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Latest News articles on athletics at the Olympics
Olympics-Africa must wait 20 years for Games: official
Africa is unlikely to host the Olympics for at least 20 years despite the success of the soccer World Cup in South Africa which gave rise to hopes the continent might bid to host the Games soon, an IOC official told Reuters.
At the 2012 Olympics, we're playing for keeps | Dave Hill
The short burst of athletic competition is meant to give way to an Olympic legacy. Let's keep our fingers crossed For an hour yesterday evening I gorged on the glamour of the coming games, served on a shiny tray by Britain's leading broadcasters. Two years to go until London's Olympiad and soaring expectation is just about official. Presenters beamed, workers obligingly expressed their deep ...
European Athletics Championships: Mark Lewis-Francis revels in 100m silver glory
Briton celebrates "biggest comeback ever" after shock silver medal in the 100m final at European Championships.
Athletics-Bolt to face Gay and Powell in Stockholm
* 100 metres match-up first of year for all three
IOC boss hails London 2012 a model of regeneration
IOC president Jacques Rogge said London 2012 was a "beautiful example" of what the Olympics should be about with a Games that breathe life back into a run-down part of a host city.
European Athletics Championships: Mark Lewis-Francis upstages Dwain Chambers in 100m final
It was meant to be Dwain Chambers's "rebirth" only Christophe Lemaitre and Mark Lewis-Francis had not read the script.
European Athletics Championships: Christophe Lemaitre upstages Dwain Chambers
Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre wins 100m gold in Barcelona while Briton Mark Lewis-Francis stuns Chambers with silver.
UK athletics chief admits to fears over Euro overkill
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee is standing by his target of 10 to 15 medals at the European Championships in Barcelona, which start today, despite another injury
Mo Farah: How Britain's athletics hero escaped the chaos of Somalia
Alan Watkinson knew he was dealing with more than an average schoolboy runner in 1996 when Mo Farah, a gawky teenager with little English and a nose for trouble who had recently arrived in west London from Somalia, streaked to second place in a cross-country championship. He had started the race by sprinting off in the wrong direction.
Athletics-European championships could be devalued - head coach
Staging the European championships every two years will be a mistake and could devalue the event, the head coach of British athletics said on Monday.