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Linford Christie to retire (1995)

Genre

Interview

Kriss Akabusi interviewed on his fellow sprinter Linford Christie’s announcement he will not compete in the Olympics at Atlanta. Christie says his hounding by the press led to his shock decision that...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.35: Programme 35 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

OCEAN SOUND THIS WEEK NO. 35 Programme 35 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 21 June 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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Decision on fate of athlete, Diane Modahl (1994)

Genre

News report; Interview

Dan Miodownik reports on a meeting of the British Athletics Federation which is deciding on the fate of athlete Diane Modahl, following a drugs test in 06/94 when she was revealed as having forty-two times...

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Ben Johnson banned (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Michael O’Neill reports from the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, on the banning of Canadian athlete, Ben Johnson, for drug taking. Interviews with Jim Worrall, IOC; Larry Heidebrecht, manager;...

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Ben Johnson banned (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

John Alcock reports from the Olympic Village in Seoul, South Korea, on the banning of Canadian athlete, Ben Johnson, for drug taking. Includes the announcement of his disqualification (poss. by Michelle...

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Seoul Olympics (1988)

Genre

News report

Michael O’Neill reports at the end of the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea looking back on the 16 days of the games and several incidents that overshadowed them including drugs bans.

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1988 Olympic Games - scandal and success (1988)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

John Anderson reflects on the scandals and successes of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Commentary of the men’s 100 metres in which Canadian, Ben Johnson beat Carl Lewis and Linford Christie...

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GB prospects for European athletics championships (1994)

Genre

Interview

Interview with British 400 metre hurdler and team captain Sally Gunnell, prior to the European Athletic Championships in Helsinki, with Great Britain hoping to emulate its performance 4 years ago. Hopes are...

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News review of 1992 (1992)

Genre

Interview; Jingle; Music; News report; Speech

News review of 1992 month by month by written and researched by Howard Hughes, Charlie Rose, and Nick Pisani(?), presented by Jonathan Staples. Speakers include: new Soviet Union leader Boris Yeltsin;...

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