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Ethiopian athletes go missing on trip to Britain

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:32:00 +0000

Four Ethiopian athletes have gone missing during a visit to Britain for a major athletics event.

Scottish Athletics confirmed that the four ''fled from their hotel'' in London and failed to make their connecting flight to Edinburgh.

They had been due to take part in the Falkirk Cup athletics event tomorrow night at Grangemouth Stadium.

Geoff Wightman, chief executive of Scottish Athletics, said: ''We invited them, so it's our duty to report it to the authorities.''

Dagmawit Amare, part of the Ethiopian management in Scotland, who has completed a four week placement at Scottish Athletics, said: ''My colleague actually tried to restrain two of them but they ran off.

''This is such a sad thing to happen for my country and the sport.'

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Double golds all round as Bekele leads the way

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:23:00 +0000

BERLIN — Ethiopian superstar Kenenisa Bekele and Americans LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards won their second gold medals on the final day of the world athletics championships here on Sunday.

Bekele's came in the 5,000 metres as he became the first man to do the 5,000-10,000m double, a feat even his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie failed to achieve the one time he tried in 1993.

Merritt and Richards' second titles came in the men's and women's 400m relays respectively.

There was to be no such joy for Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain who, having taken the 1500m title, failed to repeat his golden performance in the 800m.

That was was won by Mbulaeni Mulaudzi which meant the South Africans swept the 800m after Caster Semenya had won the women's equivalent.

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Three Aussies through to 400m semis

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:27:00 +0000

COMMONWEALTH champion John Steffensen has led a three-pronged Australian attack into the semi-finals of the men's 400m at the world athletics championships in Berlin.
Steffensen has struggled to make an impact on the world stage in the last couple of years, but looked back to near his best in finishing second in his heat on Tuesday in 45.37 seconds behind reigning Olympic champ LaShawn Merritt from the US.

Sean Wroe was the fastest of the Australians in 45.31, while Joel Milburn eased up well before the line and still managed a season's best of 45.56.

It was an encouraging all-round display ahead of the 4x400m relay later in the championships, where Australia is a genuine medal hope.

``Lane three was good, I was pretty blessed with the lane draw and being up against LaShawn,'' said Steffensen, who qualified for the individual final at the 2005 world titles.

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World Athletics: Christine Ohuruogu backed to claim 400m gold

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:29:00 +0000

The man who masterminded Christine Ohuruogu's world and Olympic triumphs believes the Londoner is capable of running the fastest 400 metres of her life in Tuesday's final, insisting she has plenty more left in the tank after her season's-best time of 50.35sec in Sunday's semi-final.

Lloyd Cowan, who has coached the 25 year-old since she was a raw beginner, believes it will take a run of 49.2sec to win the gold medal, almost half a second quicker than Ohuruogu has run before, but he is convinced she can rise to the occasion.

"She's got nothing to prove," he said. "Some of the girls have run quicker than her in the semi-finals but we've just got to do a job and put the pressure on. If she comes off the top turn a metre down, then she'll go."

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World Athletics Championship Betting: Men's 400m & Pole Vault previews

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:44:00 +0000

The US look set to continue their 400m dominance with a 1-2-3 a distinct possibility but who will grab gold, LaShawn Merritt or Jeremy Warriner? Bob Adams has a view...

"Merritt won last year’s Olympic final by an unheard of margin of 1.1 secs from Warriner, with Neville literally diving over the line a split-second in arrears. I feel that the early-birds may have priced this up about right with Warriner a slightly generous 2.34 to obtain revenge over Merritt 1.56. I can’t really see beyond a Merritt victory and if Warriner does tighten up a tad he could be worth laying at around 2.0."

In last year's Beijing Olympics the American team achieved a clean sweep of the 400m medals with LaShawn Merritt, Jeremy Warriner and David Neville grabbing the medals. It could be a case of 'as you were' in the World Championships in Berlin with the trio set to dominate the podium once again. Merritt and Williams share seven of the eight fastest times in the world this year, whilst Neville is a dangerous opponent and generally reserves his best for the big occasion.

