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Top L - R_ Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee_ Bottom L - R_Daniel Campbell, Jan Yip, Jacob Palmer and Sam Redmond
17th May 2024
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Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital collaborate with The Brownlee Foundation to inspire fitness in young people across North England

With recent research from Nuffield Health unveiling significant barriers to exercise for those living in Yorkshire and the surrounding areas, Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital in collaboration with The Brownlee Foundation aim to inspire young people to prioritise their health and wellbeing through the power of sport, physical activity and positive role models. The healthcare…
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Baton on stage with Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr Robert W Gettings
15th July 2022
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Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Leeds: Brownlee Brothers are baton bearers

Leeds welcomes the Queen’s Baton Relay with Olympic legends the Brownlee brothers. Birmingham 2022 is hosting the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – a journey which brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Games. In England, the Queen’s Baton Relay will provide the opportunity for communities to…
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AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds
10th June 2022
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AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds returns this weekend

Leeds City Council is urging people to plan ahead as AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds returns to Roundhay Park this weekend. Thousands of athletes are set to compete across the weekend, from amateurs to elites, with Olympic heroes such as Jonny Brownlee and Georgia Taylor-Brown taking to the start line. Saturday…
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AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds
22nd April 2022
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AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds

There are just 50 days to go until the eagerly-anticipated AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds kicks off and there’s still time to join the world’s best to swim, bike, run across the weekend around Roundhay Park. Leeds will play host to a two-day triathlon festival on 11-12 June for a sixth…
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Jonny Brownlee, Georgia Taylor-Brown, Jess Learmonth SW Pix
15th October 2021
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Yorkshire welcomes Olympic Heroes home

Yorkshire’s Stars of the Olympic and Paralympic Games were given a homecoming to remember at a major arena event. Having made history by representing their country at the Olympics and Paralympics, the athletes were unable to celebrate in front of a crowd at the Games as no spectators were present. But their achievements were…
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Kadeena Cox MBE
8th October 2021
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More Yorkshire Olympians and Paralympians confirmed for arena homecoming

More of Yorkshire’s Olympic and Paralympic Stars have been confirmed for the big homecoming arena event this Sunday to celebrate the athletes’ achievements. Olympians and Paralympians will take to the stage at a major event at the Leeds First Direct Arena on October 10 to talk about their exploits and celebrate in front of…
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Team Yorkshire Celebration
24th September 2021
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Olympians and Paralympians set for arena homecoming event

Yorkshire’s Olympic and Paralympic Heroes will be given a homecoming to remember with a major event at the Leeds First Direct Arena on October 10. Olympians and Paralympians will take to the stage to talk about their exploits in an event hosted by 2016 Olympic medallist Nile Wilson and sports broadcaster Tanya Arnold. Athletes…
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Jonny Brownlee, Jess Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Leeds Beckett University student Alex Yee
5th August 2021
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Congratulations to triathletes Jonny Brownlee, Jess Learmonth, Georgia Taylor-Brown and Leeds Beckett University student Alex Yee on their wonderful gold medal in the Olympic mixed relay event

Sportsmen are so often denied the perfect ending but Jonny Brownlee was able to bow out in style on the biggest stage of all as he completed the full set of Olympic medals. After the relative disappointment of the individual event, where Brownlee finished fifth, he played a key role in a dominant British…
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Team GB
23rd July 2021
1 min read

Good luck message to all Leeds athletes at 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Leeds City Council would like to wish all athletes that are from or based in the city, the very best of luck in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Councillor Salma Arif, Leeds City Council’s executive member for public health and active lifestyles said: “Being selected to compete in an Olympic Games is alone a tremendous…
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Love Exploring app
23rd July 2021
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Dinosaurs set to be released in parks across Leeds

Children are being encouraged to walk amongst dinosaurs this summer across some of Leeds’s most iconic green spaces, thanks to the help of the Love Exploring app. Leeds City Council are launching the app to help change how people enjoy parks across Leeds for years to come. Utilising augmented reality, the app will bring…
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