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      Mo Farah came SECOND in a school dads’ running race – to a man wearing jeans, reveals Olympic hero’s wife Tania

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      OLYMPICS hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed he came second in a  school dads’ running race — to a man wearing jeans.The four-time gold medal winner was beaten by a fellow parent in a 100 metres sprint.
      Olympics hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed he came second in a  school dads’ running race — to a man wearing jeans (how the race might have looked)
      Sir Mo Farah has admitted he ‘can’t sprint’Credit: PA
      Mo, 39, lost out even though he was wearing his trusty spiked running shoes.
      Team GB’s greatest ever long-distance athlete has admitted he “can’t sprint”.
      Sir Mo has four childen with wife Tania and a home in  South West London.
      Tania told the Performance People podcast: “Mo took part in the parents’ race at sports day and came second, and the guy that won it was wearing jeans.
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      “The dad that won dined out on it for an entire school year.
      “Mo’s not a sprinter, that’s what it is, the parents’ race is always 100 metres.
      “People just assume Mo can run fast, but his running fast is sustained running over many laps.”
      He added: “I was like ‘oh no,’ and I had my spikes on, I thought ‘I’m ready for this.’
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      “He was tagging me as well saying ‘have some of that.’ I can’t sprint.”
      Sir Mo won gold in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games. More

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      Sprinter, 22, rushed to hospital in neck brace after sickening fall leaves him lying motionless on track in scary scenes

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      AN UNFORTUNATE hurdler was rushed to hospital in a neck brace after suffering a sickening fall during a race. Enrique Llopis, a medal hopeful in the Men’s 60m Hurdles final at the European Indoor Championships, was left motionless on the ground after his fall.
      Enrique Llopis falls on the final hurdle in the Mens 60m Hurdles FinalCredit: Getty
      Llopis crashed and hit his head on the floorCredit: Getty
      And was left motionless following the incidentCredit: Getty
      Medical staff rushed to treat himCredit: Getty
      Before he later went to hospitalCredit: Getty
      Switzerland is coming through with some Sprinters here at #Istanbul2023.Jason Joseph looking strong over the final 3 hurdles with a 7.41 clocking.Prayers up for Enrique Llopis. That fall looked severe. pic.twitter.com/3Mn7cKxmvf— Unconventional Voices of Track & Field (@VoicesofTnF) March 5, 2023

      The 22-year-old Spaniard fell on the final hurdle before crashing to the ground and whacking his head on the floor.
      Medical staff rushed to attend to the motionless Llopis, who was then shielded by a white tent.
      After several minutes of treatment, he was then carried off on a stretcher to applause from the Atakoy Arena crowd after a doctor gave a thumbs-up.
      The Spanish confederation confirmed Llopis was transported to hospital but was conscious.
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      Late last night the federation posted an update.
      And thankfully it was good news, with them posting a tweet thanking everyone for their support with a video of Llopis speaking from a hospital bed.
      Llopis had won his semi-final for the event earlier in the day.
      His heart-wrenching fall came on the same day Brit Keely Hodgkinson won the Women’s 800m event.
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      Hodgkinson could not improve on her own 800m record set last month, but nevertheless came away with gold from the event – dedicating her achievement to her late coach.
      The 21-year-old said: “I haven’t had time to process it but my old coach, Joe Galvin, passed away a few days ago. Really unexpected.
      “This one is definitely for him. He had a lot of belief in a 10-year-old me. That medal is for him.
      “I hope I have made him really proud. His wife Margaret, I know she will be proud of me as well.
      “I wanted to make the others in the race work for it. I’m really happy to defend my title.
      “I want to keep building on this, performing and bringing back medals. I’m living the dream.” More

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      Keely Hodgkinson breaks down in tears as she dedicates European 800m indoor crown to coach who died just days ago

