Track And Field News


Discuss (0 comments)August 16, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Photos | TV Schedule | Beijing Olympic PageRecent Olympic Vids (have you missed any of the new vids??) | Finally, some videos from NBC, video from Day 1 (1500s start at 20:00)
Photos
  Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net) |  Live Olympic Stream (For European Viewers)

Men's Olympic Marathon News | Kenya’s Cheruiyot pulls out of Olympic marathon
Goucher's moment of weakness

Day 3 (morning session)
Women Marathon - Deena Kaster and Lewy Boulet DNF, Dita takes Gold | Splits

Day 2 (evening session) | Saturday Start Lists & Results
M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | NCAA Champ Richard Thompson 2nd (9.89), Dix 3rd (9.91) | Powell a disappointing 5th (9.95) | Patton 8th | Tyson Gay out of 100m Finals, finishes 5th in semi, Quotes from Tyson after not qualifying
400H - A Taylor, B Jackson, K Clement all thru to 400H Final; Taylor looked good @ 47.94
Jelimo thru to 800 final (1:57); Mutola still in it (1:58), Article on Mutola in her 5th Oly Final
W100, all Americans and Jamaicans thru to semis
USA's Hyleas Fountain wins BRONZE  in Hep (was in 2nd going into last event)

Day 2 (morning session) | Saturday Start Lists & Results
FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17)
All 3 US Women thru to semis in 400m; Sanya Richards fastest time (50.54)
Similar to the Men's we see 3 Americans, 3 Jamaicans, 3 from Trinidad in Rd 2 of W100

Day 1Crack Recap
W10k Final, Shalane Flanagan wins Bronze Medal, sets new American record 30:22.22
(Dibaba wins in OR time (29:54); Kim Smith 9th (30:51); Goucher 10th but sets PB 30:55; Begley 26th (32:38))

Flotrack EURO Adventures 

European Meet Results/Coverage:
2008 Herculis Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Monte Carlo 7/29/08) | Flotrack Interviews
Morton Memorial Meeting (Dublin, Ireland) | RESULTS
Memorial Léon Buyle | RESULTS (Oordegem, Belgium 7/26)
Aviva London Grand Prix RESULTS (7/25-7/26)
Brasschaat (Flander's Cup) | RESULTS (in Belgium 7/23) | All Interviews and races up
DN Gala Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Stockholm, Sweden 7/22)
KBC-Nacht @ Heusden | Results | Interviews & Races ALL UP | **Womens Steeple AMERICAN RECORD race video

Discuss (0 comments)August 15, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Photos | TV Schedule | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack in Beijing | Recent Olympic Vids (have you missed any of the new vids??)
Pictures  Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10  (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net)

Friday Results

Track & Field Day 1 (Evening Session)
Shalane Flanagan wins BRONZE MEDAL in 10K! SETS NEW AMERICAN RECORD 30:22.22
Dibaba wins in OR time (29:54); Kim Smith 9th (30:51); Goucher 10th but sets PB 30:55; Begley 26th (32:38)
Cantwell wins silver, Hoffa 7th, Nelson NM in shot finals
Leo, Lopez, Lagat all advance in 1500m
Barringer and Willard thru to Final; Anna grabs last qualify spot, L Anderson out
3 Jamaicans, 3 Americans, 2 from Trinidad all advance to 100m Semis

Track & Field Day 1 (Morning Session)
Pickler sustains injury during 110H, out of Heptathlon
GayPattonDix all move to Round 2; 3 Jamaicans move thru with fastest times
USA Women's 800m team of TeterHazel-ClarkSchmidt fail to advance

Shalane Flanagan has food poisoning (Might drop out of 10k) (From food poisoning to MEDAL!!!)
Halle Gebrselassie talks about running the 10k in Beijing and the marathon in 2012

Edward Ovadia previews some of the hottest match-ups in Beijing
Athens Olympic Mararthon Champ, Noguchi, out (Deana'schances just got better)
RFID pill that tells runners if they are too hot

Flotrack EURO Adventures 
New vids - Get to know BOLOTA | Last Day w/the Stache

Falmouth Mile/Road Race (Videos up tonight)
Coverage Page | Mile Results | Road Race Results
John Rankin wins in 3:56, breaks Riley's record from last year; J Jefferson 2nd 3:56
Amy Mortimer takes women's race 4:32
Tadesse Tola and Edith Masai win the Road Race; Meb 2nd

Leo Manzano's Coach Jason Vigilante named Director of Track and Field at the University of Virginia

European Meet Results/Coverage:
2008 Herculis Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Monte Carlo 7/29/08) | Flotrack Interviews
Morton Memorial Meeting (Dublin, Ireland) | RESULTS
Memorial Léon Buyle | RESULTS (Oordegem, Belgium 7/26)
Aviva London Grand Prix RESULTS (7/25-7/26)
Brasschaat (Flander's Cup) | RESULTS (in Belgium 7/23) | All Interviews and races up
DN Gala Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Stockholm, Sweden 7/22)
KBC-Nacht @ Heusden | Results | Interviews & Races ALL UP | **Womens Steeple AMERICAN RECORD race video

 

 

