Herne Hill Harrier Katie Snowden raced for Great Britain on both Friday and Saturday in Eugene, Oregon in the World Athletics Championships women’s 1,500m.
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Olympic silver medallist Kye White is returning to his home club Peckham BMX this weekend to ride in one of the biggest events in the sport’s domestic calendar.
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Montell Douglas couldn’t stop thinking about what her friend said: “There are black women watching you.”
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A South London girl finished ninth in the 2021 Inter Regional Championships for British Triathlon.
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Alex Yee is grateful to everyone who has helped him to become an Olympic Gold medallist – and hopes he can help inspire the next generation of triathletes.
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Alex Yee has described how it feels to return to “where it all began”, after winning a silver and gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Lewisham-born Yee won silver in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Men’s Individual Triathlon as well as a gold medal in the mixed triathlon – with Yee being the competitor to cross the finish line for his team.
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Team GB and Herne Hill Harriers distance runner Katie Snowden says she is delighted to be able to “prove right” those who have supported her on her journey to making her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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Balham’s Katie Snowden ran a personal best 4mins 2.77 secs to qualify for the semi-finals of the 1500m at the Olympics in the early hours of this morning, Monday August 2. The Herne Hill Harrier was sixth of the top six, and qualifies alongside Laura Muir, who was second in her heat.
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Daryll Neita from Camberwell has become the first Briton to reach the final of the women’s 100m at the Olympics in 13 years. She made the final after a personal best 10.96 seconds in the semis yesterday, making her the first Team GB finalist since Jeanette Kwakye – now a TV host on the BBC – who came 6th in 2008.
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Great Britain’s Alex Yee, from Lewisham, and Jessica Learmonth, Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown won the inaugural Olympic triathlon mixed relay this morning. Individual silver medalist Yee’s anchor leg meant a triumphant Games farewell for Brownlee, 31, the triathlete who secured his first gold in his third Olympics.
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Olympic silver medallist Kye Walker’s dad – and his coach – has expressed his joy at his son’s performance this morning in Tokyo. The 22-year-old scooped second position – Team GB’s first medal in the sport – and hailed his family and Peckham BMX club for their part in his glory.
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