http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1721721/Two-Olympic-athletes-banned-for-doping
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
World Record for Merrit and African Record for Fourie
The final Diamond League meeting for 2012 produced some excellent hurdling.
Aries Merrit has been incredibly consistent during season to the point where one had to wonder if he was ever going to be able to go under 12.90, well he did and he ran 12.80!
Lehann Fourie has been edging closer to the African Record all season and now has broken through with a run of 13.24.
Other great performances by Bolt, Blake, the Borlee twins, a fast 10000m by the Kenians and a very good 800m by Niyonsaba.
Detail results
Aries Merrit has been incredibly consistent during season to the point where one had to wonder if he was ever going to be able to go under 12.90, well he did and he ran 12.80!
Lehann Fourie has been edging closer to the African Record all season and now has broken through with a run of 13.24.
Other great performances by Bolt, Blake, the Borlee twins, a fast 10000m by the Kenians and a very good 800m by Niyonsaba.
Detail results
Lehan Fourie closing in on SA record
Lehann Fouria is closing on the SA record. He finished 3rd in a time of 13.28 after running 13.27 a few days earlier.
Zagreb - IAAF World Challenge results
Zagreb - IAAF World Challenge results
Friday, August 31, 2012
Rudisha streak ended by a junior
At the Weltklasse in Zurich the winning streak by David Rudisha was ended by Mohammed Aman running his PB and setting a National record of 1:42.53
The Jamaican sprinters continue their domination with Yohan Blake and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning 100m events in 9.76 and 10.83 respectively and Usain Bolt taking the 200m in 19.66 with Jamaicans filling in the next 3 places as well.
Yelena Sokolova once again demonstrates form and consistency in the Long Jump and Tero Pitkamaki continues his post Olympic form.
The complete results here
The Jamaican sprinters continue their domination with Yohan Blake and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning 100m events in 9.76 and 10.83 respectively and Usain Bolt taking the 200m in 19.66 with Jamaicans filling in the next 3 places as well.
Yelena Sokolova once again demonstrates form and consistency in the Long Jump and Tero Pitkamaki continues his post Olympic form.
The complete results here
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Mr Consistency - Aries Merrit
Aries Merrit once displayed incredible consistency with another sub 13 in Birmingham.
He won into a slight headwind with 12.95 and Jason Richardson equalled his PB with 12.98 in 2nd place.
Carmelita Jeter once again won again Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce this time wiith a larger margin in a time of 10.81 vs 10.90
Angelo Taylor decided it was time to run a sub 45 in the 400m flat and won in 44.93 against good competition from Luguelin Santos in 44.96 with Jonathan Borlee 3rd in 45.15
The discus for men produced great throw from Harting, Kanter and Alekna.
The full result here.
He won into a slight headwind with 12.95 and Jason Richardson equalled his PB with 12.98 in 2nd place.
Carmelita Jeter once again won again Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce this time wiith a larger margin in a time of 10.81 vs 10.90
Angelo Taylor decided it was time to run a sub 45 in the 400m flat and won in 44.93 against good competition from Luguelin Santos in 44.96 with Jonathan Borlee 3rd in 45.15
The discus for men produced great throw from Harting, Kanter and Alekna.
The full result here.
How to finish a sprint: lesson by David Oliver and Carmelita Jetter
At the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne the olympians continued there form.
Yohan Blake improve his PB in the 100m to 9.69 by beating a world class field that did not include his training partner Usain Bolt.
Usain was competing in the 200m and won easily in 19.58 with Churandy Martina improving his PB to 19.85.
The 100m for women resulted in a very close finish with Carmelita Jeter pipping Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with the last stride, both athletes recorded 10.86.
The 110mH ended in disappointment for Aries Merrit, he was disqualified for a false start. Jason Richardson won in 13.08 with David Oliver in 13.14 in 2nd place nearly scraping his forehead with an excellent dip to beat Parchment to the tape.
