by Dylan Sidhu | Jun 1, 2025 | Home Top Story
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has reached the pinnacle of athletics. But as the Olympian tells Defiance, she’s desperate to add Grand Slam Track success to her impressive CV. USA sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden is one of the quickest women ever. In Paris last year, she...
by Jack Dean | May 30, 2025 | Home Carosel, Mindset Top Story
From a career-threatening injury to Olympic immortality. The untold story of how Britain’s most decorated team pursuiter fought through isolation, doubt and unbearable pressure to make history. I know what you’re thinking. How could a three-time Olympic...
by Jack Dean | May 29, 2025 | Home Carosel, Relive Top Story
“This is ridiculous. This is not how it was meant to be. I thought, how am I here?” The Jamaican bobsleigh story is the most unlikely in the history of sport. Thirty-seven years on, the driver, Dudley ‘Tal’ Stokes, reflects under the...
by Benj Simmons | May 28, 2025 | Home, Relive carosel
In the world of athletics, there’s nothing more powerful than a competitor rising from obscurity to claim victory, especially when it’s a young athlete seizing their moment on the biggest stage. Few Olympic fans had 21-year-old Sara Kolak winning gold in the javelin...
by Jack Dean | May 28, 2025 | Home, Home Carosel, Relive Top Story
Meet Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards, Britain’s most unlikely Olympian, who defied the odds, changed Olympic rules forever, and became a global icon despite finishing last. “I was sitting at the top of the jump. So many thoughts were going through my...
