James Sullivan has been having a chat with one of Australia’s bright prospects, long jumper Brooke Stratton. Brooke Stratton is an elite athlete from Melbourne, Australia who competes predominantly in the long jump. She finished 10th at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy, 6th at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada and [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting to Australian 400m runner Steven Solomon, finalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Steven Solomon is an elite athlete from Sydney, Australia, who specialises in the 400m. At the 2012 World Junior Championships he claimed the bronze medal in a personal best time of 45.52 seconds. Just four weeks later [...]
James Sullivan takes a closer look into the world of triathlon as he has a chat with Irish Olympian Gavin Noble. Gavin Noble is an elite triathlete from County Fermanagh, Ireland. He represented Ireland at London 2012, placing 23rd, becoming the first Irish male to take part in an Olympic Games in triathlon. He also [...]
Having previously spoken to elite decathlete Stephen Cain, James Sullivan has been chatting to another of Melbourne’s international standard athletes, Olympic steeplechaser Victoria Mitchell. Victoria Mitchell is an elite middle distance runner from Melbourne, Australia, who specialises in the 3000m Steeplechase. She claimed the silver medal at the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting with Irish middle distance runner John Travers about his experience at the recent European Indoor Championships, his training and his plans for the rest of 2013. John Travers is an elite middle distance runner from Dublin, Ireland. He has represented Ireland at the 2010 World Junior Championships, the 2010 World [...]
James Sullivan has been talking to another of Ireland’s rising stars, middle distance junior athlete Siofra Cleirigh Buttner. Siofra Cleirigh Buttner is a middle distance athlete from Dublin, Ireland. She won a silver medal over 1500m at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival. At the 2012 World Junior Championships she reached the semi-finals of the [...]
James Sullivan is back with part 3 of his A-Z review of the 2012 athletics year. Q – Qatar For over a decade now the Middle-Eastern nation of Qatar has had a very negative impact on athletics with their policy of buying in world class Kenyan athletes to run for the arid nation. However London 2012 [...]
James Sullivan is back with part 2 of his A-Z review of the 2012 athletics year. PART 2 (I-P) I – Istanbul Istanbul was the setting for the 14th World Indoor Championships, which took place between the 9th and 11th of March. In total, 618 athletes competed, representing 171 nations. 28 countries made it on to the medals [...]
2012 has been a memorable year of athletics with London playing host to possibly the most exciting and most popular Olympic Games in living memory. Like any year there have been some jaw dropping performances, shock results, with a sprinkling of controversy thrown into the mix. James Sullivan takes a look back at events from London [...]
James Sullivan has been chatting to Australian decathlete Steve Cain who gives an in-depth insight into the life of an elite multi-eventer. Steve Cain is an elite athlete from Melbourne, Australia who specialises in the decathlon. He has won multiple Victorian State and Australian National championship titles at both junior and senior level. His PB [...]
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