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Spearmon, Richards set personal bests in Shanghai
Posted September 29th, 2007 at 5:45 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
2007 World Outdoor 200m bronze medalist Wallace Spearmon and 2007 IAAF Golden League winner Sanya Richards stole the show in 100 meter action at the 2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.
A 4×100m gold medalist at the 2007 World Outdoor Championships, Spearmon edged out reigning World 100m and 200m champion Tyson Gay in the men’s 100m, crossing the line in 9.96 seconds to Gay’s 10.02 . It was a personal best for Spearmon and the first time he has ever dipped under the 10 second barrier.
In the women’s 100m, 2006 IAAF Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards set a personal best in taking second place in 10.97 behind Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell who won in 10.90. 2007 World Outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter was third in 11.09 and 2007 World Outdoor silver medalist Lauryn Williams was fourth in 11.21.
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U.S. stars invade Shanghai
Posted September 27th, 2007 at 3:30 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Team USA standouts Tyson Gay, Sanya Richards, Jeremy Wariner, Michelle Perry, Allen Johnson and Lauryn Williams will lead an accomplished group of U.S. stars Friday at the 2007 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in China.
This third edition of the Golden Grand Prix in Shanghai has been designated as a qualifying event for the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final 2008. Competing athletes at the meet will have the opportunity to get an early start on qualifying for next year’s final, to be held September 13-14.
Current world and U.S. men’s 100m and 200m champion Tyson Gay will compete in the 100 meters in a field that includes fellow Americans JJ Johnson and Marcus Brunson. The men’s 110m hurdles also should prove interesting as four-time world champion Allen Johnson and 2007 World Outdoor Championships bronze medalist David Payne do battle with world record holder and reigning world and Olympic champion Liu Xiang, who will compete in front of an enthusiastic hometown audience.
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Americans take four wins at World Athletics Final
Posted September 22nd, 2007 at 4:45 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
World champions Michelle Perry and Reese Hoffa stayed true to form, while Walter Davis and LaShawn Merritt also picked up victories Saturday in the first day of competition at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
Repeating their finishes from the World Championships in Osaka, Hoffa and Adam Nelson went 1-2 in the men’s shot put with throws of 20.98m/68-10 and 20.95m/68-8.75, respectively. Dan Taylor was fourth with 20.74m/68-0.5, Christian Cantwell fifth with 20.25m/66-5.25, and Garrett Johnson eighth with 19.26m/63-2.25.
Two-time world champion Michelle Perry won the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.68 seconds, .02 ahead of Spain’s Josephine Onyia in second. American Lolo Jones, Sally McClellan of Australia and Susanna Kallur of Sweden - who had dominated Golden League competition since Osaka - all were disqualified in a second and third false start.
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Encore Performances by Lagat, Jepkosgei and Jamal in Zurich
Posted September 8th, 2007 at 10:18 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
A trio of recently-minted world champions turned in impressive encore performances at Zurich’s Weltklasse, as the IAAF Golden League series resumed here tonight.
Competing in unseasonably chilly conditions before an energetic capacity crowd of 26,500 at the rebuilt Letzigrund stadium, Bernard Lagat, Janeth Jepkosgei and Maryam Yusef Jamal produced victories quite similar to those which brought them their respective world titles in the 5000, 800 and 1500 meters, respectively, in Osaka last week.
Contesting the 3000 just five days after completing his 1500/5000 double at the world championships, it was no contest from the moment Lagat took the lead for good coming off the final bend. Passing Kenyan Edwin Soi, the American crossed the line unchallenged in 7:38.77.
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Weltklasse Zürich Meet Live on Sportnet.com!
Posted September 7th, 2007 at 11:20 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
The Weltklasse Zürich meet, part of the IAAF Golden League, will be broadcast live on Sportnet.com. There is no charge to view the event. Click here for a preview of the meet. Here are the details:
Date:
Friday, September 7, 2007
Venue:
Letzigrund Stadium
Zürich, Switzerland
Broadcast Start Time:
10:00 AM PST | 1:00 PM EST (Friday, September 7)
Broadcast Stop Time:
1:30 PM PST | 4:30 PM EST (Friday, September 7)
IAAF Golden League Events:
MEN: 100m, 200m, 1500m, 3000m, 4×100m Relay, 110m Hurdles, Triple Jump, Javelin Throw, Pole Vault;
WOMEN: 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 100m Hurdles, Pole Vault
Source: [Sportnet]
IAAF Golden League Preview:
Weltklasse Zürich
Posted September 6th, 2007 at 9:55 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The Weltklasse Zürich meet of the IAAF Golden League will be held tomorrow, September 7th, 2007 in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the first post-world championship meet and many of the Osaka stars will be competing at the new, specially-built-for-athletics Letzigrund Stadium. Meet Director Patrick Magyar explains:
“We wanted to have predominantly an athletics stadium and not a football stadium used for athletics. We still hope to have a good co-existence with the football clubs of Zurich, but we are pleased that the overall concept remains as an athletics venue.