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Bethel Track Looks for Continued Success in 2009-10

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:16:00 +0000

The Bethel College Track and Field program comes into the 2009 – 2010 campaign with high expectations after a stellar year last season. The men’s team was MCC Champions as well as NCCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Champions. These were the first team national championships won by the track and field program at Bethel College. The Lady Pilots were also successful last season winning the MCC Championship and finishing runners up in both NCCAA indoor and Outdoor National Championship meets. The Bethel track and field programs qualified 25 athletes for NAIA Indoor Nationals in Johnson City, Tennessee and 30 athletes for NAIA Outdoor Nationals in St. Louis, Missouri. Junior JW Maierle was an NAIA All-American in both national meets finishing third in the long jump at each meet. Junior Nichole Arnold was also NAIA All-American in both meets finishing fourth in the discus outdoors and sixth in the shot put indoors. Junior Jordan Heim was the third Pilot to achieve NAIA Outdoor All-American honors by finishing fourth in that meet in the 400m. ....

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Bolt, Gay set for Berlin showdown

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:14:00 +0000

The mouth-watering sprint duel between Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will headline the World Athletics Championships in Berlin starting on Saturday, offering up what should be one of the most eagerly awaited events ever.

Bolt took the Beijing Olympics by storm last summer, the towering, laid-back Jamaican winning the double gold sprint and also claiming gold as part of Jamaica's 4x100m relay team, all won - amazingly - in world record times.

He has continued his impressive form into this season, but the year's best marks in both the 100 and 200m races (9.77 and 19.58sec respectively) have been set by arch-rival Gay, the American who endured a miserable Olympics after rushing back from a debilitating hamstring injury.

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All the latest news from Southport Waterloo Athletics Club

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:48:00 +0000

SOUTHPORT Waterloo’s senior track & field athletes have enjoyed two consecutive years in Division 2 West of the Northern League; but reality struck home in the final match of this season at Blackpool on Sunday.

A fourth place finish meant relegation back to Division 3 next year!

After Round 3, three clubs - Southport Waterloo, Liverpool Pembroke & Sefton and St Helens Sutton - were each on nine League points which meant that whichever of the three finished lowest in the final match would be relegated, along with Manx Harriers.

This appears to have galvanised Liverpool Pembroke and St Helens to field strong teams in the final match and they proved well worth their place in Division 2.

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Artificial Life Brings MoPA-TV to the IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:14:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES, BERLIN AND HONG KONG, July 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Artificial Life, Inc., (OTC BB: ALIF), ( http://www.artificial-life.com ) today announced a partnership agreement with the Berlin Organising Committee 2009 GmbH (BOC 2009 GmbH) to implement MoPA-TV(TM), the company's innovative cross platform technology at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009(TM) to entertain the audience in the Olympiastadion Berlin and at event sites in the City of Berlin.

This year's event, the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics berlin 2009(TM), will take place in the Olympiastadion Berlin. The biggest worldwide sports event in 2009 is hosting an extensive scope of 47 disciplines for approximately 1,800 athletes. It is expected that many world renowned athletes will be participating in the event including Ariane Fridrich - German champion in high jump; Jeremy Wariner - the 400m Olympic track star from the U.S.; Usain Bolt - Olympic champion in the 100m sprinter from Jamaica and Yelena Isinbayeva - the world record holder for pole vault from Russia.

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ATHLETICS: Harriers lose battle to beat the drop

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:52:00 +0000

SWINDON Harriers suffered relegation heartache following the final Southern Men’s League event of the season at Tonbridge, Kent.

Needing a second place to give them a chance of Division One survival and a first to guarantee it, Swindon finished fourth out of five behind hosts Tonbridge, Brighton and Chelmsford, meaning they will compete in Division Two next season.

With the stakes high, a strong squad of 16 athletes turned out to meet the challenge, and with three of the other four clubs all facing possible relegation too, the meeting was fiercely contested.

On the track, the quality of the sprinters was excellent with only Patrick North able to finish in the top two in any event.

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BAAA Officially Names World Team To Berlin

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:42:00 +0000

The local track and field federation officially named its team to compete at the International Association of Athletic Federations World Track and Field Championships in Berlin, Germany from August 15th-23rd.

The team will consist of 24 athletes with veterans Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Levan ‘Superman’ Sands and Chris Brown heading the field.

