Athletics News, results, fixtures and comment - spartacelticfest https://spartacelticfest.com/category/athletics/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://spartacelticfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-34861-32x32.png Athletics News, results, fixtures and comment - spartacelticfest https://spartacelticfest.com/category/athletics/ 32 32 The first-year doctor balancing gruelling shifts with an Olympic medal bid https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/the-first-year-doctor-balancing-gruelling-shifts-with-an-olympic-medal-bid/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:24:15 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=98323 Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mackenzie Little is a busy woman. The 26-year-old HAS just graduated from medicine…

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]]> The biggest threat to Olympic sports is not the Matildas or AFLW https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/the-biggest-threat-to-olympic-sports-is-not-the-matildas-or-aflw/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:09:00 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=97743 Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Screens are a bigger threat to females taking up athletics than the impact…

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]]> Marathon champion Titus Ekiru banned for 10 years after doping and faking hospital records https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/marathon-champion-titus-ekiru-banned-for-10-years-after-doping-and-faking-hospital-records/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:13:13 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=95735 Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news…

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]]> Seven of eight sprinters pull out of race once anti-doping officials set to attend https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/seven-of-eight-sprinters-pull-out-of-race-once-anti-doping-officials-set-to-attend/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 19:12:50 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=95733 Just one sprinter ran in the 100 metres final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the…

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]]> Introducing the $1000 marathon shoes you can only wear once https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/introducing-the-1000-marathon-shoes-you-can-only-wear-once/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:09:17 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=95653 Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Kelvin Kiptum broke the men’s marathon record last week at the Chicago Marathon…

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]]> Running on plenty: I love my ‘super shoes’ but here’s why they should be banned https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/running-on-plenty-i-love-my-super-shoes-but-heres-why-they-should-be-banned/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:41:04 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=94783 Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa celebrates after breaking the world record If you sidled up to any athlete at a track event and offered them something that could instantly make them 4…

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]]> Anxiety, injury and PTSD nearly destroyed Brooke. Invictus saved her https://spartacelticfest.com/athletics/anxiety-injury-and-ptsd-nearly-destroyed-brooke-invictus-saved-her/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:19:17 +0000 https://spartacelticfest.com/?p=93677 By Nick Wright Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It took more than three months for Brooke Mead to…

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