holly hamilton, bbc news.list and president of world athletics, told us he was on the fifth and final day of his 2.6 challenge. my final day is 26 lots of shuttle runs. greg rusedski, who is also one of the ambassadors for greenhouse, the charity i am raising the money for, clearly with a tennis bent, we decided we would probably make the shuttle run over the length of a classic tennis court. and my first day was 26 sets of 26 crunches. the tougher day was probably yesterday, when i had to do 26 sets of 26 press—ups. my shoulders are up around my ears at the moment. but it's a fantastic initiative by the london marathon and your piece before i came on absolutely summed it up. it is one of the biggest one—day events for raising money. it's an unbelievable platform and it is such a sad loss to what has gained the status as one of the great british days out and i take my hat off to hugh brasher, and of course it was his father chris that came up with the idea and got it off and running in 1981, roughly a0 years a

holly hamilton, bbc news.esident of world athletics. what is your 2.6 challeng? this is my fifth and final day, so i want to inspire people not only to donate as well as to the challenge. i have been doing shuttle runs for charity. greg rusedski and i decided we would make the shuttle run over a classic tennis court. and my first day was 26 sets of 26 countries. the tougher day was probably yesterday, when i had to do 26 sets of 26 press ups. my had to do 26 sets of 26 press ups. my shoulders were up around my ears. but it is a fantastic initiative by the london marathon and your piece before i came on absolutely summed it up. it is one of the biggest one—day events for raising money. to what gave us one of the great i take my hat off to the man who came up with the idea and got it up and running in 1981, 40 years ago. so the idea is that it will happen in 0ctober. do you think that is possible? i sincerely hope so, let's be optimistic. we hope we have curtailed this awful virus. and i hope everybody is able t

holly hamilton, bbc news.athon runner, who was one of those who should have been running today — she joins us from south west london. i think you have run eight marathons. how disappointed are you not to be running today? of course it is disappointing. everyone has put their heart and soul into training throughout winter. but obviously, everybody‘s safety is the priority. so we have to turn this negative into a positive to try and get as many people involved, using exercise as a way of staying positive and trying to get communities together to support each other by doing whatever small challenge they want to do. they don't have to run 26 miles. today i'm going to try and get my involved in doing some press ups. but it is just about trying to help support other charities that will have such huge loss by missing out on the london marathon. i was running for cancer research uk, said today i will be supporting them. well done to you. what are your tips notjust for marathon runners, but for everybody who wants to s

holly hamilton has this reports.ent, and today, more than 40,000 of you should have been strapping on your trainers to take part. and with no london marathon this year, thousands of charities are missing out on the millions of pounds that would have been raised. but organisers have come up with an alternative. it's the 2.6 challenge. now, you don't have to run 26 miles round your garden. it could be something as simple as bouncing a cricket ball off a tennis racquet. 11,12,13,14... like shane warne. ..18, 19, 20! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6! or you could try swimming 2.6 kilometres in your paddling pool, like sophie. and if you'd already got your fancy dress costume for the marathon, well, you could still put that to good use. among those taking on the challenge, eleanor davis. she was due to compete as an elite athlete, but instead will be at work as a doctor looking after patients on the covid ward. i normally work part time so i can train and compete at a high level, and just at the minute, obviously, there's not a lot to tr

organisers have come up with another way for runners to raise money without leaving their homes, as holly hamiltonyour trainers to take part. and with no london marathon this year, thousands of charities are missing out on the millions of pounds that would have been raised. but organisers have come up with an alternative. it is the 2.6 challenge. you don‘t have to run 26 miles around your garden. it could be something as simple as bouncing a cricket ball of 18 is rapid. shane worn. —— like shane worn. 0r shane worn. —— like shane worn. or you could try swimming 2.6 kilometres in your paddling pool kilometres in your paddling pool, like sophie. and if you already had your fancy dress costu me already had your fancy dress costu m e for already had your fancy dress costume for the maritime, well, you could still put that to good use. among those taking on the challenge, alan davies. she was due to complete —— meat is an elite athlete, but will instead be at work as a doctor looking after patients on the covid—19 ward. looking after patients on the covid-19 ward. i can train and compete at a high leve

northern irishman, who is also a qualified doctor has returned to his front linejob in the nhs — holly hamiltonhis might feel like a lifetime ago as he and his partner secured their spot at the tokyo 0lympics last summer. here, island! the crowd is on their feet! but it is china first, ireland still the middle. we now have the official new things for next summer soi official new things for next summer so i suppose we just have another 12 months of preparation time, so not too bad really, everything happens for a reason and we just have to move on with it. with his 0lympic dream now and hold a qualified doctor has now decided to return to the nhs and tackle the coronavirus nightmare head on. my consultant gave me a phone call on saturday morning and just said listen, don‘t have your vote for you yet, we don‘t have your vote for you yet, we don‘t have things properly set up because i only was on the phone to them wednesday last week begging for a job, though, they were like yeah, we have one for you, come on up, medicine has always been the number one and to be honest i have missed that element o

