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Cornel Fredericks 2014 Commonwealth Games

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Team South Africa added two more gold and three bronze medals to their tally on Day 8 of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Thursday, with athletics, bowls and wrestling providing the highlights. This brings the total number of medals to…

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The Passing of Bruce Longden

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12 July 2012 Bruce Longden – the coach who guided Sally Gunnell to Olympic and World titles in addition to the world 400m hurdles record died earlier this week. Longden – who was inducted in to England Athletics’ Hall of…

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England Athletics talk about Bruce Longdens Achievements

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England Athletics was greatly saddened by the death of Bruce Longden at the age of 72. Bruce was coach to Sally Gunnell and Daley Thompson, among many others, and his outstanding contribution to our sport was recognised when he was…

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Running out of puff

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Is Britain’s recent miserable form in athletics the result of down-playing track and field sports in our schools over the past decade? Alan Combes investigates It wasn’t hard to find criticism of the United Kingdom’s performance at this year’s World…

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King’s PE teacher became a world class coach

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Bruce Longden (1920-2012) BORN in Sheffield, Bruce studied at Woodhouse Grammar School, before moving on to Loughborough College (now University), where he graduated in 1962 in Physical Education and Geography. He went on to teach for two years in Romford,…

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