Once she was a ballerina. Then she threw the hammer. Now she is Battleaxe the Gladiator, aka Shirley Webb. The former UK champion and three-times Scottish title-winner is on the invitation list for this weekend's Olympic trials, but the 26-year-old Webb confirmed yesterday that it's a misunderstanding. Indeed, there is a question mark over whether she will throw again.
Carolina Kluft, the reigning Olympic and World heptathlon champion, has called for drugs cheats such as Dwain Chambers to be banned for life from the sport.
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