STREETS AHEAD
OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS GET SET TO STAR ON THE STREETS OF TYNESIDE
GREAT NORTH CITYGAMES, NEWCASTLE-GATESHEAD, SEPTEMBER 10
THE NOW well-established format returns to the Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside on Saturday afternoon.
Several stars of the Olympics will be in action on specially laid tracks and runways in 12 events either side of the Tyne.
Twice Olympic champion David Rudisha, Bernard Lagat and in-form Brit Laura Muir are among the biggest names.
Here’s our event-by-event guide to the entertainment.
Richard Kilty and Danny Talbot: Brits race 150m on Saturday in the CityGames
MARK SHEARMAN
MEN’S 100M
Sub-10 second 100m runners and Olympic semi-finalists James Dasaolu and CJ Ujah line up against Ojie Edoburun, the 2015 European junior 100m champion, and Jeremy Dodson, a Samoan 200m semi-finalist in Rio.
CJ Ujah and James Dasaolu: sprinters return to Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside for 100 metres sprint showdown
MARK SHEARMAN
MEN’S 150M
Danny Talbot, who just missed out on a final place in the 200m in Rio, steps down to compete over this rarely contested distance.
Richard Kilty, a local crowd favourite and former world indoor 60m champion, is going in the other direction from his preferred distance.