Check the results.
Yohan Blake improve his PB in the 100m to 9.69 by beating a world class field that did not include his training partner Usain Bolt.
Usain was competing in the 200m and won easily in 19.58 with Churandy Martina improving his PB to 19.85.
The 100m for women resulted in a very close finish with Carmelita Jeter pipping Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce with the last stride, both athletes recorded 10.86.
The 110mH ended in disappointment for Aries Merrit, he was disqualified for a false start. Jason Richardson won in 13.08 with David Oliver in 13.14 in 2nd place nearly scraping his forehead with an excellent dip to beat Parchment to the tape.
Check the results.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Remarkable Juniors - Kirani James
Kirani James is one the most natural 400m runners I have ever seen.
Anyone who has competed in the 400m will tell you it is one of the events that hurts the most. When your body starts producing lactic acid it really hurts. After a well run 400m you want to be placed in a nice hot jacuzzi or you want the power to levitate.
When an athlete runs the 800m or longer distance their body uses mostly oxygen from the bloodstream as a source of energy, when you run a 400m there is not enough time to convert oxygen into energy because it does not occur quick enough, instead the energy is extracted from glucogen and the side effect is the production of lactic acid.
The stiffness you feel the morning after exercise is the effects of lactic acid.
If a huge amount of lactic acid enter your system in a matter of a minute it hurts.
Your ability to run is impaired, some people look like they are trying to run on one spot or even backwards.
Kirani James seems to be immune to the effects of lactic acid. He runs with a smooth fluid style.He ran 46.96 as a 15 year old. He won the World Youth Championship[s in 2009 running 45.24, He won the World Junior Championships in 2010 with 45.89 and the senior World Championships in Daegu in 2011 with 44.60.
He just won the London Olympics in 43.94, at 1.80 and 66kg he does not seem to be carrying any extra baggage around the track.
Most athletes produce their best performances after they turn 24. Kirani James seem destined to defend his Olympic title in 2016 and his World Championship titles in between!
Anyone who has competed in the 400m will tell you it is one of the events that hurts the most. When your body starts producing lactic acid it really hurts. After a well run 400m you want to be placed in a nice hot jacuzzi or you want the power to levitate.
When an athlete runs the 800m or longer distance their body uses mostly oxygen from the bloodstream as a source of energy, when you run a 400m there is not enough time to convert oxygen into energy because it does not occur quick enough, instead the energy is extracted from glucogen and the side effect is the production of lactic acid.
The stiffness you feel the morning after exercise is the effects of lactic acid.
If a huge amount of lactic acid enter your system in a matter of a minute it hurts.
Your ability to run is impaired, some people look like they are trying to run on one spot or even backwards.
Kirani James seems to be immune to the effects of lactic acid. He runs with a smooth fluid style.He ran 46.96 as a 15 year old. He won the World Youth Championship[s in 2009 running 45.24, He won the World Junior Championships in 2010 with 45.89 and the senior World Championships in Daegu in 2011 with 44.60.
He just won the London Olympics in 43.94, at 1.80 and 66kg he does not seem to be carrying any extra baggage around the track.
Most athletes produce their best performances after they turn 24. Kirani James seem destined to defend his Olympic title in 2016 and his World Championship titles in between!
Tero Pitkamaki hits his stride while most Olympians continue good form.
The Stockholm meeting provided great middle distance competitions. The Olympic medal winners and finalists continued showing good form.
It seems that officials suspended the false starting rule for the sprint races. A few false starts occurred and athletes were called back but no one was sanctioned.
Tero Pitkamaki came close to grabbing the Finnish Elite Series but lost out to Antti Ruuskanen.
The next meeting in the Samsung Diamong League is on Thursday, August 23rd in Lausanne.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Remarkable Juniors - Nijel Amos
Nijel Amos of Botswana was born on 15th of March 1994.
