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Lead Stories: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

TFS News Briefs: 11/21/07

Posted November 21st, 2007 at 11:50 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

China Withholding Beijing Pollution Data
Physicians for Australian Olympic athletes have requested data about Beijing’s pollution readings from August 2007, measured exactly one year before the 2008 Olympic Games, but to no avail. The readings were taken while a number of pollution-reduction measures were in place in Beijing, including banishing nearly half of the city’s 3 million automobiles from the streets. The Chinese have claimed that these measures reduced smog by 15-20%. Australian officials doubt these claims. Read more at: [The West Australian]

Galen Rupp is Team Player
Galen Rupp, even though he lost to Liberty’s Josh McDougal by 1 second in the NCAA Cross-Country Championships, is thrilled that his 2nd place finish was able to propel the Oregon Ducks men’s team to their first NCAA team championship since 1977, saying “It’s a great day for Oregon. This is the reason why I came back so quick after running (the World Championships) in Osaka. For the team. We have such an unbelievable group of guys and we have so much fun together.” Read more at: [The Register-Guard, OR]

Turkey Trotters and JFK Conspiracy Theorists Converge in Dallas on Thanksgiving
This year Thanksgiving Day happens to coincide with the 44th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas TX. Runners, tourists, presidential historians and conspiracy theorists will converge in downtown Dallas tomorrow to stuff downtown Dallas like a Butterball turkey. Over 30,000 runners plus another 20,000 volunteers and spectators in Dallas for the 40th Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot will be competing for parking space with an expected 2,000 people who plan to make their way to Dealey Plaza, the site of the assassination in 1963. Dealey Plaza is located just a few blocks away from the race course of the largest turkey trot in the country. Read more at: [Dallas Morning News][Wikipedia]
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IAAF World Athletics Final: Women’s 400m Hurdles

Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 7:42 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Poland’s Anna Jesien, the bronze medalist in the 400m hurdles at the Osaka world championships, turned the tables on Osaka gold medalist Jana Rawkinson (AUS) at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany, winning in 54.17 to Rawkinson’s 54.19. Here are the final results:

1. Anna Jesien (POL) 54.17
2. Jana Rawkinson (AUS) 54.19
3. Melaine Walker (JAM) 54.31
4. Yevgeniya Isakova (RUS) 54.99
5. Tiffany Williams (USA) 55.01
6. Natalya Ivanova (RUS) 55.60
7. Tasha Danvers-Smith (GBR) 55.76
8. Sandra Glover (USA) 55.82

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IAAF World Athletics Final: Women’s 400m Hurdles

Posted September 23rd, 2007 at 7:42 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Poland’s Anna Jesien, the bronze medalist at the Osaka world championships, turned the tables on Osaka gold medalist Jana Rawkinson (AUS) at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany, winning in 54.17 to Rawlinson’s 54.19. Here are the final results:

1. Anna Jesien (POL) 54.17
2. Jana Rawkinson (AUS) 54.19
3. Melaine Walker (JAM) 54.31
4. Yevgeniya Isakova (RUS) 54.99
5. Tiffany Williams (USA) 55.01
6. Natalya Ivanova (RUS) 55.60
7. Tasha Danvers-Smith (GBR) 55.76
8. Sandra Glover (USA) 55.82

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Gay breaks another record as USA goes 1-3 in men’s 200; Phillips takes LJ bronze

Posted August 30th, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

World 100m champion Tyson Gay (Fayetteville, Ark.) broke yet another meet record held by Michael Johnson in an evening that also saw Team USA pick up two bronze medals Thursday at the IAAF World Outdoor Track& Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.

At the 2007 AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in June, Gay set a pair of meet records in the 100 (9.84) and 200 (19.62), the latter previously held by world record holder Michael Johnson. Running into a .8 meters-per-second headwind Thursday night, Gay took down Johnson’s meet record at the World Championships, coming from behind to win his second gold medal of the meet.
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