t-and-f: Collins faces doping charge

Collins faces doping charge http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3834697.stm American sprinter Michelle Collins, world indoor 200m champion last year, has been charged with a doping offence. The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is seeking a lifetime ban and has decided there is sufficient

t-and-f: Kapachinskaya given ban

Kapachinskaya given ban http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/3760023.stm World indoor 200m champion Anastasiya Kapachinskaya has been given a two-year ban for failing a drugs test, Russia's athletics head said on Saturday. Valery Kulichenko, the head coach of the Russian team, said the ban

t-and-f: BALCO built world's fastest man: report

http://www.cbc.ca/pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2004/05/26/Sports/ montgomery040526 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Tim Montgomery's rise from unheralded sprinter to world's fastest man was the result of a secret project led by a California lab at the centre of a drug scandal, according to a

t-and-f: Champion sprinter flunks drug test

http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2004/04/30/Sports/kapac hinskaya-test040429 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Russian sprinter Anastasiya Kapachinskaya has failed a second doping test, track and field's world governing body revealed Friday. Kapachinskaya, who won the women's 200 metres at

t-and-f: Marathon founder Brasher dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/2807839.stm Chris Brasher CBE, co-founder of the London Marathon, has died at the age of 74. Brasher was president of London Marathon Limited and won an Olympic gold medal in 1956 in the steeplechase. He also acted as pace-maker when Roger Bannister

RE: t-and-f: re: Mascot Choices

4. Tailwind - horrible sneaker and Naval sex scandal, dunno which was more embarrassing. Make that Tailhook . . . The US Naval Aviators convention that was in Vegas I believe? Paul

RE: t-and-f: The REAL athlete of the year

Not totally a magnanimous gesture as this is the way all pro cycling teams operate - spoils are usually divided. Note how Armstrong was able to give a stage win to Heras for 'services rendered' . . . But the original argument stands. There is still no athlete greater than Armstrong. Cycling is

t-and-f: Tough at the top of world sport

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2550475.stm By Harry Peart BBC sports correspondent in Mexico City There are many who believe that sport and politics shouldn't mix. Last week the International Olympic Committee met in Mexico for its general assembly, or session

t-and-f: Kosgei and O'Sullivan victorious

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/2298857.stm Paul Kosgei of Kenya won the Great North Run in a new course record time. Kosgei's time of 59 minutes and 58 seconds was the first sub-hour half-marathon seen in Britain. Sonia O'Sullivan won the women's event in a time of one hour, seven

t-and-f: El Guerrouj: Boulami a 'disgrace'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/2227630.stm Moroccan athletics legend Hicham El Guerrouj says compatriot Brahim Boulami's failed drugs test has brought disgrace on their country. 3,000m steeplechase world record holder Boulami tested positive for banned substance erythropoietine [EPO]

RE: t-and-f: women's AOY

Methinks Radcliffe's endeavours would be viewed in a different light if she were American . . . Paul -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ghill Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:46 AM To: track list Subject: Re: t-and-f: women's AOY

t-and-f: Aussie legend 'supports drug use'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/in_depth/2000/drugs_in_sport/newsid_2 088000/2088360.stm Former middle-distance runner Ron Clarke, one of Australia's most revered sporting figures, has launched an unexpected defence of drug use in sport. Clarke told the Australian Associated Press (AAP)

t-and-f: Forest City Road Races

Results from yesterdays races - 10K, 5K 2.5K and marathon - held on London, ON graduallu appearing at http://www.forestcityroadraces.com A cold, wet, soggy and moist day was had all! Close to 1500 athletes altogether. Paul Tucknott London, ON

t-and-f: Pierce O'Callaghan eliminated on first vote . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1957000/1957787.stm Athletics Ireland's international secretary Chris Wall was the major casualty at the organisation's inaugural congress in Galway over the weekend. Wall had served as general-secretary of the previous Irish governing body

t-and-f: Drugs in Sport: Steriod use 'rising'

http://www.sport.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/04/30/soat hl01.xml Drugs in Sport: Steriod use 'rising' By Gareth A Davies THE use of banned substances by elite athletes is on the rise worldwide, it was claimed yesterday. Dr Don Catlin, the director of the International

t-and-f: Kenyan visa scare is over

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1882000/1882178.stm Fears that several Kenyan athletes would be barred from the World cross country championships have been allayed. Worries arose when 17 members of the Kenyan squad did not receive visas. But on Tuesday night David

t-and-f: Rochat-Moser dies after avalanche

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/athletics/news/2002/03/07/rochat_moser/ LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Franziska Rochat-Moser, winner of the 1997 New York Marathon, died Thursday, a day after an accident in the Swiss Alps. She was 35. Rochat-Moser was carried away by a snowslide while on a

RE: t-and-f: USATF 50km RW Champs

I realize that events which require marathon-like exertions need plenty of recovery time before the 'main event'. But February selection for an October event? Isn't that an awfully long stretch? RT Realistically, all five could be picked anytime during the for the team without racing . . .

