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Mark Lewis-Francis – The forgotten man of British Athletics

(Athletics )   01/08/2010
Heading into the final of the 100m in Barcelona much of the focus was on whether Dwayne Chambers could deliver a medal. While all eyes where focused on the controversial sprinter it was another British athlete, who ten years ago was regarded as the hottest young property in sprinting, that...
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Ainslie And Spithill Go Head-To-Head As Team Origin Take On BMW Oracle.

(Sailing & On Water)   01/08/2010
Ben Ainslie will be going head to head with this year’s America’s Cup-winning skipper Jimmy Spithill when “Team Origin” take on “BMW Oracle” this week at Cowes with the triple Olympic champion heralded by one of the most significant figures in recent America’s Cup history as “already one of the...
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Brailsford Wants Cavendish To Go SKy-Bound.

(Cycling)   01/08/2010
Dave Brailsford last night revealed that he wants to sign sprint king Mark Cavendish up for his Team Sky outfit as soon as possible after seeing the Manxman win another five stages of the Tour de France to add to the ten won over the past two years.
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Turner Clears His Biggest Hurdle.

(Athletics )   01/08/2010
An emotional Andy Turner yesterday reflected on a career that was looking down and out until Friday night's gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles here at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.
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Pickering looking to make amends

(Athletics )   30/07/2010
This year has been very hit and miss for Craig Pickering. The talented sprinter has found himself in a poor run of form, finishing sixth in the European trials in Birmingham and subsequently missing out on going to Barcelona as an individual runner.
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Simmonds has records in her sights

(Disability Sports)   29/07/2010
Ellie Simmonds’s extraordinary gift for swimming blew the nation away when she won two gold medals at the Paralympics in Beijing, aged just 13. As she stood on the podium, tears streaming down her face, she not only won a place in British sporting history but a place as the darling...
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From Liberty to Montjuic, Dai Greene-Style

(Athletics )   28/07/2010
If life had taken a different turn David “Dai” Greene would be undertaking pre-season training with Championship side Swansea City right now, not making last-minute preparations for the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona where he is expected to win gold.
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Sharman Looking to Shine at European Championships

(Athletics )   26/07/2010
Will Sharman may not yet be a household name but the sprint hurdler is quickly establishing himself as the man to watch at this years European Championships in Barcelona. Having been ranked 103rd in the world at the start of the 2009 season his impressive performances have raised expectations.
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Chambers Is Back In Love With Athletics.

(Athletics )   26/07/2010
Dwain Chambers has admitted that he has re-discovered his love for athletics and in doing so re-discovered himself after spending years in the emotional wilderness during and immediately following his drugs ban.
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Rooney hopes to make it a summer to remember

(Athletics )   26/07/2010
Unlike his more illustrious sporting namesake, Martyn Rooney expects to return from his sport’s main highlight of the year next week with a title and a gold medal hanging around his neck.
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