t-and-f: London's Olympic dream in tatters

Key British officials admit Paris 'will win' as lack of funds for sport drains IOC support Denis Campbell and Helena Smith in Athens Sunday January 30, 2005 The Observer London has in effect abandoned hope of winning the 2012 Olympic Games, because it is so far behind Paris, key members of the

t-and-f: Holmes passes hunger test

By Simon Hart (Filed: 30/01/2005) A couple of hours before she pulled on a British vest for the first time since her double Olympic triumph last summer, a burst of There is nothing like a dame filled Glasgow's Kelvin Hall as the star turn of yesterday's Norwich Union International jogged around

t-and-f: Mosop, Kiprop take top spots in cross-country race

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979638 Associated Press ALBUFEIRA, Portugal -- Kenyans Moses Mosop and Nancy Kiprop won cross-country races Sunday at the Almond Blossom International. Mosop, seventh in the 10,000 meters at the Athens Olympics, won the 10-kilometer

t-and-f: Gebrselassie wins half marathon in Spain

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979669 Associated Press MADRID, Spain -- Haile Gebrselassie enjoyed an easy victory Sunday in the Almeria Half Marathon, a race the Ethiopian star said he would use to see if he's ready for the London Marathon. He covered the 13.1

t-and-f: Osaka International Women's Marathon results

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1979583 Reuters Internet Delivery System OSAKA, Jan 30 - Leading results from the Osaka International Women's Marathon on Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 1. Elena Prokopcuka (Latvia) 2:22:56 2. Mari Ozaki 2:23:59 3. Harumi Hiroyama

t-and-f: London bid is a winner

Last week The Observer front page featured a story by sports news correspondent Denis Campbell revealing that senior figures in the London 2012 Olympic bid believed that Paris is likely to win. We asked Lord Coe, chairman of the bid, if he wanted to reply. Here he challenges our report and argues

t-and-f: Gardener beats bug to run perfect race

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=DD3A0CNZBF2HPQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/02/07/soaths07.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/02/07/ixsport.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=22095 By Tom Knight (Filed: 07/02/2005) Jason Gardener's steady progress towards a third European title

t-and-f: UK funding should be earned, not just given

By Martin Johnson (Filed: 07/02/2005) I recently read about the funding cuts to be imposed by UK Sport on athletes preparing for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Let me start by saying that I don't believe there is any logic that would explain how reducing the funding to athletes and coaches will

t-and-f: Kenya's Kipchirchir Komen wins 1,500

Associated Press GHENT, Belgium -- Daniel Kipchirchir Komen upset world champion and fellow Kenyan Paul Korir to win the 1,500-meter run Sunday at the Flanders indoor meet. Kipchirchir Komen's time of 3 minutes, 35.57 seconds was the fastest in the world this season, giving him his first victory

t-and-f: Shaheen wins Five Mills cross-country race

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1985696 Associated Press SAN VITTORE OLONA, Italy -- Saif Saaed Shaheen of Qatar survived a fall and a bruised leg to win the Five Mills cross-country race Sunday. Benita Johnson of Australia won the women's race. Shaheen, the former

t-and-f: Freeman considering competitive comeback

Reuters Internet Delivery System SYDNEY, Feb 6 - Australia's former Olympic champion Cathy Freeman is reported to be considering a comeback at next year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Freeman, who crowned her athletics career by winning the 400 metres gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics,

t-and-f: Lagat beats Webb in featured Wanamaker Mile at Millrose Games

Associated Press NEW YORK -- Bernard Lagat felt so good running through Central Park this week, he knew American hopeful Alan Webb and the rest of the field in the Wanamaker Mile would hardly stand a chance against him. With precision and ease, the top-ranked Kenyan easily beat his competitors

t-and-f: Fast man, slow goin'

