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Olympic sprinter Della Pascoe dies aged 74

Two-time Olympian and former British 100m record-holder was one of Britain's finest female sprinters in the late 1960s and early 1970s
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Tori Bowie died from complications in childbirth

Autopsy reveals heartbreaking details of how US sprinter passed away last month at her home in Florida
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Tributes flood in for Mike McFarlane, the super Mac of the GB sprints scene

Olympic sprint relay silver medallist and Commonwealth 200m champion was also a brilliant and respected coach
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Jim Hines, 1968 Olympic 100m champion and world record-holder, dies

American won double gold at the Mexico Games as well as holding the world 100m mark for 15 years
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Tributes paid to athletics journalist 'Captain' Dave Martin

Track and field writer from North East England worked for the Great Run Company, Press Association and AW
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Shaun Pickering, gentle and generous giant of the athletics world, dies aged 61

Olympic shot putter devoted much of his life to keeping the spirit of his parents, Jean and Ron, alive via the Ron Pickering Memorial Fund
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Athletics innovator and administrator supreme, John Lister, dies aged 81

Clive Williams looks at the remarkable achievements of one of the UK's finest athletics administrators
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Tori Bowie, former world and Olympic sprint champion, dies aged 32

American won world 100m title at London 2017 and three Olympic medals at Rio 2016 during brilliant sprints career
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Long jump legend Ralph Boston dies

Olympic champion in Rome 1960 and multiple world record-breaker from the United States was 83 years old
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Olympic champion and high jump innovator Dick Fosbury dies

Mexico 1968 gold medallist who revolutionised his event by inventing the 'Fosbury flop' passed away from cancer just days after turning 76
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World record-breaking middle-distance runner Phyllis Perkins dies

British athlete held world records at 1500m, 3000m and two miles and won national titles on the track and country in the 1950s
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Three-time world sprint hurdles champ Greg Foster dies

American athletics great suffered from heart problems and was aged 64 when he passed away
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