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Beijing Preview - Men's 110-Meter Hurdles

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:49:16 -0400

We continue with the Beijing prediction series that began with an analysis of the women’s 100m.

Today, we will take a look at the Men's 110 Hurdles.

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Katerina Thanou says Yes to Beijing

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:55:16 -0400

Katerina Thanou has today advised the Hellenic Olympic Committee that she intends to travel to Beijing with the Greek Olympic team to compete in the 100m, setting up a confrontation with the International Olympic Committee which is threatening to keep her out of the 29th Olympiad.
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Dance with the One That Brought You

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:07:47 -0400

Dance with the one that brought you. A common phrase used in the world of sport.

Loosely translated it means: to show loyalty to those that helped you in your climb to the top of your sport. In many professional sports it generally means to stay/re-sign with the team that you gained succe...

Yes for Thanou, �maybe� for Halkia

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:21:22 -0400

The Greek athletics team for the Olympics was announced today, but with a cloud surrounding one of the names.

Not Katerina Thanou’s, as some might expect, but whether it will be Fani Halkia or Hristina Hantzi-Neag in the women’s 400 m. hurdles.

Hantzi-Neag and Halkia...

Beijing Preview - Women's 100 Meters

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:36:09 -0400

The competition at the Olympic Games will be unlike any other this season. Handicapping this meet is not as easy a simply comparing personal bests. Times alone do not win races, and the circumstances surrounding Olympic competition create complications not seen in your average elite competition on t...

Tyranny of the majority succeeds in Chambers case

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:45:10 -0400

In the end, Dwain Chambers’ many opponents and an activist judge were too much for Britain’s fastest man to overcome.

In a ruling that will rank high up on the worst list, High Court judge Colin Mackay has denied the British sprinter the opportunity to compete at the Olympic...

Next Stop Beijing

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:44:13 -0400

The NBA Playoffs, the NFL Playoffs, the Olympic Games. All share the common thread that they are the pinnacle of athletic achievement in their respective sports. They also share another common thread - what you've done prior to arriving is irrelevant!

At National Championship...

�Clean� Olympics starts with crackdown on 100m sprinters

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:23:22 -0400

You would think anyone using the word ‘clean’ to describe the upcoming Beijing Olympics must have been living in a cave for the last ten years or so.

For one, China has been dogged by the fact that industrial smog cloaks the host city of Beijing, leaving it in a toxic haze on...

Forged in the Heat of Battle

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:12:41 -0400

In today's world of instant gratification, sound bites, and video clips it’s all too common to see the stars of our sport arise seemingly out of nowhere. A no name one minute, on top of the world the next. Nowhere is this any more prevalent than in the sprints, where every season sees the b...

Another Greek athlete caught up in Methyltrienolone scandal

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:14:54 -0400

While returning a positive test for banned substances almost always lands you the title of drug cheat and an instantaneous guilty verdict, the truth is that in certain instances such a conclusion -- while holding under the “strict liability” rules of sport -- falls well short of the t...

Devetzi sets sights on Beijing Gold

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:11:15 -0400

Hrysopiyi Devetzi, the girl with the golden smile and Greece’s strong medal hope in Beijing, recorded a world leading mark at a meet in Thessaloniki yesterday, defeating the world champion, Yargelis Savigne of Cuba, in the process.

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A Blessing in Disguise?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:32:06 -0400

It’s been called the "Cramp Heard 'Round the World" - the cramp suffered by Tyson Gay a few meters into his quarterfinal round of the 200 meters at the US Olympic Trials. The track world held its collective breath waiting to hear about the severity of the injury, which at first gl...

Interview: Catching up with Morne Nagel

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:41 -0400

South African sprinter Morne Nagel rose to prominence on the athletics scene during the 2002 indoor track & field season, where he defeated some of the world’s best sprinters over 60m. There was much talk of his 100m potential at the time, as featured by Duncan Mackay ...

Athletics: No statute of limitations on fraud!

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:29:27 -0400

There is little doubt that the use of performance enhancing drugs is a fraud perpetrated on the sport, its sponsors, fellow athletes and the public.

With that in mind, it has been ...

Who's The Favorite Now?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:55:20 -0400

Every once in a while, an athlete comes along and becomes a dominant force in track and field. They win everything in sight and make winning World and Olympic titles look ridiculously easy. Sergei Bubka in the Pole Vault, Carl Lewis in the Long Jump, Edwin Moses in the Hurdles and Michael Johnson...

If You Blinked You Missed It

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:06:56 -0400

The push for the Beijing Olympics started in earnest this weekend with the start of US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Simultaneously, the Jamaican Olympic Trials began in Kingston, Jamaica. And though separated by several thousand miles, one had the impression these two sprint happy nations ha...

Tyson Gay rises to the occasion, in more ways than one

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:56:39 -0400

You can’t blame fans, athletes, and even some writers, for wanting to turn their back on a sport that continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.

But in its darkest hour, after putting a jaded public through years of doping scandal and endless shame, integrity may finally...

Weightlifting: Seven Greek lifters vying for four Beijing spots

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:41:13 -0400

A depleted Greek weightlifting team has begun preparations for the Olympic Games, following the doping scandal that rocked their country.

Earlier this month the International Weightlifting Federation said that Greece could send a team of four weightlifters — three men and a woman &m...

Olympic Trials Predictions - Men

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:18:29 -0400

With a week to go before selecting a team to represent the US at the Beijing Olympic Games, the only thing that is clear is just how tight this year’s competition is going to be. First three finishers in each event get a ticket to Beijing. Everyone else has to wait four more years for the O...

Olympic Trials Predictions - Women

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:23:13 -0400

The wait is nearly over as the Olympic season begins in earnest with National Trials all over the world scheduled to go off in the next few weeks. Arguably one of the largest and most exciting of these is the US Olympic Trials, where the "first three past the line" concept makes for hea...