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Athletics News for 6 June 2021
Mo Farah brushes off bad run and says he can defend Olympic 10,000m title
The Guardian - 6 Jun 2021 23:30
Briton ran 22 seconds outside qualifying time for Tokyo Farah blames 'niggle' in left ankle for poor performance In elite sport there is often a fine line between defiance and delusion, and Mo Farah appeared to be skirti...
Alistair Brownlee disqualified for 'ducking' and faces Olympic omission
The Guardian - 6 Jun 2021 20:05
The 2012 and 2016 triathlon gold 'pushed' rival underwater Winner Alex Yee set for second spot with Jonny Brownlee Alistair Brownlee's hopes of winning a third successive Olympic title appear to be over after he was disq...
Netherlands' Sifan Hassan smashes women's 10,000m record by 10 seconds
The Guardian - 6 Jun 2021 19:49
Dutch runner now has four world records Britain's Dina Asher-Smith sets meeting record in 100m The game-changing effect of super spikes on track and field was again dramatically emphasised in Hengelo on Sunday as Sifan H...
Sifan Hassan: Dutch athlete breaks 10,000m world record by more than 10 seconds
BBC - 6 Jun 2021 16:41
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan breaks the women's 10,000m world record by more than 10 seconds.
Mo Farah's Olympic hopes in balance as he misses Tokyo 2020 10,000m qualification
BBC - 6 Jun 2021 00:27
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah's hopes of representing Great Britain in Tokyo seem to be over after he fell well short of the qualifying mark in European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham.
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