The beauty of an event like the Olympics is the different types of stories that emerge. From the refugee team that competed this year to the brilliance of Usain Bolt there were plenty of things to read and discuss. Perhaps the two people who best showed what the...
A little while ago I wrote about Jessica Ennis-Hill’s Olympic glory and her journey to retaining her title. One woman who is aiming to stop her is Canadian athlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton. Brianne competed in a number of different sports while in high...
This Friday (August 12th) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will take the track in Rio looking to make history. She will compete in the 100m sprint heats aiming to win the title for a third consecutive Olympics. Jamaica has a long history of having successful track and field...
Today’s athletes tend to focus on one sport in order to excel at it – Mildred (Babe) Didrikson Zaharias managed to excel at three diverse sports. Mildred was born in 1911 and would go on to claim that she earned the nickname...
In Rio next month, Jessica Ennis-Hill aims to make history as the first British woman to successfully defend a track and field title at the Olympics. She won the gold medal at the London Olympics on a night that was known as ‘Super...
