Olympic Finals: Saturday, August 11

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Olympic Finals: Saturday, August 11

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, August 11th, 2012 | No Comments

Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event. Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:

Olympic Finals: Wednesday, August 8

By Blaine Moore on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event. Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:

Oscar Pistorious Qualifies for 400m World Championships

By Blaine Moore on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

There hasn’t been a lot of news about Oscar Pistorius for a few years. Oscar is a double amputee that was banned by the IAAF for having an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes, and then allowed back into competition following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The position that the CAS took [...]

Tyson Gay Sets New World Best With 19.41 200 Meter Sprint

By Blaine Moore on Sunday, May 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Tyson Gay is, as I like to say, not quite slow… On a straight track in Manchester, U.K. this morning he ran a 19.41 second 200 meter race, beating Tommie Smith’s 19.5 second race on a cinder track in San Jose, California back in 1966. He faced a slight headwind, which seems to be when [...]

2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part V: The Athlete’s Panel)

By Blaine Moore on Friday, August 29th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The 2nd annual Maine Coach and Athlete Cross Country Clinic was on August 18th, 2008 at the University of Southern Maine. This is the third part of my reporting on the clinic; the first part was about injury prevention and treatment, the second part was about nutrition basics and fueling, and the third part was [...]

This Week Last Year: Drinking Water, Warming Up, & Dean Karnazes

By Blaine Moore on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 | No Comments

This week last year, there was a good mix of running tips and running news. The first running tip that I offered was how to drink water during a race, with practical tips to keep you from having to slow down and to make sure you don’t try to drown yourself. The second tip that [...]

Men’s 4×400 American Record may be voided

By Blaine Moore on Friday, August 1st, 2008 | 5 Comments

In 1998, Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington and Michael Johnson set the American 4x400m record with a time of 2:54.20. That record is in discussions to be removed, with the 2:54.29 that was run in the 1993 World Outdoor Championships getting reinstated. Young was banned for life in 2004, and Pettigrew has recently admitted [...]

Michael Johnson giving up Olympic Gold attained through doping

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 | 5 Comments

Michael Johnson holds the 200m and 400m world records, and until recently had 5 Olympic Gold medals. That’s about to change, though, as he is voluntarily returning one of his Olympic Gold medals now that he knows it wasn’t not achieved legally. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 3 of the 4 runners on the 1600m [...]

USA performs well in Men’s Sprints at World Championships

By Blaine Moore on Friday, August 31st, 2007 | No Comments

Tyson Gay followed up his gold medal in the 100 meters with another gold in the 200 meter race yesterday in Osaka. Usain Bolt of Jamaica came on hard after a bad start, but Tyson Gay was able to keep a lead of about 2-hundredths of a second to win the goal. Jeremy Wariner took [...]

Jeremy Wariner wins a diamond after setting 400m record

By Blaine Moore on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 | 4 Comments

Jeremy Wariner won the 400m in Stockholm, Sweden today. He set a stadium record of 43.50 after running the fastest 400 meters in the world so far this year and the 6th fastest in history. “Very good race, this is now my personal record,” said Wariner, who won the one-lap race last year in 44.02. [...]

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