Glasgow indoor athletics on the BBC
January 13, 2011 · 0 Comments
BBC One is to screen live indoor athletics coverage from Glasgow on Saturday, 29 January, where teams from the USA, Germany and Sweden and a Commonwealth Select squad will take on some of Britain’s finest athletes as part of the build-up to the European Indoor Championships in Paris in March.
One of the highlights of the meeting at Kelvin Hall will be the first appearance of the season of world and European heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, who will be competing in the 60m hurdles and the long jump. In the hurdles, she will once again come up against world indoor champion Lolo Jones, whom she beat at this venue in a British record time 12 months ago.
The men’s hurdles will see European and Commonwealth champion Andy Turner challenging American star David Oliver. Others pulling on the GB vest in Glasgow include sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis, whose two medals at the Commonwealth Games suggest he could be nearing his best again.
Jonathan Edwards will present live coverage of the event on BBC One on Saturday, 29 January from 2-4.30pm.
Tags: BBC One, Indoor athletics, Jonathan Edwards, Kelvin Hall
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