Track And Field News
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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
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