t-and-f: USATF Release: Raschker keeps winning at USA Masters
Contact:Tom Surber Media Information Manager USA Track & Field (317) 261-0500 x317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usatf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 26, 2001 Raschker keeps winning at USA Masters BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Under cloudy skies and temperatures in the low eighties, day-two of the 2001 USATF Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships was filled with a variety of strong performances. The Championships, which are conducted for men and women athletes competing in five-year age groups, are being held at Louisiana State University's Bernie Moore Track Stadium in Baton Rouge. After winning the pentathlon Wednesday night, Phil Raschker of Marietta, Ga., captured the W50-54 division in the pole vault with a clearance of 2.90 meters, 9 feet, 6.25 inches. On Thursday, she also won the W50-54 age group in the 80-meter hurdles in 13.47 seconds, and the W50-54 long jump with a best mark of 4.51/14-9.50, in her first and only jump of the competition. Raschker, who won six gold medals and one silver during last week's Senior Olympics (also in Baton Rouge), currently holds 24 U.S. age-group records in eight events. During her amazing career, Raschker has set more than 100 masters world records and she currently holds 15 indoor and 17 outdoor world bests. She says she doesn't expect to set records at this year's Championships due to a sore left Achilles that is keeping her from performing her best. "I'm just trying to win events while I'm here," said Raschker. "I could've gone higher in the pole vault, or take more attempts in the long jump, but I don't want to get greedy. I'll put on a walking cast for six weeks when I get home to make sure it heals properly." Other winners in the women's pole vault competition included Liz Johnson from North Carolina (W45-1.80/5:10.75), Barbara Cleveland from Florida (W60-2.50/8-2.50), Flo Meiler of Vermont (W65/1.80/5-10.75) and Johnnye Valien from California (W75-1.70/5-7). National champs in the women's long jump included Paul Leslie of Oregon (W30-4.80/15-9), Veron Amarasekara of California (W40-5.44/17-10.25) and Linda Lowery from Georgia (W45-4.24/13-11). Women's winners in the 80m hurdles included Ann Carter from South Carolina (W55-19.47), Joy Margerum of California (W40-12.76) and Linda Lowery of Georgia (W45-16.42). The women's 60-64 division winner was Becky Sisley from Oregon in 18.93, and Barbara Jordan of Vermont won the 65-69 group in 18.73. In the men's 100m hurdles, Emil Pawlek won the 60-64 division in 17.73, and James Stookey captured the 70-74 class in 13.25. Other winners were Don Drummond from California (M30-14.86), David Ashford of Illinois (M35-14.04), Peter Grimes from California (M42-15.17), Stanley Druckrey from Wisconsin (M50-14.98) and Courtland Gray from Texas (M55-16.34). Men's 400 meter champions were 1984 Olympic 4x400m relay gold medalist Sunder Nix from Indiana (M40-50.03), Robert Thomas of Indiana (M30-49.10), Kettrell Berry of California (M35-48.99), Frank Haviland of New Jersey (M65-1:03.56), Charles Allie of Pennsylvania (M50-52.88), Bob Lida of Kansas (M60-59.18), Matthew Pruitt (M55-56.97), Steve Coenen of Virginia (M45-53.77). Women's 400m winners were Dionne Bruff of Texas (W30-59.6), Diane Heil of California (W40-1:04.50), Denise McField of Missouri (W45-1:02.30), Marilyn Fitzgerald of Virginia (W65-1:20.46), Sumi Onodera-Leonard of California (W70-1:30.11), Sharlet Gilbert of California (W50-1:08.13), Nadine Lowenstein (W55-1:09.44), Jeanne Daprano of Georgia (W60-1:18.65), Marilyn Fitzgerald of Virginia (W65-1:20.46), Patricia Peterson of New York (W75-1:40.04) and Ivy Granstrom of Canada, who ran unopposed in the W85 division in 2:57.67. Winners in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase were Nathaniel McVey-Finney of Virginia (M30-11:21.90), Chris Yorges from Oregon (M35-10:15.77), Jeff Brower of Texas (M40-14:28.78), Bob McCluskey of Connecticut (M45-10:52.57), David Taylor of Oregon (M50-11:05.09), and Hugh Sweeney of New Jersey (M55-13:31.70). In the 2,000-meter men's steeplechase competition, John Pelton won the M60-64 division in 8:09.33 and Frank Haviland from New Jersey won the M65-69 class in 8:26.21. Women's 2,000m steeple champs were Sheri Liebschner from Ohio (W30-9:47.79), Nancy Cochrane from California (W45-10:11.35) and Hillen Stubendorff of Maryland (W50-8:51.12). In the men's discus, national champions were Andrew Pratt from Texas (M30-41.96/137-8), Glenn Thompson from Pennsylvania (M35-52.72/172-11), Warren Taylor from Pennsylvania (M45-46.26/151-9), Gary England from Florida (44.05/144-6), Larry Pratt from Delaware (M60-53.05/174-0), Wendell Palmer from Texas (M65-48.31-158-6), Grove Bolles from Idaho (M70-43.05/141-3), Ed Hooker of Oklahoma (M75-37.01/121-5), Tom Kennell of Florida (M80-26.46/86-10) and Robert Boucke from California (M85-14.96/
