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12 September 2001
Ideal start to 470 World Championships
Great Britain's Nick Rogers and Jo Glanfield lie first overall in their qualifying group at the 470 World Championships in Koper, Sl...
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11 September 2001
UK Sport welcomes funding review
UK Sport Chairman Sir Rodney Walker today welcomed Dr Jack Cunningham's report into the funding of elite sport and promised that his...
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11 September 2001
Birmingham boost for athletics stars
Sport England have announced a £2.5 million lottery award for the development of a high performance indoor athletics training facili...
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09 September 2001
The Road to Athens: Tim Brabants
Tim Brabants paddled his way to history in September 2000 at the Sydney Olympics when he became the first Briton to win an Olympic C...
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09 September 2001
The Road to Athens: Holly Murdock
Gymnast Holly Murdock is one of Great Britain's most talented young athletes.
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09 September 2001
The Road to Athens: Jayant Mistry
There are six major European tournaments this summer - these are the French, Dutch, Belgian, British, Austrian and Swiss Opens. I ha...
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07 September 2001
World Track Cycling team announced
The Great Britain team for the World Track Cycling Championships in Antwerp later this month has been announced. It includes Olympic...
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07 September 2001
The Road to Athens: Nicola Jackson
Currently taking a well deserved holiday, swimmer Nicola Jackson reflects on a memorable last few weeks that has seen her travel the...
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06 September 2001
Callicott addresses Sports Industry
UK Sport's Chief Executive, Richard Callicott, will be among the key figures to address the sports industry over the next three days...
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06 September 2001
World Half Marathon: one month to go
With one month to go, Bristol is finalising preparations for the 10th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, being staged in the ci...
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06 September 2001
Gaelic football PD appointed
One of Ireland's top coaches has been appointed Performance Director for Gaelic Football at the new Sports Institute Northern Irelan...
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06 September 2001
Sports Institute chiefs gather for forum
The 2nd International Forum on Elite Sport takes place next week, when staff from the world's leading high performance centres, incl...
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05 September 2001
Asher leaps to European title
Tom Asher rounded off a successful European season for Great Britain's Lottery-funded Water Ski squad, winning the Under 21 title at...
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05 September 2001
The Road to Athens: Ceris Gilfillan
In her third Road to Athens diary, cyclist Ceris Gilfillan writes about competing in France and the disappointment of not winning - ...
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04 September 2001
Track team begins world preparation
Great Britain's Lottery-funded Endurance cycling squad continued their preparations for the Track World Championships later this mon...
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03 September 2001
Hemmings & Gilby secure second Gold
Great Britain's Anna Hemmings partnered Helen Gilby to victory in the kayak doubles on Sunday as the 9th Canoe Marathon World Champi...
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03 September 2001
Danvers leads relay squad to Silver
The GB women's 4x400m relay squad won a Silver medal behind the USA in the penultimate event of the World University Games in Beijin...
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02 September 2001
Hemmings strikes Gold in Stockton
Great Britain's Anna Hemmings regained her kayak singles title at the 9th Canoe Marathon World Championships in Stockton on Saturday...
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02 September 2001
Sport Industry Awards launched
The Sport Industry Awards - established to recognize and reward commercial excellence in sport - were launched this week. Richard Ca...
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31 August 2001
In hot pursuit of Wales' top coach
As the deadline for nominations draws near, the Sports Council for Wales is now in hot pursuit of the top coach of 2001. Past winner...
