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May 9, 2008: [Links load in new window] Women Runners: Take Emilie's Run Weekly Quiz and win a one week's membership at Goodlife Fitness. A three month Goodlife membership will be awarded to the winner of a draw of all weekly winners at the race awards ceremony on June 21st. Sheila Kealey of Ottawa, ON correctly answered "Bonne Bell" which was one of two acceptable answers, the other being the Avon's Women Running Series. (NYRR) Athletics: Interview with Lisa Koll On April 4, 2008, 20-year-old Iowa State University student Lisa Koll shocked the running world when she broke the American collegiate record in the 10,000 meters in 32:11:13 at the Stanford Invitational (NCAA Double-Zone) Drugs in Sport: What Drugs Should We Test For? (IAAF) Athletics: Cherry and Demus secure hurdles World leads in Martinique Interview with Sir Roger Bannister as part of the buildup to the Mercedes-Benz Cambridge Mile in Cambridge Ontario June 14th (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Thanou to collect Athens silver The 100-metre world silver medal stripped from disgraced US athlete Marion Jones has arrived in Athens to be handed to Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou (EAA) Athletics: Pitkämäki gears up for the summer ahead Tero Pitkämäki, reigning European Athlete of the Year, has been slightly out of the spotlight since picking up his trophy at the European Athletics Calendar Conference in Malta last October, but the Finnish javelin thrower is now ready to cast off the winter wraps (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Gay and Bolt set for NY showdown World champion Tyson Gay and new contender Usain Bolt will meet in a 100 metres showdown at the New York Grand Prix on May 31 (Southern Illinoisian) Athletics: Running down a dream Boaz Lalang, a Kenyan native, has the fastest time this season in the 1,500 meters (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Ethiopia stages Doha boycott The Ethiopian government has stopped nine of its athletes taking part in the IAAF Qatar Super Grand Prix after they broke diplomatic ties with the Gulf state (Inside Nike Runng) Athletics: Introducing The Loop, Nike’s exclusive talk show featuring some of the best elites on the running circuit Alan Webb, world-renowned runner and American record holder in the mile, joined The Loop for its inaugural show. Hear what Webb has to say about the road to Beijing, the ups and downs of being an elite runner and more (Guardian) Psychology: Meet the mechanic of the mind with an inside track on winning gold The former Rampton psychiatrist Steve Peters has revolutionised British sport with his mind games (Times Online) Athletics: Olusoji Fasuba's difficult race for recognition The World Indoor champion says that a lack of support from his home continent is starting to prove a drawback (BBC) Athletics: Chambers returns focus to running Dwain Chambers has decided to focus on reviving his sprinting career after his trial with rugby league club Castleford came to an end, BBC Sport understands Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2008 - Doha (Times Online) Cycling: Chris Boardman's secret squirrels burrowing for gold British cycling's former great gives The Times a tour of his special storeroom, containing the keys to Olympic success May 8, 2008: [Links load in new window] Triathlon: Erox And X-Tri Announce 2008 Tie Up Athletics: News and Notes, Volume 8, Number 28 (RRW) Athletics: Injury Forces Ritzenhein Out Of Healthy Kidney 10-K (UK Sport) Drugs in Sport: Radcliffe - Britain Leading The Way In Anti-Doping Education Sell leads men's field for USA 25 km Championships Athletics: Runners to Experience a Rock and Roll History Tour (IAAF) Athletics: Live Video Streaming Of All The Action In Cheboksary Available In Europe Triathlon: Julie Swail Ertel Aims for Second Olympic Medal Athletics: Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon Entry Fee to Increase Athletics: San Franciscans Have A Reason To Run (The Final Sprint) Athletics: Dathan Ritzenehin - Homeward Bound, New Beginnings and Role Reversals (Detroit News) Athletics: Sell to go for three in row at Grand Rapids He'll be among five Hansons runners in River Bank, also the USA 25K championships (Toronto Star) Olympics: Olympic flame reaches summit of Everest (NY Times) Multisport: For Peak Performance, 3 Is Not Better Than 1 To run faster, triathletes need to stop swimming and cycling. (IAAF) Athletics: World Champs rematch in Carson's 100m (Eurosport UK) Athletics: 'Numb' Liu itching to race in Osaka Months of monotonous training have left Olympic 110 hurdles champion Liu Xiang feeling "numb" and itching to race (Denver Post) Athletics: Sad end to novel idea for Lunn (Eurosport