RE: t-and-f: Dragila's mark in indoor pole vault falls

STUTTGART, Germany -- Russia's Svetlana Feofanova broke Stacy Dragila's world record in the women's indoor pole vault Sunday with a leap of 15 feet, 5½ inches. No, she didn't vault 15' 5.5 . . . the meet was in Stuttgart so I can assure you she vaulted in

t-and-f: Some advice for the fall trail-runners . . .

Some advice for the fall trail-runners . . . With the fall hiking season approaching, the Montana State Department of Fish and Wildlife is advising hikers, hunters, fisherman and golfers to take extra precautions and to be on the alert for bears while in the Gallatin, Helena and

t-and-f: Weinacker Cup Racewalk Competition - Marysville MI

Weinacker Cup Marysville, Michigan 6 October 2001 Sunny and windy. 6C Overall Result Ontario 26 Michigan 16 Men Jeff Cassin (Ireland) 46:42 (Guest) Arturo Huerta (ON) 46:43 Gord Mosher (ON) 47:28 Dan O'Brien (MI) 48:44 Rod Craig (MI) 49:12 Bill Reed (MI) 56:34 Paul Tucknott (ON) 59:55 Don

t-and-f: Life ban for top US hurdler

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1549000/1549595.stm US Olympian Tony Dees has been banned from competitive athletics for life after failing two more drug tests. A 110m-hurdler at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona, he tested positive for nandrolone at the Norwich Union

t-and-f: German sprinter tests positive

"when was the last time anyone (besides Ben) tested positive for Stanazol?" --Kebba http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1443000/1443229.stm German sprinter Jörg Deerberg has been suspended after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol. The

t-and-f: Borzakovskiy out of Worlds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1443000/1443749.stm Russian Yuriy Borzakovskiy has withdrawn from next month's World Championship in Canada. The 800m runner failed to participate in the Russian national championships in Tula at the weekend. He sent a letter to the

t-and-f: Jamaican sprinter tests positive for steroids

http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2001/07/15/Sports/jarrett010715 Jamaican sprinter tests positive for steroids WebPosted Sun Jul 15 20:42:31 2001 KINGSTON, JAMAICA (AP) - Sprinter Patrick Jarrett has tested positive for steroid use, but says he doesn't know how it entered

t-and-f: Surin wins 100 metres at French meet; Bailey fourth

http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2001/06/17/Sports/surin010617 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Montreal's Bruny Surin put his dispute over insurance money with Athletics Canada to the back of his mind and found the focus to win the men's 100 metres at the Réunion de Villeneuve-d'Ascq

t-and-f: Tony Dees suspended for two years

Tony Dees, the 1992 US Olympic 110-metre hurdles silver medallist, has been suspended for two years after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone, the US Anti-Doping Agency has announced.

t-and-f: Ottey opts out of Edmonton

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1387000/1387434.stm Jamaica's veteran sprinter Merlene Ottey will not be competing at this summer's World Championships in Edmonton. Her manager Daniel Zimmerman said that Ottey was still upset over protests by Jamaican team-mates at

t-and-f: Greene defends 100 title at Japan GP

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/athletics/news/2001/05/12/osaka_track_ap/ OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- Olympic and world champion Maurice Greene ran his best race this year at 9.96 seconds Saturday, winning his second straight Japan Grand Prix title in the men's 100 meters. The American

t-and-f: Kenyan hopes suffer triple blow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1321000/1321744.stm Kenya's medal hopes for next August's Edmonton World Championships have suffered a serious setback after three top athletes pulled out of the team. Joshua Chelanga, Susan Chepkemei and Wincatherine Ndereba have all

t-and-f: Roncero runs in 59.52

Roncero runs in 59.52 minutes in Berlin: Madrids Fabián Roncero claimed the Berlin Half-marathon on April 1st in a stunning time of 59:52 minutes. The new Spanish record holder over the distance dedicated his victory to Diego García, a former European silver medallist, who died of a heart

t-and-f: Ivuti likes Milan

Patrick Ivuti of Kenya clinched his second Stramilano Half Marathon with a time of 60:42 minutes. The Kenyan, who is the third fastest ever for the distance with a personal best of 59.31 minutes, finished more than a minute clear of the rest of the field.