By BOB HOHLER Boston Globe JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The body of ''Bullet'' Bob Hayes, who helped to revolutionize the NFL and once reigned as the fastest human on earth, lies here in an unmarked grave. All that distinguishes the site -- tucked into a corner of a modest cemetery in a city reaping a

t-and-f: Kastor enters Chicago Marathon

Associated Press CHICAGO -- Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor announced Wednesday she will run in the 2005 Chicago Marathon and said it will be her only marathon of the year. Kastor finished third in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, 20

t-and-f: Holmes pays heavy price for pulling out of trials

By Mike Rowbottom 12 February 2005 It is a measure of Kelly Holmes's transformed status that she can equably contemplate a fine of £25,000 for missing this weekend's Norwich Union AAA Championships and European trials in Sheffield, which lost another Olympic gold medallist when Mark

t-and-f: McIlroy in position to follow Coe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=URM5I0DWDVO0NQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/02/12/soaths12.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/02/12/ixothspt.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=4356 By Tom Knight (Filed: 12/02/2005) Britain can boast the women's 800 metres champion but it has been a

t-and-f: How ready is London for the Olympics? Four days that could make or break the bid

Capital puts on its best face for crucial IOC commission visit Paul Kelso, sports correspondent Saturday February 12, 2005 The Guardian Next Thursday afternoon the tourist throng loitering in Horseguards Parade will be swollen by a distinctly well-heeled coach-load of overseas visitors.

t-and-f: Sotherton steels herself for all-conquering Kluft

By Simon Turnbull, Athletics Correspondent 13 February 2005 As Kelly Sotherton got down to work in her double shift at the English Institute of Sport's indoor arena in Sheffield yesterday, it was inevitable that Carolina would be on her mind. For Great Britain's other individual track-and-field

t-and-f: Olympians De Reuck and Broe win cross country titles

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1990332 Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Olympian Colleen De Reuck overcame soggy conditions and a tight hamstring to win the women's 8-kilometer race in the U.S. Cross Country Championships on Saturday. De Reuck finished in 27

t-and-f: Olympian ambitions

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/london2012/story/0,14213,1411967,00.html Grace, speed and determination won him two gold medals. Off the track he is just as competitive. This week he will be fighting to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to London Clare Balding Sunday February 13, 2005 The Observer Lord

t-and-f: Japan's Takaoka wins Tokyo International Marathon

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1990397 Associated Press TOKYO -- Japan's Toshinari Takaoka won the Tokyo International Marathon on Sunday, finishing a course-record 2 hours, 7 minutes, 41 seconds. Zebedayo Bayo of Tanzania, the 2003 winner, was second 2:10:51.

t-and-f: Sergei Bubka pole vault competition results

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1990018 Reuters Internet Delivery System DONETSK, Ukraine, Feb 12 (Reutres) - Leading results from the Sergei Bubka pole vault competition on Saturday: Men 1. Derek Miles (U.S.) 5.85 2. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 5.80 3. Denis Yurchenko

t-and-f: Merritt clocks second fastest indoor 400m of all time

Reuters Internet Delivery System RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb 11 - American LaShawn Merritt became the second fastest indoor 400 metres runner of all time while Kenyan Bernard Lagat ran the third quickest mile in history at the Fayetteville Invitational meeting in Arkansas on Friday. World

t-and-f: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wins national cross country race, focuses on world championships

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1989954 Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya -- Olympic bronze medalist Eliud Kipchoge easily won the 12-kilometer race at Kenya's national cross country championships Saturday in 34 minutes, 50 seconds. Moses Mosop was second in 34:59.4

t-and-f: Tokyo International Marathon results

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1990443 Reuters Internet Delivery System TOKYO, Feb 13 - Leading results from the Tokyo International Marathon on Sunday (Japanese unless stated): 1. Toshinari Takaoka 2:07:41 2. Zebedayo Bayo (Tanzania)) 2:10:51 3. Uladzimir Tsiamchyk

t-and-f: 'Perfect race' lands CU frosh national title

'Perfect race' lands CU frosh national title Pasciuto claims junior championship, berth in world meet By Michael Sandrock, For the Camera February 13, 2005 VANCOUVER, Wash. Liza Pasciuto never won a state title as a high school runner in southern California. In fact, she had never broken the

t-and-f: Vaughn, Bolf shine for Buffaloes

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/cu_cross_country/article/0,1713,BDC_2450_3544888,00.html By Camera staff report February 13, 2005 SEATTLE Facing high-level competition for the first time since the NCAA cross country championships, the Colorado distance runners launched an assault on the record

t-and-f: De Reuck makes it 2 in a row

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/running/article/0,1713,BDC_2413_3544911,00.html Age no obstacle to Boulder runner, 40 By Michael Sandrock, For the Camera February 13, 2005 VANCOUVER, Wash. After winning the 2005 USA Cross Country Championship 8K Saturday afternoon, Colleen De Reuck stayed to

