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Videos of USAIN BOLT 19.67 seconds 200m in Athens
Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the 100-meter world record holder, ran the fastest 200 this year in 19.67 seconds at a meet in Athens Grand Prix 2008. Amazingly, Bolt has not yet decided if he will run both races at the Olympics. This race ranks him as the 5th fastest man ever in the 200-meters. Here is the video from YouTube And here is a great amateur recording from a different perspective, also on YouTube. Read More →
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4×400 meter Relay in Beijing
On Friday, I wrote about the 4×100 meter Relay in Beijing. Here are the stats for the 4×400 meter Relay in Beijing. The Mens side is no surprise. It takes 4 guys an average of 45 seconds to break 3 minutes. 45.75 from the lead-off leg, then 3 guys running 44.75 with a running start. But to run 2:56, Lee Evans once quoted, “That’s a lot of low 44’s” On the women’s side, the Americans will probably win barring an injury to Sanya Richards and Allison...
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Bicarbonate Loading Raises Ethical Issues As Performance-Enhancing Aid
I discussed the findings of Bicarbonate Loading in my monthly newsletter. At the time, I didn’t want this Blog to be the focus of drugs or ergogenic aids, at least not the banned and illegal ones. It comes down to the ethical question of whether or not the athlete has a competitive advantage by taking ergogenic aids. Like the advancement in technology, it has to be readily available to everyone. As well, short term and long term safety and health issues must be addressed. The...
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Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
. First, Tommie Smith writes a book 38 years after the fact. Then, in December 2007, the 1980 USA Olympic team gets congressional medals. And now this book comes out, 28 years later. Maybe I should write a memoir: Uncovered Stories from my 1980 High School Graduation. It would be a book like Jose Canseco naming names and use stories of drugs and sex to sell it. Sadly, it would be a pretty boring book. And a short one! Olympic Boycott of 1980 Documented in New Book From New Chapter Press In USA:...
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Youth Sports and ACL injuries
With all the hype surrounding elite athletes and the Olympics & World Records, we often forget the grass roots of sports. However, it always amazes me (and sometimes disgusts me) the rising number of youths in High School who are injured at my physiotherapy & ART (Active Release Therapy) clinic. The amount of peer pressure and parents to succeed is astronomical. Soccer is huge in BC, and it’s fair to say it’s even more popular than Track and field. That’s why I like...
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Fastest Times for the 40-Yard Dash and the 3-Cone Drill
This article was guest blogged by Martin Chase, a retired NFL player who has played with the Giants, the Saints, the Redskins, the Ravens, and the Jaguars. How To Become An NFL Player In this article I am going to discuss the specific football drill skills you need to develop to make you look attractive to college football scouts. For maximum results, I recommend that you work on these drills with a strength coach or a professional trainer. Here are the drills you need to master: * Vertical Jump...
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Video of Speedo LZR Racers Controversy
Here is a great video of the controversial swim suit from YouTube and CBC that was discussed yesterday. Speedo is the official sponsor for Team USA and Team Canada, among others. This story is no different than the 1984 Olympics when the American dominated cycling (both road and track) with the solid black spoke-less wheels and “conehead” helmets that looked like a Saturday Night live skit. Needless to say, the Americans also dominated the cycling events because of the Russian and...
[Read more...]Latest News from the IAAF
20 July 2008 - Stockholm, Sweden - The DN Galan, a Super Grand Prix status meeting within the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 takes place on two days this year. A city centre Shot Put competition is held tomorrow (21) on the eve of the main programme in the 1912 Olympic stadium on Tuesday (22).
20 July 2008 – Cagliari, Italy - Clarissa Claretti’s 72.46m effort in the women’s Hammer Throw and a surprising 10.13 by Fabio Cerutti in the men’s 100m heats were the top results of the Italian Championships which concluded on Sunday in Cagliari in Sardinia.
20 July 2008 - Lapinlahti, Finland - The reigning World Champion in the Javelin Throw Tero Pitkämäki was not at his best at the Finnish Elite Games meeting in Lapinlahti on Sunday, but he did take the lead in the series' Elite overall competition score table.
20 July 2008 – Kazan, Russia – Tatyana Tomashova and high jumpers Anna Chicherova and Yelena Slesarenko produced the key highlights as the Russian championships concluded in Kazan on Sunday
20 July 2008 - In Rome, Italy (11) European 3000m Steeplechase champion Jukka Keskisalo’s 8:22.35 sixth place finish behind the World (Brimin Kipruto) and Olympic (Ezekiel Kemboi) Steeplechase champions from Kenya gave the first indication of a return to form for the Finn following a 2007 season which was ruined when he sustained a hamstring injury, which necessitated an operation last autumn.
20 July 2008 - Kazan, Russia - Lilya Shobukhova set a new European record in the 5000m to highlight the third day of the Russian national championships on Saturday (19).
20 July 2008 - Barcelona, Spain - International athletics returned to Barcelona's Olympic stadium on Saturday night (19) after a hiatus of eight years but it was worth the wait not least thanks to Veronica Campbell-Brown' sizzling 200m in 21.98.
19 July 2008 - Kazan, Russia - There were world season leads set in two women’s track races at yesterday’s second day of the 2008 Russian National Championships (18) where a total of 13 events were decided.
19 July 2008 - Heusden-Zolder, Belgium - It was a firm announcement from Paul Kipsiele Koech at the press conference Friday (18), but the Kenyan looked very serious and determined when he talked about Sunday’s 3000m Steeplechase (20 July).
18 July 2008 - Three outstanding performances blessed the tenth edition of the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis, the fourth of this year’s six fixtures which make up the ÅF Golden League 2008.
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