Track And Field News
Discuss (3 comments)April 14, 2008Joan Benoit Samuelson will compete in the Olympic trials
24 years ago Joan Benoit became the first Women's Olympic Marathon champion in LA. At age 50 she is still going strong. In 2006 she ran the Twins Cities Marathon in 2:46 to qualify for the '08 Trials in Boston. This will be Joanie's 6th Olympic Trials competition. She says that this will be her last marathon and she'll be happy with a 2:50. Do you think this is true? It may be out of her reach to make the Olympic team, but once she is out there will she hold back or will she remember those emotions from '84 and try to make her last marathon one of the most memorable??
Discuss (1 comments)April 13, 2008
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Germany’s Irina Mikitenko Earns Upset Victory at 2008 Flora London Marathon |
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Martin Lel Earns Third London Marathon Title; Ryan Hall Sets PR & Finishes 5th Martin Lel has earned his third Flora London Marathon championship; finishing in 2:05:15. Lel was followed by fellow Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru (2:05:25) and Abderrahim Goumri (2:05:31); marking the first time in history that three runners finished under 2:06. Ryan Hall set another PR with a time of 2:06:16 and finished in fifth place. |
Discuss (0 comments)April 12, 2008
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Witness in Track Doping Case Ready to Name Big Names LAREDO, Tex. — When one of the most successful coaches in the history of track and field goes on trial next month in the long-running federal investigation into doping in sports, lawyers for both sides are prepared to reveal that cheating in track is far more widespread than previously known. |
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Kenyan men aim for fifth straight win at London Marathon Five Kenyans are competing for a fifth consecutive men's title for their country in the London Marathon on Sunday. |
Discuss (4 comments)April 11, 2008
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Episode #4 Mike and Ira Hompage Episode 4 Podcast here In this episode of the Mike & Ira Show: Listen Episode #4 A discussion of Kenenisa Bekele and his impressive victory at the World Cross-Country Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our second episode with "sound bites" featuring Jeremy Wariner, Matt Withrow, Ian Dobson and Tim Harris. We have an interview with New Zealand's Kim Smith. She talks with us about her current season, how she ended up at Providence and about her plans for Beijing. Thanks Kim! A discussion of Alan Webb and his season thus far. We talk about if we feel US 8k and Carlsbad are going to be a problem for Alan later on this season. We have a new segment called "Story Time with Bruce Hyde". The recent 3:55 miler joins his old high school teammate Ira for some discussion of track and field and a great Abdi story. You can check out his whole interview on our website later on this week. Finally, we read some e-mails from listeners give our top performer and flop of the week and finish it off with 10 questions. Remember to e-mail us at mikeandirashow@gmail.com and listen for our next episode soon. Thanks again to Kim Smith for taking the time to talk we us, as always keep on running. |
Discuss (2 comments)April 10, 2008IOC votes to strip Jones' teammates of medals from 2000 Games
The International Olympic Committee executive board disqualified and stripped the medals from the athletes who won gold with Jones in the 1,600-meter relay and bronze in the 400-meter relay.
Gebrselassie to run 10,000 meters in Beijing Olympics
Two-time Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie will run in the 10,000 meters at the Beijing Olympics, he said on Thursday.Gebrselassie, who suffers from asthma and has pulled out of the Olympic marathon, citing air pollution in Beijing, will also be the standard bearer for Ethiopia at the August Games.
A protest that almost worked
Seventy-two years ago this summer, Hitler's Germany played host to the Games of the Eleventh Olympiad in Berlin. The games are now best remembered for the brilliance of Jesse Owens -- who won four gold medals -- and the success of the Nazis' propaganda machine. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympics, the Games were held hostage by the political goals of the host nation. What's largely forgotten is the fact that a powerful American movement to boycott the Nazi Olympics nearly succeeded. The final vote of the AAU's delegates was 58.25 to 55.75 in favor of participation. If three more delegates had voted to boycott the Games, the Nazis would have presided at a meaningless event.
