The 52 competitors who will make up the French athletics Olympic squad have been announced. They’ve already got high hopes for the team with France’s National Technical Director, Frank Chevallier, predicting that they will bring home two to four medals next month at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
The squad will be led by […]
Oscar Pistorius may have been allowed to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games but the South African, double amputee runner’s time was not fast enough to earn him a spot at men’s 400m race at the Games. It’s unfortunate because he completed the race at the trials in Lucerne, Switzerland with a career best […]
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British sprinter Dwain Chambers was unable to convince the High Court to overturn his lifetime ban from the Olympics. Although he won the 100m race at the 2008 British Olympic Athletics trials with a time of 10 seconds, the two-year world […]
Truly one of the athletes to watch in Beijing, US sprinter Tyson Gay has already qualified in the 100m event with a world record time. He will attempt to qualify for the Men’s 200 event on Sunday.
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Statement from United States Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Jim Scherr on the sentencing of Marion Jones (11 January 2008)
“Today’s sentencing is illustrative of just how far-reaching and serious the consequences of cheating can be. The fact that an athlete with so much talent and promise, who so many people looked up to, made the […]
I reckon it’d be interesting to update you guys on the whole Marion Jones issue. Here are some further readings (PDF files) on recommendations and decisions made by the IOC Disciplinary Commission and IOC Executive Board, respectively.
IOC Disciplinary Commission recommendations regarding Ms Marion Jones
IOC Executive Board decision regarding Ms Marion Jones
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Doping, Medal-stripping and Marion […]
Here are a couple of articles on Olympic berths for China and Great Britain, respectively.
China reaps two Olympic quota places at Asian Shooting Championships
KUWAIT CITY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — World champion Jia Zhanbo raised up and waved to the audiences after he made the last shot. A smile on his face, the Chinese shooter knew […]
Here are the top three placers for the 14th SPAR European Athletics Cross Country Championship held in Toro, Spain
Men (10.7km)
1. Serhiy Lebid (UKR) 31min 47sec
2. Mustapha Mohamed (SWE) 31:56
3. Rui Silva (POR) 31:58
Women (8.2km)
1. Marta Dominguez (ESP) 26:58.
2. Julie Coulaud (FRA) 27:01
3. Rosa Maria Morato (ESP) 27:04
For complete listing, visit olympics.org.
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So the speculation has ended: Marion Jones recently admitted to lying to federal agents, who were investigating her drug use. Still, Shaun Assael of ESPN writes that “Only the truly naive will believe this version of Jones’ story.
Jones’ confession follows Floyd Landis loss of his Tour de France title due to drug use. With all […]
Marion Jones returns five 2000 Olympic medals
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — Marion Jones has returned the five medals she won at the Sydney Olympics, days after admitting she used performance-enhancing drugs, according to an Associated Press report.
The report quoted Jones’ lawyer, Henry DePippo, as saying on Monday that she had relinquished the medals, but declined […]
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