t-and-f: Gardener squeezes narrow win in European trials

By Mike Rowbottom in Sheffield 14 February 2005 Britain's Olympic medallists Jason Gardener and Kelly Sotherton stated their continuing ambition here yesterday, while for the triple jumper Phillips Idowu, the long jumper Nathan Morgan and the pole vaulter Janine Whitlock, the Norwich Union

t-and-f: Gardener wins trial but loses record

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=CGYZTGZ4BNRRJQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/02/14/soaths14.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/02/14/ixsport.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=44798 By Tom Knight (Filed: 14/02/2005) Jason Gardener won the 60 metres at the European Trials and AAA

t-and-f: Flanagan, Rupp wins cross country titles

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1990980 Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Shalane Flanagan defended her U.S. women's short course title with a victory in the 4-kilometer event Sunday in the U.S. Cross Country Championships. Dathan Ritzenhein won the men's

t-and-f: Pognon sets European 60m record in Karlsruhe

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28519.html Sunday 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe, Germany - Even after the pounding the season's lists took at Friday night's Tyson meeting in Fayetteville, there was still room for improvement, as seven athletes demonstrated with world-leading performances at

t-and-f: Takaoka wins Tokyo Marathon in 2:07:41

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28513.html Sunday 13 February 2005 Breaking away from the lead pack just before 24Km and running alone for the next 18Km, Toshinari Takaoka won today's 2005 Tokyo International Marathon, Tokyo, Japan, in 2:07:41. It was his first marathon victory in five

t-and-f: IAAF meets with coaches, athletes, experts and anti-doping officials

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1991328 Associated Press MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- About 60 athletes, coaches, medical experts and anti-doping officials met with track and field's governing body to coordinate the fight against doping and steroids. The International

t-and-f: Bronx to hold 2006 U.S. cross-country championships

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1991485 Associated Press NEW YORK -- The 2006 U.S. cross-country championships will be in New York, returning to the Bronx course that hosted the event in 1990. The competition will be next February at Van Cortlandt Park, with New York

t-and-f: Roar of acclaim propels Holmes to victory

By Mike Rowbottom in Birmingham 19 February 2005 Kelly Holmes provided a capacity crowd at the National Indoor Arena with the required victory here last night in the penultimate event of a Norwich Union Grand Prix which produced yet another world record from Russia's prodigious pole vaulter,

t-and-f: Coe's friend gives rare praise

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=EXT0SZAM4C1QNQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/02/20/soolym120.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/02/20/ixsport.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=21181 By Simon Hart (Filed: 20/02/2005) In pictures: A vision of London for 2012

t-and-f: Watkins announces arrival with war cry

http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=612904 Budding Alf Tupper of the track can be an even bigger noise as he swots up on his Ovett-Coe history By Simon Turnbull, Athletics Correspondent 20 February 2005 It seems fair to say that, one way or another, we will be hearing quite a

t-and-f: Holmes ignites only bright spark and now looks set for Madrid

Double Olympic gold winner is alone in thrilling a sell-out crowd on a night when three of Britain's medallists in Athens come up short Duncan Mackay in Birmingham Saturday February 19, 2005 The Guardian Kelly Holmes was the only one of Britain's four Olympic medallists on show last night who

t-and-f: Borzakovskiy, Rybakov set season bests in Stockholm

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1992294 Associated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy ran the fastest 800 meters of the indoor season, and another Russian, Yaroslav Rybakov, recorded the season's best high jump at the GE Galan meet on

t-and-f: Former Kenya coach Kosgei heads to Mozambique

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1994226 Reuters Internet Delivery System By Isa Omok NAIROBI, Feb 18 - Former Kenya head coach Mike Kosgei is to work with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help develop distance runners in Mozambique. We are sending

t-and-f: Winners of Boston Marathon to get $100,000

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1992142 Associated Press BOSTON -- The men's and women's winners of this year's Boston Marathon will each receive $100,000, an increase of $20,000. Marathon winners also will be eligible for bonuses if they set American or world

t-and-f: Coaching changes to blame for Kenya's slide - Tergat

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1991783 Reuters Internet Delivery System By Isa Omok NAIROBI, Feb 15 - Former world cross country champion Paul Tergat has blamed the regular change in national coaches for Kenya relinquishing their domination of the sport to Ethiopia.

