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The Yorkshire-born Olympic marathon men who ran for Canada

The most famous Olympic marathon of all is that of 1908 in London, in which the Italian, Dorando Pietri, was disqualified after passing the finishing-line and victory went instead to Johnny Hayes, of the USA. Another feature of this race was the failure of the large...
Northern Athletics Senior Men 6 Stage Relay Championship

Northern Athletics Senior Men 6 Stage Relay Championship

Senior Men’s 6-Stage, 6 x 6.6K: The attraction of Blackpool on a September Saturday showed in the record senior men’s entry of a 125 teams, of which 116 lined up for the first leg. First back proved to be Derby in the shape of Ben Connor, given the same...
Northern Athletes Shine at Parliament Hill Fields

Northern Athletes Shine at Parliament Hill Fields

There were record entries and finisher at Parliament Hill Fields for the English Cross Country Association Championships. Northern athletes managed to collect a total of 10 individual medals which included 4 championship gold medals and 6 team medals of differing...