UK) Athletics: De Lima set to miss Beijing Vanderlei de Lima, the Brazilian runner who was famously attacked by a spectator while leading the marathon at the 2004 Olympics, is set to miss the Beijing Games because of injury Triathlon: ZOOT Sports partners with Triangle international to sponsor 6 Ironman events world wide (icWales) Drugs in Sport: Quarantine coud be used in drugs fight Athletics could consider implementing a period of “quarantine” for athletes returning to the sport after a drugs ban (NYRR) Athletics: Interview with Ed Eyestone Few Americans have been involved in distance running as deeply and in as many ways as two-time Olympic marathoner (1988, 1992) Ed Eyestone (NY Times) Olympics: I.O.C. Rules Will Limit Protests by Athletes (Business Week) Olympics a Risky Game for Sponsors Beijing Games sponsors like Coke are pushing their participation within China, while simultaneously playing it down in the West (Times Online) Olympics: Oscar Pistorius left in the shade after Natalie Du Toit claims Olympic first Paralympian Du Toit will race in the open water swim while banned sprinter still awaits for the result of his appeal (Telegraph) Drugs in Sport: Ed Moses joins UK Athletics drugs panel Former world and Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion has been recruited to UK Athletics' review on how the sport should treat drug cheats (Guardian) Athletics: From The Vault - Bannister does the four-minute mile Fifty-four years ago, Roger Bannister made one of the biggest breakthroughs in sport history by beating the four-minute-mile. Read the report and share your memories May 7, 2008: [Links load in new window] Athletics: WCSN.com to Provide Live Webcast of First 2008 IAAF Super Grand Prix (USA Today) Athletics: Flanagan runs to USA TODAY weekly honor (Indy Star) Flanagan following parents' footsteps in distance running (EAA) Athletics: Top performers to compete at the Combined Events Challenge in Gotzis The 34th IAAF Combined Events Challenge Meeting in Gotzis, Austria promises top class competition despite the unfortunate withdrawal of top champions Bryan Clay and Roman Sebrle (Inside Toronto) Athletics: Athletes eat, sleep and breathe running in first 'marathon house' Triathlon: Official Ironman Louisville Camp/Entry Package Now Available (RRW) Athletics: Tollefson Confirmed For Medtronic TC 1 Mile (IAAF) Athletics: Vlasic, Felix expected to make it hot in Doha Super Grand Prix Athletics: Scotiabank Laces Up and Partners with Blue Nose International Marathon Triathlon: Best Of The US Invites Connecticut’s Best To Race At The Pat Griskus Olympic Triathlon On June 14 Athletics: Verizon Wireless Presents Runner Tracking Technology at Grandma’s Marathon (RRW) Athletics: Marathon World Champions Headed For Manchester (RRW) Athletics: London Marathon Champions Return For BUPA London 10,000 Triathlon: Deployed Manas couple trains for Ironman event Athletics: Sign Up today for the 9th annual Rhody 5K hosted by Twin River Triathlon: London 2012 Triathlon Competition Manager Appointed Triathlon: Inaugural British Triathlon Grand Prix Launched Triathlon: Corus British Triathlon Team fly out for Lisbon ETU European Triathlon Championships (Toronto Star) Athletics: Runners have place to call home Jerome Drayton, whose Canadian record in the marathon will comfortably turn 33 this year barring the legalization of jet-engine racing shoes, looked around the digs at Canada's Marathon House yesterday and shook his greying head (Globe and Mail) Athletics: Felicien nursing sprain in left foot Hurdler battling injury to the same foot she damaged in a crash at the 2004 Olympics (Toronto Star) Felicien could miss Olympics Hurdler still struggling with aftermath of hurting foot in training (PBS) Drugs in Sport: Doping for Gold In the 1970s, female East German athletes came from nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a horrifying secret. Doping for Gold reveals the truth behind the biggest state-sponsored doping program the world has ever known, creating a timely perspective on today’s many sports drug scandals Airs Wednesday at 8 PM EDT (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Bolt coach prefers 200m for 100 star World 200 metres silver medallist Usain Bolt always thought he could be a fast 100 metres runner, but convincing his coach took some time (Guardian) Coach needed convincing about Bolt (Eurosport UK) Athletics: Montgomery denied bond Former Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery has been denied bond following a detention hearing in a US District Court related to heroin distribution charges Athletics: Judge bars sprinters Collins, Harrison from taking stand against Graham at trial   The Results & FrontPage Archives Pages
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