Mo Farah having been asked about his omission from the top three in the recent BBC Sports Personality of the Year during his eve of race press conference at Holyrood last weekend, a lively discussion ensued among a group of English journalists immediately afterwards. It is not unusual for those who spend too much time cocooned in any one sport to become a bit precious about their particular favourites and much hypothesis resulted, including the notion, which was by no means dismissed out of hand by those involved in the conversation who clearly did not care who heard what they had to say, that there was a racial element to it.
Category: Olympic Athletics
Legendary Irish athlete and former Olympian Frank Murphy has died aged 69
Murphy was a stalwart of Irish athletics and won a European silver medal in the 1969 European Athletics Championships 1500m in Athens with a time of 3.39.51, a then Irish record. He added another silver to his collection a year later in the 1500m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Vienna and represented Ireland at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and the Munich games four years later.
Kadeena Cox defends her decision to join The Jump despite funding suspension
Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox has defended her decision to compete in The Jump – a choice that has seen her elite UK Sports funding suspended. The 25-year-old, who has multiple sclerosis and won four medals at the Rio Paralympics including golds in athletics and cycling, justified her appearance on the reality TV show, saying she is looking forward to the experience.