t-and-f: Greene holds off the challenge from Chambers

2001-07-23 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Monday 23 July 2001 Tom Knight MAURICE Greene established his authority over the rest of the world's sprinters with his triumph over 100 metres at last night's British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace. Greene, the world and Olympic champion and the world record holder is

t-and-f: Merry back on track but not without a struggle

2001-07-23 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Monday 23 July 2001 Tom Knight IF KATHARINE MERRY needed a gauge on how her World Championship ambitions have been affected by the weeks she lost to a viral infection, it came in the last 60 metres of her race at Crystal Palace. In her first 400m for three weeks,

t-and-f: Hansen needs leap of faith

2001-07-23 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Monday 23 July 2001 Sarah Edworthy ASHIA HANSEN was the most meticulous of the field of nine to run through her preparatory foibles in the women's triple jump. She measured out her run-up markers with carefully counted pigeon steps, slowly focused herself before her

RE: t-and-f: Tyranny

2001-07-23 Thread Uri Goldbourt, PhD
Why is your hat of to Ngeny? Why is he necessarily more a man of honor than Okeyo? The decision of both the Ethiopian and Kenyan federation to create a certain time gap between non stop European competition and Edmontonmake some sense, and the entire Kenyan team but Ngeny (well off-form, so

t-and-f: Marla's extraordinary consistency

2001-07-23 Thread Post, Marty
Just over a two and half second spread among Marla Runyan's 4 lifetime 5000 meters: 15:07.66 - '00 Oregon Twilight 15:07.33 - '01 NYRRC indoor record challenge 15:08.03 - '01 USATF champs 15:05.48 - '01 Norwich Union GP Marty Post Senior Editor Runner's World Magazine www.runnersworld.com

t-and-f: More on Surin False Start?

2001-07-23 Thread Ken Parker
Paul Dupre, the Games' executive director of sport, said yesterday that the starter and three assistant starters determined there had been no false start because of an electrical malfunction of the starting-block mechanism that determines a runner's reaction time to the sound of the gun.

Re: t-and-f: Re: Borza kick (was: Jacobs not a DNF

2001-07-23 Thread GHTFNedit
In a message dated Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:07:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Alan Shank [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To tell what Borzakowski really did in the race, you need 200m splits. He may have run his last 200 fastest of all, although it's doubtful. No, but he was amazingly even throughout. I

RE: t-and-f: Tyranny

2001-07-23 Thread Ben Hall
Uri, David may have attacked blindly but it seems that you're in the opposite habit of defending blindly. What do you know about Okeyo and the Kenyan federation? What do you know about the corruption that is ripe in that federation? Where does the buck stop? With Okeyo. Talk to any agent

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2001-07-23 Thread Keith Conning
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t-and-f: British Team for Edmonton

2001-07-23 Thread CHRIS KUYKENDALL
From www.onrunning.com (a good website I only discovered last week): MEN 100m: Dwain Chambers (Belgrave), Mark Lewis-Francis (Birchfield), Christian Malcolm (Cardiff) 200m: Marlon Devonish (Coventry), Christian Malcolm (Cardiff), Dwain Chambers (Belgrave) 400m: Mark Richardson

t-and-f: Irish Team for Edmonton

2001-07-23 Thread Mike Casey
The Irish team to compete in next month’s World Athletics Championships was confirmed this afternoon. The 19 strong squad will travel to Edmonton where the world’s elite will compete from August 3rd - 12th. The squad is due to leave Dublin for Canada this Sunday and will include David Nolan and

t-and-f: USATF Media Teleconference: Jenny Adams Teleconference Excerpts

2001-07-23 Thread Usatfcom99
Shawn Touney Communications Intern USA Track and Field (317) 261-0478 ext. 357 Jenny Adams, 2001 USA Outdoor long jump champion, spoke today on a USATF teleconference. She talked about her breakthrough season and her participation in the upcoming 2001 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in

t-and-f: USATF News and Notes, July 23 2001

2001-07-23 Thread Usatfcom99
Shawn Touney Communications Intern USA Track and Field (317)261-0478 ext. 357 Bloom, Wheeler earn top marks at USATF Midsummer Classic Several of the world's best throwers converged on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis Sunday to compete in the USATF Midsummer Classic, which consisted of two

t-and-f: Israeli results

2001-07-23 Thread D. Eiger
Tel Aviv, July 22: Men 200m (+1.8): Gidon Jablonka 20.96. Tel Aviv, July 23: Men TJ: Avi Tayari 16.72/+1.3. David --- David Eiger The Israeli Athletics Homepage http://eiger.tripod.com/

t-and-f: Funny?

2001-07-23 Thread Cordner3
Our local paper quotes an 11-year old girl who won both sprints: "I think the 200 might be my best event, but I like the 100 better. I'm not really a long distance runner."

t-and-f: Greece in Edmonton

2001-07-23 Thread Michalis Nikitaridis
The Hellenic Federation announced today a 26-member team to represent Greece in the 8th World Champs in Edmonton. Although smaller than Sydney, it's a strong team able to get medals and achieve some participations in the finals.All the Greek medalists of Sydney will be in the world champs. Three

t-and-f: USATF Release: Baton Rouge to host USA Masters Championships

2001-07-23 Thread Usatfcom99
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track Field (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 23, 2001 Baton Rouge to host USA Masters Championships INDIANAPOLIS -

Re: t-and-f: Funny?

2001-07-23 Thread Seb Geb Meb Webb
I know how she feels. When I ran in high school, the 400 was the equivalent of a marathon for me. SGWM --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our local paper quotes an 11-year old girl who won both sprints: I think the 200 might be my best event, but I like the 100 better. I'm not

t-and-f: RE: Tyranny, revisited

2001-07-23 Thread David Andersen
By the grace of reality and the and the nature of life, man - every man - is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose. - John Galt from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged Who needs who? Do the athletes need the federations or

t-and-f: Re: Irish Team for Edmonton

2001-07-23 Thread Ralf Linnemann
Mike Casey wrote: Daniel Caulfield 800 metres James Nolan 1,500 metres [...] Daniel Caulfield 4 x 100 metres replay James Nolan 4 x 100 metres replay Now, that's amazing. Does somebody know their PBs for the 100 metres? Ralf