgender runner CeCe Telfer will not be allowed to compete in the women’s 400m hurdles at US Olympic trials because Telfer has not met the conditions World Athletics established in its eligibility regulations for certain women’s events.Telfer competed for the men’s team at Division II Franklin Pierce, but took time off, then came back to compete for th
  
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• Nicole Yeargin: US-based Scot bids to crown startling rise with Olympic spot

  24-06-2021 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicole Yeargin is targeting Olympic qualification at this week's British Championships just five years after taking up athletics.
  
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• British Championships: Six key events as Mo Farah seeks to qualify for Olympics

  24-06-2021 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former world champion Steve Cram picks out the events to watch as Britain's best athletes try to tie up Olympic qualification at the British Championships in Manchester.
  
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• Allyson Felix: American athlete launches her own shoe brand

  23-06-2021 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six-time Olympic champion Allyson Felix launches her own shoe brand in the build-up to this summer's Tokyo Games.
  
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• Allyson Felix wins another victory for mothers by claiming Tokyo Olympics spot | Andy Bull

  23-06-2021 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After the traumatic birth of her daughter the 35-year-old took on both Nike and the US government before earning a shot at a record 10th Olympic medal on the trackSome mornings the car won’t start, the baby’s crying, the girl won’t eat her breakfast, the boy can’t remember where he left his shoes, and you forgot to sign the form you promised to bring in to the school last week. Some mornings the shower’s running cold, the baby’s got a temperature, the girl&rsq
  
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• Sha'Carri Richardson: Sprinter 'in no rush' to break world record

  23-06-2021 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Vogue magazine has dubbed her the "Flo-Jo of our time", but Sha'Carri Richardson says she's in "no rush" to break Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100m world record.
  
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• Matthew Hudson-Smith on teenage kicks, mid-career crises and Tokyo dreams

  23-06-2021 07:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British 400m star Matthew Hudson-Smith on keeping it real and realising dreams in the run-up to the British Championships.
  
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• Sergey Shubenkov: Russia hurdler escapes doping ban in 'genuinely exceptional' case

  22-06-2021 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's Sergey Shubenkov escapes a doping ban after it was found he unintentionally ingested a diuretic prescribed to his three-month-old son.
  
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• Tokyo 2020: World 800m champion Donavan Brazier fails to qualify at US Olympic trials

  22-06-2021 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World 800m champion Donavan Brazier fails to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after finishing last at the make-or-break US trials.
  
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• Tokyo 2020: Allyson Felix qualifies for fifth Olympics at US trials

  21-06-2021 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allyson Felix qualifies for her fifth Olympic Games - and her first as a mother.
  
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• Usain Bolt welcomes newborn twin sons Thunder and Saint Leo

  21-06-2021 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Olympic champion and his girlfriend Kasi Bennett announced the births on Instagram.
  
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• Wayde van Niekerk & Sha'Carri Richardson qualify for Olympics, Caster Semenya misses out

  20-06-2021 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wayde van Niekerk qualifies to defend his men's Olympic 400m title in Tokyo but compatriot Caster Semenya again fails in a bid to secure a place in the women's 5,000m.
  
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• Indian athletics star Milkha Singh dies after catching Covid, aged 91

  19-06-2021 11:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Narendra Modi leads tributes to ‘Flying Sikh’, who won India’s first Commonwealth gold in 1958Milkha Singh, one of India’s first sport superstars, has died of Covid-related complications. He was 91.Singh, who was popularly known as the Flying Sikh, died late on Friday in a hospital in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, his family said. Continue reading...
  
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• Ryan Crouser breaks men's shot put world record at US Olympic trials

  19-06-2021 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American Ryan Crouser breaks the men's shot put world record after a 23.37m throw at the United States Olympic track and field trials.
  
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• Shelby Houlihan will not compete at US Olympic trials after failed injunction bid

  18-06-2021 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shelby Houlihan says she will not compete at the US Olympic trials after failing in a bid to obtain an injunction against her four-year doping ban.
  
