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Ms Harvey went professional in 2022 and she was the fastest British woman at the London marathon that year. Her running time of 2:23.21 in Chicago last year was the fifth fastest-ever marathon

https://www.teamgb.com/article/rose-harvey-from-lockdown-redundancy-to-the-olympic-games/3fqzZJYWh7ZOXVEWfxWXJ8
Rose Harvey believes her dizzying rise from lockdown redundancy to the Olympic Games proves that anything is possible. The 31-year-old marathon runner has been added to Team GB's ranks for Paris 2024 and boasts one of the best backstories of any competing British athlete. Hailing from no sporting background whatsoever and struggling to make

https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a41762961/rose-harvey/
From lockdown running to the Paris 2024 Olympics, via a car accident, Harvey's running journey continues to astound. After clocking 2:23.21 at last year's Chicago Marathon - putting her

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Well, if you want a story that truly encompasses what that means, look no further than British athlete Georgia Bell. A stand-out runner from a young age, a plethora of injuries curtailed her progress in athletics until she finally stepped away from the track while studying at the University of California.

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The British marathon runner who's gone from lockdown redundancy to the Olympics

https://olympics.com/en/news/from-real-life-to-surreal-life-jessie-knights-lockdown-experience
But this surreal experience is the new normal for neighbours of Team GB's Jessie Knight, as she adapts to the realities of lockdown training. "My coach said 'let's just stick with the plan', so our sessions have actually stayed the same," explains Knight, with a hint of mischief in her eyes. "I just bought a measuring wheel and

https://olympics.com/en/news/three-gb-marathon-runners-paris-2024-fascinating-stories
The six marathon runners selected for Team GB's squad for Paris 2024, starting 26 July, are all debutants, and each have quite the story to tell.. Charlotte Purdue is a former ballet dancer turned runner who secured the Olympic standard time with two hours 22 minutes and 17 seconds at the 2023 Berlin Marathon to take her joint second on the British all-time list behind former women's marathon

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Tom is now ranked among the world's top seven ultra-runners and is in the top five of the UK men's cross-country athletes. His training schedule is punishing, he runs between 90 and 150 miles

https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/british-team-tokyo-2021-olympics
Holly Bradshaw also makes her third Olympic team, having improved her own nine-year-old British pole vault record last weekend. Her vault of 4.90m moves her up to ninth on the world all-time list. After producing one of the standout performances of the British Championships last weekend, 19-year-old Keely Hodgkinson, the European indoor 800m

https://www.teamgb.com/article/team-gb-at-paris-2024-full-list-of-athletes/7omYKygnLGqwCVhWQHrIPP
READ MORE: Rose Harvey - from lockdown redundancy to the Olympic Games. Charlotte Purdue: Women's marathon. Calli Hauder-Thackery: Women's marathon. The second fastest British marathon time ever 🇬🇧@EmileCairess finishes third in the capital in a time of 2:06.46! And it's an Olympic qualifying time 🤯#LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com

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Dan George. BBC Sport. 2 May 2024. Long-distance runner Mahamed Mahamed said it was an "amazing feeling" to be selected for the Olympics after his fourth-placed finish in the London Marathon. The

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Evesham's Rose Harvey turned full-time runner in 2020 and is now training for the Paris Olympics. Rose Harvey threw herself into running in 2020 and she was the fastest British woman at the London Marathon just two years later. "It's one of those moments that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life," she said of making the Olympic

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Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the team of selected athletes was officially known as Team GB. The British sent a wide-ranging delegation to the Games, continuing its ubiquitous presence at the Olympics. Great Britain's 264 athletes, 161 men and 103 women, competed in 22

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/0/olympics-2020-does-lockdown-mean-fitness-athletes/
A number of top level Olympic athletes were able to gain access to gym equipment and set up makeshift workout areas in their own houses before lockdown was employed. Combined with running, cycling

https://olympics.com/en/news/jemma-reekie-scottish-middle-distance-hope-laura-muir-tokyo
The dream team were back at it last night💥 @lmuiruns smashed the British 1000m record. I ran a 5 sec pb and a British u23 record, taking me to 10th fastest In the world all time. Also dipping under the legend @damekellyholmes previous record 🤯 not a bad nights work. We go again soon 🤜🏼 @nikelondon @aurumsportsgroup @familyyoung24

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Making amends, five British marathoners went out fast--much too fast. (The maximum per team in the 1908 marathon was 12. Britain, Canada and the U.S. entered full teams.)

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Lockdown runner speeds from redundancy to Olympics. Evesham's Rose Harvey turned full-time runner in 2020 and is now training for the Paris Olympics. 5 days ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/london-2012-olympics-blog/2012/mar/04/desborough-exhibition-london-1908-olympics
The running shorts were long, the swimming pool went green, and some of the winning athletes were helped along both by friends and alcohol, yet London's first Olympics, held in 1908, set the

https://olympics.com/en/news/dina-asher-smith-matt-hudson-smith-keely-hodgkinson-uk-athletics-olympic-trials
A big two days of athletics in northwest England on the last weekend of June sees British competitors take to the Manchester Regional Arena to showcase their form ahead of Paris 2024, claim one of 40 national titles, achieve Olympic qualifying marks, and hone their training sessions ahead of the XXXIII Olympiad that starts 26 July.. Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June will be buzzing with fans able

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Lockdown runner speeds from redundancy to Olympics. Evesham's Rose Harvey turned full-time runner in 2020 and is now training for the Paris Olympics. 5 days ago. Home. News. Sport. Business

https://olympics.com/en/news/ann-packer-stuns-the-world-with-her-800m-triumph
But the British runner would also compete in the 800m, an event she barely had experience in - having run only five domestic races previously. With no international pedigree at 800m, Packer - who only began running the distance to build her stamina while juggling a job as a PE teacher in Reading, England - stunned everybody at Tokyo 1964.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/04/britain-greg-rutherford-olympic-gold
The gold was his when Will Claye of the USA, who reached 8.12, mistimed his final jump and the crowd erupted to salute another British triumph.

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A town will host a new "scenic" half marathon next year. The Kettering half marathon will be held on 9 March 2025, starting and finishing at Wicksteed Park in Northamptonshire.