Re: t-and-f: O'Brien to return to decathlon competition in April

2002-02-20 Thread Dan Kaplan
Anyone placing odds on whether my namesake will scratch at the last minute? I give him roughly a 10% chance of actually competing, despite the announcement. Dan NEW YORK (February 19, 2002 07:32 PM EST) - Dan O'Brien, America's three-time decathlon world champion, will return to competition

RE: t-and-f: O'Brien to return to decathlon competition in April

2002-02-20 Thread John Dye
John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED] DyeStat - the Internet home of high school track www.dyestat.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Kaplan Anyone placing odds on whether my namesake will scratch at the last minute? I give him roughly a

t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread JimRTimes
Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times

Re: t-and-f: Track Athlete Wins Gold Medal

2002-02-20 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
James Dunaway wrote: According to the 2001 FAST Annual, she competed at 140 lbs. in track and field. According to the NBC telecast 'graphic' she bobsleds (new verb) bulked up to 155 pounds. That's just over 70 kilograms, Randy. Of course, in a gravity-driven event like the the bobs, the

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread John Sun
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate on that? Jim Gerweck Running Times It seems she was suspended from track field in 1994 for 4 years for

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread Mpplatt
And you guys wonder why Dick Pound is frustrated. What a joke. Platter In a message dated Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:40:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, John Sun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson

Re: t-and-f: O'Brien to return to decathlon competition in April

2002-02-20 Thread Bob Ramsak
If he returns to form, I wonder what the possibilities are for a late season head-to-head with Dvorak, Sebrle and Nool. With the latter competing in the Euro champs, and Macey at both (?) Commonwealth and Euros, a match up at Talence in Sept (?) is most likely improbable. BTW, his announced

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
With two major doping violations, shouldn't she be suspended for life from all Olympic sports? John Sun wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's stories on the women's bobsled team(s) made reference to Gea Johnson as a former track athlete with a checkered past. Can anyone elucidate

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread Mike Prizy
And, Was her four-year suspension under the old rules? Did that get rescinded to two years? If it stayed at four years, why was USA Weightlifting even testing her? (strike one in 1994, strike two in 1997) If it was a four-year term, could she have been eligible for another IOC member sport

t-and-f: Athina 2002 - results

2002-02-20 Thread Michalis Nikitaridis
Svetlana Feofanova won the IAAF Permit Athina 2002 with a clerance of 4, 60 m. and failed three times at 4, 74. Full results from the meeting at http://www.athletix.org Michalis Nikitaridis

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread John Sun
--- Mike Prizy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, Was her four-year suspension under the old rules? Did that get rescinded to two years? If it stayed at four years, why was USA Weightlifting even testing her? (strike one in 1994, strike two in 1997) If it was a four-year term, could

RE: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread Mcewen, Brian T
I read a story on her in USA TODAY, where they did discuss the track suspension (might have been 1992 or 1994). My guess is that she was suspended from track comp for four years (don't know whether her suspension was commuted or not), but it didn't affect her competition in weightlifting (or

Re: t-and-f: heads up, race directors

2002-02-20 Thread Oleg Shpyrko
I am sure there might have been some incident at that race, but a few factual mistakes: Trpe Martinovski is actually macedonian and according to the race website he was about 4 minutes ahead of Ann at 10K mark, and only increased the gap as the race went on, so it seems very unlikely that he

t-and-f: Results: Pireaus, Greece

2002-02-20 Thread Kebba Tolbert
Wednesday 20 February Pireaus, Greece (from athletix.org) MEN 60m. Race B. 1. Patrick Lovgren (SWE) 6 62. (6 611); 2. Angelos Pavlakakis (GRE) 6 65.; 3. Michalis Perrakis (GRE) 6 68.; 4. Ioannis Parashopoulos (GRE) 6 68.; 5. Charris Papadias (GRE) 6 77.; 6. Allen Johnson (USA) 6 78.; 7.

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
Mcewen, Brian T wrote: I read a story on her in USA TODAY, where they did discuss the track suspension (might have been 1992 or 1994). My guess is that she was suspended from track comp for four years (don't know whether her suspension was commuted or not), but it didn't affect her

Re: t-and-f: Checkered past?

2002-02-20 Thread GHTFNedit
In a message dated Wed, 20 Feb 2002 4:03:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, John Sun [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -- Found this in a November 14, 2001 Chicago Tribune article:.. The ban eventually was halved when the international federation was compelled not to levy four-year bans because

Re: t-and-f: Results: Pireaus, Greece

2002-02-20 Thread Wayne T. Armbrust
Netters, Some veterans return. Kebba Tolbert wrote: Wednesday 20 February Pireaus, Greece (from athletix.org) MEN 60m. Race B. 5. Charris Papadias (GRE) 6 77.; Is this the '97 World Indoor Champion? If so, where has he been and why didn't he run faster? WOMEN 60m. Race B 4.

t-and-f: USATF Media Advisory: 2002 USA Indoor Championships

2002-02-20 Thread Charles F Wandler
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t-and-f: USATF News Notes: February 20, 2002

2002-02-20 Thread Charles F Wandler
-- Forwarded message -- From: USATF Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USATF News Notes: February 20, 2002 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:48:34 -0500 Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track Field

Re: t-and-f: Results: Pireaus, Greece

2002-02-20 Thread Michalis Nikitaridis
- Original Message - From: Wayne T. Armbrust [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 2:26 AM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Results: Pireaus, Greece Netters, Some veterans return. Kebba Tolbert wrote: Wednesday 20 February Pireaus, Greece (from