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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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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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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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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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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In the space of a little over one year Jessica Ennis has changed. Not in the sense of her innate niceness which remains untarnished by fame and sporting success, nor in her girl-next-door, down-to-earth persona which comes from her Sheffield roots, but in her mind-set.
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This year could prove to be a breakthrough season for Scottish athlete Eilidh Child. Having only taken up athletics because of the influence of her sister, the 400m hurdler is now on the verge of competing at her first Commonwealth Games and has the Olympics in her sight.
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With the London Olympics just two years away you can forgive Richard Buck for having just one thing on his mind. The 4x400m relay runner was left devastated as illness forced him to miss the Beijing games.
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Cathy Freeman has advised Jessica Ennis to stay true to her origins, to not contemplate defeat and to ignore the views of all but her support team as the countdown to the London Olympics begins in earnest.
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It is a mid December afternoon and the Stade Louis II in Monaco is empty save for one, solitary figure. Round and round the stadium she jogs, lifting her knees high and jerking her arms before undergoing a series of stretches that bends her body to, seemingly, breaking point.
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