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2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack Olympic Vids

8/30 Racing towards a new biz plan : USATF - Doug Logan’s heart sank as he watched the baton hit the ground on the final exchange of the women’s 400-meter relay. Earlier that same night at the Beijing Olympics, the U.S. men’s 400-meter relay team had done the exact same thing. Neither team would make it past the semifinal round.

8/29 Bolt, Jelimo light up Zurich Golden League track meet | RESULTS - Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt continued his unstoppable streak of form with a comprehensive win in the 100 metres at the Zurich Golden League meeting here on Friday.In a packed 26,000-capacity Letzigrund Stadium, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya also came close to beating the oldest track and field world record in the books in the women's 800m.

Is a 5.0 Second 100 Meters Possible? How Fast Can a Human Ulitimately Run? - Weyand said that humans would soon have the ''ability to modify and greatly enhance muscle fibre strength.'' This is would actually reduce the difference between the muscle properties of humans and the world's fastest animal, the cheetah, to almost zero. 

Shalane Flanagain and the 2012 Olympic Marathon? - "...I can see myself running a marathon maybe in the next four years, only because I would want to test the waters for the next Olympics and consider the fact that that may be my event and why not test it out and see if that's what I should be doing in London in 2012."

Bryan Clay's Family Returns Home from Beijing - The family of the world's greatest athlete returned home today fresh off an amazing trip to Beijing China. Decked in white Bryan Clay T-shirts, family members were all smiles Monday, still pinching themselves about their incredible olympic memories.

Rockford native Dathan Ritzenhein finishes strong - "I thought I had a chance at a medal, and tried to put myself in it early," said Ritzenhein, who finished in 2:11.59. Ritzenhein saluted Wansiru for his incredible race. What's up next for Ritz? "We're going to Michigan to hang out with family," he said. "We haven't had a vacation like that in a while." | Post marathon Ritz video, Coach Brad Hudson

Numbers add up to new event for Kara Goucher - Alberto Salazar saw a future champion in Kara Goucher after her 9th place finish in the Womens 5k Friday night. Except Salazar was referring to the marathon and believes these Olympic games were a big step in keying in on Kara's future. “She is a marathoner,” Alberto Salazar said. “No doubt about it.”

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack Olympic Vids (missed any new vids??) | NBC Day 1 video (1500 start at 20:00) 
Olympic Photos Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net) 
Live Olympic Stream (For European Viewers) | TV Schedule

Silver Medalist in Heptathlon Has Positive Test | USA's Fountain may get silver

Day 6 (evening session)
M800 - Wheating OUT 1:147.05 | Smith OUT 1:48.20 | Symmonds IN makes it to semi's
M5k - TEG #1 Overall | Lagat makes it with patented kick | Dobson OUT |  Mottram OUT | Cragg makes it with time
100H - Payne & Oliver into finals | Robles, too
W200 - Muna, Felix, Hooker to finals
W400H - Tosta Silver 53.70 | Ross-Williams 8th 57.55

***BREAKING NEWS 200M < CHURANDY DQ'D, CRAWFORD SILVER, DIX BRONZE
***BRAD WALKER NO HEIGHTS, OUT OF OLYMPIC POLE VAULT
***BOLT WR, 19.30  200M GOLD with .9 HEADWIND

