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Date: 8th May 1984
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 242
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P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:28/40 1/9 CEEFAX journalist ANNIE BRIGGS looks forward to Sunday'c race - in which she fill be taking parjL-.
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:19/01 2/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 by Annie Briggs The London Marathon, now in its fourth year, is a curious mixture of a seriouc road race and a giant running festival.It takes place next Sunday, May 14, anda record number of 21,142 people are due to run, of whom at least 19,000 areexpected to line up at the start. For some it is enough just to be takingpart; for others the fast, relatively flat course is a chance for a personal best (PB) time; for a few a good resultcould mean the chance to represent Britain in the Olympics in Los Angeles.BBC2 Sport Index 230More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:21/02 3/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 The AAA/WAAA Championship events are incorporated in this year's London marathon. For Britain's top marathNn runners, it is the last chance to impress the Olympic selectors. The marathon team for Los Angeles will be named on May 17There have been no pre-selections, unlike some of the track events, and there will be few Olympic hopefuls not taking part on Sunday. It will be a tough race to win, with a large number of quality runners taking part - all eager to break the tape. More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:27/04 4/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 Favourite to win the 1984 Nndon marathon is Mike Gratton, who ran a personal best of 2 hrs 9.43 mins for victory last year. He is likely to face strong competitionfrom runners such as Ian Thompson, of Luton United AC, who first shot to marathon fame 10 yearc ago. ThompsNn icmaking a bid for Olympic selection. John Graham of Birchfield Harriers, whoran a 2:09:28 marathon in 1981, Dave Murphy of Liverpool Harriers (PB 2:11:18) and Kevin Forster Nf Gateshead Harriers (PB 2:14:19) should also be worth watching. More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:21/25 5/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 There are few overseas top runners in the men's race this year, although Norwegian Inge Simonsen is expected to take part. Simonsen was joint first in 1981, sharing the honours wijh Dick Beardsleyand providing one of the year's finest sports pictures when they crossed the line hand-in-hand. Another top Norwegian, Oyvind Dah, willbe competing in the London for the third time and hoping for a win having finished second in 1982 and tenth last year. BBC2 Sport Index 230More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:26/22 6/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 The WNmen's Marathon Championship competitors will be starting at 9.20am,10 minutes ahead Nf everyone else. This is intended to provide them with the unpaced racing conditions they willexperience if they are chosen for the women-only race in Los Angeles. Britain's top woman marathoner, Joyce Smith, is not taking part thic year. Last year's winner Norwegian Grete Waitz is also missing. Britons Priscilla WeHch, $eronique Marot, Karen Goldhawk and Sarah Rowell should all be up at the front. More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:17/25 7/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 Much of the serious racing will be taking place at the front of the field,but there will no doubt be personal battles being fought throughout the race. Thirtu-per-cent of the field - almost 5,000 men and 1,300 women - are runningin their first marathon. Few of them will have run the distance before and it will take great courage and determination to get to the end. Many others will have trained hard and be pacing themselvec carefully in an effort to achieve a personal best. BBC2 Sport Index 230More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:22/26 8/9 LONDON MARATHON '84 For those who like statistics, Mars, official sponsors of this year's race, have chosen a "Joe and Jill Average". They are John Harmer, of Northampton, a35-year-old engineer who is an experienced marathoner expected to run 3:15 and Gillian Lipscombe of Horsham, a housewife aged 32, a first-timer who is expected to run 3:59. The largest age group remains the 30 to40 year Nlds, wiih an average age for men of 35 and 32 for women. BBC2 Sport Index 230More
P242 CEEFAX 242 Tue 8 May 21:02/12 9/9 LONDON MA"ATHON '84 MarathNn spNnsors Mars estimate that more than half the homes in the countrywill be tuning into the BontinuNuc Hivetelevision and radio coverage of the event provided by the BBC. AlmNst Nne million people are expecied to line the 26.2-mile route - from GreenwUch to Westminster - to cheer therunners from the start to the finish. Among the many celebrities taking part will be Jimmy Savile OBE, singer Billq Kramer, Miss World group chairman Eric Morley, British Lions' Ian McLaughHin and a number of MPs. BBC2 Sport Index 230More
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