Athletics: WE WON'T LET SPEAR HELL HAPPEN HERE; SPORTSFILE.Byline: By IAN GILMOUR ATHLETICS chiefs in Britain are confident a repeat of Friday night's spearing incident in Rome could not take place here. French long jumper Salim Sdiri escaped serious injury when a misdirected javelin from Finland's Tero Pitkamaki embedded itself in his side during the Golden League meeting. Sdiri has been discharged from hospital but the incident has led to concerns over athlete safety ahead of today's British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation). The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. in Sheffield. Michelle Dite, who is in charge of events for Fast Track on behalf of UK Athletics, said: "There is a very strict procedure in place for the javelin. The UK are very strong in their health and safety practices. SCOTLAND'S men and women bowlers have made it through to the knock-out stages of the Atlantic Championships at Ayr Northfield. The men's pair of David Kelly and Darren Burnett beat South Africa and Portugal, while triples Mark Kelsey, Iain McLean and Willie Wood defeated Portugal and the USA. The women's triple of Caroline Brown, Lyndsey McPhillips and Linda Brennan saw off Ireland and Spain and pairs Kay Moran and Margaret Letham also lead their section. BERWICK BANDITS recorded only their second win of the season in speedway's Premier League by beating Rye House Rockets
The Rye House Rockets are a Speedway team based at Rye House Stadium, Hoddesdon, England. They currently compete in the British Premier League. 51-41 at Shielfield Park last night. SCOTS ace Dario Franchitti will start from the front row of the grid for the latest round of the IndyCar Championship in Nashville, Tennessee. SCOTLAND'S Gordon Shedden grabbed pole position for today's first British Touring Car Championship The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Championship was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship race at Donington Park. CHAMPIONSHIP leader Casey Stoner will start on pole in today's MotoGP at Sachsenring in Germany. JONATHAN REA claimed pole position of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship The British Superbike series is the leading motorsport motorcycle racing championship in the United Kingdom. The Series, known to most as "BSB" is managed and organised by MCRCB-Events. with a lap record 1min 34.914secs in qualifying at Oulton Park. CAMPBELL WALSH missed out on a medal in the final round of skiing's Slalom World Cup in Augsburg, Germany, finishing fifth in the men's K1. The Olympic silver medalist from Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan is a town in Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. It was formerly administered by Stirlingshire and Central Regional Council. picked up two penalties on his first run and finished 3.10 seconds behind winner Alexander Grimm of Germany. EILIDH CHILD ran a personal best of 57.11 but could only finish fifth in the 400m hurdles at the European Under 23 Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. The Edinburgh University student trailed Romania's Angela Morosano who set a championship record of 54.50. ARED ARED Ankara Profesyonel Turizm Rehberleri Dernegi (Turkey) card for Bryan Cheyne set the tone for Newtonmore as they crashed out of shinty's Centenary Camanachd Cup 5-2 to Fort William. Strathglass also made it through to the semi-finals after beating Kilmallie 7-5. Inveraray will join them in the last four after defeating Bute 3-1. EDINBURGH'S Karen Paterson and partner Melanie South lifted the women's doubles title at the Gotelee and Goldsmith East of England The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Tennis Open. ABERDEEN'S Joanna Henderson beat England's Daneika Borthwick to clinch the Scottish Open Junior title in Edinburgh. She followed up later on by taking the doubles title with partner Dena Daly. SCOTLAND'S ladies team - Corinna Whitaker, Rebecca Russell and Natasha Milliken - lost 3-0 to England at the European Youth Table Tennis Championships in Bratislava. It was a similar tale for the Scots men who lost 3-1 to Israel and 3-2 to Belarus. A LATEgoal by Clydesdale's Fraser Hirst enabled Scotland's Under-18s to defeat Ireland 3-2 at Peffermill and retain their top-eight status in EuroHockey. GLASGOW'S Lyndsey MacPherson failed in her bid for a European Cadet U-17 Judo Championships medal after finishing fifth in Malta. BRIAN MARSHALL retained his David Shepherd Memorial Glamaig Hill Race title when he crossed the line in 49min 48secs. CAPTION(S): Agony: French athlete Salim Sdiri is rushed to hospital after being speared in the side (right) by a misdirected javelin as he took part in the long jump |
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