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IAAF Meet Preview: Herculis Monaco Super Grand Prix
Posted July 28th, 2008 at 11:21 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
On Tuesday, the IAAF World Athletics Tour comes to Monaco for the Herculis Meeting, a Super Grand Prix event in Stade Louis II. It is the final major meet before the Olympic Games.
- Coverage: Universal Sports and WCSN.com, live from 2-5 p.m. EDT
- Meet Website (in French)
- IAAF preview
Event-by-event Previews
The meet begins with two women’s field events, the start lists for each of which are quite strong. The long jump includes six of the world’s top ten: #1 Naide Gomes, #3 Brittney Reese, #5 Tatyana Kotova, #6 Tatyana Lebedeva, #8 Lyudmila Kolchanova and #9 Karin Mey. The pole vault should be even better, with only American Jen Stuczynski absent; #1 Yelena Isinbayeva, #3 Svetlana Feofanova , #4 Monika Pyrek, #5 Fabiana Murer, #6 Yuliya Golubchikova, #7 Silke Spiegelburg, #8 Anna Rogowska and #9 Tatyana Polnova make this competition potentially better than the Olympic final.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted July 25th, 2008 at 9:30 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, What To Watch
Here are the upcoming running and track & field events on television and the internet. All times EDT; as always, check your local listings. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section.
Aviva London Grand Prix
Universal Sports and WCSN.com, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
The IAAF World Athletics Tour comes to London’s Crystal Palace for a Super Grand Prix meeting. Headliners include a long-awaited matchup between sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.
Herculis Super Grand Prix
Universal Sports and WCSN.com, Tuesday (time TBA)
The IAAF World Athletics Tour comes to London’s Crystal Palace for a Super Grand Prix meeting.
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IAAF Meet Preview: Aviva London Super Grand Prix
Posted July 24th, 2008 at 12:01 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The IAAF’s World Athletics Tour comes to London’s Crystal Palace for a Super Grand Prix meet on Friday and Saturday.
TV coverage: Universal Sports, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Web coverage: WCSN.com, 1-4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday (subscription required)
Note: free coverage will likely be available at BBC.co.uk; watch the comments section for details
Event-by-Event Previews:
Friday’s headline event is the men’s 100 meters, where Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will face off. Powell showed on Tuesday that he is once again a force to be reckoned with by defeating Usain Bolt, the world record holder. Will Gay be fully recovered from his injury at the Olympic Trials?
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IAAF Super Grand Prix Preview: DN Galan
Posted July 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
The IAAF’s World Athletics Tour comes to Sweden on Monday and Tuesday for the second of its five Super Grand Prix meets, the DN Galan, in the Stockholms Olympiastadion.
- Meet Website
- Web coverage: WCSN.com, Tuesday at 1 p.m. (EDT)
- IAAF Preview
Event-by-Event Previews:
The men’s and women’s shot put competitions will be held Monday evening in downtown Stockholm. A ring has been set up along with seating for 500, and it will be held on live TV (Sweden only, unfortunately for us!). This special attention has attracted the top four putters from the US Olympic Trials, #1 Reese Hoffa, #2 Christian Cantwell, #3 Adam Nelson and #13 Dan Taylor, along with Canadian Record holder #15 Dylan Armstrong, Jamaican record holder #5 Dorian Scott, and German star #7 Peter Sack. The women’s competition will have #2 Nadzeya Ostapchuk facing off against #3 Nadine Kleinert.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted July 17th, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, What To Watch
Here are the upcoming running and track & field events on television and the internet. All times EDT; as always, check your local listings. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section.
Meeting Gaz de France Paris
ESPN2, 4-6 p.m. Friday
CBC, 2-3 p.m. Saturday
Trackshark.com, live Friday (time TBA)
replays at 11 p.m. Saturday on ESPN Classic and 1:30 a.m. Monday on CBC
The fourth stop on the IAAF’s Golden League circuit takes place in Paris. Still alive in the jackpot hunt are Pamela Jelimo (800m) and Blanka Vlasic (HJ). Great matchups include Jeremy Wariner versus LaShawn Merritt in the men’s 400, Yelena Isibayeva versus Jenn Stuczynski in the women’s pole vault, and Dayron Robles versus David Oliver in the men’s 110m hurdles.