Following a fitness test held on Friday at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium, multiple World Championships 4x400 meter relay silver medalist Nathaniel McKinney was confirmed to the team for the men's 200 meters after running 20.6 seconds in a trial run.

McKinney had already met the ‘B’ standard for the World Championship after a 20.67 second clocking earlier this season.

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100m sees three under 10 seconds in Stockholm

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:26:00 +0000

With a helpful +2.6mps tailwind it was Gay 9.79, Patton 9.95 and Powell 9.98.

That's now the 2nd fastest time of the year for Gay and a solid warning to Bolt for the World championships ...

Let's not forget though that Gay hasn't been racing over 100m as much as Bolt so Berlin will be testing for him.

In the 200m for women Allyson Felix clocked a fast 21.88 for a seasons best by a woman.

Over 400m Jeremy Wariner cruised to a 44.83 win and seems well placed for his world title bid.

400m Crystal Palace 2009 start-list

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:46:00 +0000

Mens 400m

Personal Best 1st Seasons Best 2nd

1 Conrad WILLIAMS GBR 45.63 45.63

2 SEAN WROE AUS 45.07 45.07

3 Angelo TAYLOR USA 44.05

4 Robert TOBIN GBR 45.01 45.15

5 Martyn ROONEY GBR 44.60 45.35

6 Michael BINGHAM GBR 45.05 45.05

7 Lionel LARRY USA 44.63 45.27

8 Jamaal TORRANCE USA 45.19 45.31

In "Top Shape" the 4th fastest ever 200m sees Bolt on fire in the rain - as Merrit and Powell make a splash.

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:45:00 +0000

Bolt runs 19.59 into a headwind in pouring rain in Lausanne Switzerland; just 100th off the time Tyson Gay set with a tailwind in NY on May 30.

400m specialist Lashawn Merrit in a tune-up came in second; Tyson Gay as expected was nowhere to be seen, ducking the rain and the competition. Perhaps he's in the sun somewhere working on his starts given his personal frustrations after the trials.

Next up Asafa Powell clocked a very decent 10.07, considering the adverse conditions, for a Jamaican clean sweep in the two glory sprints. The Americans seem to have a lot to do before the World Championships though Merrit is doing the right thing, getting out there and racing himself faster.

400m winners in US Track

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:02:00 +0000

LaShawn Merritt #1 ranked 400m runner in the world took his second men's 400m title in a row in 44.50 seconds.

Merritt will be in Berlin with Gil Roberts of Texas Tech (44.93) and Kerron Clement,third in 45.14. World Outdoor champion Jeremy Wariner will join them at the World Outdoor Championships in Berlin.

Richards wins Visa Women's 400 Meters

Sanya Richards captured her fourth U.S. Outdoor title in 50.05 seconds the third-fastest time this year.

#1 in the world at 400 meters she heads to Berlin with Debbie Dunn from her runner-up finish in 50.79, and in 50.81. Natasha Hastings was fourth in 50.89.

Reebok 400m 2009 mens final full results

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:31:00 +0000

1 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.75

2 Rennie Quow TRI 44.89
3 Chris Brown BAH 45.04
4 Tabarie Henry ISV 45.10
5 Andrae Williams BAH 45.31
6 Kerron Clement USA 45.76
7 Ricardo Chambers JAM 46.02
8 Randy Curry USA 46.86

2009 best for womens 400m at Reebok Grand Prix

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:51:00 +0000

The two-time womens World Champion at 200m Allyson Felix ran a 2009 best of 50.50 to win the Women’s 400m.

More news at the reebok page link.

Reebok Grand Prix 400m 44.75

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:44:00 +0000

A "relaxed" 400m at the recent Grand Prix

Bolt to go for 3 World Records in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:29:00 +0000

CBCSports.ca asked Bolt

Is there anyone out there who could offer you a challenge over 100m?

Bolt: I respect all my opponents — they will all be training extra hard to beat me in 2009. Asafa (Powell) and Tyson (Gay) both had injuries in 2008 and I expect them to be coming out strong in 2009.

CBCSports.ca: Do you have any plans to beat Michael Johnson's world 400-m record (43.12 seconds) and become the only man to hold world records at 100, 200 and 400 at the same time?

Bolt: I may try a 400-m race in 2010 as there is no World Championships or Olympic Games that year. A lot of people are asking me about the 400m.