t-and-f: Texas Names Hayes Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach
Thought this would interest some of you. John is a long-time lurker on the list and all-around good guy, even if he did go to UGA (just showing my old college colors there). --Ben WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 26, 2001 Contact: Kyle Stephens (512) 471-8232 Texas Names Hayes Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach Former Morehouse Assistant To Also Oversee Longhorn Women's Cross Country Program AUSTIN, Texas - John Hayes, former assistant track and field coach at Morehouse College, has been named assistant track and field and head cross country coach for the women's program at The University of Texas, head women's coach Bev Kearney announced Thursday. His appointment is effective August 1. In three seasons as head cross country coach at Morehouse in Atlanta, Hayes directed the men's team to the three highest NCAA Division II Southeast Regional finishes in Tiger history with third-place showings in 1997 and 1998 and a second-place finish in 1999. Hayes was an assistant coach on the staff which led the Morehouse men's track and field team to a sixth-place finish at the 1998 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships and a third-place finish at the 1999 national indoor meet, both top finishes in school history. He also coached student-athletes to 20 All-America citations and eight school records while with the Tigers. Hayes replaces John Rembao on Kearney's staff as Rembao resigned his position in June. Prior to his stint at Morehouse, Hayes headed up the track program for two seasons at the United States Army's Fort Carson located in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 1994, he led the team to a first-place finish out of over 300 teams at the Army 10-miler. Hayes also served two years as the Assistant Division Physical Fitness Coordinator at Fort Carson. An accomplished runner in his own right, Hayes was a scoring member of the U. S. Military Academy's team at the 1986 NCAA Cross Country Championships. In 1987, he moved on to the University of Georgia where he served as team captain from for his junior and senior seasons. Hayes continued to train and compete after college, finishing first among American competitors at the 1994 Armed Forces World Cross Country Championships and earning All-Army track accolades in 1992, 1994 and 1995. Hayes, a 34-year old native of Randolph, N.J., received a bachelor's degree in statistics from Georgia and completed the Defense Language Institute's Russian Language School in Monterey, Calif., in order to serve as a Russian linguist for the U.S. Army. He also received the U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal in 1995. Hayes is married to the former Stacey Dickson. -UT- = Kyle Stephens | p: 512.471.8232 Media Relations Assistant | f: 512.471.6040 University of Texas | h: 512.929-7605 327 Bellmont Hall | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, Texas 78705 | http://www.texassports.com =
t-and-f: Yegorova is first to fall foul of EPO test
The Electronic Telegraph Friday 27 July 2001 Richard Bright OLGA YEGOROVA, of Russia, tested positive for the performance- enhancing drug EPO at the recent Paris Golden League meeting at which she recorded the fastest 3,000 metres for seven years. Yegorova, 29, the world 3,000m indoor winner in Lisbon in March, faces suspension if her B sample is also positive. It is the first positive EPO case at an athletics meeting. Since her winning time of 8min 23.75sec at the July 6 meeting she has been named in the Russian squad for the World Championships in Canada next month and a senior Russian official said she still intended to race. "She will go to Edmonton to plead her case with the IAAF," head athletics coach Valery Kulichenko said. "Any person has a right to demand a hearing in order to prove their innocence." Paula Radcliffe, the British long distance runner said: "It shows people have been using substances there was no test for. I'm surprised she was caught but not surprised she was using stuff. She looked so fresh at the end of races." EPO increases the number of red cells in the blood and helps to carry oxygen to muscles. But by thickening the blood it can provoke clots in the lungs, kidneys and heart. The EPO test at the Paris meeting is the same blood/urine test being used at the World Championships. Radcliffe added: "Hopefully, the IAAF will develop a test that goes back five or six weeks, rather than the current one, which only shows up when someone has been using EPO for the past three days." Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Sonia O'Sullivan to ease her way back
