Re: t-and-f: AA Information Release - Results of Pre-Olympic Warmup Meet specifically men's 3000m
Regarding the 3000 at the warm-up meet, I think the following result is not correct:- > >3000 metres: 1. Nick Rogers (USA) 7.45.97; DSQ - Alan Culpepper and > >Adam Goucher >(illegal pacing) This was a bit confusing because of the pacing & clock etc (I understand the clock only started after 200m). I missed the finish however at 2000m I was at the 200 mark and had Goucher & Culpepper at 5:16 and a 'tired looking' Rodgers at somewhere around 5:23/5:25. It is correct that Goucher & Culpepper received illegal pacing (from one of the US steeple guys who was jumping in and out); I heard from someone at the track that Goucher 'won' in around 7:49, so what I think happened is that Rodgers finished in around 8:15+ (7:45.97 + 200m). He certainly won't have finished in 7:45 unless I missed a superhuman last 1000! James Templeton
t-and-f: Favorites Survey 100, 200, 400, 800
There is a survey to find out the favorites in 100m 200m 400m and 800m at http://www.oztrack.com/survey/msprint.htm It has been restarted with the latest names. Will be very interesting in a few of these events. The 800m and 200m now have many possibilities. No clear cut favorites other than Marion and it is after her Long Jump (which will most likely takemuch more than 1 jump to win if at all) regards Steve Bennett http://www.oztrack.com
Re: t-and-f: Greene on fire in Sydney
RT wrote: >Sanity check time: >1) "not recorded electronically" means hand time to me. Hand times are >rounded up to the next 10th, or 9.8. >2) the standard adjustment for comparison used to be what, .14? >That would make it equivalent to a 9.94 electronic. >3) extremely unlikely to have a wind guage at a practice session. All >the talk the last two weeks has been the 40-50mph winds in the area. >Let's be conservative and say just 5mph. Add the standard adjustment >for a 5mph tailwind to the 9.94, and what do you get? >4) just who timed it- the reporter? Untrained timers usually anticipate >the runner's arrival at the finish plane and start applying pressure >on the stopwatch button. Rather that waiting to apply pressure exactly >when the torso hits the plane. Fast times often result. On the other hand, what was the temperature? Even if Greene really ran "only" 9.94, if he did it in the cold temperatures that we hear coming out of Sydney, and after 5 previous sprints in that workout,it would be very impressive. On another note, even before the opening ceremonies, we are getting a preview of what NBC's tape-delayed coverage is going to mean: tonight I sat down to watch the USA vs. Norway women's Olympic soccer match - only about a full day after I first read the result on the web. It's going to be almost impossible to avoid learning the winners before you watch it on NBC. Kurt Bray _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: t-and-f: Greene on fire in Sydney
>Maurice Greene has unofficially broken his 100m world record, after a >sensational training session at Sydney's Olympic Stadium. >The US sprinter clocked 9.78secs, 0.1secs inside his own world mark on just >his fifth hard sprint of the afternoon. >The time for his training run was not recorded electronically Sanity check time: 1) "not recorded electronically" means hand time to me. Hand times are rounded up to the next 10th, or 9.8. 2) the standard adjustment for comparison used to be what, .14? That would make it equivalent to a 9.94 electronic. 3) extremely unlikely to have a wind guage at a practice session. All the talk the last two weeks has been the 40-50mph winds in the area. Let's be conservative and say just 5mph. Add the standard adjustment for a 5mph tailwind to the 9.94, and what do you get? 4) just who timed it- the reporter? Untrained timers usually anticipate the runner's arrival at the finish plane and start applying pressure on the stopwatch button. Rather that waiting to apply pressure exactly when the torso hits the plane. Fast times often result. Yes, Greene should be heavily favored, but I doubt his practice sessions are all that spectacular. RT
t-and-f: Bullish Macey no flash in the pan
