With 18,000 athletes expected to compete across three days of action, The Penn Relays, at least in terms of participants, can lay claim to be the world’s biggest annual athletics event. SPIKES offers ten reasons why the event, which starts on Thursday 25th April, is such an overwhelming success.
Olympic 4x400m champion Chris Brown has entered a new world as a meet promoter, and SPIKES catches up with him ahead of the inaugural Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational on Sunday, which features fellow sprint stars Kirani James and Veronica Campbell-Brown.
European Indoor heptathlon champ Eelco Sintnicolaas, of the Netherlands, on his hero Roman Sebrle.
Why have one hero when you can have five? USA’s 400m hurdler Queen Harrison has a quintet of very special heroes.
“Can I choose more than one? [SPIKES: Yes Ma’am]
“Then I’d have to chose all my five sisters: Graceful, Queen Zuequal, Muun, Princess and Empress.
World silver medallist Hannah England scores a SPIKES fastest interview record of 5:05. In that time she could have finished the 1500m, popped on her wedding dress and tucked into some fruit pastilles.
If you could choose another event to star in, what would it be and why?
The high jump, because I am tall (5ft 10ins / 1.77m). Although I haven’t done it since I was about 14.
What did you have for breakfast today?
Porridge with sultanas.
You’ve just had your hen do. What was the most embarrassing moment?
I was made to go the pub in a wedding dress, which was pretty embarrassing.