THE IRISH TIMES Friday, July 27, 2001 Sonia O'Sullivan has no plans to make marathon running part of her comeback to world athletics. Expecting her second child in December, O'Sullivan was in Dublin yesterday to announce her support for the third Loughrea five-mile road race on October 21st. "I do have plans to run a marathon in the future but it won't be next year," she said. "The first goal will be to get back for the World Cross Country in Dublin in March. It's a second chance to run in Dublin. I'm hoping to take it." This year's Loughrea race will feature an official charity for the first time. The Irish Heart Foundation will be encouraging people to enter to race as a source of sponsorship. Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Euro 400m champ organises own race to make point
The Electronic Telegraph Friday 27 July 2001 Tom Knight IWAN THOMAS saw his determination and ingenuity pay off this week when he achieved the 400 metres qualifying time for next month's World Championships in Edmonton at a low-key athletics meeting in Watford. Thomas appeared to have missed his chance for selection for the individual event after he could manage only 45.82sec at Sunday's international meeting at Crystal Palace. It looked like he had run out of time. But, come Monday morning, he was determined to give it one last throw. He found out that there was a British Milers' Club meeting on Wednesday night. Of course he could compete, they said. The problem was that there was no 400m event. Undeterred, Thomas rang round his friends and training partners, including Paul Slythe and Tim Bailey, organised his own race and won in a time of 45.70sec - 0.02 inside the time required to compete with the world's best in Canada next week. He is waiting to hear if the International Amateur Athletic Federation's technical committee will make him a special case and allow him to take the injured Daniel Caines's place in the individual 400m. After two years of battling back from injury, the European and Commonwealth champion may have proved a point but he managed to do it a good 24 hours after the World Championships' entry deadline. After all, the place to run that fast was in front of 17,000 cheering fans at the British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace, where every athlete knew it was their last chance to make the team - not at Watford's Woodside Stadium, on a night when most of the British team were strapped into their economy seats and on their way to Canada. But athletes are notorious for making things difficult for themselves. Thomas is no exception and, in a way, the race on Wednesday night is testimony to his perseverance and pride. He knew people were writing him off, claiming that two years was more than enough time for him to have shown some semblance of his best form. When he finished only seventh in the European Cup last month in Bremen, the same critics suggested he would never recapture the strength and speed he showed in 1998. Thomas thought otherwise. Already selected for the 4 x 400m relay in Edmonton, he wanted to prove to himself that he could still cut it. He said: "I ran badly at Crystal Palace. I didn't go off hard enough. So I rang the BMC organisers and asked if they could put on a race. They told me if I could get another seven runners they would. I've got my training partners to thank for travelling up to Watford. They made it happen." Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
t-and-f: Merry out of World Championships
The Electronic Telegraph Friday 27 July 2001 Tom Knight KATHARINE MERRY'S dreams of winning gold at the World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, were shattered yesterday when she was forced to end her season because of an Achilles tendon injury. Instead of preparing to join the rest of the British team in Canada, the 26-year-old Olympic bronze medallist found herself facing up to six months of treatment for an injury which flared up after her 400 metres race at the British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Not surprisingly, Merry was deeply upset at having to make what she called the "heartbreaking decision" to withdraw. Her coach, Linford Christie, who transformed Merry from a promising 200m runner to a potential world-beater, said he was "devastated". Merry's withdrawal came only 24 hours after Darren Campbell, the sprinter he coached to an Olympic silver medal in the 200m, had announced that he was calling a halt to his season after failing to recover from a