Olympic Finals: Friday, August 10
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:
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Olympic Finals: Tuesday, August 7
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:
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2nd Annual Maine Coach & Athlete Cross Country Clinic (Part V: The Athlete’s Panel)
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…
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The Armchair Olympics Update
This has been a jam-packed weekend; there was a lot going on! If only NBC actually broadcast the races, I’d be all set. I’d sit there and watch commercial after commercial. First, the women’s marathon. I almost cried when Deena Kastor broke her foot barely 3 miles into the race. Magdalena Lewy Boulet made it…
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Alan Webb breaks American 1-mile record
Photo by Erik R. BishoffTwo weeks ago, Alan Webb ran a 3:30.54 in a 1500 meter race in France, the fastest so far this year. Yesterday, he ran the fastest mile this year and broke the American record by running 3:46.91 at the Atletiek Vlaanderenmeet in Belgium. There were less than 1000 people there to…
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Shani Davis breaks his own 1500m record
Shani Davis skated 1:42.32 and broke the world record yesterday in the 1500 meter speed skating. He broke the previous record, which he set about a year ago, by 0.36 seconds. There have been a few records going down recently. Sven Kramer broke his own 5000 meter record on Saturday by about a second and…