Meet website
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted July 10th, 2008 at 10:23 AM by Jesse Squire
Section: Columns, What To Watch
Here are the upcoming running and track & field events on television and the internet. All times EDT; as always, check your local listings. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section.
Golden Gala
ESPN Classic, 3-5 p.m. Friday
CBC, Noon-1 p.m. Saturday
USATF.org, Friday (time TBA)
replays 7-9 p.m. Saturday on ESPN Classic and midnight-2 a.m. Sunday on ESPN2
The Golden League series of meets goes to Rome. Still alive in the jackpot hunt are Bershawn Jackson (400H), Hussein Al-Sabee (LJ), Pamela Jelimo (800m), Josephine Onyia (100H) and Blanka Vlasic (HJ).
Meet website
IAAF World Junior Championships
WCSN.com, Sunday (time TBA)
This is on their schedule, but they have not always lived up to promises.
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Universal Sports to Broadcast U.S. Olympic Track Trials, Present Encore Presentations
Posted June 28th, 2008 at 8:00 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics
Coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials, the pressure-packed competition held every four years to select the U.S. Olympic Team, continue on the networks of NBC Universal with nearly 20 hours of swimming and track & field trials over the next two weeks including 10 straight nights of live primetime coverage on NBC and USA. Additionally Universal Sports will present encore presentations of the trials.
Tyson Gay, Allyson Felix, Jeremy Wariner, Bernard Lagat, Reese Hoffa, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams are among the top competitors at the historic Hayward Field at the University of Oregon looking to earn a trip to Beijing to represent the U.S. at the Olympic Games. Tom Hammond, Carol Lewis, Lewis Johnson, Ato Boldon, Dwight Stones, Ed Eyestone and Bob Neumeier report from Eugene, Ore.
Fri., June 27
Midnight-1a.m.ET/PT (USA)
Featured events:
Women’s 10,000m Final
Women’s 100m Quarterfinal
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted June 20th, 2008 at 4:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, Olympics, What To Watch, College
There’s not much on this week. It’s a calm before the storm, as next week the Olympic Trials begin.
We do have an interesting piece of information to pass along: WCSN.com is now partnering with NBC Sports and will be renamed as Universal Sports, with both a website and a cable TV channel.
The week’s listings (as usual, all times EDT):
Running
YES Network, 7:30 a.m. Thursday, 11:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. Friday, 6:30 a.m. Saturday, 1:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Monday
Bud Greenspan’s Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory
Showtime Extreme, 6:35 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday
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NBC Sports & WCSN Partner to Launch Universal Sports
Posted June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics
Press Release: NBC Sports, a division of NBC Universal, and World Championship Sports Network (WCSN) have joined forces to create Universal Sports. Universal Sports will combine NBCU’s programming and production expertise and promotional power with WCSN’s leading online destination for Olympic sports plus its growing television network to create the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic sports programming.
The announcement was made today by Dick Ebersol, Chairman, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics and Leo Hindery, Jr., Managing Partner of InterMedia Partners, the controlling shareholder of WCSN. Universal Sports will include both a television network and a robust online platform UniversalSports.com.
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What To Watch: Running & Track Events on TV, Webcast
Posted June 12th, 2008 at 8:00 PM by Jesse Squire
Section: News & Results, Columns, What To Watch
Here are the running and track & field events coming your way on TV and/or through online webcasts. All times EDT. If I’ve missed anything, put it in the comments section. Check your local listings and enjoy!
NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (live)
CBS College Sports Network (aka CSTV), 7-10 p.m. Friday
CBS, 4-6 p.m. Saturday
Coverage of the national collegiate championships airs live from Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Meet Website — Meet Schedule
Track & Field News formcharts: Men — Women
SportsCentury: Florence Griffith-Joyner
ESPN Classic, 9:30-10:00 a.m. Thursday
A documentary on the late-80s sprint sensation who succombed to an early death.
Golden Spike Meet
WCSN, Thursday (time TBA)
WCSN is scheduled to webcast the IAAF World Athletics Tour stop in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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