Dreams Of Gold
Chief Sports Writer Scott Wilson profiles six talented North-East youngsters who are hoping to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games.
While The Northern Echo is unable to raise funds for them under the Olympic banner, we will still continue to publicise and applaud their achievements. Over the next six years, we will follow their highs and lows as they attempt to realise their dreams.
Read 'Reaching For The Stars' for profiles of the six 2012 Olympic hopefuls
| BOA are talking tough | | 11:26am Thursday 13th March 2008 | |
BRITISH Olympic Association
(BOA) chairman Lord Moynihan
has vowed to spare no expense in
making sure former drugs cheat
Dwain Chambers does not represent
Great Britain in Beijing. |
| Edwards backs Idowu to follow up with Beijing gold | | 9:16am Monday 10th March 2008 | |
TRIPLE JUMPER Phillips Idowu
smashed Jonathan Edwards' tenyear
old British indoor record to
ensure Team GB returned from
the World Indoor Championships
with a gold medal to declare. |
 | Livingston among favourites to lift Beijing gold | | 11:10am Wed 27 Feb 08 | | HAVING claimed a maiden World
Cup victory in Cairo this weekend,
Redcar modern pentathlete
Katy Livingston is almost certain
to represent Great Britain at
August's Olympic Games. |
| Livingston on course for Beijing after Cairo gold | | 9:31am Monday 25th February 2008 | |
NEW MARSKE Harrier Katy Livingston
has virtually booked her
place in the Great Britain Modern
Pentathlon team for the Beijing
Olympic Games by winning
the gold medal in the second
World Cup meeting in Cairo. |
| Davies backs Jessica | | 9:26am Monday 12th November 2007 | | STOCKTON ASCfs Jessica Dickons
will return from the Beijing
Olympics weighed down with silverware
next year, according to
two-time Commonwealth champion
Sharron Davies. |
| Radcliffe to make the most of lottery luck | | 9:49am Thursday 8th November 2007 | | PAULA Radcliffe is included for
the first time in UK Athletics'
World Class Podium list which
enables the majority of athletes
to receive National Lottery funding
and other important services. |
| Radcliffe sights on gold | | 10:33am Tuesday 6th November 2007 | | PAULA Radcliffe signalled her
intent to win Olympic marathon
gold after declaring she wants to
stay unbeaten for the rest of her
career. |
| Radcliffe digs deep to shake off old rival Wami | | 9:08am Monday 5th November 2007 | | BRITAIN'S Paula Radcliffe won
the ING New York City Marathon
yesterday, defeating Ethiopia's
Gete Wami with a dramatic finish
in Central Park, two years
after competing in her last
marathon. |
| Saunders sets sights on Olympic glory | | 11:00am Thursday 1st November 2007 | | BRADLEY SAUNDERS has immediately
turned his attention
towards winning a medal after
fulfilling his first wish at the
World Amateur Boxing Championships. |
| Saunders' sights on Beijing | | 10:24am Monday 29th October 2007 | | COUNTY Durham fighter
Bradley Saunders is just one win
away from a place at next year's
Olympic Games after winning
his final preliminary round fight
at the World Amateur Boxing
Championships in Chicago. |
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