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GB Rowing media melee
Last Friday brought the first media day of the year for the Great Britain rowing team, exactly six months out from the start of London 2012. The buzz was reflected by the 106 journalists in attendance....
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Bonus tracks from Paralympic cycling stars
The para-cycling track World Championships get under way in Los Angeles on Thursday and more of the interviews the team gave me at their media day in Newport will be online this week as the 14-strong...
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Women’s Boat Race announcement – highlights and reaction
There were hints here and there over the last few days but for many, the news that the Women’s Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will gain parity with the men’s event in 2015 came as a shock when...
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World Cup heroine Rowsell: It would be great to have a women’s Team Sky
After watching Joanna Rowsell win two World Cup golds over the weekend at a frenzied Olympic velodrome, I had the chance to chat to her on Monday for an article on the West London sport website. She...
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Katherine Grainger in her own words
The latest Rowing & Regatta magazine, which came out on Monday, features a 1,600-word feature on Katherine Grainger’s roots; her route from reluctant recreational rower to four-time Olympian. The...
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Braced for Boat Race week
Last week in a charity auction, a single seat on a launch following this year’s Boat Race was sold at auction for £500. By that mark, I’ve had few thousand pounds-worth over the last few years but this...
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More from Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter is the latest interviewee for the rowers’ roots series I’ve been writing for Rowing & Regatta magazine. As always, there were plenty more words available after the interview – at Poplar...
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Should Locog get more people jogging?
Have London 2012 organisers failed to deliver on their promise to “change the face of British sport” when the Olympic Games were awarded to the city seven years ago? “Legacy” and “participation” were...
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My highlights from the summer of sport
As the nights draw in and the weather worsens, the glowing summer of sport already seems a long time ago. The video montages will display the headlines and big names but – like no British summer before...
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What was your #rowingmoment2012 ?
After an outstanding year of rowing, it’s tough to pick just one moment out as better than the rest. Katherine Grainger’s victory with Anna Watkins would probably edge it for me as the pick of the...
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Twenty four hours away from the sporting spotlight
Even though it is just 10 miles south of Chester and 35 miles west from Stoke-on-Trent, Farndon Sports and Social Club feels about as far from civilisation as it is possible to be. It is certainly a...
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Why do we need another power ranking?
Reblogged from Real NFL Rankings: Unlike European domestic leagues, power rankings work well for American sports because they don’t have a single league table and teams don’t play the same opponents...
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Women’s Boat Race announcement – highlights and reaction
There were hints here and there over the last few days but for many, the news that the Women’s Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will gain parity with the men’s event in 2015 came as a shock when...
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“I’ve been in a boat 11 days and I’m gonna win”– Olympic medal hope Graeme...
Graeme Thomas is remarkably calm and confident as he prepares to make his Olympic debut in Rio, aiming for Great Britain’s first ever Olympic medal in the men’s quad scull. I spoke to the 27-year-old...
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Riding the world’s oldest bike race, by accident
This is a new personal project I’ve been working on. Please let me know what you think, share with anyone who might like it and have a look at the charity link. Climbing 100 Climbs Chalkpit Lane (117),...
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