Her mother was a formidable long jumper,her grandmother competed in the 1950 European Athletics Championships – and her grandfather was a sprinter. No wonder 400m runner Emily Diamond is tipped for success. Ahead of the Commonwealth Games, Rosie Mullender catches up with all three generations of track starsThe face of sport today is virtually unrecognisable from that of 1950, or when Valerie McGee née Webster – represented the UK in the long jump at the European Athletics Championships. And the differences feel all the more stark as her granddaughter Emily Diamond prepares to compete in the womens 400m and 4x400m relay races at the Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast.
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Source: guardian.co.uk