RE: t-and-f: RE: Metrically-challenged Americans

I still don't understand the American obsession with feet and inches. In world competition, goverened bt the IAAF, an athlete jumps in metric units. Deal with it. If a vault of 4.80 comes to 15'8" 3/4 then tough. The athlete should jump in metric units and do away with the comversins. Too man

RE: t-and-f: my kind of posts

They are right up there with the classic BBC commentary from an England -West Indies cricket match . . . "The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey" . . . -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20,

t-and-f: Electronic shoes . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_1046000/1046984.stm The days of mystery and controversy concerning speeding race walkers could be over. A new electronic shoe is set to be introduced in the event which sends a warning signal when a walker has both feet off the ground.

RE: t-and-f: Fwd: IAAF Athletes of the Year announced

Of course he was supposed to win. He had the best credentilas of all the finalists - with no disrespect to the other finalists. But his demise was foretold earlier this week when the august body of European sportswriters could not pull the heads from the sand lond enough to bother to evaluate

RE: t-and-f: IAAF Athletes of the Year announced

"I am not saying your walker might not have deserved it more this year, but what Zelezny has done his whole career is amazing. He is well respected among all the worlds great track minds, it seems your just not one of them." The award is for Athlete of the YEAR, not career. On a career basis,

RE: t-and-f: Where are results? And ohh yeah, Walking

Not too different from magazines claiming that millions of Americans 'run' marathons . . . I assume thay are counting all the people that run in six and seven hours, a majority of which I racewalk past on any given Sunday in the park - trust me, that's not running! Paul! -Original

RE: t-and-f: AOY

I think the apparent "disproportionate amount of emphasis on this list" about walking is solely due to the amazing result by Robert Korzeniowski at the OG and nothing else. Otherwise nobody would go on and on about this topic. Neglecting his performance because is not technically 'track' of

t-and-f: I have evidence, says US drugs boss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/newsid_955000/955496.stm The former director of drug control for the US Olympics Committee has told a federal judge that he has enough evidence to back up his claims that the organisation sabotaged his anti-drug battle. Dr Wade Exum sued

t-and-f: Greene turns back on huge payday

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_956000/956195.stm Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene has turned down the chance to race for $500,000 in the Grand Prix final in Qatar on Thursday. The world record holder has taken the decision to fly back home to the United States

t-and-f: Athlete of the Games . . . ?

Head and shoulders above any other athlete - Korzeniowski's 20K and 50K walk double. Nobody else even come close!

RE: t-and-f: Independant Olympic Athletes?

He was one of the three or four athletes from East Timor. Paul! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of P.F.Talbot Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 9:53 PM To: Track list Subject: t-and-f: "Independant Olympic Athletes?" In the marathon results

t-and-f: Drug test failure . . .

According to a breaking BBC story, an "un-named female athlete fails out-of-competition drugs test at Olympics - news coming soon" . . . Anyone running a book on this one? Does Tony Craddock have an inside edge? Paul!

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

not participating in the race, by runners or walkers lapped or about to be lapped or by any kind of technical device. Is a heart rate monitor not considered a technical device??? Paul! -Original Message- From: Paul V. Tucknott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:52 PM

t-and-f: Korzeniowski walks into Olympic history

Korzeniowski walks into Olympic history 29 September 2000 Poland's Robert Korzeniowski has won the arduous 50-kilometre walk at the Sydney 2000 Games to become the first man in history to take out the men's Olympic walk double. Korzeniowski's first gold came in the 20km walk on 16 September

t-and-f: Official Results - 50 KILOMETRES WALK ROAD - Men - Final

For some reason Brian Abshire shows instead of Phillip Dunn . . . I don't know why . . . but the 50KM steeplechase would be a bitch! http://www.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp Official Results - 50 KILOMETRES WALK ROAD -

t-and-f: Perfection the key to Korzeniowski double

http://www.iaaf.org/oly00/news/index.asp?Filename=/news/Articles/getnews.asp?Code=2684 Perfection the key to Korzeniowski doubleSWJ for IAAF 29 September 2000 - Coming back to the road after a break of a few days, Polands Robert Korzeniowski became the first man in Olympic history to take

t-and-f: U.S. offers to hand over drug testing to world agency

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Under fire for allegedly suppressing positive drug tests, USA Track Field proposed that its entire doping control program be handed over to an independent world body. Craig Masback, executive director of USATF, suggested Friday (Thursday night EDT) that the World

RE: t-and-f: Re: 5 positive names from 1988

s there a reason why people have to keep going back to 1988 (TWELVE years ago!) to dig up enough dirt for trash talking? TAC has pretty much swept aside almost all the relevent 'names' in authority since then and became USATF. RT You cannot go back too far! CT Let's go back further than

RE: t-and-f: Women's Hammer - cousins?

