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Athletics News for 17 February 2021
Danil Lysenko: Five Russian athletics officials banned for anti-doping violations involving high jumper
BBC - 17 Feb 2021 17:57
Former Russian Athletics Federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and four other senior officials are banned for four years for anti-doping rule breaches.
World Athletics Indoor Tour: 'An astonishing run' - Elliot Giles breaks British 800m indoors record
BBC - 17 Feb 2021 20:59
Watch Great Britain's Elliot Giles break the British 800m record with the second-quickest time indoors in history.
Sebastian Coe 'excited' after Elliot Giles breaks GB 800m record in super spikes
The Guardian - 17 Feb 2021 22:50
Giles clocks 1min 43.63sec, second-fastest time in history Coe had held the British indoor 800m record since 1982 Sebastian Coe has insisted that he was delighted to see Britain's Elliot Giles shatter his British indoor ...
Russian Athletics officials banned over doping ban fraud conspiracy
The Guardian - 17 Feb 2021 18:53
Whereabouts failures of high jumper Lysenko covered up Medical records falsified and car accident invented Five senior Russian Athletics officials have been banned after an extraordinary conspiracy involving inventing a ...
How a 'technicality' could rule out one of Australia's top Olympic medal hopes | Kieran Pender
The Guardian - 17 Feb 2021 18:30
Oliver Hoare has run the eighth fastest indoor 1500m time in history, but his spot on the team for Tokyo remains uncertain When Australian runner Oliver Hoare crossed the finish-line in the 1500m race at an indoor event ...
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