Friday, February 19, 2010

Athletics on BBC iPlayer and Channel 4 OD

Coverage of this afternoon's Aviva Indoor Grand Prix from Birmingham, including an 800m win by Jenny Meadows in a new UK record (of 1:59:11), a benchmark set seven years ago by Kelly Holmes is now online on the BBC iPlayer (here).

Both the double world and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, and European Indoor Champion Mo Farah pulled out of the 3000m race, Bekele citing a calf injury for his withdrawal while Farah says he is still not at full fitness yet -on finishing the European Cross Country Championships in Ireland Farah, who set a new British 3000m record last year in a time of 7:34:47, collapsed with exhaustion following a duel with Spanish winner Alemayehu Bezabeh.

Highlights of the Aviva UK Indoor Championships and European Trials in Sheffield last weekend can also be watched online, on Channel 4's online replay website here

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