Day 5 (tough day of finals for USA) | Results  
W5k - 3 AMERICANS IN FINAL!!! Flanagan 14:59, Goucher 15:00, Rhines 15:15 will we see more magic from Flanagan?? | 5k Preview
W110H - Lolo Jones stumbles, finishes 7th in 100H | USA Dawn Harper GOLD | McLellan (AUS) Silver | Lopes Schliep (CAN) Bronze
W400 - Sanya Richards only manages BRONZE (runs slower than her semi, says hamstring problems)
Rashid Ramzi claims GOLD in 1500 3:32 | Kiprop (KEN) Silver 3:33 | WILLIS (NZL) GET BRONZE 3:34
M400 Semis - Merritt (44.12) and Wariner (44.15) fastest going into Final | Neville qualifies | Bahama's Chris Brown looks good (44.59)
M200 Semis | 3 AMERICANS TO FINAL (Dix, Crawford, Spearmon) | Bolt too | Churandy Martina (4th in 100) | Brian Dzingai (ZIM, ran at FSU) | Will we see the Crawford of 2004? Can Bolt break another world record??
W200 Semis - 3 Jamaicans/3 Americans to semis of W200 semis | Is this the making of another Jamaican sweep?
MHJ - Russia 1-3 
M100 - Robles (CUB), Oliver (USA), Payne (USA) all look good going into semis

Day 4 | Results | Crack Recap | 5 Medals for US!! (Total=9)
**USA SWEEPS 400H - ANGELO TAYLOR Gold!! (47.25PB)| Clement Silver, Batman Bronze
*Brown-Trafton WDisc gets first Gold for USA in birds nest
MSteeple Kipruto (KEN) 8:10 | FAM 13th (8:31) | race was even paced thru 2k (2:46-2:46-2:36)
Isinbaeva breaks own WR in PV | Stuczynski gets silver
Kenya 1-2 in W800 | Jelimo breaks her WJR in 1:54.87 | Mutola 5th (1:57)
Lolo Jones, Harper, Cherry all advance to 100H Finals | Jones sets PB 12.43
M200 All players thru to semis | Bolt, Dix, Crawford, Spearmon
W400H T Ross-Williams & Tosta both advance for US | Walker of JAM also thru
110H Liu Xiang walks off track with inflamed achilles | Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNS
Terrence Trammell out, pulls hammy (Trammell won Silver in Athens) | Robles and Oliver advance
1st Round M400 3 American Qualify thru; Wariner, Merritt, Neville

**Deena Kastor, X-Rays confirm broken right foot | Post Race Flotrack Interview

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

Day 3 (evening session) | Results | Crack Recap | No Medals for US (Total=4)
10k Bekele sets OR (27:01); last 1k in 2:27 | Geb 6th | Rupp 14th in 27:36.99, Abdirahman 16th 27:52.53, Torres 27th 28:13.93
BERNARD LAGAT OUT OF 1500 (ran 3:37 and failed to qualify by .02 | 15 guys run 3:37)
Lomong & Manzano both last in their 1500 semis | Willis thru to final
Sanya Richards (49.90) fastest into final
Jamaica 1-2-3 in the W100 Final! | L.Williams 4th; Muna Lee 5th; T.Edwards 8th
New WR in WSteeple!! Russia's Samitova-Galkina (8:58); wins by 9 secs
Barringer 9th (9:22 New AR) | Willard 10th (9:25)
All 3 Americans thru to next round of W400H

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

Day 2 | Saturday Results | Mark's Journey & Recap | 2 Medals for US (Total=4)
M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | VIDEO | 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)
FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17)

Day 1 | Crack Recap | 2 Medals for US
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))
Only 1 US Medal in Men's SP, Cantwell Silver | Hoffa 7th; Nelson NM

Flotrack EURO Adventures

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack Olympic Vids (missed any new vids??) | NBC Day 1 video (1500 start at 20:00)
Olympic Photos Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net)
Live Olympic Stream (For European Viewers) | TV Schedule

Jelimo wins Kenya's 1st Women's Gold Medal (We thought it was crazy too!)
Amby Burfoot's article on Shalane Flanagan, her parent's and her future in running.

