Two golds for host Chinese as Asian Champs kick off in Guangzhou
Published on November 11, 2009 |
Guangzhou, China – Tejitu Daba Chalchissa learnt a bitter lesson as the Asian Championships kicked off in Guangzhou on Tuesday. “A race is not won till you cross the finish; there can be no relaxation till then.” The 18-year-old Bahraini who won the Asian Indoor Games title in the 3000m last month looked all set…
Glen Mills clarifies head coach status
Published on November 11, 2009 |
KINGSTON: Glen Mills, the man who drilled the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt to world records, Olympic and World sprint titles, said he did not resign as head of Jamaica’s track & field teams. Reports last week stated that Mills resigned as national head coach of Jamaica’s senior national, but according to him there was…
Usain Bolt back to work!
Published on November 10, 2009 |
Less than two months after wrapping up his successful 2009 season, in which he won three gold medals at the World Championships in Berlin, Usain Bolt returned to training yesterday at the UWI Bowl in Kingston. “I just did some abs (abdominal crunches) and push-ups just to try and to feel myself out. It was…
After breakout season, Daniel Bailey now looking towards Doha
Published on November 10, 2009 |
Antigua’s new sprinting star Daniel Bailey is hoping to dominate at the 13th World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, 12-14 March 2010, following his break out year last term, which saw him placing fourth in 100m final at the World championship in Berlin. “I know that the next year coming is going to be a…
Jamaica vs USA challenge still possible
Published on November 10, 2009 |
The highly-anticipated two-leg USA versus Jamaica challenge remains a possibility according to president of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) Howard Aris. “We have had two meetings with the USA Track and Field people, one in Berlin (in August) and one here in Kingston (in October) to try to move forward with the idea of…
Sanya Richards says she 'took a page out of Bolt’s book'
Published on November 10, 2009 |
KINGSTON: World 400m champion Sanya Richards believes Usain Bolt has contributed somewhat to her success this past season. After several failed attempts to take the gold, Richards finally crossed the line first at a major Championships, in a world-leading 49.00 seconds, 0.32 seconds faster than Jamaican Shericka Williams. “This season I just had fun and…
Lauryn Williams: '11 secs is history, the bar is set at 10 point'
Published on November 10, 2009 |
KINGSTON: Former World 100m Champion, American Lauryn Williams, believes the days of running 11-point secs to win championships will soon be something of the past. She said in 2007, Veronica Campbell-Brown ran 11.02 seconds to beat her in a photo-finish for the World Championships crown. But this year, 11.01, the time it took Williams to…
Bolt: Did he deserve the welcome he got?
Published on November 8, 2009 |
Olympic champion Samuel Wanjiru was not a happy man when he landed from the US having won the Chicago Marathon. The youngster did not only win the race, but he did so in style breaking a ten-year-old record held by Moroccon-born American Khalid Khannouchi stopping the clock in 2 hours 5 minutes 41 seconds. Wanjiru…
Elite athletes slam incompetent ASA
Published on November 7, 2009 |
Elite South African athletes and a national coach have stood up against Athletics South Africa (ASA) for alleged incompetence. Much of the criticism in a joint statement revolved around the team managers at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August, including ASA president Leonard Chuene’s personal assistant, Humile Bogatsu, and ASA events manager Phiwe…
South African Athletics Board to challenge its suspension
Published on November 7, 2009 |
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) says it will defend in court its decision to suspend the entire board of Athletics South Africa (ASA) over the handling of the sex testing of Caster Semenya, the country’s 800m world champion. Gideon Sam, President of SASCOC tells VOA that the board of ASA has…
Running world records nearing their limits?
Published on November 6, 2009 |
People have been getting faster and faster over the last few decades. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records at the World Championships in Berlin, knocking tenths of a second off each. Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie’s world marathon (42km) record of two hours, three minutes and 59 seconds is nearly 23 per cent…
Linford Christie's niece forced to return Miss England crown after brawl
Published on November 6, 2009 |
Rachel Christie, the niece of Olympic sprinter Linford Christie, has been accused of punching fellow beauty queen Sara Beverley Jones in the face in a row over her boyfriend. Miss Christie, 21, who has been withdrawn from next month’s Miss World contest in South Africa, is also a heptathlete who hopes to win a gold…
