A canuck lister who lives over there says that it is front page news. If the
US had a similar selection system, it would be like KK being left off the
team and that story being the lead story on the network news. Can you
imagine?
EamonnC wrote:
The runner expected to be among Paula Radcliffe's
have been wrong,
but the process they designed was asinine.
- Ed
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She failed to impress the selectors in November's Tokyo
The Electronic Telegraph
Tuesday 16 March 2004
Tom Knight
The runner expected to be among Paula Radcliffe's biggest rivals for the
marathon gold medal at the Olympic Games has been left out of the
Japanese team for Athens.
In a decision which shocked even the country's prime minister, the
Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney.
After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up
with a team of three...
Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, said: I feel sad. Can
they add just another person by any means?
Does the wild
She failed to impress the selectors in November's Tokyo Marathon,
one of four races designated as trials. Takahashi faded in the last four miles to
finish
second behind Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia.
Takahashi skipped Sunday's Nagoya Marathon to concentrate on
training for Athens
After several
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 22:00:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
Naoko Takahashi, who won the marathon at the last Olympics in Sydney.
After several hours of deliberation, however, the selectors came up
with a team of three...
Junichiro Koizumi, the Japanese prime minister, said: I feel sad. Can
