Former British pole vault record holder Kate Dennison has announced her retirement from athletics. The 28-year-old finished sixth at the World Championships in 2009 and won bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. But her London 2012 Olympic campaign ended in disappointment when she dropped out after injuring herself trying to clear…
Great Britain’s Kate Dennison was almost certainly overshadowed by her compatriots at Olympic Stadium on Saturday. And for the pole vaulter, that was probably a good thing. While Great Britain’s Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford dazzled the crowd, taking gold in the heptathlon, 10,000 meters and men’s long…
KATE Dennison warmed up for the London Olympics by setting a season’s best. The Alsager 28-year-old – who made her Olympic debut in Beijing but failed to qualify for the final – cleared 4.56m in Lucerne, Switzerland on Tuesday night. It is still some way from rival and fellow South…
POLE-vaulter Kate Dennison insists she has been performing better than scoreboards have suggested this season – and is eager to prove the point at this weekend’s Olympic trials. The 28-year-old from Alsager had long been the poster girl of British women’s pole-vaulting, breaking the national record 10 times in 2009.…
