Results tagged “medals”

This is what every athlete turning up for next year's Olympics will be aiming to take home - a gold medal.

The designs for the medals up for grabs at next year's Games were unveiled last night as part of the celebrations marking one year to go until the sporting extravaganza begins in London.

The Virgin London Marathon takes place on Sunday and it's unlikely the race winner will be competing for just the second time at the distance.

But that was exactly the case for Charlie Spedding when he won in 1984. The former track runner had already won his first attempt at the distance, in Houston.

Sir Steve Redgrave was back on familiar territory when he dropped into Canary Wharf this afternoon.

The five time Olympic rowing champion spent many hours training in the nearby Royal Docks in the early days of his career and even has a bridge named after him there.

A clutch of Britain's Olympic swimming stars are lining up to take a dip in the Royal Docks next month.

The Great London Swim takes place in the Royal Victoria Dock on August 15. Over 2,000 swimmers will be tackling a one mile route through with Olympic medallists David Davies, Keri-Anne Payne, and Cassie Patten among them.