t-and-f: Athletes back new anti-doping initiatives

2005-03-31 Thread R. Schmidt
Thursday 31 March 2005 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Tuesday, 29 March, that it had appointed 13 members to its newly-formed Athlete Committee. Significantly, two of those members are former World Championship winning athletes, reflecting the continuing tough stance taken by the

t-and-f: Wariner – In 2005 “I think three of us are going to run under 44”

2005-03-31 Thread R. Schmidt
Thursday 31 March 2005 Olympic 400 metre champion Jeremy Wariner isn't being boastful when confidently predicting very fast times for 2005. On the contrary, Wariner explained, exceptionally fast performances will be nothing short of an absolute necessity just to qualify for the US team for next Au

Re: t-and-f: test

2005-03-31 Thread koala
I got this one. On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:37:16 -0500, you wrote: >I sent a message the other day and it still hasn't gone through. This was >sent 3/31/05 - 7:30 p.m. >Allen

t-and-f: Rogge says race to host 2012 Games is 'closest in history'

2005-03-31 Thread R. Schmidt
http://sport.independent.co.uk/general/story.jsp?story=625249 By Mike Rowbottom 01 April 2005 Jacques Rogge, the International Olympic Committee's president, yesterday suggested the contest to stage the 2012 Games was the closest ever. Speaking in Brisbane, where the five bidding cities - Londo

t-and-f: Korir ready for marathon showdown

2005-03-31 Thread R. Schmidt
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 i

t-and-f: test

2005-03-31 Thread altda
I sent a message the other day and it still hasn't gone through. This was sent 3/31/05 - 7:30 p.m. Allen