philip doyle spoke to our correspondent, holly hamilton.ike a lifetime ago and is —— as he and his partner secured their spot at the tokyo olympics last summer. ireland, silver medal. what might work thousands of other athletes, he is dealing with —— work thousands of other athletes, he is dealing with -- like thousands of other athletes, he is dealing with the disappointment of the postponement of the games. everything happens for a reason. we just have to move on with it. philip has decided to return to the nhs and tackle the coronavirus outbreak head my consultant phoned me on saturday morning and said, listen, i don't have a rota for you yet, don't have things perfectly set up, because i was only on the phone to them on wednesday last week, begging for a job, so they were like, yes, we have one, come up. job, so they were like, yes, we have one, come up. medicine has always been the number one. to be honest, i've missed that element in my life so i've missed that element in my life so i'll be glad to get back to it. 2019 was a breakthro

holly hamilton managed to speak to him before his first day.ilip doyle, this might feel like a lifetime ago, as he and his partner secured a spot at the tokyo olympics last summer. here come ireland, the crowd is on their feet, china first, ireland silver medal! but like thousands of other athletes, he is dealing with the disappointment of the games‘ postponement. we now have official new dates for next summer. i suppose we just have another 12 months of preparation time, so i am not feeling too bad, everything happens for a reason, just have to get on with it. with his olympic dream now on hold, the qualified doctor has decided to return to the nhs and tackle the coronavirus nightmare head on. so i will be helping out within the medical team on a general medicine ward. my consultant gave me a phone call on saturday morning and just said, listen, we don't have things perfectly set up, because i was only on the phone to them wednesday last week, begging for a job! so they were like, yeah, we have one for you, come on up. medicine has always been

let's get a full sport round—up with holly hamilton, an escalating row over premier league football is of criticism over the last few days and whether they should take a pay cut. bosses have been trying to reach an agreement over the last couple of days. there's been plenty of criticism around premier league footballers recently as bosses try to reach an agreement over their pay with bosses tabling a 30% percent pay cut but its been described as a "no—win siutation" by wayne rooney. the derby striker says he is happy to offer support but in his column in the sunday times he also said, "why are footballers suddenly the scapegoats? " he added if players come out and say they can't agree, even if the real reasons are that it will financially ruin some, it will be presented as, "rich players refuse pay cut." gary lineker has been sympathetic as well and says people shouldn't be too quick to judge. the players that i have spoken to, they are all desperately keen to do it. the problem is, of course, is how you do it, as an individual person, do you take a pay cut and then do something, or do

iam i am holly hamilton with the latest sports news.nment has rejected claims that it was too slow to cancel major sporting events in the days leading up to the lockdown. the cheltenham festival, and liverpool's champions league match against athletico madrid were both allowed to go ahead. some coronavirus deaths have since been blamed on that match at anfield, with 3,000 fans from the spanish capital amongst the crowd. the deputy chief scientific advisor, professor angela mclean, says that although there's no confimed link, it warranted further investigation. if we're at a bit of our recent history where we were living our lives as normal, in that circumstance, going to a football match, is not a particularly large extra risk. however, once you get to a situation of our strange lives as we live them now, where we spend all our time basically at home, of course you wouldn't add on an extra risk of lots and lots of people all going off to the same place at the same time. i think it will be very interesting to see in the future, when all

holly hamilton, bbc news. 0lympic medallist and world champion swimmer keri—anne payne is one of thosetell us what you are doing today.|j was tasked with one of the charity that i support to come up with the 2.6 challenge and i decided i didn't wa nt to 2.6 challenge and i decided i didn't want to do it alone so i thought, what can i do, we are all at home at the moment, everybody is on social media on their phones and i will try to rope in 26 of my 0lympian friends to rope in 26 of my 0lympian friends tojoin me to to rope in 26 of my 0lympian friends to join me to create an epic work—out essentially so that we could all do it at 10am this morning, so that is where it all started from and that was five days ago so i don't quite know what day it is today but i am pretty sure it is sunday and this morning it is going live. fantastic, as we were saying, the london marathon is such a big fundraising opportunity and all that money can't be raised through the marathon now but people like you are finding alternative ways to do it. yes, one of the big reasons why i wanted to get all my 0lympia

holly hamilton, bbc news.s deaths, their lowest total since the middle of march. so some good news there. and just check out these pictures from italy. there you go, an example of the extent of the coronavirus lockdown across the country. these drone images from venice. that is saint marks square, where in normal times you would expect to see thousands of tourists and local people enjoying the spring sunshine beside the canals. but now, in these extraordinary times, hardly anyone to be seen. hopefully the situation improving across europe, fingers crossed, over the next few weeks or so. you can see more on all of today's stories on our website. the next news on bbc one is at ten to six. good evening. here at the bbc sport centre. the wolves forward diogo jota says he thinks that the premier league season will resume and be played to a conclusion even if it's behind closed doors. i spoke to him in the last hour, he was the winner of the epremier league invitational over the weekend. a fifa video game tournament