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      KEELY HODGKINSON broke down in tears as she dedicated her second European 800m indoor crown to her late coach.And long jumper Jazmin Sawyers made it a golden evening for Great Britain on the final day of the continental championships in Istanbul.
      Keely Hodgkinson won the 800mCredit: AP
      She dedicated the win to her coach, who recently passed awayCredit: Sportsfile
      Hodgkinson, who turned 21 last Friday, produced an exhibition run as she won gold in 1:58.66 – the only woman in the field to run under two minutes.
      Post-race, the Leigh star let all the emotion out as she explained the private turmoil behind the scenes.
      She said: “I haven’t had time to process it but my old coach, Joe Galvin, passed away a few days ago. Really unexpected.
      “This one is definitely for him. He had a lot of belief in a 10-year-old me. That medal is for him.
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      “I hope I have made him really proud. His wife Margaret, I know she will be proud of me as well.
      “I wanted to make the others in the race work for it. I’m really happy to defend my title.
      “I want to keep building on this, performing and bringing back medals. I’m living the dream.”
      Team captain Sawyers, 28, was overjoyed as she clinched the women’s long jump with a British record leap of 7m.
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      This is the first title of her career and she said: “This feels like it has been a long time coming. I have never won anything before. I’m in shock.
      “I felt like the seven-metre jump had been in me. I have been waiting for this forever. But you start to think: Will it come? But I’m so delighted it has happened.”
      Britain finished third in the medal table – with three golds and six medals in total – behind leaders Norway and second place Holland.
      Meanwhile, flying Scotswoman Eilish McColgan has been California Dreaming after setting a British 10,000m record.
      Ahead of an appearance at next month’s London Marathon, the Dundee star ran 30 minutes and 00.86 seconds in the US in her first track race of the year.
      The performance at the Sound Running Ten event in San Juan Capistrano surpassed Paula Radcliffe’s time of 30:01.09 set in Munich in August 2002.
      McColgan, 32, who has been training at altitude in Colorado, raced with a black strapping on her left knee.
      The Commonwealth 10,000m champion said: “I’m absolutely buzzing.
      “Two years ago I ran a big PB here so it’s nice to be back with the crowds.
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      “I knew I was in really good shape but to have it all come together on the day doesn’t always happen.”
      Brit Emile Cairess broke the European 10-mile record with a display of 45:57 at an event in Barrowford, Lancashire. This overtook Richard Nerurkar’s long-standing mark of 46:02 set in 1993.
      Jazmin Sawyers also won goldCredit: Getty More

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      Who holds the long jump world record?

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      THE long jump has featured at every Olympic Games since 1896.The event is contested by both men and women, but who hold the world records?
      Mike Powell jumped to a world record of 8.95 metres in 1991Credit: Hulton Archive – Getty
      Who holds the world record for the longest long jump?
      The world record for men’s long jump is 8.95 metres, set by Mike Powell in the 1991 world athletics championships in Tokyo, Japan.
      The American finally overtook the mark set by Bob Beamon after 23 years.
      However US athlete Beamon is still the Olympic record holder, leaping 8.90 metres on his way to winning the gold medal in 1968 in Mexico.
      The world record for women’s long jump is 7.52 metres, set by Slovakia athlete Galina Chistyakova in Saint Petersburg (then called Leningrad) in 1988.
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      Jacqueline Joyner-Kersee is the Olympic record holder for the women’s long jump, with a jump of 7.40 metres that saw her win the gold medal at Seoul 1988.
      Who is Mike Powell?
      Mike Powell is an American athlete who has held the long jump world record since 1991.
      He was born on November 10, 1963, and is married to Canadian 400-metre hurdler Rosey Edeh.
      Despite holding the world record and winning two world championship gold medals, Powell never became Olympic champion, having to settle for a silver medal in 1988 and 1992.
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      Who is Galina Chistyakova?
      Galina Chistyakova is a former long jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Slovakia.
      She holds the world record for women in the event, jumping 7.52 metres on June 11, 1988.
      Despite holding the record for long jump, Chistyakova fell short in her attempts to become Olympic champion, with her best finish resulting in a bronze medal in Seoul 1988, the same year she set the record.
      What is Usain Bolt’s long jump?
      Despite announcing intentions to compete in this event before his retirement from athletics in 2017, Usain Bolt has never set a recorded jump.
      He was filmed having a go at the long jump during a meet in Ostrava in 2017, but his distance wasn’t recorded.
      Powell was quoted in 2017 as saying that Bolt “could have long jumped nine metres had he trained for it” due to his pace and strength over a short distance. More

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      Meet Yuliia Levchenko, the stunning high jumper who loves to travel and sets fan’s pulses racing with bikini beach snaps

