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OLYMPIC CHAMPION JONATHAN EDWARDS AT SHEFFIELD’S ARCHES GAMES
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
07 Jun 2010
Jonathan Edwards CBE, Deputy Chair of the Nations and Regions Group, of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games will meet South Yorkshire schoolchildren today (Thursday 27 May). He is visiting The Arches Games at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, to see how they are inspired by London 2012. Jonathan was Olympic champion in Triple Jump at the Sydney 2000 Games and set the current world record for the event in 1995.
GB Double Up For European League
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
04 Jun 2010
Great Britain men's and women's team switch their focus to the European League this weekend at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, after enhancing their respective reputations in the European Championships.
London 2012 mascots launched to world
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
20 May 2010
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today unveiled its Olympic Mascot, Wenlock and Paralympic Mascot, Mandeville.
Golden girl Jessica Ennis champions charity Games
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
13 May 2010
Sheffield's World Heptathlon Champion Jessica Ennis has announced that she is backing a new a sporting event in aid of The Children's Hospital, Sheffield.
Leeds and Sheffield work in partnership to attract international athletes to the region in lead up t
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
11 May 2010
Representatives from the Chinese Olympic Committee have visited Yorkshire to assess the possibility of the region being a potential location for its athletes to train in the lead up to London 2012.