1 - 2 -3 redemption for Team America

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:53:00 +0000

LaShawn Merritt ran away with the Olympic crown by running a lifetime best of 43.75 secs.

The main man for years, Warriner did his best to hang on to silver in a time that was very modest by his own standards 44.78.

David Neville sneaked in for his bronze medal ahead of the Bahamas' Chris Brown.

It was at last a night for America to enjoy ... after their two fumbling relay teams, the failures of Tyson Gay who "relaxed" during his heat and didnt make it to the 100m final (and was involved in the relay handover botch up ... where questions are now being asked about why he skipped or was even allowed to skip team practice in China) ....

To make a clean sweep of medals for the USA must have felt like an ice pack on a sore body; a bit of short term relief from the pain.

Of course the underlying problem is going to require a lot more effort to correct just like any injured athlete American track needs to have a long hard look at itself and ask "what next?".

Heads will probably roll at the management level of Team America and so they should; no team can win unless it works as one; superstar types like Gay who turn up for a games injured and dont even do team practice should be off the team.

... for the moment though the amazing performance of Merritt is a real highlight of the games for his country and to beat Warriner in the process of taking his Olympic gold must be a wonderful feeling.

Great job for the USA 400m guys who are on top of the world ....

Rooney sets another personal best

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:48:00 +0000

Great Britain 400m runner Martyn Rooney tuned up for the Beijing Olympics by smashing his personal best for the second time in three days.

The 21-year-old powered down the home straight to claim victory ahead of Ricardo Chambers and Leslie Djhone at the Monaco Grand Prix in 44.72 seconds.

Rooney's success came after he broke the 45-second barrier for the first time at last week's London Grand Prix.

The men's 400m heats in Beijing begin on 18 August.

Rooney's victory in Monaco lifted him back to the top of the European standings and to ninth in the world rankings.

The Croydon runner said after his landmark performance at Crystal Palace last weekend: "If I don't make the final at the Olympics now it'll be a bad championships.

"Then if I get a good lane in the final, who knows?"

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Wariner not quite fast enough

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:25:00 +0000

Daniel Batman beat American superstar Jeremy Wariner over 200m in Sydney

Batman led off hard from the start winning in 20.81 seconds Wariner clocking 20.93.

Wariner reigning world and Olympic 400m champion is stepping out over that distance on thurdsay in Melbourne.

But Batman was happy with the win:

"He's proven that he's a champion so anytime you can take a scalp like that it's an honour," Batman said.

"But in saying that it's February, a long way from the competitive European season."

Wariner was under no real pressure to win over the shorter distance:

"This is really just a tune-up race for me to see where I'm at with my training and what I need to work on," he said.

"I've got a lot of improvement to do. It's early in my season, it's only February, Olympics aren't til August. I knew (Batman) was a good runner."

Wariner Dominates as Powell keeps winning...

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:15:00 +0000

Asafa Powell took the 100m and Wariner was top at 400m in the 5th Pedro’s Cup meeting held in Warsaw on Wednesday (19) in cool conditions,

...Wariner dominates 400m

Jeremy Wariner began the competition with a ride, along with Powell and Marek Plawgo, in a horse-driven-cab. On the field none of his rivals were even close. The American started with a fast pace and didn’t slow down until the final metres to clock 44.43. Second was Darold Williamson, Wariner’s training partner, in 46.05, who in the beginning of his career beat Wariner 14 times.

The fastest of six Poles was Plawgo, the Osaka 400m Hurdles bronze medallist, who because of the cold ran in his tracksuit and clocked 46.63. Plawgo complained about the high number of competitions after the World Championships, but hoped to run under 49 seconds at the IAAF World Athletics Final.

Powell continues his dominance as well

The men’s 100m race with World record holder Asafa Powell. The Jamaican won easily in 10.12, from Slovenia’s Osaka finalist Matic Osovnikar (10.37), Mike Rodgers and 2003 World Champion Kim Collins (SKN), with both running 10.38.

Running in heavy rain last year, Powell clocked 10.02 this time it was the cold that slowed him. After the race Powell confirmed his busy late season schedule.

After this weekend’s World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, where he’ll contest the 100m, he’ll wrap up his season with 200m races in Shanghai and Yokohama.

