Ugh...more about the tent. I was afraid this would turn into one of those
stories. We may yet see racewalking on NBC.
Note to Mike: Gotta get a hook for Michelle...quick. That really wasn't an
A-frame cottage you moved to up in the mountains, was it? Wasn't it a
teepee? And how about food?
Where's Ionela Tirlea this season? Does anyone know something about her?
/Jakob.
In a message dated 8/28/00 4:21:19 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where's Ionela Tirlea this season? Does anyone know something about her?
51.84 for 4th in the Osaka GP is her only mark of hte year.
gh
The Spanish online service Marca Digital is reporting that 1992 Olympic
1500m champ Fermin Cacho tore his Achilles tendon in yesterday's 1500
race in Padova, Italy. Cacho will likely miss the Sydney Olympics.
It's a real shame, because Cacho always seems to put himself into
position to place
IAAF Grand Prix II
CGU Classic
Gateshead, 28-Aug-2000
RESULTS MEN
100 METRES - MEN Wind: -0.3
1 Chambers Dwain GBR 10.11
2 Williams Bernard USA 10.17
3 Greene Maurice USA 10.24
A day after his Arkansas jumping mate, Robert Howard has been sent to his
room without dinner. Since he was the Sunday runner-up (not that anybody but
me knew that) it was no surprise.
Ditch that Dobert fella... never have liked his damn cartoon, anyhow!
Capel doesn't get an invitation. He might talk about football and we know
nothing about it.
Meb Keflezighi - - I'd like to go to dinner with someone who makes it out of
the first round in Sydney.
Charles Austin. Will go
I think that the last year in which no men's track or field world
record was broken was 1910, of course it depends on what you
mean by standard events, if you don't consider the 1k or the 3k
standard then I think it would be 1918. (by the way the answer
is the same even if you are only
In a message dated 8/28/00 3:11:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think that the last year in which no men's track or field world
record was broken was 1910, of course it depends on what you
mean by standard events, if you don't consider the 1k or the 3k
standard then I think it would be
I think a big part of the reason we haven't yet seen a WR is the fact that
the games are so late in the year. People are peaking for September, not
July and August as usual. A comparable situation in recent memory was the
1988 season, prior to Seoul. Aside from Flo Jo's exploits, were there
Title: Re: t-and-f: U.S. TV crticism--1976 style
That was my memory too but I went to my TF News from August 1976 and the was the photo I remembered of Roche getting up but no mention of the broken arm.
bd
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Benji Durden
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I think Mike broke his arm in that fall. Or is that
I'm not sure about the cold, but Greene definitely doesn't seem to run well
in England .. If the Olympics were being held in London I would be plenty
worried .. And to be honest I wonder why he even ran here given that he just
ran in Brussels and is scheduled to run in Berlin .. As for Capel I am
Something to look forward to: The recent news on
the list means I may be refereeing Junior Olympic meets in a few years with
little Grotes. My best wishes to the happy couple.
Ed Koch
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Ryan Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sam Alexander- My right hand man at
In a message dated 8/28/00 17:44:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think a big part of the reason we haven't yet seen a WR is the fact that
the games are so late in the year. People are peaking for September, not
July and August as usual. A comparable situation in recent memory was the
1988
On Monday, August 28, 2000 3:44 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
The IAAF will be sorry yet it didn't buy the German proposal for new
records
when the millenium turned. They're going to feel a compelling need to do
so
in the next few years and won't have a "logical" excuse that the public
will
go
Netters
Here is a crack up for you. And some wonder why I get a little
temperamental
This guy claims to one of the U.S'S fastest marathoners... as if THAT
means anything. You can decide. sounds like a typical wannabe
distance runner insecure in what he is doing. I know the type
Your line of thought is why the organizers will search people
coming into the stadia and refuse to allow anyone to bring
a videocamera inside. Since videocams, etc., became common
-- and small and cheap enough for nonprofessionals to use --
Olympic tickets have lots of small print forbidding
Fredericks preps for Olympic at Yokohama
meet
TOKYO (August 28, 2000 8:37 a.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) - Frank
Fredericks, Namibia's two-time double-Olympic silver medallist, will lead some
200 athletes at the Yokohama track and field meet on Sept. 9 in preparation for
the Sydney
Yes, Mike Roche did break his arm and then ran with a cast in Montreal.
Steve Lurie
Hi Roger - article from today's Sydney Morning Herald has some info on this:
Optus bid to bypass video ban By KIRSTY NEEDHAM 9:51AM, Aug 29
When is a high-speed cable modem service not an Internet company? When
navigating a route past an International Olympic Committee ban on online
video, of
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:34:48 -0700, you wrote:
Netters:
Rummaging through old copies of my NJ Track for a bit of statistical
compilation, I came across this comment on the ABC coverage of the 1876 trials:
Other quotes that year include a scathing
Title: Re: t-and-f: U.S. TV crticism--1976 style
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From: Ed Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The steeplecahse final was a story in itself. The race was run while ABC was on live but the jerks who decide what goes on that show missed the most dramatic incident of the entire trials. (Mike)
Didn't know that Bob Hersh was around 125 years old.
Go Bob!
No wonder MJ's 200M world record paperwork was a bit slow in being
processed!
Tony Craddock
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At 07:34 PM 8/28/00 -0700, Ed Grant wrote:
Netters:
Rummaging through
old copies of my NJ Track for a bit of statistical
RRW Subscribers and Track Listers,
I have received several e-mails recently inquiring about the age of Kenyan
athlete, Andrew Masai. Most older reference books listed his date of birth
as 13-Dec-1960, which would make him 39 years-old, but the 2000 Road Race
Management Guide listed the date as
When I wrote to CBC Sports Online, to ask about plans for publishing
results on their internet site (http://cbc.ca/sports), I had this reply:
A web site (cbc.ca/olympics) will soon be "live" incorporating in-depth up
to the minute comprehensive Olympic coverage of the 2000 Sydney Summer
Games.
Ah yes, another performance that is downright...
...reminiscent of Jesse Owens?...well, no...
...Beamonesque?...not quite...
...Grotesque?...absolutely!
...bring on the mini-Grotes!
RT
On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:26:45 -0400, you wrote:
Something to look forward to: The recent news on the list
Title: Re: t-and-f: U.S. TV crticism--1976 style
Nah,
that was Ron Addison who in 1980 broke his collarbone in his dive to the finish
falling just short with a 4th place finish. To add insult to injury, the damn
"Redcoats" disqualified him fordesperately whacking on John Gregorek in a
IOC Gives Approval to Test Athletes for EPO in Sydney
By STEPHEN WILSON
.c The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Aug. 28)
The International Olympic Committee approved tests for the banned drug
erythropoietin, or EPO, to be conducted at the Sydney Games next month.
Netters,
So what would prohibit CBC and others to flash results and stories on
their sites including short video clips? Do they all have to bow to the
all mighty dollar of the Nothing But Crap television network??
Let's face it the only thing good NBC has going for it is "West Wing."
They're
The Commish is ageless.
-Original Message-From:
A.J. Craddock [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ed
Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED]; track net
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Date:
Monday, August 28, 2000 9:28 PMSubject: Re: t-and-f: U.S. TV
crticism--1976 styleDidn't know that Bob Hersh was around
125
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