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Team USA finishes fourth at International Chiba Ekiden
Posted November 23rd, 2007 at 12:13 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results
Team USA took fourth place at the 2007 International Chiba Ekiden on Friday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:09:05. The host team from Japan won the event in 2:05:56, defeating defending champion Kenya by 1:10. Russia was third in 2:08:00.
Now in its 19th year, the format of the race was revised to feature mixed teams […]
Team USA departs for International Chiba Ekiden
Posted November 19th, 2007 at 10:24 AM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Team USA departs for Chiba, Japan today for the 2007 Chiba International Ekiden, to be held this Friday, November 23. In addition to Team USA, the marathon relay will feature teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, France and Great Britain.
Ed Moran (Williamsburg, Va.); Ryan Sheehan (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Josh Moen (Waterloo, Iowa), all members of […]
Noguchi Wins Tokyo International Ladies Marathon
Posted November 18th, 2007 at 10:17 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Marathons
Reigning Olympic Marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi won today’s 29th edition of the Tokyo International Ladies Marathon and, almost with certainty, has secured a position on the Japanese team for the Beijing Olympics next August.
Noguchi, 29, dominated the race to win in a new course record of 2:21:37. Her chief rival, Yoko Shibui, stayed within […]
Nike Opens New NIKEiD Studio in New York City
Posted October 5th, 2007 at 8:45 AM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Gear & Apparel, Apparel, Running Shoes
Nike today announced the opening of its first NIKEiD Studio at Niketown in New York City, giving consumers a more hands-on design experience and the power to design and create footwear, apparel and equipment for themselves, for their friends, and even to be purchased by others around the world.
The NIKEiD Studio is a consumer destination […]
ASICS chairman Kihachiro Onitsuka has passed away
Posted October 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 AM by Mickey Katz
Section: News & Results, Gear & Apparel, Running Shoes
ASICS Corporation chairman Kihachiro Onitsuka died on Saturday September 29 of heart failure in a hospital in Kobe, Japan. He was 89.
Mr. Onitsuka was born on May 29, 1918, in Tottori Prefecture in western Japan. Concerned at the sight of the nation’s youth after World War II, he made it his mission to […]
Podcast 75: MICHELLE PERRY on her 2nd consecutive 100m hurdles World Championship
Posted September 3rd, 2007 at 6:24 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Interviews, Podcasts
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Welcome to Episode 75 of The Final Sprint Podcast featuring my interview with American hurdler MICHELLE PERRY who successfully defended her […]
Video: Recap of the 2007 IAAF Outdoor Track & Field World Championships in Osaka
Posted September 3rd, 2007 at 12:16 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The below video includes a collection of key moments from the 2007 IAAF Track & Field World Championships from Osaka, Japan. Featuring winning performances by: Luke Kibet, Reese Hoffa, Tirunesh Dibaba, Jefferson Perez, Valerie Vili, Tyson Gay, Ivan Tsikhan, Yekaterina Volkova, Nelson Evora, Kenenisa Bekele, Team USA, Meseret Defar, Veronica Campbell, Bernard Lagat, Jeremy Wariner, […]
Team USA Superlatives:
2007 IAAF World Outdoor T&F Champs
Posted September 3rd, 2007 at 11:53 AM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Notable accomplishments by Team USA athlete at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Osaka:
- 1st medal in women’s 10,000m
- 1st gold medal in men’s pole vault
- 1st gold medal in men’s 1,500m
- 1st medal of any kind in men’s 5,000m
- Bernard Lagat is first man to win 1,500-5,000 double at World […]
Lagat’s Second Gold Medal Caps World Championships
Posted September 2nd, 2007 at 4:33 PM by David Monti
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
While critics said he had bitten off more than he could chew, Bernard Lagat swallowed up the field of the men’s 5000m final here tonight, becoming the first man to win both the 1500m and 5000m at an IAAF World Championships in Athletics. He also became the first American to win a 5000m world […]
Video: Lagat pulls off rare double gold
Posted September 2nd, 2007 at 2:09 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Watch the video below to see Bernard Lagat storm through the final stretch of today’s men’s 5,000m final with his patented late-race kick to earn his second gold medal at the 2007 IAAF World Championships.
Lagat, who also won a gold in the 1,500m, became the first American in history to earn a gold […]
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- Team USA ties gold medal record; Lagat and Felix make history
It was a night of firsts, and one of history, for Team USA Sunday night in the final session of competition at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
With victories in the men’s and women’s 4×400m relays, the United States became the first country to sweep all four relays at a World Outdoor […] - Japanese Medal Hopes Riding With Women Marathoners
Tomorrow morning’s women’s marathon will be the last opportunity for the Japanese team to win a medal at these 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics which draw to their conclusion tomorrow night. It was in Gothenburg in 1995 when the Japanese were last shut out of the medals, and in only two world championships […]
- Competition concludes with relays, marathon, 5 km and field events
Several more medal opportunities present themselves to Team USA during Sunday competition at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
After winning both 4×100m relays on Saturday night, the American 4×400m relays take the track for the last events of the Championships on Sunday, trying to become the first country to […] - Plodding Pace Helps Defar to 5000m Gold
Meseret Defar, the reigning Olympic gold medalist and world record holder at 5000m, claimed her first outdoor world title on the pentultimate day of the 11th IAAF World Championships at Nagai Stadium.
Helped by a plodding pace set by fan favorite Kayoko Fukushi, who was doubling back from the 10,000m, Defar did little but wait for […] - USA sweeps 4×100 relays, Walker takes first U.S. gold in pole vault
Team USA swept the men’s and women’s 4×100m relays for the first time in 20 years, and Brad Walker won Team USA’s first-ever men’s pole vault gold Saturday night at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
With one day of competition and six final events remaining, Team USA remains atop […] - Video: Deakes powers through heat for world 50km walk title
Australia’s world-record holder Nathan Deakes came through the longest and most grueling contest of the world championships to win gold in the men’s 50-kilometer walk on Saturday morning.
Drenched in sweat and the contents of the many bottles of water he had poured over his head in an attempt to keep cool, the 30-year old […] - Team USA women’s 4×100m quartet qualifies for final
Team USA’s women’s 4×100m relay squad looked solid during Saturday morning’s qualifying round at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
Women’s 100m bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter (Long Beach, Calif.) ran a strong lead leg for Team USA before handing the baton to 2007 Pan Am Games 100m and 4×100m relay […] - Video: Wariner blitzes field for 400-meter gold
American Jeremy Wariner retained his world 400-meter title in dazzling style to lead an American sweep of the medals on Friday. The 23-year-old Texan powered off the final bend to clock 43.45 seconds despite a swirling wind in Osaka.
LaShawn Merritt took silver in 43.96 with Angelo Taylor completing an all-American podium with a time […] - Video: Felix notches best time of the year in 200m
American Allyson Felix defended her 200-meter title in style on Friday, surging down the home straight to win gold in the best time of the year. Felix, the youngest athlete to claim a sprint world title when she won as a 19-year-old in Helsinki two years ago, dashed across the line in 21.81 seconds to […]
- Video: First world title for hurdler Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang of China was matched stride for stride over eight hurdles by American Terrence Trammell. In the end it was Xiang who pulled away to win the 110-meter hurdles in 12.95 seconds, staring down his opponents at the finish line.
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