KENYA'S Olympic and Paralympic heroes, who between them won 23 medals, including 10 gold, have received

Jelimo had made history as the first Kenyan woman to ever won an Olympic gold medal.  

They were joined by Kenya's other Olympic medallists, including Nancy Lagat, the women's 1500m champion

was held at the Kipchoge Keino Stadium, named after the father of Kenyan distance running who won the Olympic

There they were entertained by Douglas Wakiihuri, the former world marathon champion, who is now a singer

  PATRICK HICKEY (pictured), the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI), has claimed that

The row started when Treacy, winner of the Olympic silver medal in the marathon at the 1984 Games in

Britain's incredibly successful participation in the Beijing Olympics today when he finished 24th in a marathon

hours 16min 14sec saw him finish nearly 10 mintes behind Wansiru , whose 2:06:32 broke the 24-year-old Olympic

record and made him the first Kenyan to win an Olympic marathon title.

 JUNE 4 - HEAT and humidity, rather than pollution, is the biggest challenge Britain's athletes will face at this year's Olympics in Beijing, a new report published today warned.

 Several athletes, most notably world marathon record holders Paula Radcliffe and Haile Gebrselassie

a bigger challenge, UK Sport's Research and Innovation Consultant, Dr Scott Drawer and the British Olympic

Their findings support what Harrow runner Mara Yamauchi said after she completed the Beijing Marathon

He said: "A critical part of any Olympic campaign is understanding the working environment you're walking

Macau is in the same time zone and offers similar climatic conditions as the Olympic Host City to aid

 AUGUST 22 - LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson today unveiled plans in Beijing to develop London as the number one sporting destination for national and international sporting occasions.

 Speaking at the London House, on the eve of the historic Handover to London as the next Olympic Host

"We can provide world-class Olympic training facilities, we have world-class theatre and culinary offerings

"That is why Events for London is now tasked with bringing even more Olympic and non-Olympic sports to

Holmes said: "London is a fantastic backdrop for major events and in my sport of athletics, the London Marathon

"The city embraces great events and, as we have seen with the marathon and competitions at Crystal Palace

  OCTOBER 7 - TERRY COLTON, who has overseen a number of successful world-class events in Birmingham, has been appointed as the London 2012 competition manager for athletics, it was announced today.

will be responsible for all the planning, organisation and management of the athletics events in the Olympic

champion for athletics, and my aim is to look after the interests of all athletes competing in the Olympic

 was among the world's top distance runners, he represented England at cross country and achieved a marathon

competition is organised in accordance with international federation regulations, the International Olympic

Beijing in the summer to see what lessons could be learned from the Athletics events there at both the Olympic

  OCTOBER 7 - TERRY COLTON, who has overseen a number of successful world-class events in Birmingham, has been appointed as the London 2012 competition manager for athletics, it was announced today.

will be responsible for all the planning, organisation and management of the athletics events in the Olympic

champion for athletics, and my aim is to look after the interests of all athletes competing in the Olympic

 was among the world's top distance runners, he represented England at cross country and achieved a marathon

competition is organised in accordance with international federation regulations, the International Olympic

Beijing in the summer to see what lessons could be learned from the Athletics events there at both the Olympic

  NOVEMBER 15 - SONIA O'SULLIVAN (pictured), Ireland's greatest ever female athlete, said today that she wants to inspire people by example and refused to rule out that including running in the London 2012 Olympics.

insidethegames reported in August, O'Sullivan has begun to harbour ambitions that she could compete in the marathon

in London when she will be 42 and which would be 20 years after her Olympic debut at Barcelona in 1992

Since then the 2000 Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist has been elected to the ruling Executive Board

of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI).  

  ETHIOPIA'S Kenenisa Bekele (pictured), the 2008 double Olympic double champion, may run the marathon

  The 26-year-old 5,000 metres and 10,000m Olympic champion who also won the longer distance at the

Athens Olympics in 2004, said he was deliberating over whether to run the 10,000m or the marathon in

Bekele has yet to run a marathon but when he does it is widely expected that he will make his debut in

"In London, I could run the marathon but it could well be the 10,000.  

 AUGUST 26 - MORE THAN 15,000 cheering, flag-waving fans welcomed double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca

by S4C presenter Angharad Mair, herself a former international athlete having run for Britain in the marathon

“It was one of the best moments of my life and to be an Olympic champion right at the top of my

“Just to be called an Olympic champion is incredible and now we have three more of them from Wales

”  A parade in Edinburgh is planned for tomorrow for Scotland's Olympians led by triple Olympic

 JULY 14 - STAN COX (pictured), who ran against Emil Zatopek in the 1948 Olympics in London, has appealed to officials to give him a leading role in the celebrations when the Games return to Britain in 2012.

 Cox, who turns 90 tomorrow, has said that if they let him he would like to light the Olympic torch

Cox was seventh in the 10,000 metres in 1948, a race won by the Zatopek, one of four Olympic gold medals

Cox, who also ran for Britain in the marathon in the 1952 Olympics, another event won by Zatopek, is

today named a team of 48 athletes for the Olympics in Beijing next month and still hope that world marathon

The Bedford runner flew home to Font Romeu in the French Pyrenees after attending the British Olympic

Radcliffe, who was selected for the marathon in May, has just 34 days until the start of the marathon

That was Simeon Williamson, who finished second in the Aviva Olympic Trials in Birmingham on Saturday

Highgate, said: "It means the world to me to be selected for Team GB and run for my country at the Olympic

The 29-year-old Londoner said: "I've been hoping and dreaming of Olympic gold all year and now I have

today named a team of 48 athletes for the Olympics in Beijing next month and still hope that world marathon

The Bedford runner flew home to Font Romeu in the French Pyrenees after attending the British Olympic

Radcliffe, who was selected for the marathon in May, has just 34 days until the start of the marathon

That was Simeon Williamson, who finished second in the Aviva Olympic Trials in Birmingham on Saturday

Highgate, said: "It means the world to me to be selected for Team GB and run for my country at the Olympic

The 29-year-old Londoner said: "I've been hoping and dreaming of Olympic gold all year and now I have

 JULY 15 - A MAJOR road-race featuring Sammy Wanjiru, the world half-marathon record holder who is a

member of Kenya's Olympic team, and Jon Brown (pictured), formerly Britain's top distance runner, is

Wanjiru will use the 10 kilometres road race before going off to finalise his preparations for the Olympic

Games where his second place in this year's Flora London Marathon, earned him selection for his national

than a decade, winning the European Cross Country Championships in 1996 and finishing fourth in the Olympic

Hyde Park is also due to host a half-marathon, featuring up to 12,500 runners, on October 12.

  AUGUST 28 - JOHN TREACY (pictured), the 1984 Olympic marathon silver medallist, has claimed that

and is the chief executive of the Irish Sports Council, which distributes funding to the country's Olympic