Tag Archives: Joe Choong

Silver lining for Lansiquot as she helps land Olympic medal

Posted on August 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

Imani Lansiquot, the former Trinity School sixth-former, landed the biggest prize of her athletics career last night, when in the middle of a Paris storm she stormed down the back straight of the Stade de France and safely handed over … Continue reading →

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Mayor’s Olympic blunder as Croydon Harriers are snubbed

Posted on August 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

At 6ft 6in tall and nearly 22 stone, Olympic discus thrower Lawrence Okoye ought to be hard to miss. But that’s what Croydon’s hapless Mayor Jason Perry did at the weekend, failing to give a shout-out to the only athlete … Continue reading →

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Mayor Khan agrees to repair Crystal Palace swimming pools

Posted on November 14, 2021 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace’s swimming and diving pools are set to get a multi-million facelift and repair package to enable them to re-open, after the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, agreed to get the works done, a decision which City Hall today … Continue reading →

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Crystal Palace at risk as London squanders its Olympic legacy

Posted on August 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

Britain’s Olympic heroes and heroines had barely stepped off their homecoming flights from Tokyo than coaches and administrators were warning that the promised “sporting legacy” of greater participation and increased achievement and excellence is being squandered through neglect and lack … Continue reading →

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Choong’s Olympic gold burnished on playing fields of Croydon

Posted on August 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

Whitgift School can now add Olympic gold to the long list of sporting achievements of its former pupils, after Joe Choong won the men’s modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Games yesterday. Whitgift has long been a nurturing ground for outstanding … Continue reading →

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