Greg Rutherford sets outright British long jump record

Well done to Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford who has become the outright British long jump record holder after jumping 8.51m at an event at the Olympic Training Centre in San Diego.

He fouled his first two jumps and registered a leap of 8.18m before breaking the record with his fourth effort.  The Milton Keynes athlete won the meeting, with Tyron Stewart of the US second with a best jump of 8.39m.

Here's hoping his good form (he was impressive in February at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix) continues this year until at least the Commonwealth Games.

University of Sheffield wins the 10k at Varsity 2014

The University of Sheffield triumphed at the 10k event in this years Varsity match.

Starting and finishing at the Arts Tower (Don Valley Stadium already very much missed!), there was a good turn out in fairy decent weather and a competitive field.

Sheffield Saints U13 Basketball marches into the National Quarter Finals

Sheffield Saints U13s held on in a very tight game to finally edge out Cheshire Wire 65-63 in the first round of the National Playoffs.  Saints were 6 points up at half-time but Cheshire fought back to level it with 6:39 to go and from then on it was nip and tuck all the way.

Next up is a trip to Worthing or London in the last 8.

A new window on Andy Chubb Photography

The folks at Sheffield Showcase have kindly taken some of my photos and made up a 'sporty' window in Cambridge Street in Sheffield.  I supplied them with over 50 A3 size prints and 5 A3 canvases - they used them to provide a backdrop to a mannequin draped in medals and union flag:

The Sheffield Showcase project is a visual merchandising scheme run by The Source in conjunction with Sheffield City Council.

The Sheffield Showcase brings together creative talent, retailers and apprentices to animate the Sevenstone development site. The project creates an outdoor gallery in the City Centre to help maintain/boost footfall, creating a better environment for customers visiting businesses still operating in the area, as well as providing opportunities for future Sheffield retail talent who will drive the success of the New Retail Quarter in years to come.  Visit their website at: http://www.thesourceacademy.co.uk/business/95/sheffield-showcase

Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins silver in the long jump at the World Indoor Athletics in Sopot

Katarina Johnson-Thompson won her first major medal with silver in the long jump at the World Indoor Championships.  The Liverpudlian led after the second round with a personal best of 6.81m, but she was pipped to gold by France's Eloyse Lesueur who leapt out to 6.85m.

This eclipsed her previous best of 6.75m, set at the recent UK Indoor Championships and bodes well for a great season for her following on from her great performances in the high jump and hurdles as well this year.

Liam Pitchford retains his Senior Men's Single crown at the English Table Tennis Championships

Liam Pitchford (Chesterfield, club - TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen) retained his Senior Men's Single crown at the English Table Tennis Championships in Sheffield this weekend.

 

 In a busy afternoon where he had to fight past Andrew Baggaley in the semi-finals, he then partnered Paul Drinkhall to victory in the Men's Doubles against Andrew Baggaley and Darius Knight.

The final against Paul Drinkhall swayed both ways until Liam came out victorius to the delight of his family, friends and coach.

Great performances at the Sainsbury's Indoor Grand Prix

There were some fantastic performances at one of the last major indoor athletics meetings of the year - the  Sainsbury's Indoor Grand Prix at the NIA, Birmingham.

Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) providing a fitting highlight at the end of the day with a world record in the Women’s two mile race, stopping the clock at 9.00.48.

The record marked her third World Record in as many races and she lapped almost the whole field, including the first British finisher Steph Twell (Mick Woods), who worked through the field well for third in 9.42.41.

Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) enjoying her World record in the Women's two-mile race with the clock stopped at 9:00.48

Greg Rutherford (GBR) on his way to third place behind Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) and Jinzhe Li (CHN) with a Personal Best of 8.00m in the Men's Long Jump.

James Dasaolu (GBR) winning the Men's 60m sprint final with a 6.50sec winning time in the final ahead of Jamaican Nesta Carter in 6.53 and crowd favourite Kim Collins in 6.55.

The semi finals had seen Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut and Dasaolu win their respective heats, with Dasaolu’s time of 6.47 the fastest in the world this year.

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