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TFS News Briefs: 3/25/08

Posted March 25th, 2008 at 12:44 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

TFS News Briefs
Boston Marathon To Be Broadcast Live
VERSUS will broadcast the The 112th running of the Boston Marathon , which is the oldest and most prestigious marathon in the world April 21st, 2008, which is Patriot’s Day. The broadcast runs from 8:00 AM to 3:00PM, Eastern time. Local station WBZ-TV will carry the event for the 28th year.
Read more at: [Runner’s Web]

WCSN To Stream Boston Marathon Live To International Audience
International audiences will have live, online access for the time ever to the Boston Marathon. The 112th running of the oldest and most prestigious marathon in the world will be streamed live on WCSN.com on April 21st, 2008, which is Patriot’s Day.
Read more at: [Boston Herald]

Bernard Lagat: Still Obsessed With Olympic Gold
An excellent feature article in the NY Times finds Bernard Lagat obsessed with winning an Olympic Gold medal that he narrowly missed claiming by just 12/100ths of a second. He weighs in on the drug charges that have dogged him (but from which he was cleared) since 2002, saying, “I’m innocent, but how am I going to prove it?” Lagat also discusses the political situation in his birth country (Lagat is an American citizen) of Kenya, saying, “It’s so sad. You can’t kill a person because he votes for another party.”
Read more at: [NY Times]

World’s Best Cross-Country Runners Settle In To Dorms
The University of Edinburgh is hosting more than 1000 athletes and officials in advance of the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships which will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 30th, 2008. Seventy nations are expected to compete.
Read more at: [IAAF][Scotsman]

European Cross-Country Champion Will Not Run In Edinburgh
European Cross Country Champion Sergey Lebid of the Ukraine will not compete at the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 30th, 2008. He is still recovering deom a recent two-week bout with Influenza.
Read more at: [European Athletics]