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'Disappointed' Bolt jogs his way to 9.79 seconds!

In Paris over the weekend watching Usain Bolt jog his way to a time of 9. 79 seconds in the Golden League meeting 100 metres.
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Jessica Ennis and her Remarkable Comeback

This time last year Jessica Ennis faced the real possibility of her highly promising athletics career being finished after suffering from two stress fractures to her right ankle that ended her dream of winning a medal at the Beijing Olympics.
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Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt repeats the phrase again and again as he comes to terms with the
supposed threat to his global sprint dominance emanating from a proven
drugs cheat back in Britain.
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John Walker

The long, flowing blonde hair is now short and as grey as his pallor but the man serving customers in a small, equestrian shop in the Auckland suburb of Newmarket is still instantly recognisable as one of the greatest middle-distance runners of all time.
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The Day the Olympic Eternal Flame Died

The good people of Dorion were out in force in the square waiting for the greatest moment in their village's history since their very own son, Theodore Koloktronis, led Greece into independence from the Turks nearly two hundred years' ago.
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Tom Daley

At seven years old Tom Daley had never taken a proper dive into a swimming pool. At nine years of age he was to be found crying and screaming, too scared to attempt a backwards dive.
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