This is Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s story. In her words.She's been one of Great Britain's shining lights in track and field ever since bursting onto the heptathlon scene as a teenager. And now at 31 years old, Katarina Johnson-Thompson's care

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It's been six years since Armand Duplantis - Mondo to his family, friends and adoring fans - burst onto the scene to take pole vault gold at the European Championships in Berlin.He was just 18 and the world of athletics was blown away by this

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She arrived at Munich 2022 as a dominant force rising through the European ranks, but still in search of a first major crown on the continent. Not every fan of athletics would've known her, yet come the end of the European championships, Yarosl

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Norwegian track sensation Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a love affair with the European Championships. It was six years ago in Berlin when he annoucned himself to the world when, aged just 17, he shocked the field to take 1500m and 5000m gold.Since

Zharnel Hughes

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He's one of the stars of Great Britain's sprint team, but Zharnel Hughes knows the challenges that face any elite athlete.From the pain of Amsterdam 2016 when injury impacted his competitive spirit, to bouncing back to be crowned Euroepan cha

Femke Bol

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For every elite athlete, there's one rival they must all overcome: their own self-doubt.And Dutch 400-metre sensastion Femke Bol is no different, despite her dominance on the track. Bol has broken world records and stunned those competing aga

Keely Hodgkinson

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When Keely Hodgkinson steps onto the track inside Rome’s Olympic Stadium this summer, she’ll be carrying the weight and expectation of a nation on her shoulders. The reigning 800 metre European champion is fully aware that she enters the aren

Jake Wightman

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Known as a master tactician of middle distance running, Jake Wightman is a man who comes steeped in athletics tradition and culture. He's watched the Olympics from afar, even been a fan in the stadium... and now he's in Tokyo to finally get his

Liemarvin Bonevacia

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From the small Caribbean island of Curacao to the Olympic Games, Liemarvin Bonevacia's story is one that shows every underdog can have their day.Liemarvin was a late adopter of track and field, training on the single athletics in Curacao befo

Nafi Thiam

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Belgium's Nafi Thiam was just 21 years old when she took Olympic gold in the heptathlon in 2016. She's since gone on to become world and European champion, dominating her sport.To the concern of her rivals, Thiam says she's only now entering

Karsten Warholm

Jul 21st, 2021 20m 13s

From his first race around his local town hall in jeans and an over-sized t-shirt, Karsten Warholm has come a long way to breaking the 400m hurdles world record.From the tracks of Norway to the Land of the Rising Sun in Tokyo, Japan for the 2

Malaika Mihambo

Jul 14th, 2021 25m 23s

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At just 17 Jakob Ingebrigtsen was a European champion, taking gold at the Berlin 2018 European Championships.The Norwegian sensation has gone on to be a leading figure in middle distance running ever since and now, along with brothers Filip a

Sandra Perkovic

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No woman in the history of the Olympic Games has ever completed a gold treble in the discus throw. Evelyn Jahl first came closest in 1976 and 1980, but her back to back victories went unmatched for 36 years... until Sandra Perkovic won in Rio

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How does a 19-year-old take over his sport in one evening of pole vaulting in Berlin? For Sweden's Mondo Duplantis, it was a 14-year journey that made him into an overnight success as he took gold at the 2018 European Championships.He hasn't

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S1: Introducing Track + Field

Jun 16th, 2021 2m 18s

The Olympic Games are where dreams come true... legends are born... history made.Sports journalist Peter Sanderson has spent years tracking Europe's brightest track and field athletes up close and personal as they matured to reach Tokyo 2020.

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