Discuss (0 comments)August 13, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Photos | TV Schedule | Beijing Olympic Page
Flotrack Videos: 5 Min. Workout | Opening Ceremonies | Flotrack lands in Beijing | Mark's Day 5 Vid

Track & Field Day 1
Pickler sustains injury during 110H, out of Heptathlon
Hoffa, Nelson, Cantwell advance in shot
Gay, Patton, Dix all move to Round 2
USA Women's 800m team of Teter, Hazel-Clark, Schmidt fail to advance

Friday Start Lists | 32 Women on the 10k Start Line!
Shalane Flanagan has food poisoning (Might drop out of 10k)
Halle Gebrselassie talks about running the 10k in Beijing and the marathon in 2012

Edward Ovadia previews some of the hottest match-ups in Beijing
Athens Olympic Mararthon Champ, Noguchi, out (Deana'schances just got better)
RFID pill that tells runners if they are too hot

Flotrack EURO Adventures 
New vids - Get to know BOLOTA | Last Day w/the Stache

Falmouth Mile/Road Race (Videos up tonight)
Coverage Page | Mile Results | Road Race Results
John Rankin wins in 3:56, breaks Riley's record from last year; J Jefferson 2nd 3:56
Amy Mortimer takes women's race 4:32
Tadesse Tola and Edith Masai win the Road Race; Meb 2nd

Leo Manzano's Coach Jason Vigilante named Director of Track and Field at the University of Virginia

European Meet Results/Coverage:
2008 Herculis Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Monte Carlo 7/29/08) | Flotrack Interviews
Morton Memorial Meeting (Dublin, Ireland) | RESULTS
Memorial Léon Buyle | RESULTS (Oordegem, Belgium 7/26)
Aviva London Grand Prix RESULTS (7/25-7/26)
Brasschaat (Flander's Cup) | RESULTS (in Belgium 7/23) | All Interviews and races up
DN Gala Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Stockholm, Sweden 7/22)
KBC-Nacht @ Heusden | Results | Interviews & Races ALL UP | **Womens Steeple AMERICAN RECORD race video

 

Discuss (0 comments)August 10, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Photos | TV Schedule | Beijing Olympic Page
Flotrack Videos: 5 Min. Workout | Opening Ceremonies | Flotrack lands in Beijing 

Flotrack EURO Adventures
New vids - Get to know BOLOTA | Last Day w/the Stache

Falmouth Mile/Road Race (Videos up tonight)
Coverage Page | Mile Results | Road Race Results
John Rankin wins in 3:56, breaks Riley's record from last year; J Jefferson 2nd 3:56
Amy Mortimer takes women's race 4:32
Tadesse Tola and Edith Masai win the Road Race; Meb 2nd

Leo Manzano's Coach Jason Vigilante named Director of Track and Field at the University of Virginia

European Meet Results/Coverage:
2008 Herculis Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Monte Carlo 7/29/08) | Flotrack Interviews
Morton Memorial Meeting (Dublin, Ireland) | RESULTS
Memorial Léon Buyle | RESULTS (Oordegem, Belgium 7/26)
Aviva London Grand Prix RESULTS (7/25-7/26)
Brasschaat (Flander's Cup) | RESULTS (in Belgium 7/23) | All Interviews and races up
DN Gala Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Stockholm, Sweden 7/22)
KBC-Nacht @ Heusden | Results | Interviews & Races ALL UP | **Womens Steeple AMERICAN RECORD race video

Discuss (0 comments)August 9, 2008

2008 Beijing Olympics | Coverage Video: Opening Ceremonies | Flotrack lands in Beijing 
360' View of Opening Ceremony | Blog from Birds' Nest | Live Photo Blog of Opening Ceremony | Games to take flight from 'Nest' | Olympic overlap: delayed on TV, live on Internet


Falmouth Mile/Road Race (Vids up tomorrow night): Mile Results | Road Race Results
John Rankin wins in 3:56; breaks Riley's record from last year

Inside the Athletes' Village
Bolt will not be the only one doubling in Beijing, watch out for Walter Dix!
Shannon Rowbury has launched her new website going into Beijing
Richie Boulet ready to fulfill vows, follow his wife through marathon
Salazar says GoucherRupp, and Yoder Begley ready for China after week of training in Houston, Texas


Leo Manzano's Coach Jason Vigilante named Director of Track and Field at the University of Virginia

Article about the image of Track and Field today and the athletes trying to make it clean.

Magdalena Lewy Boulet gets long-term sponsorship w/GU

European Meet Results/Coverage:
2008 Herculis Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Monte Carlo 7/29/08) | Flotrack Interviews
Morton Memorial Meeting (Dublin, Ireland) | RESULTS
Memorial Léon Buyle | RESULTS (Oordegem, Belgium 7/26)
Aviva London Grand Prix RESULTS (7/25-7/26)
Brasschaat (Flander's Cup) | RESULTS (in Belgium 7/23) | All Interviews and races up
DN Gala Super Grand Prix RESULTS (Stockholm, Sweden 7/22)
KBC-Nacht @ Heusden | Results | Interviews & Races ALL UP | **Womens Steeple AMERICAN RECORD race video

 

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