Olympics

Stories about Olympic runners and events.

Forgotten Champion

Forgotten Champion

What I love most about running? Going fast. I am sure this is the case for almost all of us: the desire to do better, to run faster, to gain that ever-elusive PB. After several years of running I have come to value the running community.

Reinhard Kleist: An Olympic Dream

Reinhard Kleist: An Olympic Dream

Samia Yusuf Omar was born in Somalia in 1991, the first of six children. Born into poverty and part of one of the country’s minority ethnic groups, Samia had to overcome many barriers on the way to becoming an athlete.