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    I became the world’s fastest man with help from Usain Bolt but I once sprinted away from a GUNMAN and want to be a pilot

    ZHARNEL HUGHES has become the world’s fastest man in 2023 after receiving help from Usain Bolt.And he once had to use his pace to race away from a gunman but now wants to be a pilot.
    Zharnel Hughes is hoping to land gold at the World ChampionshipsCredit: Reuters
    Jamaican legend Usain Bolt is a regular at the training base of Britain’s fastest-ever man Zharnel HughesCredit: AFP
    The 27-year-old completed the 100m in 9.83 seconds this year, smashing Olympic legend Linford Christie’s over 30-year record, making him Britain’s quickest ever sprinter.  
    That time was also the best so far in 2023 and now Hughes harbours the hopes of Great Britain on his shoulders as he heads into the World Championships in Budapest.
    Despite still yet to equal Bolt’s world record 9.58s from 2009, he trains under iconic coach Glen Mills, who guided the Jamaican to his eight Olympic gold medals.
    Bolt, despite being retired, remains a regular at the facility and Hughes is over the moon to be at close quarters with the superstar.
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    He told the Telegraph: “Usain is somebody I always looked up to. Every time we see each other in the gym, because he goes to the same gym as I, we always fist bump and ask each other how we are doing.
    “It’s just a great privilege to be in the same company that he once was.”
    However, while in Bolt’s homeland of Jamaica, Hughes also suffered a near-death experience in 2018 with an armed robber while in the car park of the training base.
    Hughes said: “I was at the trunk of my car putting on my sneakers and I saw this shadow in front of me. Then this guy is asking me for my phone and wallet.
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    “I was thinking, ‘What?’ and then I see his gun. So then it is, like, ‘OK, is this actually happening to me?’
    “It was one of those panic situations. The gun is pointing at my stomach and my face and then I just got the smallest window because, I don’t know, he was looking away for a second. I took my chance.
    “I just jumped down and hid under a car. Then someone else, a licensed firearm holder, came and fired back at him.
    “Shots were being exchanged and the guy starts running away and firing wild shots all over the place. Other athletes were jumping down.
    “When it was over, I got out and saw they were lying in the gravel, under the benches. There was a girl who uses the track and she was having an asthma attack.
    “I went to my car and I was sitting there, thinking, ‘What was that?’ It was all just a few seconds but, wow.”
    Hughes was amazingly back on the track within half an hour of that terrifying ordeal, showing his undying passion for the sport, but he also has another career goal that he would like to take off in the future.
    He uses a flight simulator to practice flying aircraft in his spare time and one day he would like to become a pilot.
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    Hughes added: “That’s what keeps me happy, that’s what keeps me relaxed.
    “I would love to fly on a Gulfstream 650. That’s a beautiful aircraft.”
    He broke the over 30-year British record set by Linford ChristieCredit: AFP More

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    Ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn shows off serious underboob in eye-popping bikini snap as fans praise ‘amazing figure’

    APOLLONIA Llewellyn is continuing to enjoy her travels.The busty ring girl, 23, is now in New York after enjoying breaks in Miami and Santorini, Greece.
    Apollonia Llewellyn shows off serious underboob in her latest Instagram postCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    Gorgeous Apollonia is currently in New YorkCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    And the blonde beauty wasted no time in acclimatising to her new surroundings by sharing a sexy snap to her Instagram followers.
    The social media queen showed off some serious underboob in her latest snap wearing an eye-popping bikini.
    She captioned the glam image: “Im back in the big 🍎”.
    Her scores of fans didn’t waste any time in praising Apollonia for the photo.
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    One simply said: “Amazing figure.”
    A second wrote: “Beautiful”.
    A third posted: “Wow stunning.”
    While a fourth added: “Gorgeous.”
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    The Misfits star, 23, has made quite the name for herself on social media – sharing sexy images to her 566,000 followers.
    Recently, a post of Apollonia’s on Insta left nothing to the imagination and caused quite the stir.
    Rocking a barely-there Pretty Little Thing bikini, Apollonia showed off her amazing figure once more.
    She captioned the snap, making sure she tagged in the fashion giants: “Sit & rest @prettylittlething AD”.
    Apollonia has continued to travel and enjoy the summer holidays this year.
    Just a day before, she shared images bronzing her sculpted figure in Santorini.
    Busty Misfits ring girl Apollonia wore a barely-there bikini in MiamiCredit: Instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    Apollonia also enjoyed a break in SantoriniCredit: Instagram / @apolloniallewellyn
    She shared photos of her lying down next to a swimming pool in an orange bikini with her bum on show.
    And her fans flocked to the comment section to hail her.
    One fan gushed: “Nice view!!!!”
    A second commented: “Beauty ❤️.”
    Apollonia has not just built herself an impressive following on Instagram, but also on TikTok.
    Apollonia has made her name on Instagram and boasts almost 700,000 followersCredit: Instagram
    Apollonia made her name as a ring girl for Misfits back in JanuaryCredit: Instagram
    The Leeds lass boasts a further 696,000 followers on the video app where she regularly updates her fans with her lavish lifestyle.
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    She rose to fame as a ring girl on the Misfits fight card at Wembley back in January.
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    Iron-pumping Daryll Neita plans to ‘Shock Da World’ as she chases major first at World Athletics Championship

