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Classic athletics action from yesteryear

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When three kings came to Tyneside

In 2013, three of the greatest distance runners in history met on the roads between Newcastle and South Shields. The […]
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10 memorable moments from the European Championships

We look back at some classic events from the rich history of the European Champs. Spitfires out of the sun […]
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Stuttgart 1986: "It felt like we were THE sport"

Stepping back 40 years to the European Championships of 1986, to when “spitfires came out of the sun” and British […]
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Mara Yamauchi: my greatest race

After coming ninth at the 2007 world championships, the Englishwoman returned to Osaka to claim her first-ever marathon victory. She […]
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From the Quayside to Birmingham: the school races that predicted Britain’s European team

Nine years ago, Amy Hunt, Kristal Ama-Awuah, Romell Glave and Charlie Dobson raced over 150 metres on a temporary track […]
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From Holyrood mud to mile history: the remarkable class of the 2016 Great Edinburgh XCountry

A teenage Josh Kerr, future world champion Jake Wightman and Olympic medallist Laura Muir were among the athletes racing in […]
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Believing in miracles and a look back at the Mile of the Century

As the mile returns to the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 60 years, we revisit the legendary Bannister-Landy […]
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Capital gains and memories of the 1970 Commonwealth Games

We look at when “the Friendly Games” came to Edinburgh, and two athletes by the name of Stewart stood out […]
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The Commonwealth Games on home soil is what you dream of

The Commonwealth Games have previously been staged in Scotland three times and here we look at Glasgow 2014 as we […]
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Glory in the chaos at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Edinburgh in 1986 was the Commonwealth Games that almost failed to happen, weighed down by an impending financial catastrophe that […]
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Big moments from the Boston Marathon

We look at some of the memorable races and incidents during the long history of this great race. The first […]
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My greatest race: Richard Kilty

British sprinter remembers his 60m triumph at the World Indoor Champs in Sopot, Poland, on March 8, 2014, in 6.49. […]
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