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• Luvo Manyonga: Olympic long jump silver medallist given four-year doping violation ban

  18-06-2021 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic long jump silver medallist Luvo Manyonga has been banned for four years after failing to meet whereabouts criteria three times in 12 months.
  
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• ‘In my head I don’t have rivals’: Noah Lyles’ quest to take Usain Bolt’s crown

  18-06-2021 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The 23-year-old is set to be one of the stars of the Olympics, where he will showcase his charisma, fashion sense and blistering speedNoah Lyles has already run the Olympic 100 metres final in Tokyo.A hundred times. In his head. Related: Sha’Carri Richardson may be the most exciting sprint star since Usain Bolt Recently I decided to get on antidepressant medication. That was one of the best decisions I have made in a while. Since then I have been able to think with out the dark undertone i
  
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• Sydney McLaughlin on chasing Dalilah Muhammad, Edwin Moses and perfection in Tokyo

  18-06-2021 08:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sydney McLaughlin is the future of athletics. That's what they say. And the numbers agree.
  
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• Moves afoot to stop banned Shelby Houlihan running in US Olympic trials

  18-06-2021 00:17 via theguardian.com
  
  • Ruling to allow 1500m athlete to compete sparks anger•USA Track and Field under pressure to reverse decisionUrgent moves are under way to prevent the American 1500m star Shelby Houlihan running in the US Olympic trials this weekend after she was given permission to compete despite a four-year doping ban.Multiple sources have told the Guardian that pressure is growing on USA Track and Field (Ustaf) to reverse its decision. Those sources expect sense to prevail and that Houlihan &ndash
  
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• Banned Shelby Houlihan set to be cut from US Olympic trials after u-turn

  18-06-2021 00:17 via theguardian.com
  
  US Olympic chiefs appear to confirm 1500m runner cannot raceHoulihan is appealing a drugs ban she blames on a pork burritoThe American middle distance star Shelby Houlihan, who blames a contaminated burrito for a failed drugs test, is highly unlikely to run in the US Olympic trials this weekend despite initially being given permission to compete despite a four-year doping ban.As first revealed by the Guardian on Thursday, USA Track and Field has faced intense pressure from multiple sports and an
  
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• Shelby Houlihan to compete in US Olympic trial despite four-year doping ban

  17-06-2021 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan will be allowed to compete at the US Olympic trials despite her four-year doping ban.
  
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• Cumbria's Wainwrights record broken by runner Sabrina Verjee

  17-06-2021 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vet Sabrina Verjee, 40, said the 214-peak course in Cumbria had become "an obsession" for her.
  
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• Tokyo Olympics: athletes could be deported if they break strict Covid rules

  15-06-2021 17:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Guidance insists on no talking at dinner and daily testsGB athletes could face six-day Delta variant quarantineAthletes at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics must eat alone, be tested daily, and refrain from talking in confined spaces such as elevators under tough and joyless new Covid rules announced by organisers on Tuesday.The 11,000 competitors at the Games, along with support staff and media, have also been told they cannot speak to a driver in an official vehicle – and will face the
  
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• Shelby Houlihan: American middle distance runner blames burrito for positive test

  15-06-2021 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shelby Houlihan says she has been banned for four years after testing positive for a prohibited substance - which she blames on a burrito.
  
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• US Olympic 1500m contender Houlihan banned four years despite burrito excuse

  15-06-2021 12:18 via theguardian.com
  
  28-year-old says positive test was due to contaminated burritoAthlete was expected to be medal contender at Tokyo OlympicsThe US 1500m and 5,000m record holder Shelby Houlihan has been banned for four years for doping after her claim that she ate a contaminated pork burrito 10 hours before a positive test for nandrolone was rejected.In a statement Houlihan, who ran 3min 54.99sec over 1500m to finish fourth at the 2019 world championships and was considered a leading Olympic medal contender, clai
  