hamstring injury. Christie said: "This is life. We're athletes and this sort of thing happens. But we have to be strong. I'm devastated, but what can I do? "Katharine's trained so hard this year and the results were showing that. There's no doubt in my mind that she was on her way to gold." Cathy Freeman, the Olympic champion, who is taking a year out of the sport, said she was shocked. She added: "Katharine missing the World Championships leaves a bit of a gap in the 400m because on form she was the hot favourite. "It's a question of priority. If she wants to stay healthy for a long, long running career then pulling out of the World Championships may well be the best thing for her." Merry was going to Edmonton as the outstanding favourite in the 400m. She twice broke the British record indoors and, in Athens, in only her second race of the summer, came within a couple of strides of breaking Kathy Cook's 17-year-old British record. In the stadium which will host the 2004 Olympic Games, Merry finished 10m cl ear of a world-class field in 49.59sec, which remains the fastest time in the world this year. Merry had set herself a high standard and the rest of the world's quarter-milers knew she would be the one to beat in Edmonton. But she first ran into problems when a viral infection forced her to miss several races, including the AAA Championships and Trials in Birmingham. Even so, her victory at Crystal Palace in 50.67sec suggested all was well. But the season which had started so well was about to take an unexpected turn. In a statement issued through Christie's management company, Nuff Respect, she said her Achilles tendon was painful before Sunday's race. She went on: "After my victory at Crystal Palace, I had an MRI scan which indicated a degeneration in my Achilles. As a result I have been warned that if I had run three rounds in Edmonton I would have run the risk of rupturing the Achilles. "As a result of this advice, and having trained only twice in five weeks due to illness, I have taken the heartbreaking decision to withdraw from the championships." Merry was an immensely talented junior, who made her international debut as a 14-year-old. In six years as a British junior international, she won 11 national age-group titles and in 1993 was the European junior champion at 200m. But she is no stranger to injury. Her transition to the senior ranks was dogged by leg and back injuries. It was thought that in the 400m she had finally found the right event and she signalled her arrival on the big stage with fifth place at the 1999 World Championships in Seville. Her bronze medal in Sydney, which came with her first sub-50sec, confirmed her status as an athlete with the strength and speed to win major titles. With her success, however, has also come the sort of problems associated with athletes who train hard. She missed some of last summer with a virus and was always aware that the search for supreme fitness had a flipside. Ironically, in a column for Telegraph Sport, written after her race in Athens, she said: "I've never been favourite for anything before. It's quite scary to be running so fast, so soon in the season. I know the other girls will bring their times down and I'll be the target. "You can be sure, however, that I won't take anyone or anything for granted, least of all my own fitness. Getting into exactly the right shape for a major championship means treading a very fine line." Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
Re: t-and-f: Another New Virus
Same thing happened to me. The virus just randomly selects people from your address book and sends them an e-mail with an attached file that it has infected. You don't even know it is happening. It sends it at the same time you might be sending someone else an e-mail. The worst part is that when you receive the e-mail you usually open it because you know the sender and trust them. BE CAREFUL Dan Doherty - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:15 PM Subject: t-and-f: Another New Virus T-and-F readers beware! I received a couple of e-mails, all with attachment. I thought that I knew one of the senders, so I openned it. Bad decision. The letters all start out with something about reviewing a file (not very well written). Don't open the file! I e-mailed a few of the senders and got this reply from one: The file was sent by a virus, actually a worm which infected my computer two days ago. The worm sends out documents as attachments from the infected hosts 'my documents' folder. This worm is only activated if you open the attachment. If you did open the attachment here is the Norton Utilities site which has the procedure to get rid of the worm. Note: I am told this worm only affects PC's.