t-and-f: Birmingham international indoor results

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1994617 BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb 18 - Leading results from an international indoor athletics meeting on Friday: Men 60 metres 1. Leonard Scott (U.S) 6.49 seconds 2. Kim Collins (St Kitts and Nevis) 6.54 3. Maurice Greene (U.S.) 6.54

t-and-f: Barber to prepare for world championships in U.S.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1992754 Reuters Internet Delivery System PARIS, Feb 16 - France's Eunice Barber, the 1999 heptathlon world gold medallist, will go to the United States to prepare for this year's world championships in Helsinki. We have reviewed the

t-and-f: Merritt coach predicts faster times ahead

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=1991698 Reuters Internet Delivery System By Gene Cherry GREENVILLE, North Carolina, Feb 14 - Teenage sprinter LeShawn Merritt's coach is confident the American will run the 400 metres in under 44 seconds this summer, a feat

t-and-f: Niiya, Yamanaka, Sato and Wanjiru excel in Chiba Cross Country

http://www.iaaf.org/WXC05/news/Kind=2/newsId=28603.html Sunday 20 February 2005 The 40th Chiba Cross Country, one of the competitions used to select the Japanese team for the upcoming IAAF World Cross Country Championships, was held in Showa no Mori on Sunday under the cloudy sky with

t-and-f: Martinez, Collio, Rigaudo highlight Italian Indoor Championships

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28611.html Sunday 20 February 2005 Ancona, Italy - The Italian Indoor Championships in the brand new indoor arena of Ancona were highlighted by a 14.52m season-opener by Magdelin Martinez in the Triple Jump and a good sprint battle in the men's 60m won by

t-and-f: Apak sets World leading Hammer Throw mark

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28610.html Sunday 20 February 2005 Mersin, Turkey - Olympic bronze medallist Esref Apak set a World leading mark with a third round hammer throw of 78.06m at the National Winter Throwing Championships of Turkey today. Apak, who is being coached by

t-and-f: South Africa Marathon Championships - REPORT

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28598.html Sunday 20 February 2005 Johannes Kekana and Dimakatso Morobi were crowned winners of the South Africa Marathon Championships staged in eThekwini on Sunday. Billed as the qualifier for the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, the

t-and-f: Bid could not have been bettered - but will it be a match for Paris?

Evaluation team give little away as Livingstone spat spices up tale of five cities Alan Hubbard 20 February 2005 It wasn't quite like being up before Judge John Deed, but sitting in front of the IOC Evaluation Commission can be an intimidating experience, as I discovered yesterday morning. At

t-and-f: Coe confident of London bid win

11:22am 20th February 2005 Lord Sebastian Coe declared himself to be as confident as ever London would be chosen as host city for the 2012 Olympics, but would not get complacent as the work continues to bring the Games to Britain. The International Olympic Committee inspectors spent four days in

t-and-f: New York's plans are thrown into disarray

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/02/20/soolym20.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/02/20/ixsport.html By Simon Hart (Filed: 20/02/2005) In pictures: A vision of London for 2012 In pics: Capital welcomes IOC The London 2012 team's public relations effort may have been undermined

t-and-f: Yelling wins national title again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4280385.stm European cross-country champion Hayley Yelling won the English title for the second time in three years in Birmingham on Saturday. Yelling finished the 8km course in 28 minutes 21 seconds, half a minute ahead of the runner-up, former European

t-and-f: Record fails to lift lacklustre meet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4279013.stm By Steve Cram BBC Sport Yelena Isinbayeva may have produced another world pole vault record, but her achievement could not hide the fact it was not the best meet we have ever seen in Birmingham. And hey, there are not many meets that go by

t-and-f: Equipment woes cost Gilreath world record in Boston

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=150 Reuters Internet Delivery System RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb 25 - Leading results on the first day of the three-day U.S. indoor championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday: Women's weight throw

t-and-f: Friday's results from U.S. indoor championships

http://flashresults.com/2005_Meets/indoor/usatf/ Event 32 Women Weight Throw = World: W 24.23m 2/18/2005 Erin Gilreath, USA American: A 24.23m 2/18/2005 Erin Gilreath, NYAC Meet: M 23.60m

