Athletics stars are coming to Gateshead; ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE.WORLD-CLASS athletics returns to the Gateshead International Stadium with the Aviva 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. on Monday, August 31. The UKA UKA United Klans of America (name of the Ku Klux Klan during civil rights era) UKA United Kingdom Athletics UKA United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dance event takes place just one week after the World Championships in Berlin, and is sure to provide plenty of excitement as Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. and Northern Ireland's athletes return from Germany ready to face many of the world's greatest on home soil. Last year Britain's golden girl Christine Ohuruogu Christine Ohuruogu (born May 17, 1984 in east London) is an English sprinter of Nigerian heritage who specialises in the 400 metres - the event for which she is the current World Champion. Ohuruogu's Personal Best of 49. followed up her impressive victory at the Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in Beijing with a win over 400m in Gateshead, whilst Ethiopia's three-time Olympic and World champion Kenenisa Bekele recorded the year's fastest time in the men's 3000m. Jamaica's Commonwealth champion Asafa Powell meanwhile won the 100m in a super fast 9.87 seconds - another great win for the man who set a world record here three years ago. This year the stage is set for more outstanding performances from home and abroad as World Championship euphoria comes to the North East and the curtain falls on another exciting season of track and field in the UK. Gateshead's own track star Vicky Barr, who won silver as part of the 4x400m relay quartet at the European Indoor Championships earlier this year, can't wait to compete in front of a home crowd after taking part in her first ever World Championships. The 27-year-old races in the relay again in Berlin, and dreams of coming back to the North East with a medal: "It would be great to come back home with a World Championship medal. Can you imagine what it will be like to show that off to the crowd?" she said. "I love performing in front of friends and family. It gives me such a boost. They give me such a great reception. Hopefully, I'll have a performance to match that. Having the Aviva British Grand Prix only a week after the World Championships and on a Bank Holiday will hopefully mean we get a good crowd. "The event always has a great mix of domestic and international athletes, so it should be a good show. Nobody is taking their foot of the gas." Adult tickets for the Aviva British Grand Prix start at just pounds 10 with family passes offered at pounds 32. Tickets can be bought online at www.uka.org.uk or by phone on 08000 55 60 56. CAPTION(S): GREAT RECEPTION The Aviva British Grand Prix is a great family day out MEDAL STARS Gateshead's Vicky Barr and Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu. |
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