Linford Christie
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Linford Christie is a Jamaican-born British former sprinter and athletics coach. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British ath
Christie presenting awards in 2025 at the UK Athletics Championship
B of the Bang: a sculpture named after a Christie quotation
Katharine Merry
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Katharine Merry is an English former sprinter. She achieved the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was the fastest woman in the world over 400 m in 2001, with her career be
Linford Christie
…substance nandrolone was found in a test, although he had been effectively in retirement since 1997. As a coach, two of his charges, Darren Campbell and Katharine Merry, went on to win Olympic and World medals. Christie was born on 2 April 1960 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, where he was brought up by his maternal grandmother…
Katharine Merry for BBC Sport interviewing British pole vaulter Luke Cutts at the 2013 Gateshead Great City Games vault