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A SPORT dying before our eyes in the desert, with too many influential figures burying their heads in the sand. A huge potential global audience switching off, unable to believe anything they see, because the athletics establishment has been too eager to look the other way on doping. It was already a disastrous time for […] More
HEARTBROKEN Adam Gemili apologised for letting a world medal slip through his fingers, saying: I ran like an amateur. But the Londoner has vowed to stand on the 200m podium at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics next summer. Team GB’s Adam Gemili issued an apology after letting a medal slip through his grasp in DohaCredit: Reuters […] More
SIR Mo Farah’s former coach Alberto Salazar was yesterday banned from athletics for four years for doping offences. Salazar, 61, who oversaw the British athlete’s most successful period on the track, trafficked banned testosterone, an investigation found – and has now been sent home from the World Athletics Championships in Qatar in disgrace. Sir Mo […] More
Dina Asher-Smith has revealed she gave up SWEETS for weeks to ensure she was in the best shape for the IAAF World Athletics Championships. The Londoner raced into the record books on Sunday night in Doha as she won 100m silver for Britain in a national record time of 10.83 seconds. British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith […] More
THE ATHLETES really deserve better than this. Dina Asher-Smith, on the biggest night of her life, when she runs the quickest time ever by a British woman, deserves so much more. British star Dina Asher-Smith won the silver medal in the 100m event on Sunday nightCredit: Alamy Live News And the IAAF should hang its […] More
DENISE LEWIS has slammed the IAAF for their decision to bring the World Athletics Championships to Doha following poor ticket sales. The 40,000-seater Khalifa International Stadium has been barely a third full during the three nights of athletics action. Lewis has slammed the IAAF for bringing the World Championships to Doha Even though cooling technology […] More
DINA ASHER-SMITH wins silver in Doha. The 23-year-old grabbed the first medal for Team GB in Doha – and got a new British record – in the women’s 100m sprint. Dina came second as Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed to gold. Holly Bradshaw came agonisingly close to a medal in the pole vault as she finished […] More
FROM BOX carrier to Box Office, Dina Asher-Smith last night arrived on the world stage. Seven years ago at the London 2012 Olympics, she was a promising junior runner and involved in carrying kit out for the stars of Super Saturday. Dina Asher-Smith starred int he showpiece event in DohaCredit: PA:Press Association The rising star […] More