    IRON-PUMPING Daryll Neita plans to ‘Shock Da World’ as she chases a first individual global medal.Sprinter Neita is one of SunSport’s seven SEINE-sational stars that we are following on the road to the Paris 2024 Olympics.
    Daryll Neita set a deadlift PB ahead of the World Athletics ChampionshipCredit: Reuters
    The Londoner has geared up for the Budapest Worlds with a deadlift of 90kg – her heaviest ever weights – in a gym in the Canary Islands.
    And the tune Shock Da World by American rapper Rod Wave was blasting into her eardrums via her AirPods.
    Neita, who runs in 100m heats at 11.10am, posted a video of her clean lift on Instagram and she high-fived teammates when it was done.
    The 26-year-old, whose 100m PB is 10.90 seconds, said: “I’ve been attempting that weight since January.
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    “We went to a recent warm-weather camp in Tenerife for 3-4 weeks.
    “I’ve attempted it a couple of times this season as well and just couldn’t lift it.
    “I put my headphones in, put my favourite song on, and I just said: ‘This is go time, I’m heading to these world champs in PB form. Let me start with PBs in this gym.’
    “I just picked up the bar, lifted it and it just flew up.
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    “In the video, you can see my reaction, it just meant so much. I screamed because I’ve been attempting that weight for so long.
    “It just meant so much that I found the strength. I said to my coach, from that moment in the gym, I just feel so switched on now going into the worlds.
    “I’ve been in a completely different zone after lifting that. It has just given me a lot of confidence as well to know I’m actually in PB form on and off the track.
    “So, yeah, I’m heading into the championships very confident and knowing that I’m in my best ever form physically.” More

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    Carl Froch slams ‘unprofessional’ Anthony Joshua for drinking Conor McGregor’s pint as it ‘could’ve been contaminated’

    ANTHONY JOSHUA has been slammed for indulging in Conor McGregor’s Forged Stout after sending Robert Helenius into oblivion.The Watford warrior breathed new life into his career with a brutal seventh-round knockout of the Nordic Nightmare at the O2 last weekend.
    Anthony Joshua scored a huge seventh-round KO of Robert Helenius last weekendCredit: GETTY
    AJ is given some Forged Stout by UFC superstar Conor McGregor seconds after the KOCredit: DAZN
    Carl Froch has slammed AJ for sipping the potentially ‘contaminated’ drinkCredit: GETTY
    A jubilant McGregor was ringside for the fight and jumped in the squared circle moments after the KO to plough AJ with a cup of his fermented beer.
    Joshua, 33, took an uncomfortable sip of the dark stout as McGregor presented it to his lips – a decision former unified super-middleweight champion Carl Froch believes was stupid.
    The Cobra said on his Fighting with Froch podcast: “His nose was p***ing with blood, his mouth was all bleeding.
    “As we saw when he jumped out of the ring and had a slurp on that nasty Irish stout that Conor McGregor shoved in his face.
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    “And all blood and snot and sweat went inside that pint.
    “How unprofessional’s that? AJ jumps out the ring, bit disrespectful as well – Helenius is receiving medical attention and he jumps out the ring.
    “Okay, fair play – go and see your dad, go and see your family.
    “You’ve just won a fight, you were a bit nervous and there’s a lot of pressure on you – okay, fine.
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    Anthony Joshua is on course for a 2024 showdown withCredit: PA
    “But don’t go over to Conor McGregor who’s trying to steal the show, making what’s probably a really expensive suit look really cheap because he just looks like a scruffy b****rd.
    “Standing around at ringside, shouting and talking b***cks, trying to be centre of attention, shoves that nasty Irish stout in AJ’s face.
    “He shouldn’t have drunk that stout because that stout could’ve been contaminated, you’ve gotta do a post-fight drugs test.
    “Very unprofessional from Anthony Joshua.”
    Froch believes AJ should’ve followed Brit rival Tyson Fury, who famously refused to drink bottles of water offered to him by strangers after his 2015 win over Wladimir Klitschko and his 2020 rematch with Deontay Wilder.
    Victory over Helenius was Joshua’s second successive triumph since his back-to-back defeats to former pound-for-pound king Oleksandr Usyk.
    He’s set to return to action early next year for a long-overdue grudge match with former WBC heavyweight champion Wilder. More

