Ohuruogu claims award ahead of Olympic appeal
October 28th 2007 23:08
Ohuruogu also received a special award for best performance in a british vest with her 49.61 in the Osaka final
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Ohuruogu also received a special award for best performance in a british vest with her 49.61 in the Osaka final
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And the winner is?
October 25th 2007 17:49
Here’s how I see it
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Comments (1) The greatest 100m final of all time
October 23rd 2007 16:24
So who made the list?
Asafa Powell – Current world record holder and owner of the 5 fastest times in history - enough said really.
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Asafa Powell – Current world record holder and owner of the 5 fastest times in history - enough said really.
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Who is the greatest ever?
October 20th 2007 14:40
We all know that Mo Greene famously called himself the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) but If the best there has ever been over 100m had a race – who would win?
Asafa Powell may be the world record holder now but would Jesse Owens be able to run even faster than the Jamaican if he had the same technological advances in training, footwear and track as today’s sprinters do[ Click here to read more ]
Asafa Powell may be the world record holder now but would Jesse Owens be able to run even faster than the Jamaican if he had the same technological advances in training, footwear and track as today’s sprinters do
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Who is your athlete of the year?
October 17th 2007 08:15
This year is unusually difficult in the fact that there is no single stand out contender
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Victor Conte: Athletics Satan or Saviour?
October 15th 2007 21:54
Put simply, he is simply sports greatest ever whistle blower
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Athletics paying the price for fighting hardest in the war on drugs.
October 13th 2007 14:27
In a week that has seen the public image of athletics tarnished still further by careless athletes and a naïve media its worth trying to put some perspective on the issue of drug taking in sport.
Is athletics as dirty as it seems or is it a case of athletics being a victim of its own forthrightness in the war on doping[ Click here to read more ]
Is athletics as dirty as it seems or is it a case of athletics being a victim of its own forthrightness in the war on doping
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Jones scandal highlights testers incompetence
October 10th 2007 12:05
In light of his recent comments regarding Marion Jones, the IAAF president Lamine Diack would do well to remember that even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.
Speaking to the press he commented, “There is a feeling of satisfaction as it shows that it doesn't matter how big a name you are if you are doping, we will get you in the end[ Click here to read more ]
Speaking to the press he commented, “There is a feeling of satisfaction as it shows that it doesn't matter how big a name you are if you are doping, we will get you in the end
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Jones forced to hand back Olympic medals.
October 9th 2007 23:26
The IOC has announced that disgraced sprinter Marion Jones has handed back the 5 medals she won in the Sydney Olympic Games.
Members of the International Olympic Committee have yet to make a decision on who to award the gold medal to as the silver medallist from the 2000 Games, Katrina Thanou is currently standing trial in her native Greece for her part in a performance enhancing drugs related scandal and has also served a two year doping suspension[ Click here to read more ]
Members of the International Olympic Committee have yet to make a decision on who to award the gold medal to as the silver medallist from the 2000 Games, Katrina Thanou is currently standing trial in her native Greece for her part in a performance enhancing drugs related scandal and has also served a two year doping suspension
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Marion Jones admits to taking THG.
October 8th 2007 13:27
She admitted that in the run up to the Sydney games she took a banned substance known as ‘the clear’ which is otherwise known as THG – the same drug that sprinters Dwain Chambers and Kelli White and shot putters Kevin Toth and CJ Hunter were suspended for using
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Athletics season comes to a close in Deagu
October 5th 2007 12:53
A splendid 19.88 by Wallace Spearmon in the 200m and a world junior record in the steeple chase were the highlights of the final track and field meeting of the year in Deagu, South Korea.
Just a year after becoming the 4th fastest man in history over the half lap distance with a 19.65 run at the same meet last year Wallace Spearmon claimed a sprint double after winning the 100m in 10.11 and the 200m in an incredibly swift 19.88[ Click here to read more ]
Just a year after becoming the 4th fastest man in history over the half lap distance with a 19.65 run at the same meet last year Wallace Spearmon claimed a sprint double after winning the 100m in 10.11 and the 200m in an incredibly swift 19.88
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2 hour marathon possible says Gebreselassie
October 3rd 2007 11:01
“I can run 2:03, I have that feeling. It is possible to run 2:03 here in Berlin. It will happen one day
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Last stop: Deagu, South Korea.
October 2nd 2007 19:09
So now the end is near and when night falls on Daegu, South Korea tomorrow the 2007 outdoor athletics season will disappear with the setting sun.
Considering the lateness of the ‘colourful athletics meeting’ as its known it is a testament to the resourcefulness of the meeting organisers that such a strong line up has been assembled with many stars already into their end of season break[ Click here to read more ]
Considering the lateness of the ‘colourful athletics meeting’ as its known it is a testament to the resourcefulness of the meeting organisers that such a strong line up has been assembled with many stars already into their end of season break
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Records, shocks and comebacks!
October 1st 2007 20:23
In shanghai local lad Liu Xiang was beaten soundly by young Dayron Robles in the 110m hurdles – after a swift start the china man was in contention but Robles superior flat speed made the telling difference
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