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Switching Roles, Kiprop & Kamel Prevail in Lausanne
Posted September 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Trying their hands at alternate distances, Olympic 1500m silver medalist Asbel Kiprop and 800m finalist Yusuf Saad Kamel traded places to take impressive victories at the Athletissima Super Grand Prix here tonight.
For Kiprop, the tall Kenyan who chased Rashid Ramzi to the line in Beijing, it wasn’t so much a case of moving down in distance, but more of a move back to where the 19-year-old began his breakout season. Battling with Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei heading off the final turn, he passed his compatriot with about 50 meters to go to take a convincing victory in 1:44.71, a personal best.
Just behind Kiprop, Alfred Kirwa Yego (1:44.77) and then Ugandan Abraham Chepkirwok (1:45.00) overtook Bungei, who faded badly down the homestretch to finish fourth (1:45.31).
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Watch Zürich Golden League at TrackShark.com
Posted August 28th, 2008 at 9:45 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Athletics fans in the United States will be able to watch the 4 meeting from Zürich, the next stop in the IAAF Golden League circuit, at TrackShark.com. The live coverage will begin at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 29. There is no charge to watch the webcast, however it is only available to viewers in the United States.
To access the coverage, go to http://www.trackshark.com/ and click the link on the front page.
IAAF Golden League Preview: Meeting Gaz de France Paris
Posted July 17th, 2008 at 3:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The fourth stop on the IAAF’s Golden League circuit, the Gaz de France meeting will take place this Friday in Stade de France in suburban Saint-Denis.
TV coverage: 4-6 p.m. Friday on ESPN2 and 2-3 p.m. Saturday on CBC
Web coverage: Trackshark.com, Friday (time TBA) and IAAF Radio, Friday from 1:30-4:00 p.m.
An event-by-event preview, in the order of competition…
Men’s Javelin
The best are not here, which is unlike a Golden League event. The top entrant is #5 Erik Rags, winner of Sunday’s Athens Grand Prix. His major challengers will be #6 Jarrod Bannister and #9 John Robert Oosthuizen.
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Golden League Preview:
Rome Golden Gala
Posted July 11th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The Golden Gala, the third stop in the IAAF’s Golden League, will take place this Friday in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.
Meet’s own website — IAAF page
TV coverage:
live on ESPN Classic from 3-5 p.m. (EDT) Friday
tape-delay on CBC from noon-1 p.m. Saturday
also live online at Trackshark.com on Friday at noon
An event-by-event preview, with references to The Final Sprint’s exclusive world points standings…
Men’s Javelin
The meet kicks off with an event traditionally dominated by northern Europeans, and the start list is heavy with them here. #1 Andreas Thorkildsen, #3 Tero Pitkämäki, #4 Jarrod Bannister, #5 Tero Järvenpää, #7 Eriks Rags and #9 Peter Esenwein make a deep field.
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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.
TFS News Briefs: 10/10/07
Posted October 10th, 2007 at 7:00 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field, Olympics, Drugs In Sports, TFS News Briefs
USOC seeks medals from Jones’ relay-mates
Now that Marion Jones has returned her Olympic medals in the wake of her doping admission, the United States Olympic Committee has also asked Marion Jones’ relay teammates to return their medals and promised a “completely clean” U.S. squad in 2008. The USOC request, Jones’ admission and the IOC’s pending decision on how to redistribute the medals has caused a fury of editorials, objections and controversy.
Here is a sampling of related articles and opinion pieces:
Jones’ relay teammate wants to keep bronze medal — Canadian Press
Time to target coaches, doctors and agents — Guardian (Steve Cram)
Ottey to pick up extra medal — Yahoo! Sports
Jones could’ve broken open sports scam — Seattle Times
Culpepper aims to repeat at U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials
Alan Culpepper, a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team, is looking to replicate his success at the Nov. 3 Trials in NYC. In regards to the new loop-course, Culpepper said, “I was fairly shocked when I saw the course; it (the hilly Central Park course) is going to be hard. I am doing more race-pace effort on hilly terrain this time.”
Read more at: [Daily Camera]
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Richards, Walker and Jeter win at World Athletics Final
Posted September 24th, 2007 at 8:30 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sanya Richards closed out her European season in style Sunday, winning the women’s 400 in the second and final day of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
Richards continued in her impressive string of world-leading wins in the women’s 400. Coming off world leaders in the last three Golden League meets, Richards dropped another WL on Sunday with her time of 49.27, tying her winning time from Berlin last Sunday. Novlene Williams of Jamaica was second in 50.12; American Mary Wineberg was seventh in 50.73.
World champion Brad Walker continued his excellence in the men’s pole vault. As the only person in the field to clear 5.91m/19-5.75, Walker topped the rest of the field by 5 cm. American Jeff Hartwig placed sixth in the field with 5.70m/18-8.25.
World Outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter posted her second big win of the season, taking the women’s 100 in 11.10, with Osaka 200m gold medalist Allyson Felix second in 11.15 and World Outdoor 100m silver medalist Lauryn Williams fifth in 11.31. Jeter also won the 100 in Berlin last Sunday.
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Sanya Richards named USATF Athlete of the Week
Posted September 19th, 2007 at 3:00 PM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sanya Richards has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the women’s 400 meters Sunday at the 2007 ISTAF Meeting in Berlin, Germany to earn her second consecutive share of the Golden League Jackpot.
The 2006 IAAF Athlete of the Year, Richards earned half of the million-dollar jackpot by going undefeated in the women’s 400 in Golden League competition. In the last meet of the series, she streaked to victory in the women’s 400m in a world-leading 49.27 seconds. Richards’ other Golden League wins came in Oslo June 15, Paris July 6, Rome July 13, Zurich September 7 and Brussels last Friday.
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Richards, Isinbayeva Split $1 Million Jackpot as Golden League Series Concludes
Posted September 17th, 2007 at 8:32 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva each won a $500,000 share of the IAAF Golden League Jackpot after their respective victories at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin today, the final meet of the six-meet Golden League series.
In front of a near-capacity crowd of 70,000 –the third consecutive announced Golden League sell-out – Richards yet again crushed all opposition en route to a 49.27 dash, another world-leading performance for the 22-year-old American.
“Nobody knows how hard this year has been for me,” said Richards, who after early-season illness, finished fourth at the U.S. championships in June and missed a spot on the world championships squad. “I feel much stronger now than I did two months ago.”
It was the second perfect six-for-six Golden League campaign for Richards, who last year took a smaller share of the prize pot. But for Isinbayeva, the world record holder in the pole vault and one of the sport’s biggest stars, it was the first time her event was given GL status, and she took full advantage over the three month campaign to share half of the sport’s biggest prize. Next up for the 25-year-old Russian, she said, was an assault on her own 5.02m world record which has stood for more than two years.
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Defar Delivers on 2 Mile World Best
Posted September 14th, 2007 at 7:43 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
In a stunning display of powerful solo running, Meseret Defar crushed her own world best in the 2 miles to highlight the 31st edition of the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels tonight.
Defar, the reigning world and Olympic champion in the 5000m, broke from Kenyan Priscah Jepleting with three laps to go to cross the line in 8:58.58, nearly 12 second under the previous best she ran at the adidas Track Classic in Carson, Calif., in May.
“My plan was for 8:55,” said Defar, not in the least bit surprised by her fleet footedness before a wildly enthusiastic crowd of 47,500 at the Belgian capital’s King Baudouin Stadium.
Underscoring her impressive performance, the 23-year-old clocked 8:24.81 for 3000m en route to her win, an Ethiopian national record and the fastest performance over the distance this year.
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