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Athletics News for 8 August 2021
Tokyo Olympics: Marathon runner Morhad Amdouni knocks over line of water bottles while trying to grab one
BBC - 8 Aug 2021 16:37
French marathon runner Morhad Amdouni knocks over a row of water bottles while trying to grab one during the Tokyo Olympics.
UK Athletics' head coach defends Tokyo performance despite no gold medals
The Guardian - 8 Aug 2021 15:40
Christian Malcolm criticised by ex-chair Ed Warner Warner: '22nd place in the athletics medal table is grim' The UK Athletics head coach, Christian Malcolm, has defended his team's performance at the Tokyo Olympics after...
The once-great US men's track team failed to win a solo gold in Tokyo. Why?
The Guardian - 8 Aug 2021 11:00
The US men failed to win an individual gold for the first time ever at a fully attended Olympics. What went wrong? When Noah Lyles finished third in the 200m final this week, he called his hardware "boring". When Grant H...
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