Electronic Telegraph Friday 15 September 2000 Tom Knight DECATHLETE Dean Macey was a surprise silver medallist at last year's world championships and is eager to prove he is no one-hit wonder. Macey's performance in Seville proved a life-changing experience for the 22-year-old from Canvey Island, in Essex. Prize money and sponsorship have enabled him to move out of his parents' house to set up home with his fiancée and, as a full-time athlete, he no longer has to work as a lifeguard at his local leisure centre. It also means he has arrived here as one of the favourites to challenge the Czech world record holder, Tomas Dvorak, for the gold medal. But, like so many of Britain's athletes, Macey has come to the Olympics after overcoming numerous injuries and his main wish is that he does himself justice. He said: "It's been a difficult year but I know I'm in shape to score well. Everything has gone well in training but nothing compares with competition, especially when it is in front of 110,000 people or more. "But the fact that I've not completed a decathlon this year makes me nervous. It means I have to do everything right in Sydney. But I did it last year in Seville and I can do it here. After the injuries I've had, I'm just happy to be here and I reckon I have a half decent chance of doing well." Macey, training this week at the British Olympic Association holding camp before moving into the city where he won a world junior championship silver medal four years ago, is lucky to still be in one piece. In the 12 months since his amazing performance in finishing second behind Dvorak in Seville, where he scored five personal bests in his 8,556 points, Macey has had two operations on his elbow, snapped one hamstring and pulled another and suffered injuries to his back and groin. There was even a period, earlier in the summer, when he lost all sense of feeling in his throwing arm. It was beginning to look as if the gentle giant was not going to make it in time and rumours of his demise were sweeping the sport. "Luckily, none of the injuries are a problem now, but then I wouldn't have come here if I wasn't in good shape," Macey said. "I didn't want to come here and make a fool of myself. I don't want people saying after Seville that I was a one-hit wonder. "I want a personal best. I'll accept 8,500 points, which could put me fourth or fifth. Having said that, I think I can score 8,700, which would probably give me the silver medal. I could even win it with that, if Tomas doesn't clear a height in high jump or mucks up in the pole vault. "But I'll walk away with my head high whatever happens because I'll have given my best." Jonathan Edwards' chances of winning the triple jump title improved yesterday when Charles Friedek, the German world champion, was reported to be suffering from a knee ligament injury. Germany's Dieter Baumann, meanwhile, might have to wait until next week to hear if the International Amateur Athletic Federation will allow him to run in the 5,000 metres. The IAAF opened their arbitration hearing into Baumann's positive dope test for nandrolone yesterday in Sydney and spokesman Giorgio Reineri said the panel may not announce their decision until Tuesday. Baumann, the 5,000m champion in Barcelona in 1992, faces a two-year ban if he is found guilty of a doping offence. He has always protested his innocence, claiming the drug had been injected into his toothpaste although a police investigation failed to find any evidence of sabotage. Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey will not learn whether she will participate in the 100m until Sept 20, two days before the heats. Warren Ulett, a Jamaican selector, said that Ottey, 40, winner of 34 medals at major championships since her Olympic debut in Moscow in 1980, could make it into the event if one of the three athletes who beat her at the trials did not meet their standards in training. "If any of them turn up in worse shape than at the trials we have the right to replace them," Ulett said. Eamonn Condon WWW.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Greene on fire in Sydney
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/olympics2000/athletics-track/newsid_925000/925610.stm Maurice Greene has unofficially broken his 100m world record, after a sensational training session at Sydney's Olympic Stadium. The US sprinter clocked 9.78secs, 0.1secs inside his own world mark on just his fifth hard sprint of the afternoon. The run will not count because the time was clocked in training conditions, but the effort left those who witnessed it in no doubt that Greene is ready to win gold. Perhaps the only person who failed to acknowledge the brilliance of the performance was Greene's coach, John Smith. "I won' be happy until next Saturday," Smith said, referring to the 100m final which takes place on 23 September. Greene set the official world record of 9.79secs in Athens last year a few months before he retained the 100m title at the Seville World Championships. The time for his training run was not recorded electronically, but, after his 9.86secs run a fortnight ago in Berlin, there seems little doubt he could break his world record in the Olympic final - if the weather is favourable.
