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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted July 17th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, What To Watch
Here are the upcoming running and track & field events on television and the internet. All times EDT; as always, check your local listings. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section.
Meeting Gaz de France Paris
ESPN2, 4-6 p.m. Friday
CBC, 2-3 p.m. Saturday
Trackshark.com, live Friday (time TBA)
replays at 11 p.m. Saturday on ESPN Classic and 1:30 a.m. Monday on CBC
The fourth stop on the IAAF’s Golden League circuit takes place in Paris. Still alive in the jackpot hunt are Pamela Jelimo (800m) and Blanka Vlasic (HJ). Great matchups include Jeremy Wariner versus LaShawn Merritt in the men’s 400, Yelena Isibayeva versus Jenn Stuczynski in the women’s pole vault, and Dayron Robles versus David Oliver in the men’s 110m hurdles.
Meet website
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The Week in the Rear View: Racing News May 19-25, 2008
Posted May 26th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jay Hicks
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Columns, Olympics, Week in Rear View
This is my first of what will be many weekly columns wrapping up the goings on in track and field. I am normally found at PreraceJitters.com, writing about the fast life of track and field.
This week the Trevor Graham trial had the full attention of track and field. So far, the trial has been a train wreck. Angela Heredia testified how he gave multiple drugs to Marion Jones before the 2000 Games. Antonio Pettigrew testified under oath that it was EPO and HGH that allowed him to run sub-44 seconds. Consequently, Pettigrew’s testimony puts the 4×400 meter relays teams of the 2000 Olympics and 2001 World Championships in jeopardy of losing their medals. Dennis Mitchell took the stand and testified Graham injected him twice with HGH. Jerome Young also testified that he took banned drugs.
On the track, Liu Xiang flew over the 110 hurdles in 13.13 at the warm up meet held at the Bird Nest in Beijing before the Olympic Games. The time marks Xiang’s fastest of the season, and the second fastest time run overall this year.
Programming Note:
Ryan & Alicia Shay Story
on ESPN Tonight
Posted April 29th, 2008 at 10:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field
If you can, your editor recommends watching ESPN tonight at 7:00 p.m., EDT so you can see a great segment done by the producers of the sports news show “E:60″ on Ryan and Alicia Shay. The show is one hour and the piece on the Shays is about 20 minutes.
If you can’t watch at 7:00 p.m., the show will also be shown later tonight at 11:00 p.m. on ESPN2.
AT&T USA Outdoor Championships: Schedule of TV Coverage by ESPN2; NBC
Posted June 21st, 2007 at 4:24 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
If you can’t make it to Indianapolis this weekend to see the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in person, five hours of television coverage is available through both cable and over-the-air networks in the United States.
Friday’s action will be televised live for one hour on ESPN2, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern time (Indianapolis is in the Eastern time zone). Events to be contested within that window are the finals for both the men’s and women’s 100m and 5000m.
Viewers can watch Saturday’s action both live and on tape. NBC will have a live hour from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., while ESPN2 will offer taped coverage from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Finals to be held during the NBC live window include the men’s 400m hurdles and 400m, and women’s 1500m, 400m and 100m hurdles.
Coverage concludes on Sunday with a two-hour live telecast on NBC beginning at 1:00 p.m. Finals held within that timeframe are the men’s 3000m steeplechase, 800m, 200m, 1500m and 110m hurdles, and women’s 800m, 400m hurdles, and 200m.
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2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships get under way Wednesday
Posted June 18th, 2007 at 10:31 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The stars of track and field’s next generation are coming to Indianapolis to aim for a spot on the Team USA Pan American Junior Athletics Championships roster during competition this weekend at the 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships.
The competition will take place June 20-24 at the Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. The 2007 Finish Line USA Junior Track & Field Championships is the qualifying meet for the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and is being held in conjunction with the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the final meet of USATF’s 2007 Visa Championship Series. The top two finishers in each event will be eligible for selection to the Team USA junior roster. The final roster will be selected by the conclusion of competition on Sunday.
ESPN2 will broadcast the Championships live from 8-9 p.m. on Friday, June 22, and tape-delayed from 7-8 p.m. Saturday, June 23. The meet will air live on NBC from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, June 23, and from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, June 24. All times are Eastern.
Among the top junior athletes to watch are:
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