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Thursday, 20 November 2008

Who should run the Asylum?

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(A very brief history of British athletics administration) As the short-lived British Athletics Federation (BAF) staggered, in the mid-ninet...
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Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Yet Another Brave New World

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It could be said that British athletics over the past fifteen years has behaved like an unruly volcano, erupting with a regularity that is n...
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Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Listening to Wisdom

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When two of Britain’s former Directors of Coaching and highly respected international coaches are expressing the same opinion about the trea...
Tuesday, 23 September 2008

European Woes

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In Beijing, Europe’s male runners put in their worst global performance since the dawn of the modern Olympics. A silver medal in the steeple...
Thursday, 28 August 2008

Beijing: Where the Buck stops

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Midst the euphoria following the excellent overall performance of the Great Britain team at the Beijing Olympics, we have to consider why it...
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Monday, 11 August 2008

Engineering Greatness: Peter Coe

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In 1980 I was queuing at Gatwick Airport to book in for the Aeroflot flight to Moscow for the Olympics. Behind me I suddenly heard a voice ...
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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

In a Sea of Confuaion

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One telling phrase sums up the attitude of those, at the very highest levels of international sport, who are trying to circumvent the law an...
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tonyward
Former PRO and media spokesman for British Athletics (1986-96). Level 4 coach. Author of: Modern Distance Running (1964); Linford Christie (1989; Athletics: The Golden Decade (1991), shoretlisted for Sportsbook of the Year 1991 plus contributions to newspapers various athletics magazines. Founder of the British Athletics League; international TV and stadium commentator
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