Search results for ‘athletics’
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Caster Semenya on gender fairness in athletics and what being a woman means to her
Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya tells Krishnan Guru-Murhy about her experiences as an athlete with a difference in sex development, her tumultuous journey to the top of the athletics world, and what being a woman means to her, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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People ‘more open-minded’ about disability since London 2012 Paralympics, says Wales Para athletics captain
We spoke to the captain of the Wales Para athletics team, Livvy Breen from the athletes’ village.
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World Para Athletics Championships preview
One year after the Paralympic success in Rio and three years until Tokyo, the World Para Athletics championships starts on Friday in London. It’s the first major para sport event in the U.K. since Britain hosted the Paralympics in 2012.
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Russia: athletics doping allegations are ‘groundless’
The Kremlin dismisses allegations that Russian athletes engaged in widespread, state-sponsored doping that sabotaged the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Athletics doping: ‘Russia should be suspended’
A World Anti-Doping Agency commission is recommending that Russia should be suspended from international athletics following doping claims.
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Athletics body accused of blocking doping study
The World athletics governing body is accused of supressing a survey which revealed a third of top athletes admitted cheating, according to the Sunday Times.
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Mass doping claims shake world of athletics
More than a third of medals at Olympics and World Championships won by athletes who had suspicious drug tests, according to reports.
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Poetry in Mo-tion: Farah wins World Athletics gold
Britain’s double gold Olympic medallist Mo Farah wins the 10,000 metre title in a close Athletics World Championship race, avenging his defeat by Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan in 2011.
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Winners and losers in the race for athletics talent
The tabloids make a fuss about “plastic Brits” but Team GB is not alone in spreading its net widely. Ahead of London 2012, Channel 4 News reveals the winners and losers in the talent recruitment race.
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Paralympics 2012: The British athletics team chasing gold
The British athletics team for the Paralympic Games 2012 is revealed, and includes a host of gold medallists and world record holders.
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London to host World Athletics Championships
London is chosen to stage the 2017 World Athletics Championships after beating off competition from Doha.
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London 2012 Olympic stadium athletics track unveiled
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson dusts down his trainers for a lap of the new track at the London 2012 Olympic stadium.
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Bolt and Pistorius – the stars of world athletics
The world of athletics currently has two undisputable global stars. The fastest man on the planet Usain Bolt, and the fastest man on no legs – Oscar Pistorius, writes Keme Nzerem.
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Who will fall next to the athletics ‘cover curse’?
Sports reporter Keme Nzerem on the growing superstition that whoever features on the cover of the daily athletics programme will fall foul of the rules and suffer disqualification. Who will be next?
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C4 ready for World Athletics Championships
As the fastest men and women on the planet gather in South Korea, sporting legends are preparing off-track to bring Channel 4 viewers exclusive coverage of the World Athletics Championships.
