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TFS News Briefs: 10/24/07

Posted October 24th, 2007 at 11:21 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

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

Profile of Cuban 110m Hurdler Dayron Robles
Cuba News Headlines/Cuban Daily News profiles 100m hurdler Dayron Robles and explains why the Cuban people believe he ought to be the 2007 Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Read more at: [Cuba News Headlines/Cuban Daily News]

Poor Air Quality in Beijing May Force the Move of Some Distance Events to Another VenueInternational Olympic Committee inspectors are in Beijing in continuing efforts to monitor the city’s notorious pollution and to try and determine whether or not some long-distance events will be need to be moved to another city. Read more at: [Washington, PA Observer-Reporter]

NCAA Cross Country: Conference Championships Weekend
The top 5 ranked teams in NCAA Division I Cross Country (1. Oregon, 2. Northern Arizona, 3. UTEP, 4. Iona, 5. Colorado) will all be competing in their conference championship meets this weekend. Read more at: [USTFCCCA]
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TFS News Briefs: 10/04/07

Posted October 4th, 2007 at 3:07 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field

Udine, Italy Prepares to Host Road Running World Championships
Udine, Italy will play host to the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships on Sunday, October 14th, 2007 on a fast, mostly flat, three-loop, half-marathon course. Kenyan Evans Cheruiyot, who won last year’s race in Udine, will return to compete against fellow Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru, the current half-marathon world record holder (58:33), and Zersenay Tadesse, the defending world champion who won in 2006 over a 20K course in Debrecen, Hungary. In the women’s race, Lornah Kiplagat will defend her title. The world record is 1:06:44, held by South African Elana Meyer since 1/15/1999. Read more at: [IAAF]

Blanka Vlašić Wins 2007 European Athlete of the Year Award
Blanka Vlašić, coming off a stellar season in which she high jumped her way to a world championship, won 18 of 19 competitions and made multiple assaults on the world record all season long, has become the first Croatian and the first high jumper to win the European Athlete of the Year award. Read more at: [EuropeanAthletics]

In-Race Runner Tracking Available for Chicago Marathon
You can now register for electronic updates (via text message or e-mail) of the statuses of your favorite Chicago Marathon runners as they cross three checkpoints: 15K, halfway point, 35K and Finish Line. Register at: [ChicagoMarathon.com]
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TFS News Briefs: 10/03/07

Posted October 3rd, 2007 at 2:30 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Cross Country, Track & Field

Wallace Spearmon Finishes Season Strong
Wallace Spearmon won his 3rd race in 5 days with a 100/200m double at the Colorful Daegu Athletics Meeting in Daegu, South Korea. His time in the 200m was 19.88, the 7th fastest time in the world in 2007. He ran a 10.11 in the 100m. Read more at: [IAAF]

Lance Armstrong Plans to Run Another Sub 3 in NYC
Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong has announced that he will run his 2nd NYC marathon this November and will try to break 3 hours again. Considering that he is 5 lbs. lighter than he was last year and is running without shinsplints, he will probably do considerably better than that. Read more at: [NY Times] Read the rest of this entry »

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