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Telegraph
2 days ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Roger Black finally receives gold medal after 28-year wait for justice
Just five months after life-saving heart surgery, Roger Black returned to centre stage at the 60,000-sell out London Diamond League on Saturday to collect a second World Championship gold. The 4x400m Great Britain relay team of 1997, which also included Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson and Mark Hylton, were belatedly upgraded to gold after the American sprinter Antonio Pettigrew admitted doping, but had never previously received their rightful medals. That changed at the London Stadium when, to a standing ovation, gold medals were presented by World Athletics president Lord Coe and God Save The King rang out inside the arena that also hosted the 2012 London Olympics. In what has become the world's biggest single day athletics event, Georgia Hunter Bell and Charlie Dobson later followed up with superb British victories in the women's 800m and men's 400m. Charlie Dobson what a finish 🤯 Powering through to take the men's 400m final in a new personal best of 44.14s 🙌 @BritAthletics #LondonDL — Team GB (@TeamGB) July 19, 2025 The ever popular Black, who was also part of the British team that won the 4x400m World Championship gold in 1991, revealed that he is still recovering well following major surgery in February to have a new heart valve and part of his aorta – the main vessel that transports blood from the heart – removed. Black, who turns 60 next year, spent 12 hours under anaesthetic in Southampton General Hospital. 'It was really tough,' he said. 'Now I feel great and much better. I'm not 100 per cent there, but pretty good.' Pettigrew admitted taking performance enhancing drugs in 2008 at the trial of the coach Trevor Graham, and died by suicide in 2010. 'If there was an option of giving this gold medal to him, I'd rather him have the gold medal than him taking his life – his life is far more important to me than me having this gold medal,' said Baulch. Thomas said that it was a 'shame' that it had taken so long for the British team to receive their medals but was happy that it meant his six-year-old son, Teddy, could be present. 'My mum and dad are pretty elderly now – they're up in the box,' he said. 'For them to be able to see the moment I should have had with the boys 28 years ago, in front of a British crowd, felt really special.' Hunter Bell, who produced one of the fairytale Olympic stories last summer by going from running parkrun months earlier to making the 1500m podium, took her second Diamond League win of the summer over 800m. With training partner Keely Hodgkinson still yet to race since winning Olympic gold over that same distance, Hunter Bell is emerging as a major threat at the World Championship in September. 'You've obviously got to just look strategically at the events,' said Hunter Bell, who is considering running both the 1500m and 800m. Hunter Bell, whose winning time of 1min 56.74sec is the second-fastest in the world this year, said that Hodgkinson was 'working her way back' following the hamstring injury that has curtailed her season. Georgia Hunter Bell takes first in the women's 800m with 1:56:74, her season best! 👏 — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 19, 2025 On a day when the Government pledged £45 million of public money for a bid to host the World Athletics Championships in 2029, Dobson upset British team-mate Matthew Hudson-Smith to win the 400m in 44.14sec. Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles was also beaten by Oblique Seville in the 100m while Josh Kerr, Britain's Olympic 1500m champion, lost out to the 18-year-old Kenyan sensation Phanuel Koech. Kerr, though, was bullish about British chances of keeping the world 1500m title following his win in Budapest in 2023 and Jake Wightman's triumph in 2022. 'The title lives here and it will continue to live here for the next year,' he said. Max Burgin also finished third in the 800m, running what was the third fastest ever time by a Briton in 1min 42.35sec.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Charlie Dobson shocks Matt Hudson-Smith as British stars shine at London Diamond League
Charlie Dobson shocked Matt Hudson-Smith as he edged victory in the men's 400 metres in front of a sell-out crowd at London Diamond League. Dobson won the Diamond League final last year and while all eyes were on Olympic silver medallist Hudson-Smith, it was Dobson who swooped through to claim the win in a new personal best time of 44.14 seconds. He said: "I really enjoyed that one. I kind of set the race up slightly different to how I'd done previously. I got to 200 a couple of tenths faster than I would normally, I hope, obviously I haven't seen the splits yet. "I just got to the last straight and I felt really good. I thought I'd give it everything. I thought I'd catch a few of them, I didn't think I'd catch all of them." Asked if Hudson-Smith had any words at the finish, Dobson added: "He just laughed at me. I couldn't really say much either, to be honest. I was surprised. I'll chat to him after. He's an amazing competitor. "I love being able to race against him and I'll be honest, I love beating him." Josh Kerr was another expected to be among the winners but, although he ran a season's best of 3.29.37, Kenya's Phanuel Koech had the measure of the reigning world champion. Georgia Hunter-Bell produced a decisive finishing kick in the women's 800m, running a season's best of 1.56.74 to beat America's Addison Wiley, while Jemma Reekie (sixth) and Laura Muir (10th) were down the field. Morgan Lake claimed victory in the women's high jump with a leap of 1.96m but there was disappointment for Molly Caudery in the women's pole vault as the 2024 world indoor champion cleared 4.60m, some way short of even her season's best of 4.85m, to place fifth. Dina Asher-Smith posted her best time this year in the women's 200m, running 22.25 behind Julien Alfred, with team-mate Amy Hunt third in a new PB of 22.31. The first British quartet of Asher-Smith, Hunt, Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita came out on top in their women's 4x100m relay, running 41.69 seconds to beat second-placed Jamaica, with the second GB entry coming home sixth. The first men's GB team of Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchcliffe, Romell Glave and Zharnel Hughes ran 38.08 to finish second to a dominant Jamaican team in the men's 4x100m relay, with the second British quartet taking third. National 400m finals yielded victories for Lewis Davey (44.91) and Victoria Ohuruogu (51.22), with Seamus Derbyshire (48.82) winning a domestic men's 400m hurdle final. Lawrence Okoye had to settle for third in the men's discus with a throw of 67.24m behind Mykolas Alekna's meeting record of 71.70m, while the Netherlands' Femke Bol delivered a comprehensive victory in the women's 400m hurdles, as Britain's Lina Nielsen finished sixth. Noah Lyles was defeated in first 100m since winning gold in Paris last year, running 10 seconds flat as Jamica's Oblique Seville powered home in a time of 9.86. Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi set a new meeting record of 1.42 in the men's 800m, with Britain's Max Burgin taking third with a new personal best of 1.42.36 in a race that had been billed as a world-record attempt.