Day 5 (tough day of finals for USA) | Results 
W5k - 3 AMERICANS IN FINAL!!! Flanagan 14:59, Goucher 15:00, Rhines 15:15 will we see more magic from Flanagan??
W110H - Lolo Jones stumbles, finishes 7th in 100H | USA Dawn Harper GOLD | McLellan (AUS) Silver | Lopes Schliep (CAN) Bronze
W400 - Sanya Richards only manages BRONZE (runs slower than her semi, says hamstring problems)
Rashid Ramzi claims GOLD in 1500 3:32 | Kiprop (KEN) Silver 3:33 | WILLIS (NZL) GET BRONZE 3:34
M400 Semis - Merritt (44.12) and Wariner (44.15) fastest going into Final | Neville qualifies | Bahama's Chris Brown looks good (44.59)
M200 Semis | 3 AMERICANS TO FINAL (Dix, Crawford, Spearmon) | Bolt too | Churandy Martina (4th in 100) | Brian Dzingai (ZIM, ran at FSU) | Will we see the Crawford of 2004? Can Bolt break another world record??
W200 Semis - 3 Jamaicans/3 Americans to semis of W200 semis | Is this the making of another Jamaican sweep?
MHJ - Russia 1-3
M100 - Robles (CUB), Oliver (USA), Payne (USA) all look good going into semis

Day 4 | Results | Crack Recap | 5 Medals for US!! (Total=9)
**USA SWEEPS 400H - ANGELO TAYLOR Gold!! (47.25PB)| Clement Silver, Batman Bronze
*Brown-Trafton WDisc gets first Gold for USA in birds nest
MSteeple Kipruto (KEN) 8:10 | FAM 13th (8:31) | race was even paced thru 2k (2:46-2:46-2:36)
Isinbaeva breaks own WR in PV | Stuczynski gets silver
Kenya 1-2 in W800 | Jelimo breaks her WJR in 1:54.87 | Mutola 5th (1:57)
Lolo Jones, Harper, Cherry all advance to 100H Finals | Jones sets PB 12.43
M200 All players thru to semis | Bolt, Dix, Crawford, Spearmon
W400H T Ross-Williams & Tosta both advance for US | Walker of JAM also thru
110H Liu Xiang walks off track with inflamed achilles | Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNS
Terrence Trammell out, pulls hammy (Trammell won Silver in Athens) | Robles and Oliver advance
1st Round M400 3 American Qualify thru; Wariner, Merritt, Neville

**Deena Kastor, X-Rays confirm broken right foot | Post Race Flotrack Interview

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

Day 3 (evening session) | Results | Crack Recap | No Medals for US (Total=4)
10k Bekele sets OR (27:01); last 1k in 2:27 | Geb 6th | Rupp 14th in 27:36.99, Abdirahman 16th 27:52.53, Torres 27th 28:13.93
BERNARD LAGAT OUT OF 1500 (ran 3:37 and failed to qualify by .02 | 15 guys run 3:37)
Lomong & Manzano both last in their 1500 semis | Willis thru to final
Sanya Richards (49.90) fastest into final
Jamaica 1-2-3 in the W100 Final! | L.Williams 4th; Muna Lee 5th; T.Edwards 8th
New WR in WSteeple!! Russia's Samitova-Galkina (8:58); wins by 9 secs
Barringer 9th (9:22 New AR) | Willard 10th (9:25)
All 3 Americans thru to next round of W400H

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

Day 2 | Saturday Results | Mark's Journey & Recap | 2 Medals for US (Total=4)
M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | VIDEO | 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)
FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17)

Day 1 | Crack Recap | 2 Medals for US
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))
Only 1 US Medal in Men's SP, Cantwell Silver | Hoffa 7th; Nelson NM

Flotrack EURO Adventures

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Beijing Olympic Page | Flotrack Olympic Vids (missed any new vids??) | NBC Day 1 video (1500 start at 20:00) 
Olympic Photos  Opening Ceremonies | Day 1| 2 | 3 | 4 (Victah Sailer/Photorun.net) 
Live Olympic Stream (For European Viewers) | TV Schedule

