Sentences with phrase «medallist david»

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir contests five events in Rio and the wheelchair athlete remains on the hunt for a podium place after finishing just outside the medals as he defended his T54 1500m title.

Six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir had been due to compete but he is a late withdrawal through injury.

Jenny Archer, the coach of six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir, is among those recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Also adding to Great Britain's medal haul on the third day of competition was European champion Jo Butterfield and six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir.

Among those competing will be six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir who hopes to become the first wheelchair racer in history to break the three - minute barrier for the mile at the London event.

Olympic champion Sanya Richards - Ross finished strongly to pull away on the home straight and clock 50.10 for 400m victory ahead of a fast - finishing Stephenie Ann McPherson — runner up in New York — with a 50.40 season's best, while earlier on six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir had been victorious over 1500m as he clocked 3:18.78 to finish ahead of Frenchman Julien Casoli.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir is set to go head - to - head with Marcel Hug over 1500m, the Swiss five - time world T54 champion having claimed victory over the same distance in Lausanne.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir goes up against local favourite Marcel Hug and USA's Joshua George over 3000m, while other British athletes competing in Zurich include Daniel Talbot in the 200m, Lynsey Sharp and Shelayna Oskan - Clarke in the 800m, Niall Flannery in the non-Diamond League 400m hurdles and Charlie Grice in the 1500m.

Six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir praises integration of IPC event into the Diamond League element of the London Anniversary Games

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir has said this will be his last Paralympic Games and after finishing sixth in the 800m final he hinted that the two - lap event in Rio could have been his last individual track race too.

Double Olympic silver medallist David Florence will bid to make it a Games hat - trick on day four of Rio 2016 as Team GB bid to keep the medal streak going.

... Double Olympic silver medallist David Florence will bid to make it a Games hat - trick on day four of Rio 2016 as Team GB bid to kee...

Woods missed out in the semi-finals, as did three - time Olympic silver medallist David Florence, Adam Burgess and Ryan Westley in the men's equivalent.

The British champion held her nerve after two - time Commonwealth Games gold medallist David levelled the match at 1 - 1, before eventually coming through 3 - 1 for bronze.

Olympic silver medallist David Florence will start his quest for a third successive Olympic Games when the UK Canoe Slalom Championships take place at Lee Valley White Water Centre next weekend.

Three of the four selected paddlers represented Team GB at London 2012, including silver medallists David Florence and Richard Hounslow who are paired together again in the men's C2 event.

Not exact matches

David Weir has posted an emotional message on Twitter in which the six - time Paralympic gold medallist apologised for what he described as a «terrible» performance at Rio 2016, adding that he felt like he had let his country and British team - mates down.

Wenjun Xie delighted what was left of the home crowd in the final event of the day as he ran a 13.23 PB for 110m hurdles victory ahead of a field including the likes of world champion David Oliver and minor medallists Ryan Wilson and Sergey Shubenkov.

Raising the profile of PE Through the partnership with Sky Sports, we also have access to an extended pool of ambassadors who are helping to profile the importance of PE and school sport, including football legend David Beckham, along with Olympic gold medallists» Jess Ennis - Hill, Katie Taylor and Darren Campbell.

Led by Olympic medallists Keri - Ann Payne and David Carry, this intensive swim bootcamp will ensure you master the fundamentals, whilst also perfecting your technique with private and group swimming lessons, demonstrations and video analysis.