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North Yorkshire Athletics Network track stars with potential

England Athletics - Tue, 2010-09-07 01:00
North Yorkshire Athletics network ran an Aviva Startrack scheme at York St John University, signpositng 27 young attendees - aged 8 to 15 years - to City of York AC, many showing real potential. 

Wheelchair racing training sessions

England Athletics - Mon, 2010-09-06 01:00
A number of wheelchair racing training sessions and "come and try" sessions will be taking place in Leeds over the next few months.  There will be six Saturday afternoons at the John Charles Centre for Sport for athetes to train.

Improve your understanding of Hammer, Shot and Discus

England Athletics - Sun, 2010-09-05 01:00
This winter a series of throws workshops will be taking place, led by some of the top throws coaches in the country, including Malcolm Fenton, National Coach Mentor; plus Gary Howe (Discus), Rob Earle (Hammer) and Leroy Alison (Shot) who are all part of the National Coach Development Programme.

Run in England runner wins club title!

England Athletics - Sun, 2010-09-05 01:00
Leanne Brown joined the Wreake Runners Syston Run in England group to try and improve her running which she had started some weeks earlier.

Top Toronto runner to train Bradford athletes

England Athletics - Sun, 2010-09-05 01:00
Michael Del Monte, a 24-year-old postgraduate from the University of Toronto flew into the UK on 1 September to spend four months working and training in and around Bradford.

Four Continents for One Trophy - IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup Day One Preview

IAAF - 0 sec ago
3 Friday 2010 - With potentially up to a dozen Samsung Diamond League winners in action led by the second fastest man in history Tyson Gay, day one of the revamped IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup promises to serve up some top quality fare in the Croatian seaport of Split.  

Kipketer: Rudisha can break 1:40 – IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup

IAAF - 58 min 16 sec ago
3 September 2010 – Split, Croatia - World 800m record-holder David Rudisha has met Wilson Kipketer, the former World Record-holder, on several occasions before today’s press conference for the IAAF VTB Bank Continental Cup, but this weekend will be the first time that Kipketer has watched Rudisha compete in person since the young Kenyan’s breakthrough as the world’s leading two-lap runner.

Vlasic, Split’s citizen No. 1, relishing her moment at home – IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup

IAAF - 1 hour 58 min ago
3 September 2010 - Split, Croatia – When strolling the charming streets of this historic Dalmatian seaside resort town, it doesn’t take long to figure out that local girl Blanka Vlasic has a very important date on Sunday at Split’s Poljud Stadium.

IAAF Continental Cup 2010: GB medal-winners face world athletics elite

Telegraph Athletics - 2 hours 15 min ago
GB's impressive European Championships reflected in strong presence at IAAF Continental Cup in Split.

IAAF Continental Cup 2010 schedule

Telegraph Athletics - 2 hours 17 min ago
Full schedule for the IAAF Continental Cup meeting at the City Stadium in Split, Croatia on Sept 4 and 5 2010.

Priestley responds to ban - full text of press release

Athletics Weekly - 2 hours 30 min ago
Banned sprint hurdler claims food contamination could have led to positive test

Priestley given two-year ban

Athletics Weekly - 2 hours 33 min ago
European under-23 bronze medallist protests his innocence

Live athletics: IAAF Continental Cup 2010

Telegraph Athletics - 2 hours 46 min ago
GB's medal-winning athletes in action at the IAAF Continental Cup in Split. Watch it live on Telegraph.co.uk.

Commonwealth Games 2010: David Rudisha the latest to withdraw from New Delhi

Telegraph Athletics - 3 hours 23 min ago
New world 800 metres record holder David Rudisha has withdrawn from Kenya's team for the Commonwealth Games.

Priestley suspended for two years

BBC Athletics - 4 hours 20 min ago
British sprint hurdler Callum Priestley is banned for two years, and for life from the Olympics, after testing positive for a banned substance.

Q & A with Oliver and Adams in Split – IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup

IAAF - 4 hours 58 min ago
3 September 2010 – Split, Croatia - At today’s pre-event press conference ahead of the IAAF/VTB Bank Continental Cup in Split were US 110m hurdler and Samsung Diamond League winner David Oliver representing the Americas and World and Olympic Shot Put champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand competing for the Asia/Pacific team.

Watch Continental Cup in the UK on Telegraph website

Athletics Weekly - 5 hours 3 min ago
Telegraph.co.uk to stream IAAF event from Split

British hurdler Callum Priestley faces lifetime Olympic ban over drugs test

Telegraph Athletics - 5 hours 27 min ago
British hurdler Callum Priestley has been handed a two-year ban for testing positive for drugs.

Sayers satisfied with withdrawal

BBC Athletics - 5 hours 28 min ago
Cambridge javelin thrower Goldie Sayers has no regrets about pulling out of October's Commonwealth Games.

British hurdler banned for two years after testing positive for drugs

Guardian Athletics - 5 hours 33 min ago

• Callum Priestley also faces Olympic ban after using steroids
• 'This should act as a warning to all athletes' – anti-doping chief

British hurdler Callum Priestley has been given a two-year ban and faces a life-time Olympic ban after testing positive for drugs.

UK Anti-Doping confirmed the suspension will run until February 2012 after Priestley tested positive for Clenbuterol, the steroid used in asthma medicine, in South Africa earlier this year. Under British Olympic Association rules, the 21-year-old will also be ineligible for selection for London 2012 or any future Olympics.

"One of the important aspects of the Callum Priestley case is that he was tested off season, out-of-competition, and indeed outside of the UK," said the UK Anti-Doping chief executive Andy Parkinson. "This is in keeping with UK Anti-Doping's focus on targeted, out-of-competition testing across all sports in their off season. This case should act as a warning to all athletes that there is no hiding place from their responsibilities, no matter where they are, or whether they are competing."

The National Anti-Doping Panel's written decision says Priestley, who won the 60m hurdles at the world indoor trials in February, was unable to explain how the Clenbuterol came to be in his body. He initially suggested that the most likely source was contamination of supplements that he had been taking on the advice of a nutritionist, but scientific tests have failed to detect any trace of those.

"The athlete now believes that the most likely source was meat from animals or poultry which had been treated with steroids, but again it has not proved possible to produce any scientific or other evidence to substantiate the theory that any meat which he ate in South Africa was so contaminated," says the NADP report.

As Priestley was unable to prove no fault or negligence on his part, the panel imposed a two-year ban back-dated to February this year when he was initially suspended. He does have the right to appeal.

Priestley was coached by Lloyd Cowan, the UK Athletics performance coach who also trains Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu and sprinter Simeon Williamson.

"People say 'you must know everything', but you can't know everything with 15 athletes," said Cowan. "It's a shock. It's hard and, from a coach's point of view, it is stressful. Callum is just stepping on to the pathway to be an athlete and he had showed immense potential. I am worried about him."


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