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    Linford Christie OBE (born 2 April 1960) is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals...
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    The Linford Christie Stadium is an athletics stadium in Wormwood Scrubs, West London, England. The venue first opened as the West London Stadium in 1967...
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  • short-lived, and she was eliminated in Week 2. Christie is the niece of former Olympic sprint champion Linford Christie, who, along with Ron Roddan, serves as...
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    gold medallist for the event at 16 years old, while a 32-year-old Linford Christie became the oldest 100 m Olympic champion in 1992. Since introduction...
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  • Little Linford, village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England Newtown Linford, linear village in Leicestershire, England Given name: Linford Christie OBE...
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    break Linford Christie's long-standing British men's 100m record". BBC Sport. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2024. "Zharnel Hughes shatters Linford Christie's...
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  • but was elevated to third place and awarded the bronze medal, and Linford Christie of the United Kingdom, who originally won the bronze medal, was elevated...
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  • the 1930 Olympic Congress. The gold medal was won by Great Britain's Linford Christie, who had originally won the bronze medal in 1988 but was elevated to...
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    fellow Paralympian Dan Greaves, and Olympic champions Daley Thompson, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell, Jonathan Edwards and Greg Rutherford. Hahn, who has...
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    also won Commonwealth gold at the 1986 games in Edinburgh, beating Linford Christie for the 100 metres title with a time of 10.07. Johnson also led the...
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    1998, McVicar lost a libel action brought by sprinter Linford Christie over his claim that Christie was a "steroid athlete." McVicar was born in London...
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    Carl Lewis  United States Linford Christie  Great Britain Calvin Smith  United States 1992 Barcelona details Linford Christie  Great Britain Frankie Fredericks...
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  • Fredericks of Namibia edged past Boldon of Trinidad to take silver. Linford Christie, the defending Olympic Champion, was watching the entire event unfold...
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    Hospital. Within the area are several sports facilities, including the Linford Christie Stadium, tens of football pitches, and a pony centre. Queens Park Rangers...
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    medallist Linford Christie in his Cardiff-based training squad, which included fellow Olympic medallist Darren Campbell. She is also with Christie's sports...
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    Having been coached for several years by 1992 Olympic 100 m champion Linford Christie, Kilty switched to Rana Reider in late 2013, when the American coach...
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  • in both the 100 m and 200 m finals. He also had a victory against Linford Christie at Crystal Palace at the end of 1986 in 100m at 10.31. One of his last...
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    Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2009. "Linford Christie said yesterday that he may defend his Olympic 100 metres title in Atlanta...
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  • European record were broken by Carl Lewis, Frankie Fredericks, and Linford Christie, respectively. The then world record holder Leroy Burrell also bettered...
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    champion Linford Christie; the pair raced three years running for high cash prizes in Sheffield, England, in 1995, 1996 and 1997, with Christie winning...
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    winner Linford Christie also grew up in Shepherd's Bush and lived in Loftus Road as a child. A stadium on nearby Wormwood Scrubs is named the Linford Christie...
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    The sculpture took its name from a quotation of British sprinter Linford Christie, in which he said that he started his races not merely at the "bang"...
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  • many famous guest appearances, including Leo Muhammad, Ian Wright, Linford Christie and Frank Bruno. The producer of the first two series, Charlie Hanson...
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  • presented by Ron Pickering but, when he died in 1991, Gary Lineker, Linford Christie and Judy Simpson took over as presenters of the remaining one-off specials...
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    (coach of MVP Track Club) Stephen Francis (coach of MVP Track Club) Linford Christie (former British 100 m record-holder) Shenel Francis (girlfriend of...
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  • and the final held on Sunday 1993-08-15. At 33 years, 135 days old, Linford Christie became the oldest ever world champion for the men's 100 m. Held on...
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  • Castle died in 1994, the show was hosted by Baker and Akabusi, then Linford Christie took over in 1998 with co-presenters Jack Lattimer, Jez Edwards (1998–2001)...
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  • British athletics coach. He was best known for coaching British sprinter Linford Christie, whom he began coaching in 1979. A former Civil Service laboratory...
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    ahead of Maurice Greene, beating the former European record set by Linford Christie in 1993. Obikwelu finished fifth in the 200m. He won 100 m and 200 m...
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     Allan Wells (SCO) 1986:  Ben Johnson (CAN) 1990:  Linford Christie (ENG) 1994:  Linford Christie (ENG) 1998:  Ato Boldon (TRI) 2002:  Kim Collins (SKN)...
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