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TFS News Briefs: 2/18/2008

Posted February 18th, 2008 at 3:57 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs

TFS News Briefs
Asafa: 80% Chance He’s Race Thursday
Asafa Powell, still healing after cutting his knee, says he is “70 to 80″ percent sure he start in Thursday’s Melbourne Grand Prix. He also wants a lifetime ban for drug cheats, against whom he says he’s certain to run in Beijing.
Read more at: [Melbourne Herald Sun][Jamaica Gleaner]

Craig Mottram Central Florida: New Hotbed of Track
With new residents Tyson Gay and Veronica Campbell leading the way, Central Florida’s Clermont is the newest hotbed of elite track and field. Gay and Campbell, along with several other adidas-sponsored athletes are training there for the Beijing Olympics.
Read more at: [Orlando Sentinel]

Tariku Bekele - Craig Mottram Showdown Will Have To Wait
Tariku Bekele has pulled out of Thursday’s Melbourne Grand Prix, leaving Craig Mottram disappointed. Mottram had wanted to race the Ethiopian at the 5000m distance in front of a home crowd.
Read more at: [The Age, Australia]

Bekele, Isinbayeva Shine In Birmingham
Kenenisa Bekele wiped out Haile Gebrselassie’s last track world record by running an 8:04.35 in the two-mile at Birmingham’s Norwich Union Grand Prix. Yelena Isinbayeva pole vaulted 4.95m, surpassing her 2007 world-best mark in her first 2008 meet. Both are heavy favorites to win gold in Beijing.
Read more at: [CNN International]