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TFS News Briefs: 4/16/08

Posted April 16th, 2008 at 2:50 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

Liu Campbell and Williams to Headline Reebok Grand Prix
Lauren Williams will square off against Veronica Campbell-Brown and Liu Xiang will defend his hurdles title at the Reebok Grand Prix on May 31st, 2008 at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York. All three are expected to contend for gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Read more at: [Reebok Grand Prix]

Ryan Hall Earns USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week Award
Ryan Hall seems to have won the hearts and minds of the mainstream media after his dazzling 2:06:17 PR at the London Marathon this past weekend. Hall won out over “soccer player Natasha Kai, swimmer Ryan Lochte and beach volleyball tandem Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh.”
Read more at: [USA Today]

New Zealand Selects Lean & Mean Beijing Track Team
Two Kiwi marathoners who have met the Olympic “A” standard have not been selected for the New Zealand Olympic team. Athletics New Zealand secretary-general Barry Maister defended the decision, saying that they “would only select athletes who made the A standard and not only that but meet it consistently and in major events.”
Read more at: [New Zealand Herald]
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Veronica Campbell Takes Women’s 100m Gold

Posted August 27th, 2007 at 9:27 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

In a photo finish, Lauryn Williams lost her world championship title in the women’s 100m Dash to Veronica Campbell of Jamaica.

Williams got off to a great start, leading Veronica Campbell by about a meter. Campbell slowly gained on Williams in the last third of the race, and finally caught her right at the finish line. It had looked like Williams had managed to hold off Campbell and the officials took a few minutes to sort out the photo finish.

In the end, the officials ruled that Campbell had managed to overtake Williams for the gold medal. They were both credited with a time of 11.01. Williams, who had not had a great season, was a surprise silver medalist. Carmelita Jeter of the USA won the bronze medal with a time of 11.02. Torri Edwards was never a factor in the race, finishing in 4th place with a time of 11.05 seconds.

In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, Williams had beaten Campbell with a time of 10.93 seconds to Campbell’s 10.95 seconds. In that race, Christine Arron of France had finished in a time of 10.93 seconds for the bronze medal. This time around, Arron finished in 6th place. Here are the final results of the Women’s 100m Dash:

1. Veronica Campbell (JAM) 11.01
2. Lauryn Williams (USA) 11.01
3. Carmelita Jeter (USA) 11.02
4. Torri Edwards (USA) 11.05
5. Kim Gevaert (BEL) 11.05
6. Christine Arron(FRA) 11.08
7. Kerron Stewart (JAM) 11.12
8. Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) 11.26

Source: [Wikipedia]

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Osaka, Day Three Preview

Posted August 26th, 2007 at 10:17 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

Day Three of the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan will consist of five finals. There’s a final today to suit the taste of every track & field fan: one jump, one throw, one sprint, one middle-distance race and one long-distance race:

(all times Eastern Time)
6:30am: Hammer Throw, Men
7:20am: 3000m Steeplechase, Women
7:30am: Triple Jump, Men
7:40am: 10,000m Run, Men
8:20am: 100m Dash, Women

The women’s 100m Dash should be a showdown between Torri Edwards (USA) and Veronica Campbell (JAM). Although she hasn’t been at her best this season, don’t count out Lauren Williams (USA) in that race. Of course, they all still have to make it through the semi-finals, which they should all easily do, all of them having cruised through the heats and the quarter-finals with ease. The semi’s begin at 6:00am, Eastern Time. The women’s 3000m Steeplechase race is wide open, with a half-dozen women having run in the 9:29 to 9:32 range. Look for Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) to dominate the men’s 10,000.
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