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Image Description: Telemarker skiing on mountain covered in snow People often think that alpine skiing – the most popular type, where the whole foot is attached to the ski, and the two skis are parallel to one another – is descended from Nordic cross-country skiing. This is true, as cross-country skis have been used for […]
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Here are some selected Varsity reports to highlight some of the sporting action you may have missed during the vacation. The standard of sport was very impressive with a thrilling atmosphere for all those involved. Swimming Oxford emerged victorious in a closely contested Varsity following last year’s draw. Many records were broken in a day […]
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Summer sports will soon be getting into full swing so here is a taste of what to expect! Athletics After great success in the FEAR/ Indoor Varsity, Athletics promises another exciting term. The 145th Varsity will be hosted away at Cambridge’s Wilberforce Road on 18th May. It will be a jam-packed day as Oxford looks […]
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Trinity Term is here and a new summer season of sport begins, making the next couple of months as fine a time as any to get outside in the sun for an hour or two a week and get active! With Varsity matches for Netball, Hockey, Football, Fencing, Rowing, and Real Tennis all taking place […]
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Early in the morning on the twenty-third of October, as the mist hung low in the trees and the moon showed its pale face from behind the clouds, it was almost as if South Park itself was anticipating the drama that would later unfold on its unforgiving slopes. With every stake, flag, and sprinkling of […]
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A record breaking number of people crossed the finish line of the Vitality Oxford Half Marathon last Sunday. Over ten thousand runners took part in the 13.1-mile-long race, in which runners and supporters, children and adults alike all enjoyed. The course changed this year with the starting and finishing lines both on Broad Street, which […]
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As another Oxford year begins, with a debauched Freshers’ Week or a raft of collections, the time has come to cast an eye back over the summer. The Olympic Games came as a welcome antidote to the sustained drudgery of Euro 2016, bringing the usual sights of world records dropping like flies, gold medals for […]
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86 days ago, Lord Coe was elected as the President of the IAAF. He came in calling for reform and revolution, seeing the doping scandal as “a declaration of war on my sport”, indicating that one in three athletes would be tested for doping and drug usage. With two weeks left before the magical 100 […]
Continue ReadingThe Commonwealth Games have often been overlooked as a major sporting competition due to two interconnected factors: in the first instance, at least when compared to other sporting events, the Commonwealth is an unusual geographical field from which to allow athletes to compete. Whilst competition between England and neighbouring Wales, Scotland and Northern Island […]
Continue ReadingEngland dominate the team gymnastics As the crowds gathered inside the brand new SSE Hydro arena to see the days gymnastics, there were high hopes surrounding both the male and female English teams – but few could have predicted the extent of their domination. The men took to the floor first and the […]
Continue ReadingKeble finish ahead of St John’s and Hertford at Athletics Cuppers, reports Emily Moss
Continue ReadingBUCS Athletics is a major event in the OUAC calendar, second only to the Varsity Matches. It is also one of the largest athletics events in the calendar with hundreds of athletes competing for their universities. As always the specialist sporting universities dominated but there was still some glory to be had for Oxford. Pride […]
Continue ReadingLast Saturday Oxford University Athletics club travelled to Lee Valley Athletics centre to compete against Cambridge in the annual FEAR match (Field Events and Relays). The match is considered to be a major point in the build-up to the Varsity match next term. Unlike Varsity it is very much a team event and the scoring […]
Continue ReadingDespite writing an earlier article for the Oxford Student heavily critical of much of the politics and decisions surrounding the London 2012 Olympics, I had very little against the sporting events themselves. Granted, I’m not especially fond of competitive individualism, but watching extremely talented and hard-working people perform the sports they love was invigorating. Bradley […]
Continue ReadingSecond year Daniel Hooker speaks to James Restall about his hopes for London 2012
Continue ReadingJake Shelley reports on the 137th Varsity Athletics Match.
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