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Bleasdale wins European gold

8:48pm Saturday 2nd March 2013

POLE Vaulter Holly Bleasdale has won the European Championships Indoor gold medal in Sweden this evening.

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BREAKING NEWS: Bleasdale qualifies for European final

6:52pm Friday 1st March 2013

BLACKBURN Harrier Holly Bleasdale has qualified comfortably for tomorrow's European Indoor Championships pole vault final.

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Bleasdale's Swede dreams

9:37am Friday 1st March 2013

HOLLY Bleasdale has a first major title in her sights when she begins her European Indoor Championship campaign today.

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Burke signs on with new road team

9:36am Friday 1st March 2013

EAST Lancashire Olympic gold medallist Steven Burke has joined top UK team Node4Giordana for the 2013 season.

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Trio receive funding boost

10:11am Tuesday 16th October 2012

CHORLEY’S Paralympic star Graeme Ballard has regained his funding as part of UK Athletics’ World Class Performance Programme for 2013 – with Burnley hammer thrower Sophie Hitchon elevated to the podium squad.

Holly’s in a daze after her Olympic adventure

12:00pm Saturday 13th October 2012

HOLLY Lam-Moores spent six long years preparing for the Olympic Games but her life has been a whirlwind ever since.

Burke can rule for Britain

11:00am Saturday 29th September 2012

HE won a gold medal at London 2012 and a bronze in Beijing four years earlier, but still Steven Burke remains in the shadows of cycling’s more famous names when it comes to national recognition.

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Wiggins gets on with 'day job'

2:55pm Tuesday 11th September 2012

Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has admitted he was disappointed not to be able to join his Team GB team-mates as part of the celebration parade yesterdayday but said he had to get on with his day job.

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Diamond is not Sophie's best friend

10:30am Thursday 6th September 2012

EAST Lancashire’s Olympic hammer star Sophie Hitchon has expressed her disappointment after learning that her event will again be excluded from the prestigious Diamond League series next year.

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Jones: I had no pool hangover

12:41pm Wednesday 5th September 2012

IT was the morning after the night before for Natalie Jones on Tuesday – but she insisted her early exit from the 50m freestyle was not a bronze-medal hangover.

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