Tokyo 2020 Olympics

FOOD lover Reece Prescod plans to DELIVEROO gold for Team GB – despite gorging on too many cakes and desserts.The 100m sprinter admits he got FAT before the June British trials after stuffing his face with takeaways and sweets from coffee outlets.
Sprinter Reece Prescod says he ‘got fat’ – and so decided to do something about itCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
The fourth fastest man in British athletics history has since gone on a crash diet, losing FOUR kilograms in weight over the past three weeks.
But should he win an Olympic medal on August 1 – in the first final since Usain Bolt retired – then he will stuff his face in celebration.
Prescod, 25, said: “I went to the British trials and wasn’t in the best shape. I was a bit overweight and a bit rusty.
“I don’t know if it was American food or what – or if I love Deliveroo too much.
“I was bloody like 87kg. My race weight is normally 79/80kg.
“I don’t know if I spent too much time in the gym doing rehab, smashing my upper body and eating a bit too much food. Just happy food, happy weight.
“But I gained a bit of welly. I’m 83kg right now so I’ve gone down a little bit.
“I’m not going to have lunch the next few days. I’m just going to have breakfast and dinner and make sure I follow the plan.
“If I get down to 80/81kg I’ll lose my lockdown weight.
“My happy food? It’s just Deliveroo is the problem. It’s very convenient sometimes.
“Where I live by Canary Wharf, you’ve got Joe & The Juice in the morning, Pret a Manger, then you come back for lunchtime and there’s a Nando’s or GBK.
“Then I’ll jump on Call of Duty with the boys, and we’re eating snacks. Instead of having a fruit salad, I might order from Cake and Custard Factory.
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“Before you know it it’s a jam tart, a pink icing cake with some custard, and then I’ve ordered two and an Appletiser and then I go to bed.
“You’ve done that for a week and it ends up going on.
“This holding camp I need to stick to the fruit salads and the water, chicken and ease up a little bit. There will be no Cake and Custard factory.
“At dinner the other day there was carrot cake. It looked amazing to be fair.
“The coaches and staff were eating it. I was eyeing it up. I had a fruit salad instead.
“If I medal win or do well, you’ll see me at the desert bar definitely.”
Prescod, who ran 9.94seconds in Birmingham in 2018, has aspirations of one day breaking Linford Christie’s national record of 9.87sec set in Stuttgart in 1993.
It is a target that both he, CJ Ujah and Zharnel Hughes will aim for in the wide open 100m final for more than 16 years.
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The Londoner moved to the United States earlier this year but lasted just ONE DAY before deciding he wanted to return home.
Prescod, who speaks as quickly as he runs, was in confessional mood when he addressed the media this week from the Yokohama holding camp.
It was not just food that was on his deadly sin list, but also an addiction to gaming, which has held him back.
Prescod said: “Me and CJ we were looking at Power of 10 last night. I think we’re capable of the record.
“Two of us need to run 9.8sec at least and get there regularly.
“It’s like we cannot leave athletics without our PBs being 6.4 for the 60m, 9.8 for the 100m and 19 for the 200m.
“Now, being back home, I’ve got no excuse. I need to knuckle down.
“I have dropped Call of Duty. I was a serious Warzone gamer. I’ve eased down on that, don’t play it as much anymore.
“Back in lockdown, it was a serious commitment. I was a serious gamer. I was a serious soldier.
“I was jumping on eight-hour shifts a day at least. But I’ve taken a break.
“You think you are a gamer but you aren’t really. I’ve got a very addictive personality so once I get into something, I get into it fully.”
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NORWAY’S women’s handball team has been fined £1,300 for refusing to wear bikini bottoms.The Scandinavians were charged with wearing “improper clothing” as they instead wore shorts during the European Beach Handball Championships in Bulgaria.
Norway’s women’s handball team has been fined £1,300 for refusing to wear bikini bottomsCredit: Instagram / @elisabethhammerstad
A European Handball Federation statement read: “In the bronze medal game against Spain, the team of Norway played with shorts that are not according to the athlete uniform regulations defined in the IHF Beach Handball rules of the game.”
Norway’s handball federation stood by its athletes, saying: “We are very proud of these girls who raised their voices and announced that enough is enough!
“Together we will continue to fight to change the rules for clothing, so that players can play in the clothes they are comfortable with.”
The fine comes a day after British Paralympian Olivia Breen said she had been told by an official at Sunday’s English Championships that her competition briefs were too SHORT.
The double world champ sprinter and long jumper, 24, said: “It made me feel really angry and it’s very wrong.
“You know they can’t comment on what we can and can’t wear. They are like high-waisted bikini bottoms.
“I’ve worn them for nine years, I’ve never had a problem and we should feel comfortable with what we wear.”
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It seems the ‘acceptable’ length of shorts for female athletes remains under discussion.
Teams in the Olympic handball competition, not played on a beach, DO wear shorts.
Norway start their campaign against South Korea on Sunday.
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PARALYMPIAN Olivia Breen was left ‘speechless’ after being told her sprint briefs were ‘too short and inappropriate’.The Welsh star, 24, was competing in a long jump event at the English Championships in Bedford at the weekend when a volunteer raised concerns about her Adidas attire.
Olivia Breen was left ‘speechless’ after being told her sprint briefs were ‘too short and inappropriate’Credit: Gary Mitchell
The comment was made by a volunteer during the English ChampionshipsCredit: Gary Mitchell
The 24-year-old will represent Team GB at the Tokyo Paralympics beginning on August 24.
Breen, from Guildford, won bronze at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London for the 4x100m Relay T35-T38.
She failed to medal four years later in Rio, but brilliantly bounced back to win gold in the long jump title at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Breen posted on Twitter: “I am always grateful for the incredible volunteers who officiate at athletics events.
“They do an amazing job and make it possible for us to compete.
“However, tonight I feel disappointed because just as I finished my long jump competition one of the female officials felt it necessary to inform me that my sprint briefs were too short and inappropriate. I was left speechless.
“I have been wearing the same sprint style briefs for many years and they are specifically designed for competing in.
“I will hopefully be wearing them in Tokyo. It made me question whether a male competitor would be similarly criticised.
“I hope no other female athletes had similar issues.
“I recognise that there needs to be regulations and guidelines in relation to competition kit but women should not be made to feel self-conscious about what they are wearing when competing but should feel comfortable and at ease.”
Breen, who has cerebral palsy, revealed to The Guardian that she intends on making an official complaint to UK Athletics.

British shot putter Amelia Strickler backed up Breen’s comments and believes officials who make ‘unnecessary’ comments should not officiate.
Strickler, 27, said: “Female athletes shouldn’t be subjected to such criticism when there is already so much pressure on women to be ‘perfect’.
“We are there to compete. You don’t like the outfits? Don’t officiate. We don’t need officials adding unnecessary stress in those moments.”
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