t-and-f: Capel's start

on Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:47:28 -0700 Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Netters: We saw some very incompetent officiating yesterday (Thursday) in two Olympic events, both of which affected the fgold medal. Firstm, the 200. When John Capel started to roll and then went = back, the

Re: t-and-f: RE: [racewalking] Rules question . . .

Rule 144 in the IAAF handbook states: Rule 144 Assistance to Athletes 2. . . . Assistance is the conveying, by any means, of advice, information or direct help and includes pacing in races by persons not participating in the race, by runners or walkers lapped or about to be lapped or by any

t-and-f: Mens' 1500m - Coe's View

Electronic Telegraph Saturday 30 September 2000 El Guerrouj lets biggest prize of all slip through his fingers By Sebastian Coe THE unthinkable happened yesterday. On the biggest stage of them all and in the cruellest of ways Hicham El Guerrouj found out that the Olympic Games do not

Re: t-and-f: Liquori's comments

In a message dated 9/29/00 11:13:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i loved Marty L's comments with about 250m to go in the Men's 1500m. "It's going to come down to the last 100 meters.'" Oh, come on Marty. How would you have known that unless you had already seen the tape." Make it a

t-and-f: Women's hammer report

Electronic Telegraph Saturday 30 September 2000 Tom Knight. KAMILA SKOLIMOWSKA became the youngest winner of an Olympic throwing event since Romanian javelin thrower Mihaela Penes in 1964 when she claimed the inaugural women's hammer title. Skolimowska, 17, said she was inspired as she was

t-and-f: Mens' 1500m - Cram's View

Electronic Telegraph Saturday 30 September 2000 Slow track to nowhere By Steve Cram HICHAM EL GUERROUJ will be sitting somewhere now wondering what happened. Along with Marion Jones and Maurice Greene, the great miler from Morocco was seen as practically unbeatable at 1,500 metres and his

t-and-f: Here's how it should be done Mr Ebersol

Electronic Telegraph Saturday 30 September 2000 Paul Fox FOR the past 15 days, television viewers in this country (Great Britain) have been privileged to see the best possible coverage of Sydney 2000. Thank you BBC Sport. If I'm fulsome in praise of the BBC's achievements there is a reason:

t-and-f: WARNING! NOT-YET-TELEVISED RESULTS DISCUSSED

PAGE DOWN W 10K Radcliffe took the bull by the horns, setting a low-30: pace, but couldn't shed enough runners to get a medal. 3:01.7, 6:02.1 (3:00.4), 9:02.0 (2:59.6), 12:03.1 (3:01.1), 15:05.7 (3:02.6) 18:11.4 (3:05.7), 21:17.1 (3:05.7), 24:21.3 (3:04.2) (Wami),

t-and-f: TV alert - M 5K W 10K late night

According to NBCOlympics.com, no track on the afternoon session today. Most finals on the evening (7-12 PDT) session. Men's 5 K and women's 10K on the late-night session. I don't trust those b-s, so I'm taping it all! The Web site also says the M marathon will be on the evening session

t-and-f: men's Olympic Marathon question

Everyone: How is the Men's Marathon being ran this time, is it starting a few hours before the closing ceremonies? Or is it going in the morning like Atlanta did it? When should we make a point to watch NBC for coverage? I hope they cover it at least as much as they did the women's. Thanks

Re: t-and-f: Capel's start

In a message dated 9/30/00 4:25:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I could not see the starter in the 200m final, but in earlier rounds he stood outside lane 8 behind the runners - the worst possible position because the angle of vision from lane 1 to lane 8 is at a

Re: t-and-f: Korzeniowski walks into Olympic history

The reason that electronic judging is not used is that they have not yet come close to a satisfactory device. As for cheating I would say that the majority of the walkers were NOT cheating ie( knowingly breaking the rules for the purpose of gaining an advantage). It is a very fine line between