Re: t-and-f: Our Worst Fears Officially Confirmed
I also read the SI article Kurt Bray referred to. Read a little farther and you get this: "As long as (network) televison tells the human stories, that's what they want. If they care about the individual athletes, they'll figure out what the sports are about." Then comes this comment: "But on the cable broadcasts (MSNBC & CNBC), says Peter Diamond, senior vice president of Olympic programming, Competition is the thing. There going to be some feature material surrounding it, but it'll be quite different in approach from the network There's an assumption on the part of the cable viewers that you don't need to do the warm and fuzzy stuff." I was then mad, wishing that some track would be on MSNBC knowing that it wasn't. But less than an hour later while flipping channels after the news my TV rested on MSNBC and this local disclaimer came across the screen. "While MSNBC wanted all their affliates to show the Olympics, yours is not. Sorry for any inconvience" Thank God , for me anyway, track and field is NOT on MSNBC. I would have been pissed. Oh well, I will probably be pissed anyway. I get enough warm and fuzzy stuff watching the movies on the Lifetime channel with my wife.
t-and-f: Wilson Kipketer
I'm trying to sort out Wilson Kipketer's situation that kept him out of the 1996 Olympics. It's always been my understanding that he could have competed if Kenya had given him a "release", but others say he wasn't allowed to run because he hadn't yet met the IOC requirement of Danish citizenship. He was able to represent Denmark at the 1995 Worlds, but the IAAF has (had?) different eligibility rules. Does anyone have first-hand knowledge of the "real" deal? Walt Murphy
Re: t-and-f: mystery solved?
Andre Sammartino wrote: > I think i may have managed to manoeuvre my way through the impenetrable > mass that is the official Olympics site and find the fields for the various > track and field events. No idea how i got to the page or where the links > to it might be... > > Here goes: > The list of men's 100m runners: > http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM001/index.html > then click on "participants" > or full link: > http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM001/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATM00 > 1/part.html > (sorry if that's scrolled over... you may need to do some cut and pasting) > men's 200m is: > http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM002/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATM00 > 2/part.html > Womens 400m is: > http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATW004/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATW00 > 4/part.html > etc... > > The coding gets illogical by the time we get to field events and the like... > > The way to get to another event is by clicking on the "choose an event" > link, then once there clicking the "participants" link again > > The lists are in order of country and appear to be the (up to) four > entrants as declared by each country (for example Gainsford-Taylor, Hewitt, > Freeman and Peris-Kneebone in the 200m women's for Australia of which 3 > will be running). Clicking on the athlete's names reveal seasonal and > personal bests... > > Lists appear to have been posted yesterday afternoon. Does anyone know if > these are the final postings? I see that Regina Jacobs is still listed as a USA entrant in 1500, so I assume they're not final. She will be replaced, right? Cheers, Alan Shank
t-and-f: AA Information Release - Results of Pre-Olympic Warmup Meet held on SIAC #1 Track, Sydney on Thursday, 14th September 2000
>ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA >INFORMATION RELEASE >Results of Pre-Olympic Warmup Meet held on SIAC #1 Track, Sydney on >Thursday, 14th September 2000 > >MEN > >100 metres >Heat 1: (-0.3) 1. Deji Aliu (NGR) 10.19; 2. Mathew Quinn (RSA) 10.48; 3. >Dejan Jojnovic (CRO) 10.60; 4. Slaven Krajacic (CRO) 10.71; 5. Iram Lewis >(BAH) 10.72; 6. Wellington Saunders (BAH) 10.80; 7. Tihomir Buinjac (CRO) >10.81; 8. Sylvanus Hepburn (BAH) 11.07; DNF - Ronald Promesse (STL) >Heat 2: (+0.9) 1. Jorge Richardson (PUR) 10.51; 2. Heber Viera (URU) 10.54; >3. Osvaldo Nieves (PUR) 10.63; 4. Mark Howard (IRL) 10.64; 5. Donal McCarthy >(IRL) 10.68; 6. Alvin Henry (TRI) 10.70; 7. Slobodan Spasic (YUG) 10.75; 8. >Shane Dyer (TRI) 10.92; 9. Marko Jankovic (YUG) 11.04 >Heat 3: (-0.3) 1. Antoine Boussombo (GAB) 10.48; 2. Rolan Blanco (GUA) >10.74; 3. Gary Ryan (IRL) 10.74; 4. Fernando Augustin (MRI) 10.79; 5. >Boonyarit Phuksachat (THA) 10.79; 6. Eric Nkansah (GHA) 10.85; 7. Nicholas >Hogan (MRI) 10.97; 8. Kelsey Nakanelua (AMS) 11.13; 9. Nelson Lucas (SEY) >11.18; 10. Abraham Kepsin (VAN) 11.30 >Heat 4: (+0.9) 1. Claudio Souza (BRA) 10.45; 2. John McAdorey (IRL) 10.52; >3. Oscar Meneses (GUA) 10.57; 4. Jonathan Chimier (MRI) 10.75; 5. Barnabe >Jolicoeur (MRI) 10.79; 6. Alpha Kamara (SLE) 10.85; 7. (ANT) 10.90; 8. >Ommanandsingh Kowlessur (MRI) 11.07; DNF -Benjamin Sirimou (CMR) >Heat 5: (+1.9) 1. Abu Duah (GHA) 10.42; 2. Eric N'Dri (CIV) 10.44; 3. Simon >Gabrval (ARG) 10.54; 4. Idrissa Sanou (BKF) 10.56; 5. Shaun Bownes (RSA) >10.57; 6. Alfred Moussambane (CMR) 10.61; 7. Jose Tinoco (GUA) 10.63 >200 metres (+1.4): 1. Benjamin Youla (CGO) 21.31; 2. Nelson Lucas (SEY) >22.19 >300 metres: >Heat 1: 1. Clement Chukwu (NGR) 32.72; 2. Eric Milazar (MRI) 32.79; 3. Omar >Loum (SEN) 33.31; 4. Carlifornia Molefe (BOT) 33.58; 5. Youssoupha Sarr >(SEN) 33.80; 6. Pascal Dangbo (BEN) 34.01; 7. Muhammad al Bishi (KSA) 34.17; >Bilal al Howasah (KSA) 34.37 >Heat 2: 1. Sanjay Ayne (JAM) 32.81; 2. Lulu Basinyi (BOT) 33.13; 3. Benjamin >Youla (CGO) 33.35; 4. Gordon Kennedy (IRL) 33.36; 5. Hamed al Bishi (KSA) >33.80; 6. Tobokane Mosetlha (BOT) 33.98; 7. Abduallah al Howsah (KSA) 34.33; >DSQ- Agrippa Matshimenko (BOT) >Heat 3: 1. Labidi Sofiane (TUN) 32.56; 2. Timothy Munnings (BAH) 32.98; 3. >Johnson Kubisa (BOT) 33.54; 4. Daniel Adomarco (GHA) 34.24; 5. Gustavo >Aguirre (ARG) 34.27; 6. Emmanual Asante (GHA) 34.87; 7. Kelsey Nakanelua >(AMS) 35.59; 8. Coby Miller (USA) 43.96 >Heat 4: 1. Juan Toledo (MEX) 32.87; 2. Dennis Darling (BAH) 33.15; 3. Carl >Oliver (BAH) 33.33; 4. N'kosie Barnes (ANT) 33.64; 5. Nathaniel Martey (GHA) >33.74; 6. Wilan Louis (BAR) 33.89; 7. Goran Gajovic (YUG) 34.82 >600 metres: 1. Glody Dube (BOT) 1.15.00; 2. Zach Whitmarsh (CAN) 1.16.44; >3. Fabian Rollins (BAR) 1.16.87; 4. Tbc 1.16.95; 5. Tbc 1.17.37; 6. Tbc >1.17.61; 7. Belhaj Mohamed Habib (TUN) 1.17.69; 8. Djamel Belaid (ALG) >1.19.95; 9. Faig Bajirov (AZE) 1.24.46 >1000 metres: 1. Japhet Kimutai (KEN) 2.17.73; 2. Kevin Sullivan (CAN) >2.18.173. Arthemon Hatungimana (BUR) 2:18.20; 4. Patrick Nduwimana (BUR) >2.18.39; 5. Bernard Lagat (KEN) 2.18.70; ; 6. Milton Browne (BAR) 2.18.20 >2000 metres (mixed): 1. Mark Carroll (IRL) 5.04.97; 2. (YUG) 5.05.64; 3. >Lofti Turki (TUN) 5.12.93; 4. Joel Bourgeois (CAN); 5. Primo Higa (SOL) >5.51.57; DNF - Tony Casey (USA) >3000 metres: 1. Nick Rogers (USA) 7.45.97; DSQ - Alan Culpepper and Adam >Goucher (illegal pacing) > > > > >4x100m Relay (Round 1) >Heat 1: Jamaica 39.10; 2. Trinidad 39.53; 3. Bahamas 39.69; 4. Ivory Coast >39.71; 5. Puerto Rico 40.55; DNF - Cameroun >Heat 2: 1. Brazil 38.67; 2. Thailand 39.47; 3. Ireland 39.77; 4. Guatamala >40.04; 5. Mauritius 40.28; DSQ - Liberia >4x100m Relay (Round 2) >Heat 1: 1. Brazil 38.45; 2. Mauritius A 39.19; 3. Liberia 39.85; 4. >Guatemala 39.92; 5. Ireland 