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• US Olympic 1500m contender Houlihan banned for four years despite burrito excuse

  15-06-2021 12:18 via theguardian.com
  
  28-year-old says positive test was due to contaminated burritoAthlete was expected to be medal contender at Tokyo OlympicsThe US 1500m and 5,000m record holder Shelby Houlihan has been banned for four years for doping after her claim that she ate a contaminated pork burrito 10 hours before a positive test for nandrolone was rejected.In a statement Houlihan, who ran 3min 54.99sec over 1500m to finish fourth at the 2019 world championships and was considered a leading Olympic medal contender, clai
  
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• Mo Farah: Olympic 10,000m champion will attempt to qualify for Tokyo at British Championships

  14-06-2021 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two-time Olympic 10,000m champion Mo Farah will attempt to qualify for the Tokyo Games at the British Athletics Championships on 25 June.
  
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• Mo Farah given lifeline for Tokyo Olympics after special race added

  14-06-2021 11:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Hastily arranged 10,000m set for Manchester on 25 JuneFarah missed qualifying time at UK trials last weekMo Farah has been given a last-ditch chance to reach the Tokyo Olympics in a hastily arranged invitational 10,000m race at the British Athletics’ Championships in Manchester on 25 June.Farah, who won 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, struggled desperately at the UK trials in Birmingham last week where he finished more than 22 seconds outside the qualifying t
  
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• Parkrun: Free weekly 5k events set to return in over 500 locations on 26 June

  11-06-2021 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parkrun events set to return in over 500 locations on 26 June after gaining approval from a large number of local authorities.
  
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• Parkrun events to return in England at end of June after late approvals

  11-06-2021 12:45 via theguardian.com
  
  News represents significant victory for organisersPlan will hinge on government easing lockdownParkrun organisers will announce on Friday afternoon that it can return on 26 June in England following a huge rush of late approvals over the past 24 hours, the Guardian can reveal. The news will delight the 300,000 regular participants in the free 5km-timed event, and marks a significant victory for organisers who had feared an impasse that would take months to settle.As of Friday morning, parkrun no
  
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• Running Against the Wind review – brothers fight for their future in Ethiopian sports drama

  11-06-2021 10:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Story of two young men from rural Ethiopia dreaming of new lives is engaging at times – and boasts a cameo by Haile GebrselassieOpening with the impressionistic image of a young man sprinting across the desert, his figure blurred by the sandy blast of a dust devil, Jan Philipp Weyl’s film ruminates on life’s unexpected whirlwinds that can either uplift one’s hopes or blow them to pieces.Abdi (Ashenafi Nigusu) and Solomon (Mikias Wolde) are childhood friends who grow up in
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith continues winning streak with dominant Florence victory

  11-06-2021 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sprinter races home in 22.06sec for second Diamond League winLaura Muir runs second-best 1500m of career to finish thirdFirst Dina Asher-Smith sent an ominous warning to her Olympic rivals on the track by sauntering to the third-quickest 200m time of her career. Then she did it again with six well-chosen words and a smile: “I definitely have more in me.”The 25-year-old’s time of 22.06sec in Florence broke a meeting record that had been held for 22 years by Marion Jones. And, fo
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith wins again in 200m Diamond League in Florence

  10-06-2021 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith wins the 200m in a season's-best time of 22.06 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Florence.
  
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• Diamond League Florence: Sifan Hassan beats Laura Muir & Faith Kipyegon to 1500m title

  10-06-2021 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dutch runner Sifan Hassan beats Great Britain's Laura Muir and Kenya's Faith Kipyegon to the 1500m title at the Diamond League meeting in Florence, just four days after breaking the 10,000m world record.
  
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• Diamond League Florence: 'She'll be delighted with that' - Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m in season-best time

  10-06-2021 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch as Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith races to 200m victory in a season's best time of 22:06 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Florence.
  
