British boss Charles van Commenee predicts medal success in Doha
Published on March 8, 2010 |
Charles van Commenee refuses to name specific colours, but firmly believes there is a great chance the Aviva Great Britain team will return from next weekend’s World Indoor Championships with at least five medals. UK Athletics’ dynamic head coach is highly confident Dwain Chambers, Jessica Ennis, Phillips Idowu, Jenny Meadows and the men’s 4×400 metres…
Disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones works out with Pro basketball team
Published on March 8, 2010 |
Track and field superstar Marion Jones’ bid to get her athletic career back on track brought her to Tulsa on Saturday for a high-intensity workout with Shock coach Nolan Richardson. Jones was stripped of five medals she won in the 2000 Summer Olympics after she admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs prior to the Summer Games….
Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell set to light up Gibson Relays
Published on February 27, 2010 |
Fireworks are anticipated in events involving Jamaica’s elite athletes, as the organisers of the Gibson Relays have received entries from Usain Bolt’s Racers and Asafa Powell’s MVP Track Clubs. “I know the Racers Club athletes will be participating and the only way they will not compete is unless they are injured… I can’t vouch for…
Blanka Vlasic clears 2.03m at home meeting
Published on February 22, 2010 |
Competing before an energized crowd of nearly 11,000, World champion Blanka Vlasic cleared 2.03m and made three solid attempts at a would-be World record of 2.09m at the Slobodna Dalmacija Women’s High Jump Meeting in her hometown of Split, Croatia on Sunday (21). “I’m very satisfied with the outcome because this time there was no…
Statistician says Jan Zelezny better than Usain Bolt
Published on February 15, 2010 |
Who is really better on the statistics chart? Javelin thrower Jan Zelezny or sprinter Usain Bolt? A statistician has his take on the two all-time greats.
BW-Bank Meeting – Karlsruhe – IAAF Preivew
Published on January 29, 2010 |
Ariane Friedrich’s return to the Europahalle and Saif Saeed Shaheen’s return to the indoor circuit will be just two of the eagerly anticipated highlights of Sunday’s Deutsche Bank Credit Suisse JP Morgan Chase Meeting in Karlsruhe. or Friedrich, who has since become one of the most recognised and followed faces in German athletics, Karlsruhe will…
Justin Gatlin Learns How To Sprint Again
Published on January 25, 2010 |
Justin Gatlin is learning how to sprint again, a fact that has little to do with the American’s four-year absence from athletics under a doping ban. With a new coach and a new philosophy on running, the former Olympic and world champion is working hard to get back to top speed. “Everything I learned I…
13-y-o Jamaican student dies in cross country race
Published on January 24, 2010 |
The Cornwall College school fraternity has been plunged into a state of mourning following Friday afternoon’s death of 13-year-old Jaime Brown, who collapsed during a school cross country race along Sewell Avenue near the school. Brown, who was a seventh grade student, was believed to have become exhausted during the race and expressed to another…
Baddeley and Donohue win mile runs At Armory Center
Published on January 24, 2010 |
Andy Baddeley of Great Britain and Erin Donohue of the USA ran to solid victories in the mile at the 15th New Balance Games at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York on Saturday (23). Baddeley, the 2008 winner of Oslo’s Dream Mile, clocked 3:55.64, an indoor personal best for the 27-year-old. Donohue…
Finland’s Osku Torro surprises with 2.32m NR; world lead also for Cantwell
Published on January 24, 2010 |
Finland’s 30-year-old Osku Torro took a surprise High Jump victory indoors in Wuppertal, Germany, setting a world season lead with a 2.32m performance which not only added 5 centimetres to his outright personal best (2.27 outdoors, 2007 / 2.26 indoors, 2006) but improved the Finnish record by one centimetre. Torro, had a clean jumping card…
Ivan Ukhov opens season with 2.37m in Hustopece
Published on January 24, 2010 |
Hustopece, Czech Republic – European indoor High Jump champion Ivan Ukhov opened his 2010 season in style with a 2.37m clearance to highlight the first leg of the 6th Moravian High Jump Tour in Hustopece on Saturday (23). It was a one-man show by the 23-year-old Russian. He opened his competition at 2.20m with a…
‘Destination Doha’ – IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting Season
Published on January 22, 2010 |
Monte-Carlo – In a week’s time one of the world’s longest standing sporting events let alone athletics meetings, the 103rd edition of the Millrose Games (Fri 29 Jan) will take place in New York, USA, and so will commence five intense weeks of exciting indoor athletics action across the 2010 IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting season….
