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Athletics
Schools athletics: Rare double is Cherry on the cake for Airdrie pupil
Ross Maxwell (Cathkin High School) enjoyed the perfect preparation for this month’s English Age Group Championships in Birmingham with a new personal best at the Scottish Schools’ Indoor Championships at the Kelvin Hall.
Athletics: Dwain Chambers has eye on court after victory on the track
DWAIN Chambers yesterday ensured he will be able to defend his World Indoor title in Istanbul next month with a hard-fought victory at the Aviva UK Trials and Championships in Sheffield.
Athletics: Scots still in the hunt for GB berths
Though no Scot staked a claim for inclusion in the British team for next month’s World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, there was some real encouragement for Scottish athletics in the placings at the UK Championships in Sheffield at the weekend.
Agony for Gibson despite battling win
KILBARCHAN’S Claire Gibson won her first UK title in the 1500 metres but was agonisingly short of the qualifying time for next month’s world championships.
Athletics: Jessica Ennis keeps hometown composure
BRIEFLY yesterday, in front of her hometown crowd at the Aviva UK Indoor Championships, Jessica Ennis must have experienced the troubling sensation of déjà vu.
Athletics: O’Hare and Gauson facing formidable opposition in bids to be miles better
Edinburgh could be miles better at the end of the weekend as the best two middle-distance runners the Capital has produced for decades, Chris O’Hare and Kris Gauson, strive to reduce their times in events thousands of miles apart.
Changing room chat: Thomas Dold reaches seventh heaven
A GERMAN runner has won the annual race up 86 flights of stairs at the Empire State Building for a record seventh straight time.
Athletics: Mike McFarlane to coach ladies relay team
UK Athletics have appointed experienced sprint coach Mike McFarlane as assistant relay coach.
Van Commenee gives backing to Child
Great Britain head coach Charles van Commenee has backed Scotland’s Eilidh Child to make an impact at the London Olympics.
Excited Evans to launch athletics career in Glasgow
FORMER Scotland rugby player Thom Evans will make his first competitive appearance in his new sport when he gets his athletics career under way in the 60 metres at the scottishathletics National Senior Indoor Championships this month.
Athletics: Guy Learmonth’s Sheffield stroll
GUY LEARMONTH (Lasswade) was an easy 800 metres winner for Glasgow Cobras in the McCain City Indoor Challenge at Sheffield on Saturday in 1:50.81, front running all the way to beat English rivals Ben Wallis (Guildford) and Rick Ward (Norwich) by 20 metres.
Athletics: Capital athletes converge on Cardiff in search of glory
Outdoors and indoors, Cardiff is the focus of much attention from Capital athletes this weekend.
New Glasgow arena set to stage Aviva match
Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall belonged to Mo Farah last weekend and now the Aviva International Match will return to the city for the next two years.
Athletics: Austrian run boosts Guy
Lasswade athlete Guy Learmonth clocked a season’s best of 1:49.52 in defeating Leroy Bryce of France to win his 800m race at the Vienna Indoor Classic in Austria last night.
Athletics: Learmonth to whirl in Vienna
Lasswade’s outstanding 800 metres prospect Guy Learmonth will race against a top-class field in an indoor invitation meeting in Vienna tonight.
Chris Hoy takes consolation in Keirin win after sprint error
SIR CHRIS HOY admits that he still has work to do ahead of next month’s cycling UCI World Cup in London after a night of mixed fortunes at the Revolution Meeting in Manchester.
Gauson’s four-minute mile leaves him disappointed
US-based Capital star Kris Gauson became only the fourth Scottish athlete to break four minutes for the mile indoors when he won the race in 3min 59.95sec at the Indiana Relays in Bloomington on Saturday.
Mo Farah hailed as ‘complete athlete’ after Glasgow win
UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee believes Mo Farah can be part of a golden generation at this summer’s Olympic Games after a brilliant run at the Aviva International Match in Glasgow on Saturday.
London Olympics 2012: GB stars shake off winter cobwebs
IT IS six months and a matter of days until the United Kingdom’s leading athletes step out into London’s Olympic Stadium and either ignite or burn under the harshest spotlight they have ever known.
Farah looking for little bit Mo as he revs up in Glasgow
After years of sacrifice and thousands of miles of training, Mo Farah believes his Olympic dream will be decided by a fraction of a second in London.
All go for Pitreavie’s Gift
The organisers of the new Pitreavie Gift meeting on tomorrow can feel well pleased with their efforts so far with 18 heats of six entered for the 100 metres sprint which carries a first prize of £1000, writes SANDY SUTHERLAND.
Mo Farah faces speed test at Kelvin Hall in quest for double Olympic glory
SPRINTING as fast as you can, while staying as relaxed as you can. It’s a difficult balance to achieve, but one which Mo Farah thinks will be the key to Olympic glory.
Athletics: Claire Gibson sole Scot on show as curtain falls at Kelvin Hall
THE Aviva British Indoor International will play to a full house at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall tomorrow, and while the old arena will probably be staging its last such occasion – the National Indoor Arena is expected to be ready next year – there should be more sadness that there will be only one Scot on view,
Athletics: Rivals show Usain Bolt too much respect, says Olympic hopeful Kim Collins
KIM Collins has told his Olympic 2012 sprint rivals to stop standing back and admiring London hot favourite Usain Bolt.
Athletics: Scott and Baillie in Scots line-up
Allan Scott and Chris Baillie will be back in Scotland vests in Cardiff on Sunday for the Celtic Indoor Cup.
Athletics: No room for Scott at GB international
Capital hurdler Allan Scott has had his request turned down for a guest lane in the Aviva Great Britain Indoor International at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall on Saturday.
Atheltics: Learmonth quick off the blocks with Istanbul the target
Lasswade’s Guy Learmonth will head for Vienna tomorrow week chasing a fast 800m time as he bids to win selection for the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March.
Athletics: Holly Bleasdale vaults to British record and world second
Holly Bleasdale admitted she had astonished even herself when she marked herself out as a potential Olympic star by smashing her own British indoor pole vault record and going second on the all-time list.
Digest: Gary Cornish keeps up fine record
Inverness heavyweight Gary Cornish extended his record to five wins out of five with a points decision over Lithuanian Remigijus Ziausys in Liverpool last night.
Drug cheat Wilson lands four-year ban
BRITISH sprinter Bernice Wilson has been banned for four years after testing positive for anabolic steroids, UK Anti-Doping has announced.
Bekele ban raises fears over place at Olympics
Olympic distance-running great Kenenisa Bekele has been suspended by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation for not reporting to a training camp, in a move that could potentially keep him out of the London Games.
Athletics: Mordi and Scott to make comebacks at Kelvin Hall
The first National Championship of this Olympic year gets under way at 9am at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall tomorrow when the Scottish Indoor Open takes place, and it has brought several former stars out of retirement as well as others returning from injury.
Athletics: Allan Scott back to hurdling after rugby experiment
Hurdler Allan Scott went to Beijing and Melbourne in pursuit of success as an athlete before he fell “out of love” with the sport by his own admission.
Changing Room Chat: James Ellington gets his Olympic dream
A BRITISH athlete who tried to pay the costs of his Olympic preparations by selling himself on an online auction site has found a sponsor at last.
School cross country: Successful fortnight for Thurso twins
It’s been a great couple of weeks for Thurso High School twins, Emma and Oonagh Dunnett.
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