26/03/2016 BBC Wales Today


26/03/2016

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Thousands have lined the street of Cardiff

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for the World Half Marathon Championships.

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Britain's Mo Farah has won bronze in difficult weather conditions.

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Defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya won in under an hour.

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It is not everyday amateurs get to mingle with some of the biggest

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names in athletics. The main attraction was Mo Farah. What better

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inspiration than to run with a double Olympic champion. He is a

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massive inspiration. I have watched him running a few times, so it is

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great to be running on the same course as him today. I think the

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wind might slow us down a bit. The wind is the main culprit for the

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slower time. It is the biggest athletic event Wales has ever

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posted. 1600 runners taking part, but the big winner here today is

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charity. More than ?2 million is expected to be raised for good

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causes. It was a dramatic start of the reigning champion in the red

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cap, Kamworor fell, but fought his way back. Despite it being wet and

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windy, thousands lined the streets of Cardiff to cheer on the runners,

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and they witnessed a remarkable comeback. Kamworor crossed the line

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before anyone else. They grazed knee was not going to hold him back. Mo

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Farah finished third. This race is part of his preparation for the Rio

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Olympics. He was disappointed not to win. Yes, I was disappointed today.

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There was great support from the home crowd, so it would have been

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nice to come away with a win. But the guys are strong, and they just

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went for it, and I couldn't quite go with it. The fastest Welshman was

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Griffiths. -- Dewi Griffiths. Yes, you want to perform in front of your

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home crowd, and I asked the opportunity with two hands.

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The top three in the women's race were all can you is. -- Kenyans. For

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the thousands that took part, it will be a day they will never

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forget, the chance to compete in the same stage as the elite of world

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athletics. There's a warning of disruption

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to rail services over the Easter weekend as improvements are made

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to the Cardiff and the Valleys line. The work will start at 9 o'clock

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tonight and is expected to end on Tuesday - it's part

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of Network Rail's ?40 billion Plaid Cymru has said if the party

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wins the Assembly Election in May, A woman from Stockport has died

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after falling 140 feet from a ghillie in Snowdonia. Her body was

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found this morning following a night-time search. The woman, in her

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50s, was walking with her husband when she fell yesterday.

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Plaid Cymru has said if the party wins the Assembly Election in May,

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all under-25s who have been searching for work for more

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than four months will be given employment, education or training.

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The promise is part of Plaid's election manifesto, which includes

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Football, and Wales manager Chris Coleman insists Monday's game

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against Ukraine isn't the last chance for the players to impress

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before he names his Euro 2016 squad - and that's even though the game

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in Kiev is Wales' last friendly before the squad is announced.

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But Coleman says he is close to finalising the squad

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for the finals in France this summer.

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I wouldn't say to our players Monday night is do or die for you, you

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know, produce or... That is not the case. It is very much a case of, the

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ones who have been away, like I said earlier, have had a bit more of a

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taste of it, because it is the last chance we will get. But it is not

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the end of the line for them, whether or not they perform.

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In the National League, Wrexham's nine-match unbeaten run

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is over after a 1-0 defeat at Grimsby.

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Wrexham are now four points below the play-off places.

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Rugby, and in the Pro-12, the Scarlets won 25-16

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It's only their second win against their west wales rivals

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It's only their second win against their west Wales rivals

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Scarlets fly-half Aled Thomas kicked four penalties

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Well, a yellow "be aware" warning is still in place for the whole

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of Wales this evening, so let's take a look

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Showers persisting from the west tonight with some hail and thunder

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Tomorrow, widespread showers throughout the morning,

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And that's all from the weekend team for today.

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We'll be back with the latest news in Wales at half past

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