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The magic of the ekiden
Interested in all things Japanese ahead of next summer’s Tokyo Olympics? Want to know why Japan’s distance runners are so fast? Then you might want to have a go at an ekiden, Japan’s cultural icon of the running world which turns solitary running into the most gripping of team sports.
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The chill-out playlist - Mirela Demireva
Olympic high jump silver medallist Mirela Demireva shares some of her favourite tracks.
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Review: ‘Freeman’ – an in-depth look at the race of a generation
It’s a race that is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments not just in athletics but in sporting history overall.
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The athletics statto’s definitive library
We asked eight influential people within the sport for their go-to athletics resources. These are their choices – from A(TFS) to Z(arnowski)
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Review - The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World
The Stand – How One Gesture Shook the World, the latest athletics film from Tom Ratcliffe, passionately details one of the most iconic and enduring sporting moments: the 200m medal podium protest by Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games. And on many levels, its retelling, more than five decades later, couldn’t be more timely.
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Abdi Nageeye's lockdown playlist
The Dutch marathon record-holder Abdi Nageeye has a huge passion for music. From rap to rock and house to blues, Nageeye has an eclectic taste straddling many different styles. Here the Kenyan-based Dutch athlete and training partner to Eliud Kipchoge offers World Athletics his five tunes to play during lockdown.
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Nathan Strother’s lockdown reading list
Yesterday marked World Book Day. One man who has ramped up his reading action in recent months is USA’s world 4x400m champion Nathan Strother.
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Eliud Kipchoge’s lockdown reading list
Training alone because of government restrictions following the Covid-19 outbreak, life is currently far from the norm for the world’s leading marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge.
