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SPORT Winner in Somaliland
David Hellard from Brixton won the inaugural Somaliland marathon (left, below) in February. Although not internationally recognised as a country, Somaliland has existed as an independent state since 1991 and is the birthplace of Mo Farah. Hellard, who presents the Bad Boy Running Podcast, was sat in third place at half way, but managed to storm through the field to finish in a time of 2:55:27. Hellard took part in the race as part of his fundraising for Street Child at virginmoneygiving.com/davidhellard. He has run marathons in places as far-flung as Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Bagan (Myanmar) and competed in the World Beer Mile championships last year, finishing third as part of the England team.
By Charlie Peat, Sportsbeat TOMMY Curran Jones described his second men’s épée title at British University and College Sport (BUCS) Nationals as a huge personal achievement as he defended his gold medal in Sheffield. The Durham University fencer defeated Will Germany and Bernardo Delarue Bizzini on his way to the final, before comprehensively downing Sebastiaan van Gilst 15-5 to retain his crown. The 22-year-old from Brixton takes great pride in winning the national competition. “BUCS Nationals is a very personal win to me,” the Brixton Fencing Club member said. “This is a great platform for preparing for World Cups later this year with the national team.
“It always means a lot to come to BUCS and compete and I’m very happy for my victory in the men’s épée.” Curran Jones, who won the Junior Commonwealth Championship title in 2015, admits he was slightly nervous heading into BUCS as defending champion. He said: “It’s always nervous turning up when you’ve won the year before and you have a little bit of expectation. “I had a really comfortable start to the day, I was feeling really good and fencing really well. “I really struggled in my last-64 fight and I thought I was going out at that point but dug deep and won that one. “I had a couple of easy fights after that. The quarter-final stages were tough. I had one good fight to settle the nerves but it was a hard battle to
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get into the final. The final fight was a little disappointing because he had cramp. “It’s huge for me. I felt a lot of weight from the university because I know they want me to win and I train every single week with the rest of the team at Durham University and they are great. “They really look up to me and urge me to do well. “I have a scholarship for sport. So it’s great coming here and proving that last year wasn’t a fluke and that you’re comfortable and you deserve the victory.” BUCS Nationals powered by Muhdo is the largest annual multi-sport event in the UK, bringing the best of Britain’s university athletes together to compete across eight different sports in Sheffield. AA More info at bucs.org.uk and via #BUCSNationals.
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BRIXTON STUDENT FENCER WINS NATIONAL GOLD AGAIN
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