t-and-f: Gilreaths Weight win US Indoor Championships, DAY ONE

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28664.html Saturday 26 February 2005 Boston, USA - Erin Gilreath lost her bid for another World indoor best in the women's Weight Throw because of an implement specification violation on the opening day of the USA Track Field Indoor Championships at

t-and-f: 'Budgie' flies high and clear over 6 metres

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28669.html Saturday 26 February 2005 In the most theatrical of weather conditions, pole vaulter Paul Budgie Burgess became only the 13th man in history to fly over six metres yesterday in a low-key interclub event in his home town of Perth in Western

t-and-f: Event devised to nurture athletes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4298165.stm UK Athletics has launched a new outdoor series aimed at creating extra competitive events for athletes just below Great Britain standard. The UK Challenge will consist of 10 high standard meetings from May until the series final on 3

t-and-f: Sorry Seb, we don't want the Games

16:58pm 22nd February 2005 Another poll released recently claims 70 per cent of the British people support London's bid, led by Lord Sebastian Coe, for the 2012 Olympic Games. Well, don't believe it. Over 60 per cent of Mail online readers say they don't support London's attempt to host the

t-and-f: Dibaba powers to victory, while Dinkessa upsets Gebremariam in Addis Ababa

http://www.iaaf.org/WXC05/news/Kind=2/newsId=28673.html Saturday 26 February 2005 World 5000m champion Tirunesh Dibaba produced a powerful sprint finish to win the senior women's 8km race, the highlight of the first day's action in the 22nd Jan Meda Cross Country International in Addis Ababa,

t-and-f: Idowu primed for lift-off after crash-landing

http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=615277 European Indoors: Triple jumper who felt a loser in Athens can be a linchpin in Madrid By Simon Turnbull, Athletics Correspondent 27 February 2005 It remains to be seen whether Dame Kelly Holmes will continue her grand winter tour by

t-and-f: Isinbayeva claims new world best

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4301577.stm Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own indoor world record by clearing 4.89 metres in Lievin on Saturday. It was the Russian's 12th world record of her career and came just a few days after she cleared 4.88m at the Norwich Union Grand

t-and-f: Inaugural NACAC Cross Country Championships Debut Sunday

http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2005_03_02_10_34_40 03-02-2005 INDIANAPOLIS - The first North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Cross Country Championships will make its debut onto the international calendar this Sunday at the US National Training

t-and-f: Double gold for Irish in Madrid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4322529.stm Ireland claimed two gold medals at the European Indoor Championships with Alistair Cragg winning the 3,000 metres and David Gillick the 400. Cragg's recent impressive form made him favourite and he obliged with a superb display of

t-and-f: Gardener completes hat-trick

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/sport.html?in_article_id=340271in_page_id=1771in_a_source= 19:52pm 5th March 2005 Jason Gardener claimed his third successive 60metres gold medal at the European Indoor Championships with an explosive performance in Madrid. The 'Bath Bullet'

t-and-f: Gardener claims European treble

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4320623.stm Jason Gardener completed an historic hat-trick of European Indoor 60m title wins in Madrid on Saturday. The Bath star powered his way to the line in a blistering 6.55 seconds to edge fellow Briton Mark Lewis-Francis, who ran 6.59 to secure

t-and-f: Mayock bows out with silver medal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4321589.stm British veteran John Mayock brought the curtain down on his athletics career in sparkling style with a European Indoor 3,000m silver in Madrid on Saturday. The 34-year-old clocked a season's best seven minutes 51.46 seconds to finish

t-and-f: Sotherton's silver saves Collins' day

Pentathlete gives new UK Athletics chief a rare reason to smile, writes Duncan Mackay in Madrid Saturday March 5, 2005 The Guardian After a disastrous first morning as performance director of UK Athletics, it was left to one of Dave Collins' personal clients to give him something to celebrate at

t-and-f: Gardener rediscovers his golden glow

European Indoor Championships: Hero of Athens shrugs off poor recent form to claim his third successive title Simon Turnbull in Madrid 06 March 2005 For a man whose profession requires him to be in a hurry, Ronald Pognon tends to rise from his starting blocks with all the urgency of a Sunday