VTB Bank - $3 million final !

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:06:00 +0000

VTB - $3 million on the table
The 2007 IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final, Stuttgart, Germany which will be celebrated on the weekend of the 22-23 September 2007 look set to weigh-in with an awesome array of medallists from the recent 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Osaka, Japan.

MEN

(15 gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze = 43 medals)

Osaka medallists currently qualified as @ midday 11 Sep:

100m – Derrick Atkins (s), Asafa Powell (b)
200m – Usain Bolt (s), Wallace Spearmon (b)
400m – Jeremy Wariner (g), LaShawn Merritt (s), Angelo Taylor (b)
800m – Yuriy Borzakovskiy (b)
1500m – Bernard Lagat (g), Shadrack Korir (b)
5000m – Bernard Lagat (g) - qualified for 1500m -, Eliud Kipchoge (s), Moses Kipsiro (b) - qualified for 3000m
10,000m (Not contested at WAF) – Kenenisa Bekele (g) - qualified for the 3000m -, Sileshi Sihine (s) - qualified for 5000m
3000m Steeplechase – Brimin Kipruto (g), Ezekiel Kemboi (s)
110m Hurdles – Liu Xiang (g), Terrence Trammell (s), David Payne (b)
400m Hurdles – Kerron Clement (g), Felix Sanchez (s)
HJ – Donald Thomas (g), Kyriakos Ioannou (b)
PV – Brad Walker (g), Danny Ecker (b)
LJ – Irving Saladino (g), Andrew Howe (s)
TJ – Nelson Evora (g), Jadel Gregorio (s), Walter Davis (b)
SP – Reese Hoffa (g), Adam Nelson (s), Andrey Mikhnevich (b)
DT – Gerd Kanter (g), Robert Harting (s), Rutger Smith (b) - qualified for SP
HT – Ivan Tikhon (g), Primoz Kozmus (s), Libor Charfreitag (b)
JT – Tero Pitkämäki (g), Andreas Thorkildsen (s), Breaux Greer (b)

Women

(16 gold, 10 silver, 11 bronze = 37 medals)

Osaka medallists currently qualified as @ midday 11 Sep:

100m – Veronica Campbell (g) - qualified for the 200m -, Lauryn Williams (s), Carmelita Jeter (b)
200m – Allyson Felix (g) - qualified for the 100m -, Veronica Campbell (s),
400m – Novlene Williams (b)
800m – Janeth Jepkosgei (g), Mayte Martinez (b)
1500m – Maryam Yusuf Jamal (g), Yelena Soboleva (s), Iryna Lishchynska (b)
5000m – Meseret Defar (g), Vivian Cheruiyot (s) - qualified for the 3000m -, Prisca Jepleting (b)
10,000m (Not contested at WAF) - Tirunesh Dibaba (g) - qualified for 5000m
3000m Steeplechase – Eunice Jepkorir (b)
110m Hurdles – Michelle Perry (g), Perdita Felicien (s), Delloreen Ennis-London (b)
400m Hurdles – Jana Rawlinson (g), Anna Jesien (b)
HJ – Blank Vlasic (g), Antonietta Di Martino (=s)
PV – Yelena Isinbayeva (g), Katerina Badurova (s), Svetlana Feofanova (b)
LJ – Tatyana Lededeva (g)
TJ – Yargelis Savigne (g), Tatyana Lededeva (s)
SP – Nadine Kleinert (b)
DT – Franka Dietzsch (g)
HT – Betty Heidler (g), Yipsi Moreno (s)
JT – Barbora Spotakova (g), Christina Obergföll (s), Steffi Nerius (b)
Hep (Not contested at WAF) – Carolina Klüft (g) - qualified for LJ

Sanya Richards still in the running for million dollar prize after powerful 400m

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:12:00 +0000

With some athletes claiming tiredness and ducking races in Europe Sanya Richards is doing what she does best and showing no such fear of competition, recording great times and hitting the track.

Her determination is being rewarded as she is still in the hunt for the big money share after a very solid 400m win at the 31st Memorial Van Damme - IAAF Golden League in Brussels, Belgium on Friday September 14th, 2007 .

Sanya Richards sees her Golden money hopes very much alive by recording a world-leading 49.29 win in the women’s 400m.