Re: t-and-f: Capel's start

All true, BUT HOW can Capel or the US complain as it was HIS transgression which was alowwed pass??? HIS fault alone MIke - Original Message - From: P. N. Heidenstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TF List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 12:11 AM Subject: t-and-f:

Re: t-and-f: Too Clever by Half

In a message dated 9/30/00 1:41:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It took me two laps of the 1500 to tell the Kenyans from Morrocans because their uniforms were one color in front and another in back. In the first camera shot the guys in the red shirts are second and third following the guys in

t-and-f: RE: USA Men's 4x400 Final Line-up

Uh, what do I say? Oops? I know, I know, a few of you were sitting around at your big "Final Track Day" parties and using my information on the USA's relay order - okay, maybe not. I can only say that I am sorry to have "misled" you. Thank goodness that there is "no controlling legal

t-and-f: The ultimate TV Olympic story

Netters: As we await the final day of the Olympics, it might be well to repeat a story I believe I have told before on the list: It happened in 1984 on the final night in Los Angeles. While the closing ceremony was progressing in the Coliseum, there was a big party going on for

Re: t-and-f: Will To win and Chris Huffins

AMEN BROTHER AMEN!!! -Mike (tired of armchair hacks and cynics on the list) Fanelli - Original Message - From: Rob Muzzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: t-and-f list server [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:14 AM Subject: t-and-f: Will To win and Chris Huffins For those

t-and-f: Re: Capel's start, Korzeniowski's walk

About Capel's start in the 200 final, Michael Casey wrote: All true, BUT HOW can Capel or the US complain as it was HIS transgression which was alowwed pass??? HIS fault alone MIke COMMENT: Rule 146 does not bar appeals from athletes who transgress. But did he transgress? The

t-and-f: Funny Michael Johnson quote

Phil Sheridan, in Sydney covering track for The Philadelphia Inquirer, passed this one along to me via AOL-IM tonight: Michael Johnson: "When a guy I never heard of wins the 200 - and I'm a 200 runner - you know it's a strange Olympics." Roob = "This content in no way reflects the

RE: t-and-f: Funny Michael Johnson quote

Who's Michael Johnson? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Reuben Frank Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 8:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: Funny Michael Johnson quote Phil Sheridan, in Sydney covering track for

t-and-f: Awesome Jones wipes away the taint from her medals

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 Owen Slot THE MANY performances of Marion Jones came to a spectacular close in Sydney last night. After four events, four medals, six days in competition and countless questions about being married to a scowling, mobile pharmacy, she had to run a

t-and-f: Johnson graceful to the last

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 James Mossop IT WAS after midnight when Old Golden Shoes came meandering through the concrete maze of corridors that runs beneath Stadium Australia. For Michael Johnson, world record-holder at 200 metres and 400 metres, it was time to say farewell to

t-and-f: Women's 10,000m Report

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 Mark Reason EVEN WHEN she is out for an afternoon jog around the foothills of the Pyrenees, Paula Radcliffe looks to be tormented by the punches of an invisible hand. But this time not only was the pain which had ravaged her body for the previous 10

t-and-f: Dirty tactics in women's 1500m

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 Owen Slot WHICH WAS the best British performance in the athletics stadium last week? The thoughts in Jonathan Edwards's head spun momentarily as he contemplated the question, but they did not take long to settle. Kelly Holmes, he said, no doubt about

t-and-f: Women's 4x100m report

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 Simon Hart THE BAHAMAS pulled off another giant-killing act to add to their world championship victory last year when they outpaced Marion Jones and her American colleagues to claim the gold in the women's 4x100m final. According to the American

t-and-f: USTF facing ban over drug testing

Electronic Telegraph Sunday 1 October 2000 Owen Slot THE UNITED States have been threatened with suspension from international athletics by Arne Ljungqvist, the senior vice-president of the IAAF, the parent body of the sport, because of their rules over drug-testing. Ljungqvist says the