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Double delight for Smyth at European Championships

By Tom Degun

July 27 - Ireland's visually impaired sprinter Jason Smyth celebrated a double victory as he became not only the first Paralympian ever to compete at the European Athletics Championships but also qualified for the 100 metres semi-finals at the prestigious event which started in Barcelona today.














Brownlee hits wall as Gomez wins in Hyde Park

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 25 - Britain's Alistair Brownlee hit the wall in spectacular fashion as he suffered his first-ever defeat in the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships Series in Hyde Park here today as Spain's Javier Gomez won his second consecutive race.