The Talk of the Toon

Picture Archive: Sport

Asafa Powell equalling his then world-record time of 9.77 seconds in the 100m at a 2006 athletics meeting in Gateshead's International Stadium. The stadium opened in 1955 as the Gateshead Youth Stadium. In 2013 it will host the European Team Championships.

Image: teotwawki 2006 (CC BY-NC-ND)
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