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JACKSON believes Dai Greene can put Wales on the map this summer if he achieves Olympic 400m hurdles gold at London 2012. Greene is looking to become the first Welsh athlete to claim an individual Olympic title since long jumper Lynn Davies’ golden...
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March to focus on. “But after that it will be all about the Olympics. “It will be hard, but Joe has put himself in the frame now with his recent performances.” Meanwhile, Llanelli hurdler Dai Greene is looking to become the first Welsh athlete to claim...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Lynn Davies Team GB 2012 Amassador poses for a portrait on March 28, 2011 in London, England. View Photo »
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Championship in Japan. And in Olympic competition even the great Carl Lewis could get no closer than 18cm of Beamon's mark. By contrast, the triple jump record changed hands five times in two days at the Mexico Games and was broken in three successive...
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Bala: An appreciation of Shane Williams, the player ‘who made our hearts beat faster’
The Daily Post
As the back pages of the Australian press declared: “Dragons scare the not-so mighty All Blacks” praise was heaped on Shane. Shane was back. And his return to the international scene was testament to an inner steel that made him refuse to be written off.
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With the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist announced on Monday, Olympics correspondent GARETH GRIFFITHS speaks to track legends who expectDai Greene to rule at London 2012 WORLD champion Dai Greene might have raised concerns the Team GB footba
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Team GB 2012 Ambassadors and Olympic legends (L-R) Kriss Akabusi, Dame Mary Peters, Adrian Moorhouse, Tessa Sanderson, Roger Black, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sharron Davies, Sir Steve Redgrave, Robin Cousins, Jayne Torvill, Steve Backley,... View Photo »
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What is the point of talking about the legacy of the London Olympics if young people have nowhere to go? “We are trying to take youngsters down there, we are trying to get them off the streets and yet we’re not getting any help to do this.” Lynn...
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I got through it all in about three or four days. It was OK. I was on a rest at the time." It was back in April 2002 that Tomlinson first made his name as a long jumper, leaping 8.27m at a minor meeting in Tallahassee, Florida, to break the 34-year-old...
About Lynn Davies
Wikipedia
Lynn Davies CBE (born May 20, 1942 in Nantymoel, Wales) was captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1968; he won a gold medal in the event in 1964. In 1964 he also competed in the 100 metres contest. Full Article
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Team GB 2012 Ambassadors and Olympic legends (L-R) Kriss Akabusi, Dame Mary Peters, Adrian Moorhouse, Tessa Sanderson, Roger Black, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sharron Davies, Sir Steve Redgrave, Robin Cousins, Jayne Torvill, Steve Backley, Christopher Dean, Duncan Goodhew,...
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Former British Olympic medallists gather on the Millennium Bridge in London to launch the British Olympic Legends team for London 2012, with left to right, Kriss Akabusi, Mary Peters, Adrian Moorhouse, Tessa Sanderson, Roger Black, Kelly Holmes, Sharron Davies, Steve Redgrave, Robin...
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Team GB 2012 Ambassadors and Olympic legends (L-R) Kriss Akabusi, Dame Mary Peters, Adrian Moorhouse, Tessa Sanderson, Roger Black, Dame Kelly Holmes, Sharron Davies, Sir Steve Redgrave, Robin Cousins, Jayne Torvill, Steve Backley, Christopher Dean, Duncan Goodhew,...
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