TFS News Briefs: 1/26/08
Posted January 26th, 2008 at 12:17 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs
Jones Scandal Damaged Credibility of Track, Says Sprinter
Jamaican 100m world champ Veronica Campbell-Brown, training in Florida for Beijing, said that the Marion Jones doping scandal has “put a dark cloud over the sport” of track and field and damaged its credibility.
Read more at: [Jamaica Gleaner News]
Razorback Track Appealing NCAA Sanctions
The Arkansas Razorbacks track & field team is appealing sanctions put down on it by the NCAA, sanctions they call “excessive and inappropriate.”
Read more at: [ESPN]
Huckabee Officially Enters Boston Marathon
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has officially registered to run on a relay team in this April’s Boston Marathon. He was granted a waiver to run for Team Hoyt, a local charity that seeks to integrate the physically disabled into everyday life.
Read more at: [WCSH, Boston]
Beijing Pollution May Push Gebrselassie to 10,000
Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie is so concerned about the pollution and heat in Beijing that he is considering skipping the marathon in favor of the less-taxing 10,000m race.
Read more at: [USA Today]
Asafa Powell to Make Debut in Jamaica Meet
Asafa Powell is expected to make his season debut at the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Meet meet in Jamaica. He will be trying out a new pair of Nike custom-made spikes, supposedly the lightest and strongest pair ever made by his sponsor.
Read more at: [Jamaica Observer]
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