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Women sport news - Suzy does The LA Marathon
It has been a long weekend, I had done a hilly 100 miler on the bike on Saturday and Sunday had spent the day scuba diving and doing water safety for a tri swim clinic not to mention my step daughters birthday party!
Women sport news - Olympic Gold Medallist Christine Ohuruogu Launches New Sports Academy To Help Tackle The Nation’s Rising Obesity Problem
Watch the Video-New research released today reveals that over half of British children are spending 20 times longer in front of a television or computer screen than they do playing sport – the equivalent of almost two whole days a week outside of school hours.
Women sport news - Road Athletes named for Berlin
The UK’s fastest ever female marathon runners Paula Radcliffe (Bedford & County) and Mara Yamauchi (Harrow AC/Second Wind AC) and the UK’s fastest ever female walker Johanna Jackson (Redcar Race Walking) have been selected by UKA for this summer’s IAAF World Championships which takes place in Berlin, Germany on 15-23 August.
Women sport news - National marathon championships to call Melbourne home
The Melbourne Marathon will double as the Australian marathon championships in 2009, the first time in 28 years the southern city has played host to the national titles.
03. June Athletics818

Athlete Quotes from the Reebok Grand Prix 2009

Stephanie Brown Trafton, women\'s discus winner, I\'m very satisfied with today. Usually my first throw is my best. Today, I had an okay first throw, but the rest got better and better. I wanted to come out and do that.
03. June Athletics2431

Sotherton To Captain birmingham At Super8

Kelly Sotherton will captain Birmingham at UKA’s forthcoming innovative Super8 athletics competition, to be held at the Cardiff International athletics stadium on 10 June. photo Nike
03. June Athletics710

Injury rules sayers out for six weeks

Olympic javelin thrower Goldie Sayers has been ruled out of action for six weeks after being diagnosed with a partial stress fracture in her lower back.
03. June Athletics998

Day wins at Americas Combined Events Cup in Cuba

2008 Team USA Olympic womens high jumper Sharon Day posted a landmark personal best performance in winning the heptathlon over the weekend at the inaugural Americas Combined Events Cup at the National Stadium in Havana, Cuba.
02. June Athletics915

Felix out classes the rest of the field at The 2009 Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium.

Double Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Outdoor champion over 200m, Allyson Felix ran down Olympic silver medalist Shericka Williams (JAM) in the Nutrilite womens 400m to win in a world-leading 50.50 to Williams 50.58. Jamaica.
30. May Athletics1051

Dame Kelly Holmes: My new role as President of Commonwealth Games England

I have been genuinely touched by the range and breadth of support and personal messages the recent announcement of my new role as President of Commonwealth Games England (CGE) has brought me.
29. May Athletics797

Jana’s world titles campaign back on track

Australian 400m hurdles star Jana Rawlinson has declared she’s back on track and ready to defend her world title, despite a tumultuous few months plagued with injury and off field distractions. photo PA
26. May Athletics1152

UKA Announce 100k Team

Heather Foundling-Hawker (Honiton RC) and Sandra Bowers (Winchester) have been selected to represent the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland Team for the IAU 100km World Cup & European Championship in Torhout, Belgium on 19 June .
25. May Athletics866

Sayers confirmed for Super8

Goldie Sayers, Britain’s top javelin athlete, has been confirmed to compete at next month’s Super8 competition to be held at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium on 10th June.
22. May Athletics971

Sky Sports coverage for Super 8

Sky Sports have confirmed that they will cover UKA’s inaugural Super8 competition at the Cardiff International Athletics Stadium. The exciting two-hour City versus City athletics match is being piloted in the Welsh capital on 10 June and several leading British athletes have confirmed their participation.
22. May Athletics864

Clark and Rowbury, headline Pre Classic middle distance races

2008 Olympic Trials champions Hazel Clark and Shannon Rowbury will compete June 7 at the 2009 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.
19. May Athletics1221

