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...friend to the Munich Summer Olympics in 1972. His friend was a shotput in the American team, and although they were not personally affected by the events - in which a Palestinian terrorist group killed 11 Israeli athletes and a West German police officer
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...her first professional medal in team kumite. All eyes were on Quintero and the fight for world domination against current world number one, Ryo Kiyuna. The Torremolinos-born athlete looked focused, motivated and confident, showcasing some excellent
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Tony Bryant what happened today?
...competition. Margot and her sister, Lucinda, were among the first Spanish women to practise professional athletics, and along with alpine skier, Ernestina Maenza, were the first Spanish women athletes to participate in the Garmisch-Partenkirche Winter Olympics ... regime socially ostracised the athlete and refused to recognise her contribution to Spanish athletics. Accused of collaborating with the republicans, her husband, Manuel Piña, was executed in Madrid in 1942. Margot led a discreet life during the Franco ... regime, virtually retiring from sport. She died in 1987 without ever having received a tribute for her career. Her life was recorded in The Great Republican Athlete, a biography that recounts the life of one of the great pioneers of Spanish sport.
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marina rivas
Anyone in Malaga or Torremolinos during the World Masters Athletics Championships will have witnessed the frenetic coming and going of more than eight thousands athletes over the last two weeks. The championships, with athletes ranging from 35 to ... nations, 73 of them came away with at least one medal to show for their efforts. World records were broken left right and centre, perhaps most impressively by Man Kaur and Giuseppe Ottaviani, both 102. But whether or not athletes took home medals, they
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DAVIDE MONTAGNER
Just a few days remain of the World Masters Athletics Championships, currently taking place in Malaga at various venues across the city and Torremolinos, where more than 8,000 athletes, aged 35 to 102, have been turning back the clock and defying ... the years. The event, which started last Tuesday, is set to come to a climax on Sunday. That said, we have already witnessed a lot of great moments including when Indian, Man Kaur, 102, became the oldest athlete in the competition, breaking world ... could be the secret behind his good health. However, he admitted on indulging in "a good glass of wine" once in a while. "The joy of competing" This is the second time that Spain has hosted these championships, the biggest for athletes over the age
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MARINA RIVAS
35 and 102, have come to the Costa del Sol from far and wide to turn back the clock in search of medals and new world records. Anger as athletes are told they cannot represent Gibraltar These outdoor championships were launched on Monday at ... the second time that Spain has hosted these championships, the biggest for athletes over the age of 35 - whether former athletes (and even Olympians) who want to keep the fire burning, or those who came to sport in later life. In 2005, San Sebastián ... attracted 6,000 athletes, but this time round Malaga has exceeded that number, with 1,793 athletes comprising the Spanish team alone (273 of which are from Malaga province). Group photo of the 101 national delegations at the Tabacalera building.Migue
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Debbie Bartlett
Four of the five athletes from Gibraltar who were due to take part in the World Masters Championships in Malaga boycotted it after being told they would have to compete as 'neutral' instead of representing Gibraltar, and would not be permitted to ... "The IAAF supports Gibraltar's right to have its athletes compete under its nation's flag as they are a recognised European Federation. We urge the WMA to stand strong against this political interference".
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INÉS GALLASTEGUI
What do Mick Jagger, Kim Kardashian, Kobe Bryant and Alec Baldwin have in common? At first glance not a lot, it would seem, but if we are to believe the American gossip press then the musician, the celebrity, the athlete and the actor all follow ... useful for athletes. Those who say it is point out that metabolic flexibility is also a blessing for people who do sport: when it comes down to it, why depend on a glycogen reserve of about 2,000 calories (stored half in the liver and half in the muscles)
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Debbie Bartlett
Picardo and government ministers. The Gibraltar athletes were competing against others from the Isle of Man and Barbate, and they all paraded into the stadium behind the Special Olympics flag, which was raised prior to the arrival of the Olympic Flame.
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REGINA SOTORRÍO
...the athletes use to exercise on the barre. These are five of the 46 artists from this Cirque du Soleil production, and each has a story to tell. Alejandro Romero Director musical An Andalusian managing the sound for 'Totem' Alejandro was born