“The physical facility has been meticulously planned for optimal performances with varying specifications for different parts of the running track and jumping runways. In addition, the generous 120-metre radius for the curves should ensure fast times in the long sprints.”
Nixing Pacemakers and Increasing Prize pot, Zurich Introduces new one-day Meet Approach
Posted September 6th, 2007 at 4:39 PM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
When the IAAF Golden Series resumes on Friday night, Zurich’s rebuilt state-of-the-art Letzigrund Stadium won’t be the only new development at one of the world’s richest single-day meetings. For the first time in the sport’s professional era, the annual Weltklasse competition will not employ the services of pacemakers.
And that suits Bernard Lagat, the recently minted world champion at 1500 and 5000 meters, just fine.
“It’s fantastic,” said Lagat, who will contest the 3000 on Friday. “People always run fast and they get personal bests with pacemakers, but then again it’s so important that the race becomes tactical.”
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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
Episode sponsored by: Bill Rodgers Sportswear
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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 100m hurdles title and added to Team USA’s historic gold and overall medal count at the now concluded IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan
In the interview Michelle talks about surging for the lead in the last 10m and how it felt waiting for the official results of the extremely close race.
Download the podcast to hear Michelle discuss these topics, as well as, her advice for less experience runners, the keys to her consistency and dominance, how she stays busy and calm in the days before a race and what her second consecutive 100m hurdle World Championship means for her quest for Olympic gold.
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Host: Adam Jacobs | Guest: Michelle Perry
Producer: Greg Cherniet
Musicians: Ryan Ahlwardt & Darnell Perkins
File Size: 9.46 MB | Length: 9:14 MIN
Episode sponsored by: Bill Rodgers Sportswear
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Perry, Lagat win gold with strong finishes
Posted August 29th, 2007 at 9:10 AM by Martin Kennedy
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Michelle Perry (Santa Clarita, Calif.) won her second straight world title and Bernard Lagat (Tucson, Ariz.) won the first gold of his storied career - and the first World or Olympic 1,500m medal for the U.S. since 1908 - Wednesday at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
One of the finest and most consistent middle-distance runners of his generation, Lagat had won two Olympic medals, was second at the 2001 World Outdoor Championships and won a World Indoor title at 3,000 meters while competing for Kenya. But a gold medal on the World Outdoor or Olympic level had eluded him. On Wednesday, the American record holder who became a U.S. citizen in 2004 - and who was cleared to compete as an American just one day before competition - celebrated his first championship competition in a Team USA jersey with a decisive win in the men’s 1,500 meters.
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Perry poised for hurdles title defense
Posted August 28th, 2007 at 10:15 AM by Jeanie Rebb
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
Defending world champion Michelle Perry leads three Americans into Wednesday’s 100m hurdles final, advancing from Tuesday night’s semis by winning the second heat in 12.55.
Two-time USA outdoor champion Ginnie Powell was fourth in the same heat in 12..67, while USA indoor champion Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.) made the final by placing fourth in Heat 1 in 12.68. Nichole Denby (Champaign, Ill.) fell just one spot short advancing, placing fifth in Heat 1 in a season-best 12.80.
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2007 USA Indoor 3,000m champion Matt Tegenkamp set an American record in front of a standing room only crowd Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., which is the fourth event of USA Track & Field’s 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series.
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Many of the world’s finest track and field athletes, including Jeremy Wariner, Allen Johnson, Asafa Powell, Michelle Perry, Bryan Clay, Reese Hoffa, Walter Davis, Maria Mutola, Bernard Lagat, Kenenisa Bekele and Liu Xiang, among many others, will compete Sunday at the 2007 Nike Prefontaine Classic at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
The fourth event of […] - Visa Championship Series Update: Stuczynski; Gay lead USATF outdoor standings
Jenn Stuczynski and Tyson Gay have the respective leads in USA Track & Field’s Outdoor Visa Championship Series following Saturday’s Reebok Grand Prix in New York City.
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Jenn Stuczynski, who on Sunday ended the 11-year reign of Stacy Dragila as American Record-holder in the women’ pole vault, will compete at the Reebok Grand Prix on June 2, organizers announced this week. Among her rivals in New York will be Dragila, on the comeback trail after missing last season with an injury.
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