He has made incredible progress since placing 5th in the 800m at the 2011 World Youth Championships with a time of 1:47.28
In 2012 he won the World Junior Championships in Barcelona with a time of 1:43.79. At the London Olympics of 2012 Nijel came second in the one of the fastest 800m races ever with a time of 1:41.73, the same time as the world record set by Seb Coe in 1981 that stood until 1997. Only 2 athletes have ever run faster than 1:41.73! The previous fastest by a junior was Abubaker Kaki with a time of 1:42.69 in 2008.
Where is this young man going to be when the 2014 Olympics comes around?
He has made incredible progress since placing 5th in the 800m at the 2011 World Youth Championships with a time of 1:47.28
In 2012 he won the World Junior Championships in Barcelona with a time of 1:43.79. At the London Olympics of 2012 Nijel came second in the one of the fastest 800m races ever with a time of 1:41.73, the same time as the world record set by Seb Coe in 1981 that stood until 1997. Only 2 athletes have ever run faster than 1:41.73! The previous fastest by a junior was Abubaker Kaki with a time of 1:42.69 in 2008.
Where is this young man going to be when the 2014 Olympics comes around?
Monday, August 13, 2012
IAAF World Relays coming
The Good News:
The IAAF recently announced the World Relays. If these events are even half as exciting as the relay events at the London Olympics they are going to be a whole lot of fun!
The Bad News:
We have to wait until 2014 for the first event!
The IAAF recently announced the World Relays. If these events are even half as exciting as the relay events at the London Olympics they are going to be a whole lot of fun!
The Bad News:
We have to wait until 2014 for the first event!
Ostapchuk was just too good to be true
While watching the Olympic Shotput final for women I was wondering at the remakable progress Ostapchuk has made the last few years.
The questions I asked myself at the time has been answered by the announcement the she has been stripped of her gold medal after testing positive for an anabolic steroid named metenolone.
Reed more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19242736
Why was the Canadian 4x100m team disqualified in the Olympic final?
Various news articles reported on the disqualification of the Canadian 4x100m team during the Olympic final.
Very few presented all the facts, thus creating an impression that they were treated unfairly.
The facts and rules are as follows:
The distance is measured 30cm from the inside of the lane for lane 1 and 20cm from the inside for lane 2 and outwards.
The 'real' line is actually 20cm to the outside of the painted line for lanes 2-9 and 30cm from the curb for lane 1.
This means and athlete stepping right next to the line is actually running slightly shorter than the total distance and already gaining an advantage.
There has to be a line somewhere and it is clearly visible and the athlete should not step on that line.
Very few presented all the facts, thus creating an impression that they were treated unfairly.
The facts and rules are as follows:
- The athlete stepped on the inside line of their assigned lane.
- The rules state that an athlete stepping on the line on the inside of the lane will be disqualified
The distance is measured 30cm from the inside of the lane for lane 1 and 20cm from the inside for lane 2 and outwards.
The 'real' line is actually 20cm to the outside of the painted line for lanes 2-9 and 30cm from the curb for lane 1.
This means and athlete stepping right next to the line is actually running slightly shorter than the total distance and already gaining an advantage.
There has to be a line somewhere and it is clearly visible and the athlete should not step on that line.
Jamaica breaks 4x100m World Record.
In a remarkable race Jamaica breaks their own world record of 37.04 set in Daegu on the 4th of September 2011.
The time of 36.84 seems like such a huge step forward that it may not be beaten for some time.
With a better exchange between Blake and Bolt they can gain about 0.05 and with Powell running in place of Cater or Frater they may gain another 0.1.
This means that a perfect race by the 4 fastest Jamaicans could be as fast as 36.69
The time of 36.84 seems like such a huge step forward that it may not be beaten for some time.
With a better exchange between Blake and Bolt they can gain about 0.05 and with Powell running in place of Cater or Frater they may gain another 0.1.
This means that a perfect race by the 4 fastest Jamaicans could be as fast as 36.69
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