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TFS News Briefs 9/21/07
Posted September 21st, 2007 at 11:55 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, TFS News Briefs
Khadevis Robinson: A Change is Going to Come in US Track
In an interview with Cecil Harris of MensRacing.com, a New York Road Runners website, Khadevis (pronounced kuh-DAY-vis) Robinson talks about his 2007 season, his intellectual approach to preparing for his event, the 800m Run, and how it relates to chess (and life!), the upcoming birth […]
U.S. stars set to compete at World Athletics Final
Posted September 20th, 2007 at 7:40 PM by Martha Jones
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Team USA standouts Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards, Brad Walker, Wallace Spearmon, Lauryn Williams, Reese Hoffa and Walter Davis lead a strong cast of U.S. stars slated to compete this weekend at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
The 2005 World 200m women’s champion, Allyson Felix defended her title at the World Championships in […]
Richards, Isinbayeva Split $1 Million Jackpot as Golden League Series Concludes
Posted September 17th, 2007 at 8:32 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Sanya Richards and Yelena Isinbayeva each won a $500,000 share of the IAAF Golden League Jackpot after their respective victories at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin today, the final meet of the six-meet Golden League series.
In front of a near-capacity crowd of 70,000 –the third consecutive announced Golden League sell-out – Richards yet again crushed […]
Four alive in $1 million Golden League Jackpot chase
Posted July 9th, 2007 at 10:15 AM by Bob Ramsak
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Following their victories in Paris on Friday night, four athletes remained alive in the chase for the $1 million IAAF Golden League Jackpot.
Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, Americans Sanya Richards (400m) and Michelle Perry (100m hurdles) and javelin thrower Tero Pitkamaki of Finland are still in the hunt for a share of the $1 […]
New York City joins IAAF World Athletics Tour
Posted March 12th, 2007 at 8:00 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results
The IAAF announced today that the Reebok Grand Prix, scheduled for Saturday, June 2, at Ichan Stadium in New York City, had been upgrated to IAAF Grand Prix status and is now part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.
The Reebok meeting joins the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., on June 10, as the only other […]
Defar sets 3,000m indoor world record in Stuttgart
Posted February 4th, 2007 at 1:10 PM by Lisa Cieplechowicz
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar has done it again; setting a new 3,000m indoor world record (8:23:72) at yesterday’s Sparkassen Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
After falling short of her personal expectations last weekend, Defar emerged victorious in Stuttgart; breaking the previous record that was set last year by more than four seconds.
The race was very competitive as […]




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