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Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | yesterday
I recently got some feedback from the members of the Delhi Runners group on aspects of the Delhi Half Marathon which can be improved for the run. My own thought as mentioned earlier on my blog was that this year's organization was particularly low key , and a lot of comments here resonate that feeling. My thought on this post was to collect the feedback, and let this be a medium to highlight areas...
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Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
South African gold medalist Caster Semenya is the subject of racist attack on her gender identity. The people of South Africa have expressed outrage over these accusations which surfaced in Berlin during August 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Let us celebrate our world champions Support for Caster Semenya Courtesy of ANC Today November 6, 2009 The ANC NEC of 17-19 September...
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Brainicane (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned double amputee Oscar Pistorius from racing in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later that same year, the ban was reversed. The back and forth centered on Pistorius’ specially designed, spring-loaded, prosthetic legs. The IAAF argued that artificial legs designed especially for running gave Pistorius an unfair [...]
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
• ASA apologises for handling of gender verification tests • 'The board will lead a delegation to meet with Caster' Athletics South Africa (ASA) has issued a formal apology to the women's 800metres world champion, Caster Semenya, for its handling of her gender verification tests. "Athletics South Africa wishes to publicly and unconditionally apologise to Caster Semenya and her family,...
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Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Winner of the first leg of the IAAF South America 10k Road Race series, Guyanese Cleveland Forde, stormed to another emphatic victory in the second leg of the race in neighbouring Suriname. While Forde copped the top spot, his counterparts also did themselves and country proud. Lionel D’Andrade clinched the third position in the male race, [...]
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Tell-It-Like-It-Is (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, believes it will take time for people to believe that his performances are possible without doping. The 23-year-old Jamaican, who won three Olympic titles in world record times in Beijing last year, clocked the fastest 100 metres ever recorded in Berlin in August, winning the World Championship title in 9.58sec – an astonishing 0.11 faster than his previous...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The ANC Caster Semenya support task team recently released a statement advising the IAAF to declare the gender tests null and void.
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The Age (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Usain Bolt, the 100-metre world record-holder from Jamaica, will run seven races next year in the new IAAF Diamond League.
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Oil Is Mastery (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
"At what point do 'replacements' become enhancements?" -- Peter W. Singer, author, February 2009 Adelson, E., Bionic Athletes: Let 'em play , ESPN, Apr 2008 Prosthetic advances let athletes like Jerrod Fields and Anthony Burruto dream of keeping up with (or passing) the pros. If this sounds impossible - or unfair - you might want to keep reading. Fermoso, J., Prosthetic Limb Research Could...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
• Sprinters left out of World Class Performance Programme • Jenny Meadows and David Greene handed increased funding Two of Britain's one-time bright young sprinters, the former Olympic 100m relay champion Mark Lewis-Francis and the Welsh 200m runner Christian Malcolm, have had their lottery funding withdrawn by UK Athletics. Lewis-Francis, a member of the gold-medal winning quartet in Athens...
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Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Event lacks serious planning By Edison Jefford The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South America (SA) 10km Road Race has certainly outgrown the management mediocrity that was clearly evident at seventh edition of the road race outside the YMCA, Sunday. The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) risked major disasters in mismanaging some crucial aspects of the [...]
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
MONACO (AP) -- Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva's world record of 5.06 meters at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich has been ratified by the IAAF.
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Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
- wins third consecutive SA 10k By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde ran a tactical and well paced race yesterday that brought home the bacon for the third straight year in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) South American (SA) 10km Road Race outside YMCA. Forde was very strategic before breaking from Brazil’s, Eliesio Da Silva around the [...]
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Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
John Komen won the 24th edition of the Venice Marathon on Oct 25th breaking the course record with 2:08:13, thanks to an outstanding second half in which he ran a negative split on a very difficult section of the course. Anne Kosgei won the women’s race in her new PB of 2:27:46. The Venice Marathon is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race . Complete results will be posted on the event website . Results...
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Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Rwandan Dieudonné Disi produced an astonishing finish to win the 31th edition of Marseille-Cassis “Classique Internationale” half marathon run, on Oct 25th in 1:00:21. Meseret Mengustu (Ethiopia) took the women’s race in 1:10:35. The Marseille-Cassis “Classique Internationale” is an IAAF Silver Label Road Race . Some 12,000 runners lined-up at 9:30 am at Marseille’s...