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    Terence Crawford accepts Canelo’s demands for mega fight and insists he ‘doesn’t care about weight’

    TERENCE CRAWFORD has accepted Canelo Alvarez’s demands for their potential mega fight.The undisputed welterweight world champion has also insisted that he “doesn’t care about weight” as he eyes more glory.
    Terence Crawford has accepted Canelo Alvarez’s demandsCredit: Getty
    Canelo defends his undisputed super middleweight belts against Jermell CharloCredit: AP
    Crawford became the undisputed champion in a second division last month by stopping Errol Spence Jr. in the ninth round of their bout.
    Now 40-0, the 35-year-old is looking to repeat the feat in a third division.
    In order to do so, he is open to fighting the winner of Canelo’s fight against Jermell Charlo on September 30.
    The pair are facing off in Las Vegas for Canelo’s super middleweight titles.
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    Charlo is set to be stripped of his super welterweight belts once the fight starts.
    With that in mind, Crawford is now open to jumping up to 168lbs to fight the winner.
    “So now I need to shift gears, because I know I wanted to fight Jermell, but if he loses to Canelo…” he told Joe Rogan.
    “I always said man, that’s a big step, but for a person to go up three weight classes from 147 to 168, and to win and become undisputed, wow.
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    “What can they say? They can’t say nothing right now, but what can they say?
    “Three-time undisputed champion and the smaller fighter that went up three weight divisions to conquer one of the baddest men that’s been doing it for probably longer than me.”
    Bud has also backed himself for success at the higher weight class, adding: “I would definitely have to gain weight.
    “I just believe in my abilities. Canelo’s not a big guy, he’s five-eight. He’s muscular, but as far as height, nah. That wouldn’t be nothing that… We’d have to see.

    “I think it could happen. To be honest, I think that’s the biggest fight in boxing if he beats Charlo.
    “I’m ready now. People think it’s all about weight, but I think it’s skill. I’ve got the power to make anybody respect me, I don’t care what your weight is.”
    Despite Crawford teasing a mega fight against Canelo, Spence Jr. is keen on a rematch.
    He revealed after his loss to Crawford that he plans to activate his rematch clause in time for them to fight again in December.
    Crawford stopped Errol Spence Jr. to become undisputed champion in a second divisionCredit: Getty More

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    BBC presenter Jessica Ennis-Hill hailed as ‘amazing’ as Team GB legend stuns on World Athletics Championship coverage

    FANS have been praising Jessica Ennis-Hill as she presented the World Athletics Championship coverage on the BBC. The Team GB legend was helping to present the coverage of the Championships at which she became a three time Heptathlon gold medallist.
    Jessica Ennis-Hill stunned as she presented the World Athletics Championships on the BBCCredit: BBC
    She is a Team GB legend after her gold medal at the London 2012 OlympicsCredit: EPA
    Jessica, who was previously named Britain’s most inspirational sportswoman, won gold at the 2009 Berlin, 2011 Daegu and 2015 Beijing World Championships.
    But it’s no longer her impressive athletics record that people are being wowed by and rather her new found role in presenting.
    One fan took to social media to say: “Jessica Ennis-Hill looking amazing this morning.”
    Another added: “The BBC’s team of commentators is again very good: Michael Johnson, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Denise Lewis”
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    Whilst a third joked about what a pleasure it’d be to work with Jessica and Denise.
    They posted: “Michael Johnson spending nine days sat between Denise Lewis and Jessica Ennis-Hill. Hard life.”
    Fans were impressed by Jessica’s outfit as she sported a pale pink blouse and a pair of white trousers.
    The World Athletics Championships are currently being held in Budapest and run from the 19-27 August.
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    Jessica Ennis-Hill is best known for her incredible Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
    She also achieved a silver medal in the same event four years later during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
    Jessica Ennis-Hill recently attended Royal AscotCredit: Getty
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    ‘He would get flattened’ – Boxing legend says Anthony Joshua would have stood no chance with heavyweights of the 90s

