Showing posts with label Bird's Nest Stadium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bird's Nest Stadium. Show all posts

Sunday, 13 September 2015

(A Belated) World Athletics Championships Review


By Shane Thomas

There were many significant stories to come from the World Athletics Championship in Beijing. So, let's have a look at some:

Saturday, 22 August 2015

Creeping Dread


By Shane Thomas

Dread is one of the most ghastly of emotions, due to it being not only debilitating, but persistent. Unlike fury, arrogance, or maybe even jealously, dread lingers. It feels like it has no end in sight. It's like being hunted by a Weeping Angel.

The dread in this case is of the more trivial kind, but still significant enough to worry any athletics fan, as the World Athletics Championships have just begun. The main event of the competition - as is often the case - is the men's 100 metres, with the final taking place on Sunday.