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• Josh Kerr eyes Olympic medal after beating Sebastian Coe's 37-year US all-comers 1500m record

  10-06-2021 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Josh Kerr targets an Olympic medal after recording the best-ever 1500m time on United States soil to beat a Sebastian Coe record lasting 37 years.
  
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• Anita Neil: Britain’s first Black female Olympian – who was forced to quit in her prime

  10-06-2021 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  She broke world records and competed in two Olympics before being forced into retirement at 23 and forgotten. Now her achievements are finally being recognised
  Anita Neil was just a toddler when she discovered two things: who her father was, and that she could run fast. Really fast. “I was introduced to my father when I was three,” Neil tells me over Zoom from her home in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. “He knocked on the door and I ran to it with my mum, and I saw this tall,
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith says Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.63 100m 'amazing' for athletics

  09-06-2021 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dina Asher-Smith says Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's 10.63-second 100m run on Saturday was "amazing" for athletics.
  
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• Tokyo 2020: Olympics athletes to be monitored by GPS

  09-06-2021 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Athletes at this summer's Olympics will be subject to GPS monitoring, says Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief Toshiro Muto.
  
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• Parkrun 'fearful for future' as it writes to PM Boris Johnson asking for support

  09-06-2021 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parkrun writes to Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning a further delay to its return is now "likely" and that it is now "fearful for our future."
  
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• Letesenbet Gidey breaks two-day-old 10,000m world record in super spikes

  08-06-2021 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Ethiopian eclipses Sifan Hassan on same Hengelo trackGidey now holds 5,000m and 10,000m world recordsThe extraordinary spate of athletics world records in the super spikes era continued on Tuesday as Letesenbet Gidey smashed the two-day-old women’s 10,000m best, set by Sifan Hassan on Sunday, by more than five seconds.It was the latest in a long line of staggering performances in the game-changing technology, which is reckoned to improve performance by between half a second and a second a
  
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• Letesenbet Gidey: Ethiopian breaks two-day-old women's 10,000m world record

  08-06-2021 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey breaks the women's 10,000m world record by more than five seconds - just two days after it had previously been smashed.
  
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• Suffolk Backyard Ultra: Runner completes 337 miles in 81 hours straight

  08-06-2021 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Stocker won the race having not taken a prolonged break since the event started on Saturday.
  
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• Tokyo Olympics: Eilish McColgan targets mother Liz's 'last PB' in Tokyo

  08-06-2021 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eilish McColgan hopes to surpass her mother's Scottish record over 10,000m after reaching a third Olympics.
  
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• Mo Farah: Olympic star still hopes to make Tokyo Games

  08-06-2021 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah missed a chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics at the weekend. He spoke to Ricky and told us he still hopes he'll make it to the Games, and talked about his gold medal winning history in athletics.
  
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• World Athletics allows 35 more Russians to compete as neutral athletes

  07-06-2021 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World Athletics will allow a further 35 Russians to compete as neutral athletes in international events in 2021, bringing the total to 62.
  
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• Prolonged impasse feared as parkrun in England faces further delay

  07-06-2021 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Many councils refusing to permit eventsOrganisers fear ‘impasse that could drag on’It is the news that more than 200,000 weekly devotees of parkrun across England have been dreading: its return is almost certain to be delayed again despite three-quarters of events now having approval to restart.The major stumbling block, the Guardian can reveal, is the low number of permissions from councils in several major cities. While 427 out of 564 events now have permission to resume, barely ha
  
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• Running Against the Wind review – lure of athletics proves strong in Ethiopian drama

  07-06-2021 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Story of two young men from rural Ethiopia dreaming of new lives is engaging at times – and boasts a cameo by Haile GebrselassieOpening with the impressionistic image of a young man sprinting across the desert, his figure blurred by the sandy blast of a dust devil, Jan Philipp Weyl’s film ruminates on life’s unexpected whirlwinds that can either uplift one’s hopes or blow them to pieces.Abdi (Ashenafi Nigusu) and Solomon (Mikias Wolde) are childhood friends who grow up in
  
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