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      MEET Yuliia Levchenko, the stunning high jumper aiming for gold at the 2024 Olympics. Levchenko, 25, is an athlete with a serious travel bug and loves sharing it with her growing Instagram fanbase.
      Yuliia Levchenko loves to share her training and travel with her fansCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She has a serious travel bugCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      With a particular affinity for the beachCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      Levchenko has been compared to a supermodel by fansCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She has 404,000 followers on InstagramCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en
      She often shares her experiences while training as she jets around the globe for her 404,000 Instagram followers.
      Tenerife, Turkey, Italy and France are just some of the places she has visited recently.
      And if there are any beaches on her travels, you can expect to see Levchenko lapping up the sun in a bikini.
      But it is not all fun and games, with a serious training regime to stick to as she aims for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic games.
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      It will be her third time representing Ukraine, having made her debut in 2016 before an impressive eighth-place finish in 2020.
      Levchenko knows the taste of victory, having been the Under 23 European champion on two occasions and the two-time champion for her nation.
      2023 has started well too, scoring a gold medal in the National Indoor Championships with a jump of 1.96 metres – though this is some way short of her personal best of 2.02m scored in 2019.
      She also knows what it is like to be pipped at the end, having won silver at the World Championships in 2017 and at the European Indoor Championships in 2019.
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      Fans love the variety of content, with many posting messages of encouragement and praising her looks across a number of posts.
      One fan said: “She’s gorgeous… natural beauty, athletic and a champ.🔥🙌🏾”
      A second user wrote: “Terrific! Love how spirited you are. More strength to you, Yuliya!”
      A third declared: “She is what a supermodel should look like.”
      “How pretty are you wtf!!❤️,” commented another.
      Her aim in Paris will undoubtedly be to score a medal for her country as war continues to ravage it.
      Levchenko has posted a number of times about the conflict between her nation and Russia.
      A recent post saw her outside of a ruined apartment building and post a photo of a minefield warning sign.
      While a post from March 1 last year saw her plead: “I just want to live in my country Ukraine! Without Russian soldiers and Putin.”

      She is aiming for a medal for Ukraine in the 2024 Olympic gamesCredit: https://www.instagram.com/levchenkou/?hl=en More

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      I’m a team GB runner and I live next to Old Trafford… I can hear the noise and see Man Utd lit up at night

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      TRACK QUEEN Keely Hodgkinson hopes to enjoy some Turkish delight this weekend – and bring more gold to Old Trafford.It is two years ago in the Polish city of Torun that Hodgkinson, 20, announced herself to the world by winning the European 800m indoor crown.
      Keely Hodgkinson is loving Manchester United’s good formCredit: Getty
      In February she beat her own British 800m recordCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      That breakthrough run in her senior rookie year was no fluke and she went on to claim silver medals at Olympic, world and Commonwealth level and establish herself as a track-and-field superstar.
      Hodgkinson is attempting to defend her crown in Istanbul – the heats start today – but her intention is to bring a special gong along on the next trip to watch the Red Devils.
      Manchester United is her team and the Leigh athlete lives close to their ground in a nearby flat.
      She said: “I live on my own now. An independent woman. Well, as a United fan, I wouldn’t look over Manchester City would I?
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      “Do I hear the crowd noise? It’s not that bad. I can literally see it across from me and see the lights buzzing when it’s a match night. It’s busy round town.
      “Where I live is really nice. There is MediaCity. It’s near the airport, the train station and the track. It’s very convenient. I love it.
      “My mum has had a Manchester United season ticket since she was 19 and her name is on the seats at Old Trafford. She is more of a diehard fan than me.
      “I got the last glimpses (of the glory years) when I was about eight years old.
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      “Though I did see his matches, I don’t remember much about Cristiano Ronaldo being at Manchester United the first time round.
      “I was more a fan of Javier Hernandez or Chicharito as he’s known. I liked him when I was growing up.”
      Hodgkinson, who is also the reigning European champion outdoors, has been the fastest woman over four laps of an indoor track this winter.
      Only last weekend she set a British record time of 1:57.18 in Birmingham while falling short of the world record that has stood since 2002.
      Hodgkinson, who turns 21 tomorrow, said: “The 2021 Euros feel like a lifetime ago.
      “One of my favourite things to do, which you could argue is quite bad, is I like to prove people wrong.
      “I was fastest going into that event but because I was young, there were a lot of experienced girls.
      “For me I wanted to prove it doesn’t matter if you’re young, I can still go to a championship and win.
      “That year was a case of getting used to everything. It felt like my brain was catching up with everything.
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      “Mentally I was 19 but physically I felt about 25. It was catching up with me but I’m in a really good place now, two years on.
      “I’m looking forward to building on that and running as fast as possible. See what else we can do.” More