Grebrselassie the best distance runner ever?? | Article HERE

Day 4 (evening session) | Results | 5 Medals for US!! (Total=9)
**USA SWEEPS 400H - ANGELO TAYLOR Gold!! (47.25PB)| Clement Silver, Batman Bronze
*Brown-Trafton WDisc gets first Gold for USA in birds nest
MSteeple Kipruto (KEN) 8:10 | FAM 13th (8:31) | race was even paced thru 2k (2:46-2:46-2:36)
Isinbaeva breaks own WR in PV | Stuczynski gets silver
Kenya 1-2 in W800 | Jelimno breaks her WJR in 1:54.87 | Mutola 5th (1:57)
Lolo Jones, Harper, Cherry all advance to 100H Finals | Jones sets PB 12.43
M200 All players thru to semis | Bolt, Dix, Crawford, Spearmon
W400H T Ross-Williams & Tosta both advance for US | Walker of JAM also thru

Day 4 (morning session)
110H Liu Xiang walks off track with inflamed achilles | Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNS
Terrence Trammell out, pulls hammy (Trammell won Silver in Athens) | Robles and Oliver advance
1st Round M400 3 American Qualify thru; Wariner, Merritt, Neville

**Deena Kastor, X-Rays confirm broken right foot | Post Race Flotrack Interview

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

Day 3 (evening session) | Results | Crack Recap | No Medals for US (Total=4)
10k Bekele sets OR (27:01); last 1k in 2:27 | Geb 6th | Rupp 14th in 27:36.99, Abdirahman 16th 27:52.53, Torres 27th 28:13.93
BERNARD LAGAT OUT OF 1500 (ran 3:37 and failed to qualify by .02 | 15 guys run 3:37)
Lomong & Manzano both last in their 1500 semis | Willis thru to final
Sanya Richards (49.90) fastest into final
Jamaica 1-2-3 in the W100 Final! | L.Williams 4th; Muna Lee 5th; T.Edwards 8th
New WR in WSteeple!! Russia's Samitova-Galkina (8:58); wins by 9 secs
Barringer 9th (9:22 New AR) | Willard 10th (9:25)
All 3 Americans thru to next round of W400H

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

Day 2 | Saturday Results | Mark's Journey & Recap | 2 Medals for US (Total=4)
M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | VIDEO | 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)
FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17)

Day 1 | Crack Recap | 2 Medals for US
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))
Only 1 US Medal in Men's SP, Cantwell Silver | Hoffa 7th; Nelson NM

Flotrack EURO Adventures

2008 Beijing Olympics - Coverage Page | Photos | TV Schedule | Beijing Olympic Page | Recent 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)

**Play-by-play account of Liu Xiang's DNS in Round 1 of the 110H
**Deena Kastor, x-rays confirm broken right foot

Day 4 (morning session)
Terrence Trammell, pulls hamstring after 1st hurdle, DNF's 110H 1st Round
Liu Xiang fails to advance, DNF 110H prelims, inflamed achilles too much

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

Day 3 (evening session) | Results & Start Lists
10k Bekele sets OR (27:01); last 1k in 2:27 | Geb 6th | Rupp 14th in 27:36.99, Abdirahman 16th 27:52.53, Torres 27th 28:13.93
BERNARD LAGAT OUT OF 1500 (ran 3:37 and failed to qualify by .02 | 15 guys run 3:37)
Lomong & Manzano both last in their 1500 semis | Willis thru to final
Sanya Richards (49.90) fastest into final
Jamaica 1-2-3 in the W100 Final! | L.Williams 4th; Muna Lee 5th; T.Edwards 8th
New WR in WSteeple!! Russia's Samitova-Galkina (8:58); wins by 9 secs
Barringer 9th (9:22 New AR) | Willard 10th (9:25)
All 3 Americans thru to next round of W400H

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

Day 2 | Saturday Results | Mark's Journey & Recap
M100 - 9.69 WR !!! Bolt takes the field by storm! | VIDEO | 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)
FAM only thru to final | lead from the gun, set PB (8:17)

Day 1 | Crack 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

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