*T&FT Rewind No. 24 – Jan Zelezny Jan Zelezny the three time Olympic Javelin champion whose eccentric but effective style transfixed us for so long: never has a javelin experienced such a whippy explosion of propulsive force from the body of an athlete that frequently ended up with legs akimbo, all joints straining and often […]
*T&FT Rewind No. 23 Edinburgh 1970 CG Men’s 5000m was a Scottish 1-2 with the two Ians, Stewart and McCafferty defeating the then top two of all time Ron Clarke and Kip Keino in a classic race of the era – after the dawdle of the early laps it was WR pace thereafter and an […]
T&FT Rewind No. 22 – Ed Moses All time great Ed Moses’s record breaking 400m Hurdles career analysed and respectfully appreciated by contemporary intermediate hurdle event specialist and fellow champion Felix Sanchez with insights from the great man too. Click image for video clip
T&FT Rewind No. 21 Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards, the flying man…. with all of his major performances and jumps including the extraordinary 18.43m wind assisted Lille leap in 1995, his 18.29m world record later that year in Gothenburg and other medal winning events including his 2000 gold in Sydney. The human bouncing athletic bomb. Click […]
T&FT Rewind No. 20 Tommy Smith, John Carlos and Peter Norman and their role in the Mexico 1968 200m final and medal ceremony was an iconic moment in sporting history – all three medalists paid the price and were vilified in the years that followed in equal measure. If you have the chance to see […]
T&FT Rewind No. 19 Dorothy Hyman and barefoot Bruce Tulloh head GB team’s 5 gold medal haul at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade Click image for video link
T&FT Rewind No. 18 David Rudisha with his London 2012 800m gold medal winning “Athletics performance of the Games” with echoes of Filbert Bayi and appreciated in this commentary by 1980 800m winner and ace racer himself Steve Ovett – a sublime gun to tape run… just magnificent. Click here for video clip
T&FT Rewind No. 17 Paula Radcliffe improves the Women’s Marathon WR in London in April 2003 at the pinnacle of her talent on both the track and roads from her 2002 Manchester CG 5000m and Munich Euro’s 10000m gold medal exploits through to her 2005 Helsinki World Champs gold medal Marathon victory. Click on image […]
T&FT Rewind No. 16 Filbert Bayi & John Walker in the 1974 “Greatest 1500m of all time” with a supporting cast of all time greats as Bayi front runs to a new WR. Click image for video clip
Hypomeeting Gotzis – a Unique Athletics Experience for Fans: For 45 years the alpine village of Gotzis has hosted the premier multi-event competition outside of the annual championship events. Taking place in the early weeks of the summer it is the venue where most elite multi-event athletes make their 7 or 10 event start to […]
The “Algarve Running Challenge” / ARC includes 4 separate races on different running surfaces or you can take part in just the 2 events of the “Algarve Running Weekend”/ ARW BEST VALUE AUTUMN RUNNING BREAK – WORLD CLASS TRAINING FACILITIES – ESTABLISHED EVENT The events are: 5 km Cross Country Handicap, time graded One Mile Track Time Trials, a 3 km Beach […]
The 36th European Indoor Championships in Athletics will take place in Torun in central Poland. This walled medieval town is the birth place of Copernicus and offers interesting sightseeing opportunities plus good food & drink options at excellent value. Having organised groups to the town on three previous occasions and to the indoor stadium for […]