In the 1997 Tour de France, Italian cyclist Marco Pantani summited the 21 hairpin turns and 13 kilometres of the Alpe d’Huez in a little over 37 minutes, a record that will never be bettered. Pantani was rocket-fuelled that July afternoon, as were countless others. “The Pirate” won the Tour and the Giro d’Italia in 1998. The next year, though, he was expelled from the Italian grand tour after blood
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Eilish McColgan believes her athletics future lies in marathon running as she prepares to make her debut in the event at London. McColgan enjoyed a ground-breaking 2022 on the track, winning her
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Eilish McColgan has brushed off a blunder by Great Scottish Run organisers which invalidated her European and British 10k records. The organisers of the race in Glasgow on October 2 have apologised
Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Eilish McColgan has been stripped of her European and British 10km records after the Glasgow course was found to have been 150m short. Great Scottish Run organisers apologised to McColgan after her
CJ Ujah apologised to his relay team-mates over the doping breach Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email CJ Ujah has been cleared of “intentionally” doping but the Great Britain sprinter must still serve a 22-month suspension. The Athletics
Marathon world records Elite men: 2hrs 1mins 09secs, Eliud Kipchoge, Berlin, September 2022. For context, the average time for male runners is approximately 3 hours 48 mins. Elite women: 2hrs 14mins 04secs, Brigid Kosgei, Chicago, October 2019. While the average time for female runners is approximately 4 hours 23 mins. How to watch? The elite races and the iconic mass participation event will be broadcast live on the BBC this
Organisers confirmed the change as registration opened for the 127th running of the marathon on 17 April 2023 Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Non-binary athletes will be able to run in next year’s Boston Marathon without having
Wightman won gold over 1,500 metres in Eugene last month but is contesting the 800m in Munich Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email World champion Jake Wightman cruised into the semi-finals of the European Championships on Thursday. Wightman
In the roll call of credentials for the announcers of the 1500m, Ollie Hoare’s CV was the briefest. Two world champions, Olympic silver and bronze medallists, world championship finalists, world indoor medallists. And Ollie. Ollie won. Australian Ollie Hoare upstaged the best in the world in the most competitive race of the Commonwealth Games to win gold in the 1500m. It repaired a clumsy day on the track when world
Last year Nina Kennedy’s career had crashed. She had bottomed out in Tokyo at the Olympics, finishing 12th after barely clearing a training height. She was shattered. Twelve months to the day she is now the Commonwealth gold medallist, two weeks after also becoming the third-best pole vaulter in the world by winning bronze at the world championships. Nina Kennedy won pole vault gold.Credit:Getty It has been a stunning turnaround.
