TFS News Briefs: 3/07/08
Posted March 7th, 2008 at 5:30 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs
IAAF World Championships Event Reports/Previews
You can read up on all of the happenings in the World Indoor Championships by going to the IAAF’s Valencia ‘08 website. So far, gold medals have gone to Christian Cantwell (USA) in the men’s shot put, Angela Williams (US) in the women’s 60m dash, Tia Hellebaut (BEL) in the women’s pentathlon and Olusoji A. Fasuba (NIG) in the men’s 60m dash. Read more at: [IAAF WIC 08]
Coverage of World Championships on WCSN, VERSUS
You can catch the action from Valencia both online and on TV. Links to this coverage are available on Track & Field News’ home page (in section titled Latest Results).
Read more at: [Track & Field News]
Dwain Chambers Wins Silver Medal, Vows To “Do It Clean”
After his silver-medal-winning finish at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, Dwain Chambers has vowed to “put out a new script that you can do it clean.” He is getting the word out in an anti-drug campaign in which he will “start going into schools, use myself as an example to talk to kids to not go down the road I took.”
Read more at: [Times Online, UK]
2008 Golden League Kickoff
Sanya Richards and Jeremy Wariner helped kick off the 2008 IAAF ÅF Golden League at a media event during the Valencia World Championships. take place in Berlin (June 1st), Oslo (June 6th), Paris (July 11th), Rome (July 18th), Zürich (August 29th) and Brussels (September 5th).
Read more at: [IAAF]
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Tags: 2008 golden league, angels williams, anti drugs campaign, Christian Cantwell, doping, drugs in sport, dwain chambers, Golden League, heremy wariner, olusoji fasuba, pentathlon, sanya richards60m dash, shot put, Tia Hellebaut, track and field, Valencia, World Indoor Championships
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The Final Sprint
Great to get out on the trails I’m sure after being cooped up for a bit. Nothing like smore energy. Good luck and have fun this year Sara.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:41 pm