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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...
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30 August 2001
Sports Science under the spotlight
How sports science can be further developed to benefit elite sport will be one of the major issues tackled at the British Associatio...
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30 August 2001
Fiery welcome for Canoe Marathon
Princess Anne will join athletes from 34 nations at the official opening of the 9th World Canoe Marathon Championships in Stockton-o...
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30 August 2001
Let our football do the talking
The bizarre language of football is to be used as an imaginative educational tool for over 120,000 English students worldwide in a n...
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30 August 2001
World Record coup for Velodrome
One of the world's top female track cyclists - Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel - has chosen the Manchester Velodrome for her attempt o...
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29 August 2001
The Road to Athens: Emma Brown
Disability powerlifter Emma Brown has had a very busy summer in the run-up to the European Championships in October.
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29 August 2001
Styles & May claim Tornado Silver
One year on from the Sydney Olympics, where Team GB won the sailing regatta with 3 Gold and 2 Silver medals, a new-look British squa...
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28 August 2001
UK Athletics names Half Marathon team
UK Athletics has announced the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol in ...
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28 August 2001
Great Britain equals record medal haul
Great Britain secured second place in the final medal table at the 2001 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne as the women's lightwe...
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28 August 2001
Water Skiers dominate World Games
Great Britain's Lottery-backed Water Ski squad dominated the podium at the 2001 World Games in Akita over the weekend with four of t...
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24 August 2001
Sailors back in competition
One year on from the Sydney Olympics, where Team GB won the sailing regatta, a new-look British squad has been going through its pac...
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24 August 2001
Rowers on course for world success
Both the GB men's and women's pair qualified for the medal finals on the first day of semi-finals at the 2001 World Rowing Champio...
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23 August 2001
Track team gets world class manager
British Cycling's World Class Performance Programme has signalled its intention to make Britain the world's leading track cycling na...
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23 August 2001
The Road to Athens: Nick Dempsey
The Mistral World Championships are taking place in Athens this week and Road to Athens diarist Nick Dempsey talks about the lead-up...
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23 August 2001
Freestylers seek Olympic qualification
As Britain basks in sunshine, a record number of British Freestyle skiers have headed down under to train and compete in Australia i...
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23 August 2001
BPA unveils new-look management team
The British Paralympic Association this week unveiled a new-look management team designed to prepare and organise British teams at t...
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23 August 2001
British success continues in Lucerne
All four Great Britain crews racing on the second day of repechages at the 2001 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne yesterday qual...
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23 August 2001
Golden start to World University Games
Wednesday 22 August saw the official opening of the World University Games by the Chinese President, Jiang Zemin, following a specta...
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22 August 2001
World University Games underway
The 21st World University Games got underway in Beijing today, and Great Britain's Basketball team made a winning start to their cam...
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22 August 2001
Men's eight through to medal final
The Great Britain men's lightweight eight edged out Australia in a tight finish to win their repechage on day three of the 2001 Worl...
