mentioned the story of Alemu and Abera, the wedding etc. Realised that he read the same article on the IAAF web site. Nice research, Brendan! Ah this reminds me of everyone knocking Duffers' Tour de France commentary on a cycling forum - until they got a
to false start! Seems to be a bit of a theme emerging this championship! Actually switched to C4 to watch the 10k as Eurosport seemed to prefer to show the women's long jump! Gutted for Mo, his face in the final 10m is pure anguish. I think Michael
the circumstances."Accordingly, if the committee had... a discretion to order a fair penalty, we would have imposed a sanction of three months, consistent with the [World Anti Doping Agency] code. But... the committee is obliged under IAAF rules to impose a fixed
remember that!Lovely place to run. Was living in Burnside at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_ChampionshipsShocked to find that it was in fact 1978!! I was seven!! It was definitely this! Hadn't thought about it for years
line or failing to do so and you can safley add on a total of up to a mile longer.The extra distance is advised by the IAAF and is used in all International road races.Should a runner run a world record for example they have to remessure the course
to the Gym instructor "Can you teach me to do the splits?" He said "How flexible are you?". I said "I can't make Tuesdays". Officials at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin have launched an investigation after female competitors complained
'm torn between this one and cardiff the week after, i hear cardiffs flat but theres a few hills in this one, also i'm hearing its also the world half marathon championships as well so some of the worlds top athletes will be taking part including paula
of Christie and Chambers. I wouldn't mind if Chambers had ever been any good in world terms.This wouldn't have happened where she is now. No matter what the IAAF said the Aussie response would have been "See you in court mate" .I just hope the Great British
thickenshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/athletics/3560680.stm There are a few odd things.1. Thanou (100m Sydney Silver medalist) did something similar in 1997.2. Kenteris hardly competes, but suprises with a World, Europe and Olympic title. Again
to be struggling with it - i know it was a faster race but even so i was worrying about Paulas race warching that Sonia O just made it in Agree, the Africans clearly outclassed the rest of the world. Anybody seen Dathan Ritzenhein? The guy was already walking after
