Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Athletics

Liverpool soar at England Athletics Youth Championships

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A flood of Liverpool athletes competed in Sheffield at the weekend in the national youth indoor championships.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Credit: Filip Bossuyt under Creative Media Commons

Celebrating Merseyside’s top sportswomen on International Women’s Day

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Today is International Women’s Day and Merseyside has produced many great sportswomen over the years who deserve to be celebrated! So we've drawn up our own ‘Super Six’ who have done the region proud and become role models for the next generation of great sportswomen.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson reflects on “unbelievable” achievement

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Katarina Johnson-Thompson reflected back on an “unbelievable” couple of weeks, after securing a record-breaking first World Championship gold medal and being nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year. The Liverpool Heptathlete broke Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s British points record of...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson nominated for IAAF World Athlete of the Year

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Liverpool’s world heptathlon champion, Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been nominated for the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. The 26-year-old, who started her career at the Liverpool Harriers Athletic Club, became the city’s first ever athlete to win a World...

Wirral AC teenager shines at British Indoor Athletics Championships

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Wirral AC athlete Sam Lunt impressed as he reached the semi-finals of the men's 400 metres at the British Indoor Athletics Championships. And the 17-year-old finished third in his semi-final heat in a time of 48.36 seconds, but it was not quite enough to make it through to Sunday's final.

Non-Elite Disability Sport in the UK – Feature

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London 2012 changed the conditions for those with disabilities wishing to participate in sport forever. But how has it effected non-elite disability sport.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson - Credit: Filip Bossuyt under Creative Media Commons

Liverpool Harrier Katarina Johnson-Thompson flys to gold

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Liverpool Harrier Katarina Johnson-Thompson secures world championship gold in Doha to beat Jessica Ennis-Hill's Britsh record.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson nominated for BBC SPOTY

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Liverpool Harrier Katarina Johnson-Thompson has been nominated for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019.

Cheshire runner takes on European Indoor Championships

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Cheshire county 3,000M runner Amy-Eliose Markovc will be taking part in the Women's heats today at the European Indoor Athletics Championship being held in Torun, Poland. Marckovc could also face other Team GB members Amelia Quirk and Verity Ockenden. The Cheshire...
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Wavertree Athletics Centre achieves TrackMark status

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Wavertree Athletics Centre, used by Liverpool Harriers, has been selected as one of five venues in the UK to be TrackMark accredited.

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