Posts from June 2012
JENNY MEADOWS' OLYMPIC HOPES CONTINUE
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Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Our athlete Jenny Meadows yesterday left her hopes of making the team for the London Olympics hanging in the balance when she was forced to withdraw from the 800m at the European Championships in Helsinki.
Jenny has been out of action this year due to a rare achilles injury so has not been able to obtain a current A standard to prove her form to the selectors.
She made the decision to miss the British Trials in Birmingham last weekend in order to give herself an extra week ahead of the Europeans where she felt she could do herself justice. However, on the day of her first race she pulled out due to her achilles being affected by the flight over to Helsinki.
Tagged with: Jenny Meadows, Michael Rimmer
BEAU SMITH’S TORCH INSPIRED VISIT
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Athletes 4 Schools, Wells Sports Foundation
Our local triathlete Beau Smith this week visited Dallas Road Primary School in Lancaster to teach its pupils about the triathlon as part of the school's Olympic Week.
Tagged with: Beau Smith, Dallas Road Primary School
CANARY WHARF TRIUMPH FOR KATIE HEWISON
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Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Last night at the GE Canary Wharf Triathlon, our triathlete, Katie Hewison, beat off strong competition from former World Cup winner Liz Blatchford and South African 2012 Olympian Gillian Sanders, to take the coveted title.
Tagged with: British Triathlon, GE Canary Wharf Triathlon, Katie Hewison
DAI GREENE & HOLLY BLEASDALE QUALIFY FOR LONDON
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Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
This weekend was an emotional rollercoaster for our athletes as the British Trials took place in Birmingham to determine which individuals would book their places for the London Olympics.
Tagged with: British Trials, Dai Greene, Holly Bleasdale, Jodie Williams, Michael Rimmer
KATARINA’S LIFE THROUGH A LENS
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Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Our heptathlete, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, brilliantly made the Olympic A standard last weekend with an incredible personal best of 6,248, which smashed her recently made British junior record.
Off the track, Kat is funny, stylish, loves music and admits her guilty pleasure is watching Jeremy Kyle.
Here Kat has matched images with her own tag lines to give an insight into her life and personality.
Tagged with: Heptathlete, Katarina Johnson Thompson
THUNDER KAT COMMANDS PLACE IN LONDON
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Barrie Wells, Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Competing at the World Combined Events Challenge in Kladno, Czech Republic, this weekend, Katarina exceeded her own recently set British junior record by a massive 241 points to book her place in London with a comfortable win of 6,248 points.
Tagged with: Barrie Wells, Heptathlon, Katarina Johnson Thompson
OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION FOR SAM WEALE
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Our Athletes , Wells Sports Foundation
Four of Britain's top modern pentathlon stars have officially booked their spots at the London 2012 Olympics after the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced that Mhairi Spence, Samantha Murray, Nick Woodbridge and our athlete, Sam Weale, have all been officially selected to represent Team GB at the Games.
Tagged with: Freyja Prentice, Modern Pentathlon, Pentathlon GB, Sam Weale