TFS News Briefs: 12/09/07
Posted December 9th, 2007 at 2:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs
IOC Meets This Week To Determine Fate of Marion Jones’ Medals
The International Olympic Committee faces a tricky decision this week when they meet in Lausanne, Switzerland to determine the fate of Marion Jones’ 5 Olympic medals from the 2000 Sydney Games. They have to be careful not to strip one drug-tainted athlete of her medals only to award them to another dope-tainted athlete. Read more at: [International Herald Tribune]
Australian 400m Runner Steffenson Under Investigation for Verbal Assault
Australian 400m runner John Steffensen, apparently stilled peeved because he didn’t gain one of the coveted “automatic selection” slots for the Beijing Olympics, verbally assaulted track and field selection panel member Glynis Nunn-Cearns, winner of the 1984 Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon. He is now under investigation and could be charged with misconduct. Read more at: [The Australian]
Dallas White Rock Marathon
James Koskei overcame cold, windy and wet conditions to win the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 2:15:07. He won $35,000 in prize money – $10K for 1st place and $25K for winning the gender challenge, in which he overcame an 18 minute, 35 second head-start that was given to the women. Emily Samoei won the women’s race in 2:35:24. Read more at: [Google News][Complete Results]
University of Hawaii Track Coach Drops Lawsuit Against School and A.D.
University of Hawaii women’s track coach Carmyn James, who had filed a lawsuit on September 6th, 2007 against the school and its athletic director Herman Frazier for alleged gender discrimination, has dropped her lawsuit. After some meetings, James said that she had, “great faith that our administrative staff will do the right thing.” Perhaps the school’s decision was prompted by a string of recent multi-million dollar verdicts of the same nature. Read more at: [Honolulu Advertiser 12/09/07][Honolulu Advertiser 9/08/07]
Honolulu Marathon Entry Numbers Down in ‘07
The fewest number of entrants in 3 years are expected to run in today’s Honolulu Marathon. As of Friday night, there were 27,394 entrants. In 2006 there were 28,637 and in 2005 there were 28,048. Honolulu was the 3rd largest marathon in the world last year. Read more at: [Honolulu Advertiser]
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