Results tagged “Usain Bolt”

Pounding the pavement and pumping iron isn'tfor everyone. If you need more a different kind of routine to make you get in your gym kit on, then classes can spur you on to get in shape.

Zumba Toning launches at Reebok Canary Wharf this month. The toning part refers to the addition of small hand held weights (toning sticks) the Zumba to the dance based workout set to Latin beats.

To most of us the Olympic Games is all about the glory as medals are won and records are broken.

But for the athletes vying for the most coveted crown in sport, the journey to the top of the podium is usually a long and arduous one. Christine Ohuruogu knows that journey well, having claimed 400m gold in Beijing in 2008.

Winning three world titles might be enough for most people but American sprinter Allyson Felix still has plenty more targets in her sights.

Felix won her first 200m world title in Helsinki in 2005 and added victories in Osaka in 2007 and Berlin last year to complete the hat-trick.

It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.

We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.

Mo Farah has a date with destiny later this month when he tries to break a record that has stood since before he was born.

The Newham and Essex Beagles runner will be attempting to break the British best for the 5,000m when he runs at the Aviva Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on July 24.