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Tag Archives: Olympic Games
Champion Ivy Russell’s weighty influence on women’s sport
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: With a story of another of Croydon’s forgotten heroines, DAVID MORGAN profiles sporting pioneer Ivy Russell, a weightlifting champion and professional wrestler The excitement was building in the Greyhound Hotel. It was a Saturday night dance with a … Continue reading
Purley photographer Shearman retires after 62-year career
Double Olympic gold medallist Seb Coe leads the tributes from the stars of track and field to veteran ‘snapper’ Mark Shearman, one of the world’s leading sports photographers, has announced his retirement after 62 years of work from trackside at … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Business, Purley, Sport
Tagged 2012 London Olympics, Lord Seb Coe, Mark Shearman, Olympic Games, Purley, Sebastian Coe
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Harriers relay teams track success all way to London Stadium
Three out of four sprint relay teams from Croydon Harriers won their races staged at London’s Olympic stadium on Saturday, part of the international Diamond League meeting staged just a week before the Paris Games, with one of the squads … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, Lia Bonsu, London Olympic Stadium, Olympic Games
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Racing against the great Spitz at a Games scarred by violence
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Chariots of Fire is on the telly, the Paris Games are just five days away, and DAVID MORGAN speaks to the South Croydon-based swim coach about how he raced against one of the greatest Olympians of all time … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History, South Croydon, Southwark Council, Sport, Swimming
Tagged 1972 Munich Olympics, 1976 Montreal Olympics, 2024 Paris Olympics, City of London Police, David Morgan, David Wilkie, John Mills, Mark Spitz, Olympic Games, Olympics, South Croydon, South Croydon Swimming Club, Southwark, St James's Swimming Club, Sutton and Cheam Swimming Club
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Addiscombe cycle shop-owner who had record-breaking career
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Further research into the archives at Croydon Minster has discovered another local who reached Olympic heights in the last century, writes DAVID MORGAN The Stockholm Olympics of 1912 were the last Games to be held before the Great … Continue reading
Swimmer who made a splash with Tarzan at Paris Olympics
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Diving back into the parish register from more than 100 years ago, DAVID MORGAN has found the story of a medal-winner from Croydon who raced at the Chariots of Fire Games The 2024 Olympics are fast approaching. The … Continue reading
Prestigious Olympic qualifier may be coming to Croydon
EXCLUSIVE: Despite set-backs and disappointments of council-staged events, a new festival is coming to Croydon ahead of the 2024 Paris Games Croydon is to stage the prestigious European qualifier for the first-ever Olympic beer-chucking gold medal event later this year. … Continue reading
Norbury Hill Cubs are for the long jump with Jade Johnson
Commonwealth Games and European athletics championships medallist Jade Johnson will be visiting Norbury Hill Cubs on Saturday morning to put them through their paces. Johnson, recently appointed club Patron at Herne Hill Harriers, will be unveiling the new scooter rack … Continue reading
Shearman is in the running to set Olympic record in Tokyo
The London Marathon takes place on Sunday. It will be 40th running, but entirely different from the previous 39 editions. And because of the special covid staging, a Purley-based sports photographer who has covered the race every year since the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Purley, Sport
Tagged Mark Shearman, Olympic Games, Paul Spalding, Photography, Purley, Tokyo
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Olympic medallist Nihill to be honoured in Addiscombe
Paul Nihill, probably Croydon’s greatest ever Olympic competitor, is to get a road named after him in Addiscombe tomorrow. The road-naming ceremony will coincide with the event in which Nihill made his name, the 50-kilometre walk, taking place at the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Athletics, Paul Nihill, Sport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Olympic Games, Paul Nihill
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Rooney apologises for his performance, on and off the track
Croydon Harrier Martyn Rooney has issued an apology after announcing on national television that he “ran like a dick” at the Rio Olympics. Rooney had just been eliminated at the heats stage of the 400 metres when he gave his … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Olympic Games, Rio Olympics, Usain Bolt
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Mayor urged to make Games bid centred on Crystal Palace
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has received a proposal to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games – centred on south London, with Crystal Palace National Sports Centre undergoing a substantial, and overdue, refurbishment. With the Rio Olympics underway and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Commonwealth Games, Athletics, Bowls, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Park, Cycling, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Netball, Planning, Rugby Union, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Commonwealth Games, Crystal Palace, Olympic Games, Sadiq Khan
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Lally defies Olympic selectors to realise her lifelong dream
IAN LAMONT interviews a south London athlete who has overcome illness, depression and disappointment to drive her into becoming one of the world’s best discus throwers. Main photograph by IAN STRATTON Jade Lally can put four years of hurt behind … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Sport
Tagged athletics, Jade Lally, Olympic Games
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Festival fortnight offers food, football and fun
BERNARD WINCHESTER highlights the many varied activities to be found on the opening weekend of the South Norwood Arts Festival, from Olympic torches to WG Grace After missing out in 2012 (perhaps the Olympic organisers felt that the competition from … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Athletics, Cricket, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace FC, Dance, Football, Music, South Norwood, Sport, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, London, Olympic, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games, South Norwood, Thomas Crapper, Woodside Green
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Dasalou takes short route to Sweden in search of a medal
IAN LAMONT reports on the latest Croydon sportsman to make some international impact A mixture of excitement and relief accompanies James Dasaolu to Gothenburg, where he is representing Great Britain in the European indoor championships which start today. The Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Harrier, Dasaolu, Gothenburg, Holly Bleasdale, James Dasaolu, London, Olympic Games
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Inspired by the Olympics? Try the race that’s too tough for Mo
Inspired by the Olympics? Want to set yourself a real challenge? There’s a very challenging – and that means a lot of hard hills – six-mile charity cross-country race on Streatham Common at the end of this month, where regular … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Athletics, Charity, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Gold medal, London, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, Streatham Common
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Go with Mo: Croydon takes part in world record attempt
A week on from Mo Farah winning his second Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, Croydon’s runners have been playing their part in a world record attempt 5km run. ParkRun is an outstanding, nil-cost series of weekly races staged … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Addiscombe West, Athletics, Health, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming, Thornton Heath
Tagged Michael Gove, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, ParkRun, Thornton Heath
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Croydon’s Olympic volunteers offered free photo-shoot
Were you an Olympic Games volunteer? A local business is offering a free photo-shoot of volunteers in their Olympic uniform together with their ID as a special thank-you for all their efforts during the London 2012 Games. The picture will … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Shirley North, Sport
Tagged 2012 Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, Events, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Sport, Summer Games
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Londoner forced to go to end of the earth in Olympic sacrifice
Ignore the statistics pumped out so far this week about the Olympic Games and Britain’s quest for 48 medals in the coming 16 days of high-octane sporting action. Here’s a set of stats much closer to home: London is a … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, London-wide issues, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Blake Aldridge, Britain, Ellen Gandy, London, Olympic, Olympic Games, Tom Daley, Tony Beckley
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Travelling to London: check out this Olympic transport advice
London’s “Zil Lanes”, the network of restricted roads mainly in the centre of the city, go live this morning, barely 24 hours after the shut down of one Tube line and an overground railway line prompted transport chaos for 60,000 … Continue reading
Make it so! Waddon gets a flicker of the Olympic Flame
They say that the Olympics is a power for good, bringing people of the world together. And so it was in Waddon this lunchtime, as two cultural icons met for the first time: Sir Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Pickard from … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Flyover, Duppas Hill, Olympic, Olympic Games, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek, Waddon
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