t-and-f: Collins starts long-distance race to win over the sceptics

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1429094,00.html Britain's new performance director sees credibility gap Duncan Mackay in Madrid Thursday March 3, 2005 The Guardian Dave Collins will make his debut as Britain's performance director at the European Indoor Championships, which

t-and-f: Relieved Holmes keeps world ambitions alive

Duncan Mackay in Madrid Friday March 4, 2005 The Guardian Kelly Holmes may be missing when the European Indoor Championships start today, but she has provided British athletics with a massive fillip by announcing for the first time that she wants to run in the world championships in August. The

t-and-f: Cross-country team holds out for undecided Radcliffe

Duncan Mackay in Madrid Friday March 4, 2005 The Guardian Only 24 hours before the trials for the World Cross-country Championships are due to take place, British athletics officials still do not know whether Paula Radcliffe wants to be considered for the team. It had been widely assumed that

t-and-f: McIlroy is ready to emerge from Coe's shadow

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=BQLABF4PG4GXRQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/03/06/soaths06.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/03/06/ixsport.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=28049 By Simon Hart in Madrid (Filed: 06/03/2005) Twenty eight years ago, a certain British athlete won his

t-and-f: Ritz ready for world championships

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/running/article/0,1713,BDC_2413_3635016,00.html By Camera staff report March 19, 2005 SAINT GALMIER, FRANCE Boulder's Dathan Ritzenhein is confident heading into his showdown with the Kenyans and Ethiopians Sunday in the 12K at the IAAF World Cross Country

t-and-f: Bekele in momentous victory

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2016968 Reuters Internet Delivery System By John Mehaffey ST ETIENNE, France, March 19 - Kenenisa Bekele, still devastated by the sudden death of his teenage fiancee, retained the world cross country men's short course title on

t-and-f: Grief-stricken Bekele finds his feet again

Faltering champion summons inner strength following death of fiancée By Simon Turnbull in St Etienne 20 March 2005 As he crossed the finish line in the St Galmier Hippodrome yesterday, and made his way into the shade of the grandstand, Kenenisa Bekele could no longer hold back the tears. They

t-and-f: Threat of ban still hangs over Kenteris

By Simon Turnbull, Athletics Correspondent 20 March 2005 The coach of Kostantinos Kenteris and Ekaterina Thanou insisted yesterday that he was happy to take the blame for the failure of the Greek sprinters to attend drug test appointments on the eve of the Athens Olympics as it emerged precisely

t-and-f: Diack confirms short course races to be dropped

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2016100 Reuters Internet Delivery System ST ETIENNE, France, March 18 - The men's and women's short course races will be dropped from the world cross country programme from 2007, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

t-and-f: University of Oregon track coach resigns

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2016644 Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. -- Martin Smith resigned as the University of Oregon's track and field coach Friday, one day before the start of what would have been his seventh outdoor season at the school. Smith wasn't present

t-and-f: Radcliffe puts New Orleans on her marathon map

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/athletics/story/0,10082,1437748,00.html Duncan Mackay Tuesday March 15, 2005 The Guardian Paula Radcliffe will complete her final preparations for the London Marathon by running in a 10 kilometres race in New Orleans next week. The Bedford runner has chosen the race

t-and-f: Ken believes Paris is Olympic front runner

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.html?in_article_id=342329in_page_id=1781ct=5 09:00am 22nd March 2005 Paris is leading the race to host the 2012 Olympics, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has said. We've closed the gap on Paris, but the truth is, Paris is still

t-and-f: London Bid recruits BBC team to limit damage of exposé

http://sport.independent.co.uk/olympics/story.jsp?story=622702 By Matthew Beard 23 March 2005 The high command of the BBC has been recruited to attend the vote for the 2012 Olympic Games in an attempt to repair damage to relations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by a Panorama

t-and-f: Ethiopian success due to willingness to double

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2018861 Reuters Internet Delivery System By Sabrina Yohannes NEW YORK, March 22 - Four Ethiopian athletes gathered seven medals between them at the world cross country championships because of the team's willingness to run both long

t-and-f: London gets £16m training facility

By Tom Knight (Filed: 22/03/2005) British athletics is celebrating a £16 million consolation prize with the unveiling of plans for a new high performance centre in a corner of north London once synonymous with one of the sport's biggest disappointments. The Lee Valley Athletics Centre,

