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TFS News Briefs: 3/08/08

Posted March 8th, 2008 at 11:25 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

Robles Fails To Advance Past 1st Round
Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles, who owns 8 out of the 10 fastest times in the world this year, failed to advance past the first round of the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. Robles had thought Liu Xiang had false-started.
Read more at: [IAAF]

Marion Jones Reports To Prison
Federal Inmate Number 84868-054, aka Marion Jones, has begun serving her six-month sentence at the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, TX. Jones is serving time for perjury relating to her use of steroids and for a check-fraud scam.
Read more at: [Bleacher Report, CA]

Defar Wins 3000m At Worlds
Ethiopia’s incomparable Meseret Defar handily won the women’s 3000m event at the World Indoor Championships with a time of 8:38.79, well off her world indoor record of 8:27.93. Fellow Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu placed 2nd in 8:41.50, just ahead of Moroccan Mariem Alaoui Selsouli, who won the bronze medal with a time of 8:41.66.
Read more at: [IAAF]
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TFS News Briefs: 2/10/08

Posted February 10th, 2008 at 1:15 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, TFS News Briefs

Interview With Wariner’s New Coach Michael Ford
Dr. Track has an interview with Baylor Associate Track and Field coach Michael Ford, Jeremy Wariner’s new Coach. Wariner recently split with long-time coach Clyde Hart after a contract dispute.
Read more at: [Dr. Track]

Specialty Running Stores Face Stiff Competition
An article in the New York Times discusses the stiff competition specialty running stores are facing from big competition including chain storesm online and mail-order stores.
Read more at: [NY Times]

New World Record for Susanna Kallur
Swedish hurdler set a new indoor world record in the 60m hurdles at the Karlsruhe BW Meeting, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting. She beat Ludmila Engquist’s record of 7.69 by 1/100th of a second.
Read more at: [IAAF]
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TFS News Briefs: 1/30/08

Posted January 30th, 2008 at 1:17 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

IAAF Overrides British Governing Body Ruling
British sprinter Dwain Chambers got support from the IAAF when UK Athletics ruled him ineligible for a “comeback” because of a 2003 positive test for steroids. In a messy dispute that could end up in court, UKA is sticking to a ruling stating that retired athletes must undergo a year of negative tests. The IAAF, however, is stating that they never received an official retirement letter, so the rule does not apply to him unless UKA can produce such a letter.
Read more at: [Times Online, UK][Athletics Weekly][More]

Michael Johnson Backs IAAF’s Pistorius Ban
Michael Johnson, the retired 400m world-record holder, agrees with the IAAF’s decision to ban double-amputee Oscar Pistorius because his prosthetic legs (dubbed “Cheetahs”) offer him an “unfair advantage” over other athletes. “If he was racing at the same time as me,” Johnson said, “I would also think the same thing.”
Read more at: [The Tide]

Wariner and Legendary Coach Hart Ways
Clyde Hart, Baylor’s legendary coach who trained Michael Johnson, has parted ways with current 400m world champion Jeremy Wariner after a contract dispute in which Wariner sought to reduce the coach’s percentage. Sanya Richards will continue to train under Hart.
Read more at: [Waco Tribune]
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Podcast 17: Interview with U.S. hurdling phenom Danielle Carruthers

Posted February 19th, 2007 at 1:26 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts

Today’s podcast features my interview with hurdling phenom Danielle Carruthers.

Danielle, a fellow Indiana University Hoosier, is a a two-time USA Indoor champion, 10-time All-American and the new protégé of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers. In the interview Danielle talks about competing against Gail at the Millrose Games, what it’s like to be coached by an Olympic legend, her upcoming races and goals for 2007.

Download the podcast to hear Danielle discuss those topics and how she has been able to overcome a multitude of challenges, including a difficult childhood and a serious knee injury, to become one of America’s most promising, young hurdlers!

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Host: Adam Jacobs
Guest: Danielle Carruthers
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Music: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File size: 20.4MB
Length: 00:29:45

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