by Matthew Wood | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Why did the British selectors of the 1930s persistently ignore the No.1 high jumper and No.2 pole vaulter, John Dodd? Introduction: Various theories have been put forward for the origins of the pole vault, and Ian Tempest, the eminent York-based athletics historian,...
by northernath | Jan 2, 2019 | News
Daley Thompson is, of course, the first and only Briton to have won an Olympic decathlon gold medal, but he is not the first male member of a British club to claim a title at the Games in an all-round event. The long forgotten latter honour was achieved in 1906, and...
