Arop, 26, is the first 800m athlete to join the league's short distance racer group that includes Cole Hockey, who won 1,500m gold in Paris this past summer, and the silver and bronze medallists ...
The last female athlete to win the BBC gong was Kelly Holmes in 2004 after she also won the 800m at the Olympics, as well as the 1500m. Following her Olympic glory in Paris, Hodgkinson picked up a ...
Janet Evans was a natural born swimmer who was swimming laps in the pool at the age of two. In 1987, aged just 15, Evans broke the world records in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. Her ...