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 weekendâs World Indoor Championships with at least five medals. UK Athleticsâ dynamic head coach is highly confident Dwain Chambers, Jessica Ennis, Phillips Idowu, Jenny Meadows and the menâs 4Ă400 metresâŠ
Track and field superstar Marion Jonesâ 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 GamesâŠ.
Fireworks are anticipated in events involving Jamaicaâs elite athletes, as the organisers of the Gibson Relays have received entries from Usain Boltâs Racers and Asafa Powellâs MVP Track Clubs. âI know the Racers Club athletes will be participating and the only way they will not compete is unless they are injured⊠I canât vouch forâŠ
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 Womenâs High Jump Meeting in her hometown of Split, Croatia on Sunday (21). âIâm very satisfied with the outcome because this time there was noâŠ
Longtime statistician/author Dale Harder of Castro Valley, California, says that the best menâs world record is in the javelin, not the 100 or 200. His take on the subject: Jan Zeleznyâs JT of 323â1 (98.48m) is actually the best mark of all time based on empirical results. No one else has come within 5% ofâŠ
Ariane Friedrichâs return to the Europahalle and Saif Saeed Shaheenâs return to the indoor circuit will be just two of the eagerly anticipated highlights of Sundayâs 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 willâŠ
Justin Gatlin is learning how to sprint again, a fact that has little to do with the Americanâs 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. âEverything I learned IâŠ
The Cornwall College school fraternity has been plunged into a state of mourning following Friday afternoonâs 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 anotherâŠ
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 Osloâs Dream Mile, clocked 3:55.64, an indoor personal best for the 27-year-old. DonohueâŠ
Finlandâs 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 cardâŠ
Hustopece, Czech Republic â 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 aâŠ
Monte-Carlo â In a weekâs time one of the worldâs 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 seasonâŠ.