40.31 >Heat 2: 1. Bahamas 39.48; 2. Mauritius B 40.46; 3. Puerto Rico 40.48; DQ - >Thailand; DNF - Croatia >110m Hurdles (-0.5): 1. Shaun Bownes (RSA) 13.51; 2. Marco Souza (BRA) >13.82; 3. Peter Coughlan (IRL) 13.93; 4. Berlioz Randrimahaja (MAD) 14.25; >5. Paul Szehue (LBR) 14.37; 6. Charles Allen (GUY) 14.47 >400m Hurdles >Heat 1: 1. Yvon Rakotoarimiandry(MAD) 49.84; 2. Kemel Thompson (JAM) 49.90; >3. Sinisa Pesa (YUG) 50.92; 4. Mowen Boino (PNG) 52.13 >Heat 2: 1. James Carter (USA) 49.90; 2. Alwyn Myburgh (RSA) 49.95; 3. Paul >Tucker (GUY) 51.47; 4. Ian Harnden (ZIM) 53.70 >High Jump: 1. Hammad Abderrahmane (ALG) 2.30m; 2. Nathan Leeper (USA) 2.20m; >3. Jin Taek Lee (KOR) 2.15m; 4. Kenny Evans (USA) 2.10m; 5. Claston Bernard >(JAM) 2.00m >Pole Vault: NH - Claston Bernard (JAM) >Long Jump: 1. Daniel Jahic (YUG) 7.91m (+0.4); 2. Dwight Phillips (USA) >7.84m (+3.1); 3. Savante Stringfellow (USA) 7.83m (+2.4); 4. Nelson Carlos >(BRA) 7.76m (+1.3); 5. Sinisa Ergotic (CRO) 7.72m (0.0); 6. Teko Georges >Folligan (TOG) 7.49m (+0.4); 7. Arnaud Casquette (MRI) 7.36m (0.0); 8. Mark >Anthony (GHA) 7.36m (+0.9) >Triple Jump: 1. Andrew Murphy
Re: t-and-f: Our Worst Fears Officially Confirmed
Kurt Bray, quoting from an NBC advertising supplement in Sports Illustrated: "'Our Olympic telecast is not about results,' Lax says, 'It's more about the sacrifices of the athletes.'" Precisely the right attitude to have. This is what has always bothered me about Saturday afternoon college football. On offense, those blocking lineman make a LOT of sacrifices on behalf of the passers and runners. But do we ever hear much about them? What I'd like to see, just once, or preferably on A REGULAR BASIS (and maybe Ms. Lax could help NBC out here), is taking some time away from the game action itself for profiles of a few of these unsung athletes. See previously, item 4 at... http://wso.williams.edu/listserv/tfselect/May100-May1500/msg00039.html Chris Kuykendall Austin, Texas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
t-and-f: New Sports under consideration by IOC
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t-and-f: Alan Culpeper Article
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/sports/todaysstories/2914-44638.shtml Good Training, Michael Rohl
t-and-f: Elpaso Times article on michelle
Netters here is a link to an article done on michelle (and me a bit too) http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/sports/todaysstories/2914-44639.shtml Good Training, Michael Rohl
t-and-f: NBC's Olympic schedule for USA
The Track & Field listserv, via Univ. of Oregon server, shared this week's USATF website version of the NBC-TV schedule for Olympic coverage, noting that all times are Eastern (and subject to change). The network's website had previously displayed its full USA telecast schedule which stated that all times are Eastern AND Pacific. The same information and a full TV schedule was published earlier this month on pages 14-15 of "Parade," an unbound magazine section inserted into the Sunday edition of many U.S. newspapers. Both of those media sources show track and field included in multiple time blocks, daily from Sep 22 through Oct 1 except for Sep 26 rest day. These blocks total 73.5 hours with a daily range of 5 to 13 hours. For serious track fans this will require a lot of VCR tape or skipping work some days to watch TV. The basic format indicates qualifying rounds in the earliest telecast session, 10 a.m. to noon most days. Prime time sessions every evening, and afternoons of Sep 23-24, list finals and specifiy which events. However, most dates show Track & Field as only one of the "featured sports." The listed finals for each date match "Sydney Schedule" at page 52 of the October "Track & Field News." Every Olympic event for both men and women is listed at some date and time in both the web and print versions of NBC schedule. The amount of time devoted to each T&F event has yet to be chronicled. Track and Field finals are also indicated for the night owl telecast session from 12:41 to 2:11 a.m. on Monday, Sep 25. Veteran TV watchers will be wary of this because past experience could include finding such TV on the day following the listing date; that night owl telecast may actually be early Tuesday morning, Sep 26. The same caution could be applied to the 0041--0211 telecast listed for Sep 28. T&F TV schedule summary, using 24-hour clock: 22 Sep: 1000-1200, 1900-2400 23 Sep: 1200-1800, 1900-2400 24 Sep: 1000-1800, 1900-2400 25 Sep: 1000-1200, 1900-2400, 0041-0211 26 Sep: no T&F 27 Sep: 1000-1200, 1900-2400 28 Sep: 1000-1200, 1900-2400, 0041-0211 29 Sep: 1000-1200, 1900-2400 30 Sep: 1900-2400 01 Oct: 1900-2400 One final alert, particularly for those who depend upon later viewing via VCR: Parade gave start/finish times for those post-midnight telecasts that were six minutes earlier (0035-0205) than the NBC website. James Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
t-and-f: Amy Rudolph
In a meet in Sydney on Thursday, 14th Sept, Rudolph ran 5:38.09 for 2000 in a mixed race which is the 5th fastest on the US All Time List. Only three others have run faster. Peters is just ahead of her with 5:38.08. George
t-and-f: Amy Rudolph
In a meet in Sydney on Thursday, 14th Sept, Rudolph ran 5:38.09 for 2000 in a mixed race which is the 5th fastest on the US All Time List. Only three others have run faster. Peters is just ahead of her with 5:38.08. George
t-and-f: NBC supports Toronto Olympic bid
NBC supports Toronto Olympic bid WebPosted Thu Sep 14 10:51:41 2000 CBC SPORTS ONLINE - A powerful American television network executive has thrown his support behind Toronto's bid to host the 2008 Olympics. Dick Ebersol, the head of NBC Sports and its Olympics coverage, cites Toronto's geographic position -- convenient for American broadcasts-- as the main reason for his support. "You want a live prime-time Olympics, having it in a time zone that's the same as the majority of your country is certainly a very positive thing," explained Ebersol. With Sydney 15 hours ahead of North America's Eastern time zone, NBC has decided to air the Games tape delayed in American prime time. According to Ebersol, NBC's tape-delay strategy was necessary, in order to recoup the Games exorbitant cost through prime-time advertising dollars. NBC, which according to Ebersol paid $705 million US for the rights to Sydney broadcast 84.5 hours of programming prime-time programming. Cable affiliates CNBC and MSNBC will bump-up the network's total coverage to over 200 hours. The CBC and TSN will carry almost 500 hours of coverage, most of it live. While behind the Toronto bid, Ebersol said that because his network has already paid for the 2008 Games, it has little clout to influence the IOC's decision. CBC Sports broadcaster Brian Williams agrees. According to Williams, NBC would be more influential if they were still in negotiations to buy the rights to the 2008 Games.
t-and-f: A professional Prediction
I know that Roger Ruth in particular would love this one. I hope he gets in touch with this prof. Anyway, this is the link to an interesting article proposing that a nation's medal haul can be predicted based on national income and population. Bad news for the US though because there wil lbe yet another decline. I wonder if Jamaicans in the US and Canada and Britain count to Jamaica's stats. http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/article.asp?AID=12534 Enjoy. Horace
Re: t-and-f: mystery solved?
