Former winners predict British victory but will it be a record, asks
David Martin
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1461642,00.html
Sunday April 17, 2005
The Observer
Ingrid Kristiansen predicted Paula Radcliffe will return to world
record-breaking form in today's London
Marathon runners and fashion-conscious joggers are turning to
'barefoot trainers' for safer racing
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/theobserver/story/0,10541,1461861,00.html
David Smith and Denis Campbell
Sunday April 17, 2005
The Observer
The 35,000 runners lining up for today's London
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4445563.stm
By Steve Cram
BBC Sport
Paula Radcliffe is favourite to capture the women's crown at the 2005
Flora London Marathon - but it is not going to be easy.
I'm glad Paula rediscovered her competitive edge when she was forced
to battle it out
Saturday 16 April 2005
London, UK - It speaks volumes for the elite men's field put together
for Sunday's Flora London Marathon (17 April) that the absence of
Haile Gebrselassie, Khalid Khannouchi and Gezahegne Abera will hardly
be noticed. Despite the withdrawal through injury of such distance
Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings competed at the Texas Relays last
weekend - surprisingly: at the Jamaica national champions in June 2004 he
had been disqualified for doping ...
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Winfried Kramer
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NCAA has special rules apparently.
Winfried Kramer wrote:
Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings competed at the Texas Relays last
weekend - surprisingly: at the Jamaica national champions in June 2004 he
had been disqualified for doping ...
And, as far as I can tell, his case has never been fully resolved by
the IAAF or WADA. I also believe it was the Jamaican Federation that
held him out of the Athens Olympics because a hearing on his case had
been postponed. Anyone know the right story?
-Original Message-
From: Martin
Top 10 Men:
1. Martin Lel, Kenya, 2 hours, 7
minutes, 26 seconds.
2. Jaouad Gharib, Morocco, 2:07:49.
3. Hendrick Ramaala, South Africa, 2:08:32.
4. Abdelkader El Mouaziz, Morocco, 2:09:03.
5. Stefano Baldini, Italy, 2:09:25.
6. Jon Brown, Britain, 2:09:31.
7. Toshinari Suwa, Japan,
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29144.html
Saturday 16 April 2005
The 109th B.A.A. Boston Marathon on Monday 18 April 2005 will be
highlighted by the return of the defending champions, the Kenyans
Catherine Ndereba and Timothy Cherigat.
WOMEN number four for Ndereba?
Ndereba's attempt
Sunday 17 April 2005
Surging away at 30.5Km and covering each kilometre from 30Km to 32Km
under 3 minutes, Kenyan Isaac Macharia won the 7th annual Nagano
Olympic Memorial Marathon with 2:10:59 today, improving his personal
best by 27 seconds.
http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=29151.html
Radcliffe leaves rivals trailing
By Steve Cram
BBC Sport
If anyone ever doubted it, Paula Radcliffe has proved once again that
she is in a league of her own when it comes to the marathon.
Her victory in London on Sunday was another superlative piece of
distance running.
One or two athletes
Associated Press
Track and Field News Wire
WALNUT, Calif. -- Marion Jones has a long way to go to resurrect her
once sparkling track career.
Jones faded badly down the stretch and finished a distant last in the
400 meters Sunday at the Mount San Antonio College Relays, her first
meet since her
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