It is a very common name in French speaking countries. Mauritius: The French occupied the island which they renamed Isle de France between 1715 and 1810 and many place names are reminders of this period. In 1810 with the British take-over, the name reverted to Mauritius. The abolition of slavery

t-and-f: Hunter comes under IOC fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_943000/943278.stm CJ Hunter's pleas of innocence have been dismissed by the International Olympic Committee after the American shot putter was revealed to have failed four drug tests. IOC vice president Dick Pound

t-and-f: Hammer champion barred after test

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_944000/944222.stm Women's world hammer champion Mihaela Melinte has been thrown out of Stadium Australia and barred from competing in the Olympics for failing a doping test a month ago. The world record holder was

RE: t-and-f: Positives and fines?

The governing body of weightlifting currently has a policy that three positive tests for one country will result in disqualification of that country from any weight lifting competition. Romania had two positive tests earlier this year and one in Sydney. As to who the fine was paid to, I am

t-and-f: It makes a change . . .

C. J. Hunter - four positives this year with one testing over 1000 times above the legal limi for Nandrolone. "I know what's going on, and I am aware of the allegations, and am going to defend myself vigorously" says C. J. Five 'positives' before Seoul of athletes that competed at the Games and

t-and-f: Did Marion know?

http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/athletics/2000/09/25/FFX6M64EJDC.html Did Marion know? By JACQUELIN MAGNAY6:28PM, Sep 25 The question on everyone's lips is, did Marion know? Did the darling of the track stoop so low as to lie outright to protect her burly husband CJ Hunter and perpetuate

t-and-f: US officials deny drug results cover-up

http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/news/2000/09/25/FFXNCV3EJDC.html US officials deny drug results cover-up By JACQUELIN MAGNAY7:58PM, Sep 25 United States track and field officials have angrily denied they tried to cover up the steroid results of world shot put champion C.J. Hunter, husband

t-and-f: Hypocrisy, thy name is USA

http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/news/2000/09/25/FFXTP64EJDC.html Hypocrisy, thy name is USA By KAREN CROUSE, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS7:15PM, Sep 25 I want to celebrate the Olympics. I want to write about hurdler Glory Alozie's courage in competing two weeks after her fiance was struck and

t-and-f: Double boost for Lewis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_939000/939609.stm Denise Lewis' bid for Olympic gold in the heptathlon have been boosted both by her fine performance in the long jump and the withdrawal of chief rival Eunice Barber. Lewis, in third place

t-and-f: Perec leaves Sydney

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2000/track_and_field/news/2000/09/20/perec_out/ SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Marie-Jose Perec, the defending champion in the women's 200 and 400 meters, has left Australia and will not compete in the Sydney Olympics. Denise Kaigler, a spokeswoman for

t-and-f: FW: Maurice Greene relay pratice

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 6:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Maurice Greene relay pratice No problem Paul, I didn't take as if you said it. I only meant to get the correct

t-and-f: Haile on his heels

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_931000/931541.stm Ethiopia's reigning 10,000m champion Haile Gebrselassie will run in shoes specially designed to overcome a heel problem which threatens his title defence. But while Gebreselassie has physical

t-and-f: Arron facing sprint exit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_931000/931656.stm French medal hope Christine Arron may be forced to pull out of the women's 100m because of a throat infection. The reigning European champion is one of several French athtletes suffering from the

t-and-f: Greene at centre of relay row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_93/930134.stm Maurice Greene has walked out on the US team's first relay practice, fuellling speculation of a row within the quartet. Greene, the world champion and world record-holder for 100m, took no part in

t-and-f: Injured Friedek aims to compete

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_924000/924250.stm World champion triple jumper German Charles Friedek has said he will attempt to compete in his event at the Olympics despite a partially torn ligament. Although his knee still isn't completely