Andre Sammartino said: > I think i may have managed to manoeuvre my way through the impenetrable > mass that is the official Olympics site and find the fields for the various > track and field events. No idea how i got to the page or where the links > to it might be... > Thanks .. That is very helpful .. Conway Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: t-and-f: Our Worst Fears Officially Confirmed
Kurt Bray said: > We've long observed from the broadcast content that NBC was much more > interested in showing tearful features than the competition, but now they > are boldly admitting as much out loud. > > In a special advertising supplement in the recent Sports Illustrated there > is a piece about the producer we can blame for the content of the Up Close > and Personals. It reads in part: > > "No, Lisa Lax is not a multifaceted athlete, but she has portrayed hundreds > of them on TV. As NBC Sports' senior profiles producer for the Sydney > Games, Lax leads the creative team that will tell the remarkable, moving > tales of nearly 100 international athletes and introduce American viewers to > the wonders of the Land Down Under. > > 'Our Olympic telecast is not about results,' Lax says, 'It's more about the > sacrifices of the athletes.'" > > There you have it. From Ms. Lax herself: the telecast is "not about > results". How depressing. > As equally depressing was the article in Sports Illustrated on drug testing and the "war" that they are waging against the athletes and how they are going to win .. Conway Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED]
t-and-f: For a satellite view of Sydney's Olympic Park
For a satellite view of Sydney's Olympic Park visit www.skyreport.com
t-and-f: A European preview on the Olympic Games
A message from the European Athletic Association. It's not great, but interesting anyway. Especially for people who are looking for specific team selections. Regards, WK [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > European Athletic Association (EAA)! > The following message has been written on the EAA News Board: > * > -- TITEL: European Preview on Athletics in Sydney -- > * > Now available on the EAA website: > Preview on the athletics at the Olympic Games in Sydney > Hava a look at the Europeans and their chances, get the teams and the timetable > The Olympic pages will be currently updated > Date, Time: 14 September 2000 at 14:18:55 > > * > To unsubscribe please follow this link: > http://www.eaa-athletics.ch/newsboard/getemail.html > Automatically generated e-mail > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: http://www.eaa-athletics.ch
t-and-f: MSNBC, CNBC coverage
Apologies if this is repetitive; I do the digest. According to NBC's announced plans, there will be *no* track and field broadcast on either MSNBC or CNBC. Those networks are mostly being used to broadcast complete games of various ball sports. -Jay -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] is brought to you by the Stanford Alumni Association and Critical Path.
t-and-f: mystery solved?
I think i may have managed to manoeuvre my way through the impenetrable mass that is the official Olympics site and find the fields for the various track and field events. No idea how i got to the page or where the links to it might be... Here goes: The list of men's 100m runners: http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM001/index.html then click on "participants" or full link: http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM001/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATM00 1/part.html (sorry if that's scrolled over... you may need to do some cut and pasting) men's 200m is: http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATM002/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATM00 2/part.html Womens 400m is: http://www.olympics.com/eng/sports/AT/ATW004/index.html?/eng/sports/AT/ATW00 4/part.html etc... The coding gets illogical by the time we get to field events and the like... The way to get to another event is by clicking on the "choose an event" link, then once there clicking the "participants" link again The lists are in order of country and appear to be the (up to) four entrants as declared by each country (for example Gainsford-Taylor, Hewitt, Freeman and Peris-Kneebone in the 200m women's for Australia of which 3 will be running). Clicking on the athlete's names reveal seasonal and personal bests... Lists appear to have been posted yesterday afternoon. Does anyone know if these are the final postings? A couple of questions answered by lists: Masterkova is NOT listed in 800m (but is in 1500m) Szabo is listed in both 1500m and 5000m O'Sullivan is listed in 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m Full relay squads are also listed. This should help you all with your entries in the Bayside/Brooks Olympic Tipping Competition http://surf.to/bayside And bravo to Olympics team for pursing the old "bells and whistles" approach rather than user-friendliness... I'm off to find a feedback page...
