TFS News Briefs: 2/13/2008
Posted February 13th, 2008 at 1:00 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Cross Country, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs
Pistorius Launches Appeal
Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee (both legs below the knees) who was banned from competing against able-bodied athletes by the IAAF because they were said to offer him a physiological advantage, has launched an appeal with the Court of Arbitration of Sport. His goal is to qualify for the Olympics in the 400m dash.
Read more at: [The Press Association]
British MP’s Say Cheats Should Be Banned For Life
Members of the British Parliament are weighing in on the recent decision to allow Dwain Chambers to compete again after a two-year suspension. MP Hugh Robertson said, “once somebody has taken drugs and been found out, that should be it.”
Read more at: [Kent Online, UK]
Coe: Cheats Aren’t “Sucked In” But Are “Absolutely Complicit”
Lord Sebastian Coe, twice an Olympic gold medalist for Great Britain, doesn’t buy cheating athletes’ arguments that they weren’t aware of what they were doing when they took drugs, sating, “I do not accept there are any circumstances where athletes like Dwain Chambers are sucked into something without being absolutely complicit.”
Read more at: [Times Online, UK]
Team USA Minnesota Brings 8 Athletes to US X-C Championships
Five-time World Cross qualifier Katie McGregor, three-time qualifer Matt Gabrielson, two-time World Cross qualifier Jason Lehmkuhle , Andrew Carlson , Chris Lundstrom , Kristen Nicolini Lehmkuhle , Mandi Zemba and Emily Brown will represent Team USA Minnesota at the USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country Team Trials in San Diego, CA this Saturday, 2/16/2008.
Read more at: [Team USA Minnesota]
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Tags: Andrew Carlson , British Parliament, Chris Lundstrom , doping, drugs in sport, dwain chambers, Emily Brown, Great Britain, IAAF Court of Arbitration of Sport, Jason Lehmkuhle , katie mcgregor, Kristen Nicolini Lehmkuhle , Lord Sebastian Coe, Mandi Zemba, matt gabrielson, MP Hugh Robertson, olympic gold medalist, Oscar Pistorius, Team USA Minnesota, USA Cross Country Championships and World Cross Country Team Trials
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