Olympic heptathlete Kylie Wheeler announces retirement

Dual Olympic heptathlete and Commonwealth Games medallist Kylie Wheeler has today announced her retirement from athletics, closing the book on an impressive career which spanned 13 years.
18. May Athletics926

Christine Ohuruogu confirmed for Super 8

Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu will captain London North at next month’s Super8 competition in Cardiff. The exciting two-hour City versus City concept is being piloted in the Welsh capital next month and leading British athletes are giving their full backing to the idea.
17. May Athletics810

Mikitenko named European Athlete of the Month for April

European Athletics is pleased to announce that German marathon star Irina Mikitenko has been selected as the European Athlete of the Month for April.
16. May Athletics876

Olympic medalists headline 2009 adidas Track Classic

Olympic medalists including Allyson Felix, Lauryn Williams and Sanya Richards are just a few of the big names slated to compete Saturday at the 2009 adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills, in Carson, Calif.
13. May Athletics882

Tasha Danvers confirmed for Super8

Olympic bronze medallist Tasha Danvers will captain London South at next month’s Super8 competition in Cardiff. The exciting two-hour City versus City concept is being piloted in the Welsh capital next month and leading British athletes are giving their backing to the idea.
13. May Athletics899

Rowbury wins inaugural USA 1 Mile Road Championships

Olympian Shannon Rowbury (San Francisco, Calif.) took the respective womens title at the inaugural USA 1 Mile Road Championships Thursday night in Minneapolis, Minn. Rowburys time was 4:33.4.
11. May Athletics775

Ennis makes solid start on comeback

Jessica Ennis (City of Sheffield) has made a very encouraging comeback to the heptathlon at the Multistars IAAF Combined Events Challenge in Desenzano del Garda in Italy. photo PA
11. May Athletics909

Lewis impressive, as 4 x 400m women qualify for Berlin

With less than 100 days to go to the Berlin world championships, Australia’s established and emerging stars have produced a string of promising performances at the Osaka Grand Prix in Japan this afternoon.
11. May Athletics817

U.S. stars win at Qatar Super Grand Prix

U.S stars Allyson Felix and Brittney Reese all won their respective events Friday at the 2009 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar.
10. May Athletics815

Meyerhoff wins USA 25 km Championships

GRAND RAPIDS Sally Meyerhoff (Tempe, Ariz.) won her first at the USA 25 km Championships Saturday in Grand Rapids, Mich. This marks the 16th year that the championships have been hosted by the Fifth Third River Bank Run.
05. May Athletics1017

Heather wins The Great West Run

GB Ultra Marathon runner Heather Foundling Hawker won The 2009 Great West Run on Saturday with a time of 1.23.4
26. April Athletics862

Huge crowds watch London Marathon

Record crowds estimated at being more than a million people lined the streets of the capital to watch the 29th Flora London today as Germanys Irina Mikitento and Kenyas Sammy Wanjiru triumphed.
24. April Athletics1162

Ohuruogu leaves Christie to join Mike Lee firm

Christine Ohuruogu the Olympic 400 metres champion, has quit Linford Christie\\\'s management company to work with Vero Communications, the firm founded by Mike Lee, who worked on London 2012.
21. April Athletics789

UKA National Walks Centre for Leeds

Dr Andi Drake has been appointed as the Carnegie Director of Race Walking at Leeds Metropolitan University. The role - which is being supported by UKA - also means that the Yorkshire establishment is now designated as the National Race Walk Centre.
21. April Athletics935

Goucher third at Boston Marathon

Salina Kosgei of Kenya won the women\'s race in a dramatic sprint finish, hitting the line in 2:32:16, one step and one second ahead of defending champion Dire Tune of Ethiopia in 2:32:17 and Goucher third in 2:32:25. Kosgei and Tune bumped elbows several times in the final meters, and Tune - who won hereby only 2 seconds in 2008 - collapsed just two steps after the finish.
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