Results tagged “World Championships”

He might have been Britain's golden hero at the European Championships but Mo Farah has already got "back to business".

The 27-year-old Newham & Essex Beagles runner stormed to victory in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in Barcelona earlier this month, but he is already plotting his next medal-winning campaign.

Canary Wharf's top Thai boxer has ended the year in style after picking up a medal at the World Championship.

Amanda Kelly won bronze at the Muay Thai World Championships in Bangkok at the start of this month to cap a year when she also won silver in the European Championships.

Amanda Kelly is a woman who knows how to pack a punch and she hopes it will bring her global glory next month.

The Poplar Dock resident will be part of England's Thai boxing team heading to the World Championships in Bangkok at the end of November.

Chris Tomlinson is Britain's best long-jumper but he knows he will have to be at his absolute peak to be in with a chance of winning a medal at the World Championships later this month.

The Newham & Essex Beagles athlete holds the British record holder at 8.29m and he will have to leap close to that to be in with a shout in Berlin.

Christine Ohuruogu is among a number of Newham & Essex Beagles athletes included in the Great Britain team for next month's World Championships.

The World and Olympic 400m champion has been handed the chance to defend her title in Berlin despite recent injury problems.