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Athletics News - December 2007

It all starts in Glasgow

December 26th 2007 16:54
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow usually kicks off the international indoor season and this year the organisers can boast some very big names to help raise the curtain.

The match features teams from Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, the United States and a commonwealth select team that will all fight it out in a points based system


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A beginners guide to indoor athletics

December 19th 2007 15:26
With the indoor season just around the corner it is probably worth while taking a few minutes just to explain what all the fuss is about.

The indoor season takes place between December and March with the major championship usually taking place in early March


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Thanou threatens to take the IOC to court over Jones gold.

December 16th 2007 02:34
Katerina Thanou
In a surprise twist disgraced Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou has threatened to take the IOC to court if she is not awarded the 100m gold medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

At the games Thanou finished second to Marion Jones who this week formally had her medals taken away from her and her records expunged


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Conte to expose drugs cheats to world

December 11th 2007 17:12
In the latest development of the BALCO scandal Victor Conte has agreed to disclose evidence of wide spread doping to WADA supremo Dick Pound when the two meet on Wednesday.

"I hope this will help create a more level playing field," said Conte, the man at the centre of the biggest doping scandal in sporting history


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Wariner joins Powell down under.

December 8th 2007 13:43
Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Wariner has announced that he will be following in the footsteps of Asafa Powell and running in the Australian summer season.

Wariner has pinpointed meets at Homebush, Sydney (16th February) and Melbourne (21st February) to kick start his Olympic campaign


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Powell to open season in Australia.

December 3rd 2007 13:21
Asafa Powell
Jamaican sprint sensation is taking Charlie Francis’s advice and beginning his Olympic season in March with two high profile meets in Australia.

The 25-year-old Jamaican will race in the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix on 16th of February, and at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meet in Melbourne on the 21st of February


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