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      I was a Chelsea youth team star but gave it up for Olympics.. I nearly came back to football after shock transfer offer

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      TEAM GB star Adam Gemili nearly quit athletics to return to playing football having played on Chelsea’s books as a kid.Gemili has competed at the highest level as a sprinter, with one of his highs being making the 2012 Team GB Olympic team as an 18-year-old.
      Adam Gemili in team line at Chelsea’s academyCredit: Chelsea FC
      Gemili says he nearly quit athletics to return to playing footballCredit: Getty
      He has also since competed in the Rio Olympic games in 2016 and Tokyo in 2021.
      Gemili also has a gold medal in relay from the 2017 world championships.
      However, the 29-year-old questioned quitting athletics after crashing out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which came six years after agonisingly missing out on a bronze medal in the 200ms at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
      The British sprinter, who is of Iranian and Moroccan descent, considered going back to his roots: playing football.
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      Gemili was on Chelsea’s books between 2001 and 2008, and also had a stint at Reading before moving onto Dagenham & Redbridge, where he stayed between 2010-12.
      He told The Times: “I was going back to football.
      “I reached out to a few clubs and they said, ‘Come and do some training with us.’
      “I can’t say the clubs but there was a Championship club and a League One club.
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      “No Premier League clubs — maybe one day — but Chelsea are great and they’ve always said I can go down and do some stuff with them whenever I want.
      “After the Commonwealth Games it was a big, ‘Do I quit and go back to football and try it, maybe go into the National League and make a bit of money and enjoy my last few years of sport — or do I commit to this?’
      “And I thought, ‘Do you know what, I’ve got unfinished business.’
      “I’ve come fourth at the Olympics and the world champs [in 2019].
      “I’ve always been just about close and I believe that if I can get myself in shape, I can run with the best.”
      But Gemili says he’s starting to fall back in love with running – despite not making any money out of the sport or being sponsored.
      Gemili came second place behind the rising star Charlie Dobson in the 60m at the World Indoor Tour Finals in Birmingham on Saturday.
      He said: “I basically quit the sport.
      “I didn’t have any interest. I didn’t enjoy getting up [and] training.
      “I hated it and that was because of all the stressful stuff that was going on.
      “There were a lot of times last year where I was only training once a week, if that.
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      “I’d wake up and just find little niggles, here-and-there injuries, and you can’t motivate yourself to get up and go.
      “I don’t make any money out of the sport and I’m not sponsored, but I’m finding the love again.”
      Gemili has now fallen back in love with athleticsCredit: Alamy More

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      Meet Clara Fernandez, the world’s sexiest pole vaulter who leaves fans stunned with sexy bikini pictures

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      CLARA FERNANDEZ has been enjoying plenty of success on and off the track.The pole vaulter has been impressing for Spain in major competitions around the world.
      Clara Fernandez is a successful pole vaulter representing SpainCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Clara Fernandez has also attracted a strong following on social mediaCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Clara Fernandez has close to half a million followers on InstagramCredit: INSTAGRAM
      The 19-year-old athlete has also been turning heads on social media with her Instagram profile attracting over 426,000 followers.
      The Spaniard has won over fans around the world with her achievements in pole vaulting.
      But Fernandez has also created a strong fanbase thanks to her stunning glam pics on social media.
      However, her Instagram game mainly concentrates on her sports career.
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      Born in 2003, in Sant Cugat del Valles in Barcelona, the Spaniard’s pole vaulting career commenced at an early age.
      She also cut her teeth in various triathlon competitions as she trained for multiple races, such as swimming, running long distances, cycling, and of course pole vaulting.
      Fernandez has also enjoyed plenty of success in Under-20 European championships.
      Since 2018, the track star has won at least 21 titles throughout her young career.
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      That led to a sponsorship deal with Nike, for whom she works as an ambassador.
      As it stands, Fernandez has registered a personal best of 4.05 in outdoor pole vaulting and 4.15 indoors.
      Clara Fernandez has also competed in Triathlons while building a sports careerCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Clara Fernandez has also become a representative for NikeCredit: INSTAGRAM
      Clara Fernandez has won many titles throughout her young careerCredit: INSTAGRAM More