It’s just over four months until Kate O’Connor plans to step back into the athletics arena. After winning her fifth successive medal at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, the lofty goal she has now set herself is to win two more in quick succession. First up will be the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at … Read more
It’s one measure of how far and fast Kate O’Connor has ascended the global athletics stage that she can battle her way to the bronze medal in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships, yet still harbour some feelings of regret. It’s another measure entirely that O’Connor did it without being at her absolute best. … Read more
A massive effort by Kate O’Connor in the shot put has reinforced her bronze medal position after three pentathlon events on the final day of the World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland. O’Connor delighted herself with her opening throw of 14.59m, before setting a new personal best with her second throw of 14.65m. That briefly … Read more
In the end Nick Griggs was left hailing to the chiefs, his ninth-place finish in the 3,000 metres final by his own admission a valuable lesson in what it takes to make the podium at the World Indoor Championships. In the straight 15-man final inside the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena in Torun on Saturday night, Griggs moved … Read more
The Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena sits on the edge of the old walled town of Torun, still one of Poland’s most majestic sites along the Vistula River. Here, for the next three days, many of the world’s biggest stars will battle it out for medals at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Sometimes, this event is served up … Read more
It just wasn’t to be this time, Sarah Healy falling short of winning another medal in the 3,000m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, on Saturday. In the suitably tense and intriguing 15-lap final, Healy stayed in contention from the gun, only to drop back into sixth place over the last lap, … Read more