The TelegraphMary Peters: ‘I would have £1m if I had won gold in 2012 but what happiness would it bring me?’The Telegraph - Simon Briggs,“That was going to be the title: Mary P’s Again. But they thought it was a bit undignified for a Lady.” Lady Mary Peters chuckles, a warm and engaging sound. She is talking about her recently revised and extended autobiography Mary Peters: My Story, which adds eight new chapters to 1974’s Mary P. It …
The TelegraphDoing Parkrun today? You could be the 100 millionth finisherThe Telegraph - Jim WhiteThis Saturday morning, someone, somewhere in one of 2,300 events in 22 countries, will set a sporting record. An extraordinary one too. No-one can be certain where it will happen, but happen it will. Someone is about to become the 100 millionth finisher in a Parkrun. It will mean 100 million 5k …
The TelegraphLone runner races in 100m and toilets littered with drugs as doping scandal erupts in IndiaThe Telegraph - Jeremy Wilson, Samaan LateefThe lone runner in a farcical state 100m sprint final in India has laid bare a doping culture that has seen him be encouraged to cheat and witness other athletes being injected in changing rooms. Lalit Kumar was ultimately the only runner on the start line for Tuesday’s final after the seven other …
The TelegraphJazmin Sawyers: Long-jumper, dressmaker and The Voice contestantThe Telegraph - Jeremy Wilson,Jazmin Sawyers is staring out through her chosen Zoom backdrop of the Big Brother diary room and, appropriately enough, there will be at least one candid confession. The year was 2013 and Sawyers, then one of the most promising teenage athletes in the country, was desperate to get inside London’s …
The TelegraphCaster Semenya discriminated against over testosterone rules, court findsThe Telegraph - Jeremy Wilson,Caster Semenya still faces a massive legal fight to return to major competition after World Athletics doubled down on its new rules for testosterone suppression following a court ruling in the double Olympic champion’s favour. In the latest twist to a long-running legal battle, the European Court of …
The TelegraphZharnel Hughes: Usain Bolt inspiring me to be world's fastest manThe Telegraph - Jeremy Wilson,Zharnel Hughes, Britain’s new fastest man and the world’s leading 100m runner this year, has revealed how he is being inspired by sprinting’s GOAT Usain Bolt. Hughes, who is coached by Bolt’s 73-year-old mentor Glen Mills, sent shockwaves through athletics on Saturday by demolishing a field that …