t-and-f: Clement to stick to hurdles despite 400 metres record

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2019132 Reuters Internet Delivery System By Gene Cherry RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 22 - World junior 400 metres hurdles champion Kerron Clement has ruled out running the 400m flat at August's world championships. Clement recently

t-and-f: Marathon legend still in London running

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.html?in_article_id=342501in_page_id=1781 13:02pm 23rd March 2005 Haile Gebrselassie will decide on April 8 whether he is fit enough to compete in the Flora London Marathon. Gebrselassie's manager Jos Hermens dismissed reports

t-and-f: Medallists chase cash

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;sessionid=0PRJR4RY4NCGJQFIQMFCM5OAVCBQYJVC?xml=/sport/2005/03/25/soaths25.xmlsSheet=/sport/2005/03/25/ixothspt.htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=32814 By Tom Knight (Filed: 25/03/2005) The majority of Britain's Olympians want a cash bonus for winning

t-and-f: Keflezighi Withdraws from London Marathon

http://runningtimes.com/special/05keflezighi.htm Keflezighi Withdraws from London Marathon Olympic Marathon silver medalist Meb Keflezighi has withdrawn from the Flora London Marathon, according to his management firm, Global Sports Communications. During his preparation (in California), partly

t-and-f: Radcliffe all set for race return

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4348939.stm Paula Radcliffe will test out her fitness for next month's London Marathon with a tough 10km race in New Orleans on Saturday. The world record holder will compete in the Crescent City Classic 10km as she builds up to her home marathon, which

t-and-f: Olsson abandons high jump plans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4376327.stm Christian Olsson has abandoned plans to compete in the high jump this summer because of a niggling ankle injury. The reigning Olympic triple jump champion had been hoping to challenge high-jumper Stefan Holm. But Olsson, who missed the

t-and-f: Bekele's double cross country win is his best-ever display

Bekele hits the heights in France http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4366657.stm By Steve Cram BBC Sport Of all of Kenenisa Bekele's triumphs, his double victory at the World Cross Country Championships was perhaps the most impressive. He has just come through a very difficult time

t-and-f: Radcliffe settles for second place

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/sport.html?in_article_id=342758in_page_id=1771in_a_source= 17:22pm 26th March 2005 Paula Radcliffe finished runner-up in a warm-up 10 kilometres road race in New Orleans on Saturday. Radcliffe, running her first serious race since winning the

t-and-f: Kastor wins U.S. 8K title, but fails to set American record

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2022510 Associated Press NEW YORK -- Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor won the U.S. women's 8-kilometer championship Saturday but missed the American record by three seconds. The 32-year old Kastor ran away from the field to cross

t-and-f: Johnson and Xiang promote new meeting in Shanghai

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28971.html Saturday 26 March 2005 The first edition of the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, Shanghai, China will take place at 17 September 2005 and will offer a programme of 14 international events. The aim is to establish the meeting as one of the top-5

t-and-f: Home team starts well at CARIFTA Games

http://www.iaaf.org/WYC05/news/Kind=2/newsId=28981.html Sunday 27 March 2005 Trinidad Tobago - When the CARIFTA Junior Track and Field Championships were last held in Trinidad Tobago, the home team had a record haul of 32 medals. That was in 1998, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, in the capital

t-and-f: Raymond Kipkoech and Zhou Chunxiu take wins in Xiamen Marathon

http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=28974.html Sunday 27 March 2005 Kenya's Raymond Kipkoech and Zhou Chunxiu respectively won the men's and women's divisions of the third edition of the Xiamen Marathon in China yesterday (26 March). Zhou Chunxiu has now won all three races in Xiamen but more

t-and-f: Wariner already eyeing Johnson's world record

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfieldid=2026286 Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- A guy wins a couple of gold medals at the age of 20 and now he's talking about breaking a world record. Then again, this was Jeremy Wariner speaking, so it's best not to doubt him. Wariner

t-and-f: Korir ready for marathon showdown

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4398343.stm Kenya's Sammy Korir has declared himself fit to run in this year's London Marathon on Sunday, 17 April. The 33-year-old, the second fastest marathon runner, was runner-up to Evans Rutto in 2004, but withdrew from the Olympic Games because of

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