News24
2 days ago
- Sport
- News24
SA's Nene claims podium finish in 400m as Simbine misfires in 100m London dash
It was a battle between Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith, right, and South Africa's world leader Zakithi Nene until it wasn't, when Charlie Dobson came from nowhere to pip both to the post in the men's 400m final at the Diamond League meeting in London on Saturday. Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hunter Bell, Dobson and Lake claim wins in London
Georgia Hunter Bell, Charlie Dobson and Morgan Lake claimed victories in front of a sell-out home crowd of 60,000 at the London Diamond League. Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell stormed clear on the home straight to take victory in the women's 800m in a season's best one minute 56.74 seconds. Dobson could barely believe his victory in the men's 400m as he burst past the leaders in the closing stages, including compatriot Matthew Hudson-Smith, to clock a personal best 44.14 seconds. Lake won the women's high jump as the only athlete to clear 1.96m in a field that included world record holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Olympic medallist Eleanor Patterson. But world 1500m champion Josh Kerr, who had targeted his own British record, was made to settle for second as he was upstaged by Kenyan 19-year-old Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech. Koech passed Kerr on the inside with 200m to go and held on for victory in three minutes 28.82 seconds, as Kerr clocked his best time of the season with 3:29.37. Behind, Elliot Giles was sixth in 3:32.51 and Neil Gourley placed 10th (3:33.69), but George Mills fell after being tripped on the final lap. More to follow
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Charlie Dobson shocks Matt Hudson-Smith to win 400m in London
Charlie Dobson shocked Matt Hudson-Smith as he edged victory in the men's 400 metres in front of a sell-out crowd at the Novuna London Athletics Meet. Dobson won the Diamond League final last year and while all eyes were on Olympic silver medallist Hudson-Smith, it was Dobson who swooped through to claim the win in a new personal best time of 44.14 seconds. He said: 'I really enjoyed that one. I kind of set the race up slightly different to how I'd done previously. I got to 200 a couple of tenths faster than I would normally, I hope, obviously I haven't seen the splits yet. 'I just got to the last straight and I felt really good. I thought I'd give it everything. I thought I'd catch a few of them, I didn't think I'd catch all of them.' Asked if Hudson-Smith had any words at the finish, Dobson added: 'He just laughed at me. I couldn't really say much either, to be honest. I was surprised. I'll chat to him after. He's an amazing competitor. 'I love being able to race against him and I'll be honest, I love beating him.' Josh Kerr was another expected to be among the winners but, although he ran a season's best of 3.29.37, Kenya's Phanuel Koech had the measure of the reigning world champion. Georgia Hunter-Bell produced a decisive finishing kick in the women's 800m, running a season's best of 1.56.74 to beat America's Addison Wiley, while Jemma Reekie (sixth) and Laura Muir (10th) were down the field. Morgan Lake claimed victory in the women's high jump with a leap of 1.96m but there was disappointment for Molly Caudery in the women's pole vault as the 2024 world indoor champion cleared 4.60m, some way short of even her season's best of 4.85m, to place fifth. Dina Asher-Smith posted her best time this year in the women's 200m, running 22.25 behind Julien Alfred, with team-mate Amy Hunt third in a new PB of 22.31. The first British quartet of Asher-Smith, Hunt, Desiree Henry and Daryll Neita came out on top in their women's 4x100m relay, running 41.69 seconds to beat second-placed Jamaica, with the second GB entry coming home sixth. The first men's GB team of Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchcliffe, Romell Glave and Zharnel Hughes ran 38.08 to finish second to a dominant Jamaican team in the men's 4x100m relay, with the second British quartet taking third. National 400m finals yielded victories for Lewis Davey (44.91) and Victoria Ohuruogu (51.22), with Seamus Derbyshire (48.82) winning a domestic men's 400m hurdle final. Lawrence Okoye had to settle for third in the men's discus with a throw of 67.24m behind Mykolas Alekna's meeting record of 71.70m, while the Netherlands' Femke Bol delivered a comprehensive victory in the women's 400m hurdles, as Britain's Lina Nielsen finished sixth. Noah Lyles was defeated in first 100m since winning gold in Paris last year, running 10 seconds flat as Jamica's Oblique Seville powered home in a time of 9.86. Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi set a new meeting record of 1.42 in the men's 800m, with Britain's Max Burgin taking third with a new personal best of 1.42.36 in a race that had been billed as a world-record attempt.
