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DAI GREENE MADE TEAM GB CAPTAIN FOR LONDON
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Our athlete, 400m hurdling world champion, Dai Greene, has accepted the honour to captain Team GB's athletics team at the London Olympics.
With this being
Dai's first Olympics and already being named one of Britain's biggest hopes for a gold medal, the opportunity is the icing on the cake.
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SAM WEALE ACHIEVES QUALIFYING STANDARD FOR LONDON
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After
Sam failed to make the final at the recent World Championships in Rome, he thought his chance of selection may have gone.
But the World Cup final in Chengdu, China, gave him a last chance to qualify, which he did by finishing in an encouraging 7th place, along with Nick Woodbridge who finished in 5th place.
Tagged with: Freyja Prentice, Modern Pentathlon, Sam Weale
MODERN PENTATHLON – A BRILLIANT SPECTATOR SPORT
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At the weekend I attended the modern pentathlon World Championships in Rome to support our athletes Sam and
Freyja in their attempts to secure a position at the London Olympics. It was a nail biting competition and was always going to be tough when the Olympic standard is so high (they had to obtain a podium position!).
Tagged with: Freyja Prentice, Modern Pentathlon, Sam Weale
OLYMPIC PROGRESS UPDATE
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The last 2 weeks have been busy for the Wells Sports Foundation team, involving a mixture of activities and excitement.
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STEPH TWELL POSTS OLYMPIC TIME
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Our athlete,
Steph Twell, looks to have left her injury troubles behind her this weekend when she reached the Olympic ‘A' standard for the 5000m.
After preparing for the season with a period of altitude training in Kenya in January, she clocked 15 minutes 15.15 seconds to fifth place in the 5,000 metres at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational meeting at Stanford University in the US on Sunday.
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100 DAYS TO GO COVERAGE
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Check out our recent coverage that went out on ITV News at Ten to mark 100 days to go until the London Olympics.
Tagged with: 100 days to go, Dai Greene, Freyja Prentice, Holly Bleasdale
Weale Continues Olympic Campaign at Rostov World Cup
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Our athlete,
Sam Weale, secured back-to-back Modern Pentathlon World Cup top-20 finishes with 17th place in Russia yesterday.
The Beijing 2008 Olympian, ranked 22nd in the world, followed up his 19th place in Hungary a week ago with 17th in Rostov.
Tagged with: Modern Pentathlon, Modern Pentathlon World Cup , Sam Weale
100 Days to go, 100 signed Pictures to give away
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Today is 100 days to go until the greatest show on earth... the London Olympics.To celebrate, we are giving away 100 athlete profile pictures signed by some of our athletes, including world champion, Dai Greene, world indoor bronze medallist, Holly Bleasdale, world junior champion, Jodie Williams and European gold medallist, Lizzie Simmonds, who has recently qualified for London. These are ideal to keep as a souvenir of London 2012 or to pass on to a loved one as a gift.
To receive your very own signed profile picture of one our Olympic hopefuls, the process is simple.
Tweet @WellsSports telling us why you would like a signed photo and include #Olympicsignedphoto. As long as you have included the hashtag we will contact you for your details and your signed profile picture will be on its way to you shortly after.
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All Time Pentathlon 3rd Position for Katarina
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There is no stopping our athlete Katarina Johnson Thompson who this weekend stormed into 3rd position on the all time UK list for indoor pentathlon with a superb UK U20 record of 4526pts, which was narrowly short of Karolina Kluft's indoor world junior record of 4535pts.
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We Meet Jessica Ennis’s Coach
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After coming away from the World Indoor Championships last weekend with a silver medal, our Patron, Jessica Ennis, will now be assessing what she needs to do to continue to strive towards Olympic gold in this all important countdown period to London. One person who is instrumental in Jess's success is her coach, Toni Minichiello, who has coached Jess since she was 11.
Behind every champion is a great coach so we caught up with Toni to get an insight into his world.
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World Indoors Success for Holly Bleasdale
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Our athlete Holly Bleasdale achieved her first major medal at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul this weekend, where as a whole GB won a record total of 9 medals.
Tagged with: Holly Bleasdale, Jessica Ennis, Jodie Williams, World Indoor Championships
Lizzie & Caitlin Command 2nd Olympic Selection Opportunity
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Olympic Double for Hannah Miley
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It has been a nail biting week for our swimmers at the British Gas Swimming Championships, which has been their main opportunity to qualify for the London Olympics.
Tagged with: Anne Bochmann, British Gas Swimming Championships, Caitlin McClatchey, Hannah Miley, Lizzie Simmonds
Meet the Man Behind Wells Sports Foundation
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Meet our Chairman, Barrie Wells, whose entrepreneurial spirit combined with his huge passion for sport has led him into a philanthropic adventure which aims to contribute to London 2012’s legacy for sport.
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Raising Awareness: The Importance of Sporting Role Models
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The Annual
Youth Sport Trust Conference brings together the most exciting and innovative work in PE, school sport, whole school achievement and showcases the best global practice. The conference includes; world class keynote speakers, national policy updates and the profession's leading practitioners.
Tagged with: Amy Miveld, Key Themes, Sporting Role Models, Youth Sport Trust Conference
Michael Rimmer Bounces Back
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After the best year of his career in 2010 and the fastest start to a season ever at the beginning of 2011, Michael Rimmer looked to be showing immense form with just over a year to go to 2012. But a mystery groin injury produced an ongoing turbulent year which saw his World Championship hopes fall to pieces.
With the new year upon us, Michael finally looks set to be leaving all this behind him and we catch up with him in the beautiful surroundings of Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre to find out more...
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10,000 Miles, 15 Countries, 6 Months, 2 Wheels, 1 Nutter
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Our athlete, Charlotte Roach, this weekend completes her inspirational journey cycling from Beijing, back to the UK through 15 countries. This trip was to raise funds for the
Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA) that saved her life when she suffered an accident on her bike during triathlon training back in 2009.
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Beth Tweddle visits Barrie’s old School
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Despite Beth not officially being a part of the Wells Sports Foundation team, she supports our activities and, as a one off special occasion, Barrie arranged for Beth to make a special appearance at his old school, Merchant Taylors' Schools in Crosby, Merseyside, to deliver a gymnastics master class to its students.
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Barrie heads to South Africa to check out Warm Weather Camp
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Our Chairman,
Barrie Wells, has just set off to South Africa to meet up with our athletes,
Dai Greene and
Jenny Meadows, who are currently training out there at the UK Athletics Warm Weather Camp in Stellenbosch.
Tagged with: Dai Greene, Jenny Meadows, Stellenbosch
London 2012 reveals North West communities on Olympic Torch Relay route
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- 90 communities in the North West announced on the Olympic Torch Relay route
- The Olympic Flame will be in the North West from 29 May - 2 June and 20 - 24 June 2012 and will visit every county
- People in the North West are invited to start planning their welcome
- Over 95% of the UK population will be within 10 miles of the Olympic Flame
Tagged with: Mark Buckingham, Olympic Torch , Olympic Torch Relay