MO FARAH - HIS BREAKTHROUGH YEARS (August 2012) There is little doubt Mo Farah's crowning achievement was in winning the Olympic 5 and 10K in the Olympic Stadium in London on August 2012 (5000 in 13...
WILLIAM SHARMAN (August 2012) (Born 12th of September 1984 in Lagos) William Sharman grew up in Corby, Northamptonshire. He has a brother and sister. Even though, likable Will Sharman has made his...
DWAIN CHAMBERS (August 2012) (Also some comments by my 'Great' friend the late Peter Hildreth. Peter wrote a separate Chapter 15 to add to the to Dwain Chambers autobiography 'My story' -Race Against...
CHRIS TOMLINSON (July 2012) CHRIS TOMLINSON (Born 15/9/81 Middlesbrough.He first competed for Middlesbrough AC, formerly Mandale Harriers and Middlesbrough AC) before coming South and competing for...
ARIES MERRITT (July 2012) ARIES MERRITT (Born Marietta, Georgia on the 24th of July 1985) really came into being one of the World's best high hurdlers in 2012, with his win in the World Indoor...
TYSON GAY in London (July 2012) Tyson Gay (Born August 9, 1982 and currently lives in Florida) In the Summer months of 2012 he defeated 'World Class Sprinters' in his build up to Olympic Games in...
CHRISTIAN TAYLOR TRIPLE JUMP WORLD CHAMPION 2011 (JULY 2012) Christian Taylor (Born 18th of June, 1990 at Fayetteville, Georgia. His parents were Barbadian) He was educated at Sandy Creek High School...
DON TAYLOR (1936 TO 2012) DON TAYLOR (Born 1-9-36 to 5-7-2012 when he died) was the first UK runner to get inside 29 minutes for 10,000m and, I will always remember Don as an enthusiastic helper to...
THE MAN WHO CHANGED 10,000m RUNNING HISTORY (JULY 2012) The man who changed the face of major Championships 10,000m running history was Juha Vaatainen, the double European Champion of 1971. It was...
THE LAST TWO BRITISH OLYMPIC WALK MEDALLISTS (July 2012) Quite a few Race Walking enthusiasts will remember 'The Mighty Mouse' Some Italians thought of him when he was competing in the Rome Olympics...
JIM RYUN with MARTY LIQUORI and JOHN WHETTON (JUNE 2012) JIM RYUN came to London in 1967, already a World Record holder for the 880yards (1:44.9) in 1966; 1500 (3:33.1) in 1967 and Mile (3:51.1) in...
TWO OF THE GREATEST OLYMPIC THROWERS - JANIS LUSIS and AL OERTER (JUNE 2012) JANIS LUSIS Born, 19th of May, 1939 in Jelgava Latvia but competed for USSR in the Javelin. His wife Elvira Ozolina was the...
BASIL HEATLEY THE GREAT ROAD/CC/TRACK RUNNER (MAY 2012) Basil Heatley's athletic success has been almost forgotten by many people but few British distance men could claim the type of success that he...
BASIL HEATLEY THE GREAT ROAD/CC/TRACK RUNNER (MAY 2012) Basil Heatley's athletic success has been almost forgotten by many people but few British distance men could claim the type of success that he...
RON RODDAN COACH TO A 1992 OLYMPIC CHAMPION (MAY 2012) Ron Roddan of Thames Valley Harriers is one of the most respected sprint coaches in the World, despite not being a person, specially selected as...
BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI STEEPLECHASER '1960's to 81' (MAY 2012) Bronislaw Malinowski was born on June 4th 1951 at Nowe in Poland but tragically died in a car accident in Grudziadz, at the age of 30, the...
GASTON ROELANTS 'THE STEEPLECHASER OF THE 1960s' (APRIL 2012) Gaston, Baron Roelants was Born 5th of February 1937 at Opvelp, Belgium. I would like to say right away he was the first man 'Ever' to run...
JOHN DISLEY THE UK'S OUSTANDING STEEPLECHASER OF THE 1950'S JOHN DISLEY CBE (Born 20th of November 1928 at Corris, Gwynedd, Wales. Went to Oswestry High School) His first sporting love was...
THE 46th VICTORIA PARK '5' (April 2012) TEWODROS SHIFERAW of Ethiopia, followed up his win of 2006 (23.42) in the annual prestigious race promoted by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC when he ran an...
THE 46th VICTORIA PARK '5' (April 2012) TEWODROS SHIFERAW of Ethiopia, followed up his win of 2006 (23.42) in the annual prestigious race promoted by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC when he ran an...
THE 46th VICTORIA PARK '5' (April 2012) TEWODROS SHIFERAW of Ethiopia, followed up his win of 2006 (23.42) in the annual prestigious race promoted by Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets AC when he ran an...
SIX OUTSTANDING OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS- 800m to 10000m (APRIL 2012) (1) BILL CROTHERS (William Fredrick Crothers, Born 24th of December, 1964 at Markham, Ontario where he was a pharmacist for many years)...
EIGHT AFRICAN OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS (March 2012) (1) First of all I will show you an old interview I did many years ago with the FIRST really outstanding African middle distance runner, Olympic Champion...
McCain UK Inter Counties [heading] UK Challenge 2012 - part 3 GOOD PERFORMANCES IN THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS in the Inter-Counties and the McCain Challenge event, at Crofton Park on the 10th of March...
McCain UK Inter Counties [heading] UK Challenge 2012 - part 2 Gemma Steel was not only the winner of he Inter-Counties Senior Women's race at Crofton Park on the 10th of March but the top scorer for...