    CARL FROCH believes Anthony Joshua “would get flattened” by the heavyweights of the 90s.The boxing legend has given a damning assessment of the former world champion.
    Anthony Joshua ‘would get flattened’ by 90s heavyweights according to Carl FrochCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
    Froch has slammed Joshua after his win over Robert HeleniusCredit: talkSPORT
    Joshua moved to 26-3 by beating Robert Helenius via seventh round knockout last Saturday.
    His victory, the first by KO in three years, has set up a super-fight against Deontay Wilder, which is being eyed for January in Saudi Arabia.
    Although Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn believes he can “comfortably” outbox the American, Froch is less convinced by AJ’s abilities in the ring.
    “When you see how ‘AJ’ lost to Andy Ruiz and then the back to back defeats to Oleksandr Usyk,” he told talkSPORT.
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    “I just think the way in which he lost those fights, would you put him in there with an Evander Holyfield? Or Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis?
    “I feel like the workmate and the ability to take punches was better back then. I don’t think that AJ belongs in that era of the 80s or 90s.
    “I don’t think you would be able to say that he belongs in that era, based on the losses. He’d be in there and letting shots go, but he’d be getting flattened.”
    Joshua’s win over Helenius came after the Finn had taken the bout on short notice.
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    Original opponent Dillian Whyte was ruled out after failing a drugs test less than two weeks before the fight.
    Despite Froch’s comments, Wilder is open to facing Joshua according to his coach Malik Scott.
    The former WBC heavyweight champion has also fought Helenius, knocking him out in the first round last October.
    Joshua is confident ahead of the potential match-up, though, and has even broken down how he will beat Wilder.
    Joshua scored a seventh round knockout against Helenius last weekendCredit: Getty More

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    Apollonia Llewellyn shows off bum in stunning bikini snap in Greece as fans gush ‘don’t change anything, that’s perfect’

    APOLLONIA LLEWELLYN has been hailed as “perfect” by her fans after showing off her bum while poolside.The ring girl was soaking up the sun as she lay by the pool while in Santorini, Greece.
    Apollonia Llewellyn has wowed fans with her recent snapsCredit: instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    They include this one by the poolCredit: instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    The ring girl is on holiday in SantoriniCredit: Instagram / @apolloniallewellyn
    Apollonia, 23, has been keeping her fans up to date with her trip on the Greek Island through posts on social media.
    She has now wowed them with her latest snaps as she posted two more on to her Instagram account.
    Both photos show her lying down next to a swimming pool in an orange bikini with her bum on show.
    And her fans flocked to the comment section to hail her.
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    One fan gushed: “Nice view!!!!”
    A second commented: “Beauty ❤️.”
    A third wrote: “Don’t change anything, that’s perfect.”
    A fourth said: “Beautiful.”
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    She has built up a big following on social mediaCredit: Instagram / @apolloniallewellyn
    She has almost 700k followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram / @apolloniallewellyn
    Apollonia rose to fame as a ring girlCredit: instagram @apolloniallewellyn
    While a fifth added: “Beautiful and beautiful body.”
    Apollonia has not just built herself an impressive following on Instagram, but also on TikTok.
    The Leeds lass boasts a further 696,000 followers on the video app where she regularly updates her fans with her lavish lifestyle.
    She rose to fame as a ring girl on the Misfits fight card at Wembley back in January.
    She has been hailed as ‘perfect’ by fansCredit: Instagram
    The boxing event featured huge social media names such as KSI and Elle Brooke.
    Apollonia has already put on a busty display during her trip to Santorini as she tucked into breakfast.
    She spilled out of a skimpy bikini to the delight of her fans on a sunny morning on the island.
    Another recent upload saw one fan hail Apollonia as “gorgeous from head to toe” as she posed in a different white dress.
    The stunning blonde also debuted a new curly hair do in one post, which saw her show off her physique in a yellow bikini. More