t-and-f: NBC supports Toronto Olympic bid

NBC supports Toronto Olympic bid WebPosted Thu Sep 14 10:51:41 2000 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A powerful American television network executive has thrown his support behind Toronto's bid to host the 2008 Olympics. Dick Ebersol, the head of NBC Sports and its Olympics coverage, cites Toronto's

t-and-f: Greene on fire in Sydney

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_925000/925610.stm Maurice Greene has unofficially broken his 100m world record, after a sensational training session at Sydney's Olympic Stadium. The US sprinter clocked 9.78secs, 0.1secs inside his own world mark on

t-and-f: Sotomayor ban cut under fire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_921000/921629.stm Sotomayor ban cut under fire Cuba's Sotomayor at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Leading Olympic figure Dick Pound has launched an attack on the reduction of a doping ban on Javier Sotomayor. The

t-and-f: Sprint boys good bet for gold

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_92/920955.stm Sprint boys good bet for gold Devonish (left) , Chambers (middle) and Campbell Head coach Max Jones believes Britain can profit from America's weaknesses and win Olympic gold in the 100m sprint

t-and-f: Bulgarian fails Olympic drugs test

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-field/newsid_922000/922473.stm Bulgarian fails Olympic drugs test Concerns over drug abuse threaten to mar the games Bulgarian athlete Iva Prandjeva has tested positive for the banned drug nandrolone on the eve of the Olympic

t-and-f: Richardson pulls out of Olympics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/team_gb/newsid_917000/917565.stm Saturday, 9 September, 2000, 11:46 GMT 12:46 UK Richardson pulls out of Olympics Out of the Olympic running - Mark Richardson Team GB 400m runner Mark Richardson has withdrawn from the British Olympic

t-and-f: Johnson in injury scare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_917000/917440.stm Johnson in injury scare Injured: Allen Johnson faces an anxious few days Olympic 110m hurdles champion Allen Johnson has suffered a fresh injury in his last warm-up event before the Sydney Games.

t-and-f: Olympic athlete killed in accident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_915000/915261.stm An Olympic athlete has been killed in a road accident in Sydney. Nigerian runner Hyginus Anugo was fatally injured in a collision with a car near the Olympic precinct. Anugo, who was 22, was due

t-and-f: Chinese wield axe in drugs clampdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/newsid_912000/912156.stm Forty athletes and officials have been axed from the Chinese Olympic team, in an apparent warning to drug cheats. The International Olympic Committee welcomed the move, which was implemented by China's Olympic

RE: t-and-f: No XC Please!

Now let's see - Cocaine use = 2 years Murder = 25 years What would bribery and corruption be worth? Paul! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Hall Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 9:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: t-and-f: Wildcards

None of the other sports require such desire, drive, physical exertion, or mental concentration as track does. Not on a day to day basis. It takes nothing more than getting too excited about the race to cause cramping, or a pulled muscle. Try telling that to Lance Armstrong . . . IMHO most

t-and-f: UK Championships

ATHLETICSNorwich Union AAA Championships, Birmingham: Men's: 10,000m walk final: 1 M Hales (Steyning) 43:12.85, 2 S Partington (Manx) 43:30.50, 3 J O'Rawe (Leicester) 43:54.49, 4 C Cheeseman (Surrey) 44:29.51, 5 A Parker (Wolverhampton) 47:47.95, 6 A Gouldie (Belgrave) 48:42.87, 7 B Adams

t-and-f: Walker will miss Olympic trials

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_86/860628.stm Dougie Walker will not compete in the British Olympic trials despte winning a High Court battle to allow him to race in Britain. Walker was originally banned after testing positive Nandrolone but the findings have

t-and-f: Rawlinson takes record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_858000/858665.stm Chris Rawlinson has broken David Hemery's long-standing 300m hurdles world record in a fine run of 34.59secs at Loughborough. The 28-year-old Yorkshireman, disappointed to finish only fifth in Friday's IAAF Golden

t-and-f: Lewis beats her own record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_858000/858542.stm Denise Lewis has broken her own Commonwealth heptathlon record at the Decaster 2000 meet in Talence, France. In her first competition of the season, the Birchfield Harriers star scored 6831 points to overhaul her

t-and-f: The negative side of testing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/athletics/newsid_851000/851222.stm The issues surrounding drug testing of athletes are becoming ever more clouded after new developments involving British pair Mark Richardson and Dougie Walker along with Jamaican veteran Merlene Ottey. We asked BBC