t-and-f: Another New Virus
T-and-F readers beware! I received a couple of e-mails, all with attachment. I thought that I knew one of the senders, so I openned it. Bad decision. The letters all start out with something about reviewing a file (not very well written). Don't open the file! I e-mailed a few of the senders and got this reply from one: The file was sent by a virus, actually a worm which infected my computer two days ago. The worm sends out documents as attachments from the infected hosts 'my documents' folder. This worm is only activated if you open the attachment. If you did open the attachment here is the Norton Utilities site which has the procedure to get rid of the worm. Note: I am told this worm only affects PC's.
t-and-f: Israeli WC team
The Israeli team to Edmonton is as follows (with their 2001 best):: Men 100m - Alex Porkhomovskiy (10.30) 200m - Gidon Jablonka (20.96) Marathon - Asaf Bimro (2:18:46) PV - Alex Averbukh (5.90) TJ - Avi Tayari (16.72) JT - Vadim Bavikin (80.54) 4x100m - from Porkhomovskiy, Tommy Kafri, Jablonka, Kfir Golan & Attila Farkas Women 100mH - Irina Lenskiy (13.03), Svetlana Gnezdilov (13.04). Biographies of most of the above can be found in my site. David --- David Eiger The Israeli Athletics Homepage http://eiger.tripod.com/
t-and-f: USATF Media Advisory: Khannouchi to speak on Monday teleconference
MEMO: July 26, 2001 TO: Athletics Media FROM: Jill Geer USATF Director of Communications 317-261-0500 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBJECT:Media Teleconference MEDIA ADVISORY : Khannouchi to speak on USATF teleconference Khalid Khannouchi, the world record holder in the men's marathon, will speak on a USATF teleconference at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30. The world (2:05:42) and U.S. marathon record holder (2:07:01), Khannouchi will represent Team USA for the first time at the 2001 IAAF World Outdoor Championships August 3-12 in Edmonton, Canada. The native of Morocco moved to Brooklyn, NY, in 1993, and within three years he was a top world-class runner. In 1998 and 1999, Khannouchi earned the #1 world road running ranking. The three-time winner of the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon (1997, 1999, 2000), Khannouchi is the only male to have three marathon performances ranking in the top 20 all-time. Khannouchi set his world record at the 1999 Chicago Marathon, got his U.S. citizenship on May 2, 2000, and broke the U.S. record in his first marathon as an American citizen at Chicago in the fall of 2000. The men's marathon at the World Championships will kick off the meet on August 3, with the winner crossing the finish line during Opening Ceremonies. To participate in the media teleconference featuring Khalid Khannouchi at 1 p.m. Eastern Time Monday, July 30, dial (800) 791-2345 just prior to the beginning of the call. If you are dialing in from overseas, dial (317) 713-0120. The access code is 64186. Media who are unable to participate may listen to a digital replay of the teleconference by dialing (800) 411-3618. The reference number is 124549. USATF also will post a transcript of the call to the USATF web site shortly after the call: www.usatf.org. # # #
Re: t-and-f:CBC WC coverage
Regarding this CBS/CBC issue: Does anyone have a CBC TV schedule for the WC's? --- Please see the CBC TV schedule below. Derek Hansen -- CBC SPORTS' BROADCAST SCHEDULE >FOR THE IAAF WORLD TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS > >The following is CBC Sports' daily broadcast schedule for the 10 days >of competition from Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. Please note that >the schedule is subject to change. * Denotes event final. > >Day 1 - Friday, August 3 > >8 - 11 P.M. ET LIVE Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West >Opening Ceremony and Men's Marathon* > >Day 2 - Saturday, August 4 > >4 - 6 p.m. ET LIVE FULL NET > >. Women's Heptathlon (Day 1: 100 meter Hurdles, High Jump & Shot Put) >. Men's 400 m 1st Round >. Men's 100 m 1st Round > >8 - 10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Men's 800 m 1st Round >. Men's Shot Put Final* >. Men's 100 m 2nd Round >. Women's Heptathlon 200 m >. Men's 20k Walk* > >Day 3 - Sunday, August 5 > >4 - 6 p.m. ET LIVE FULL NET > >. Women's Heptathlon (Day 2: Long Jump and Javelin) >. Women's 100 meters Round 1 & 2 >. Men's 200m Amputee Final* >. Women's 100m Amputee Final* >. Men's 100 m Semi Finals > >7 - 8 p.m. ET LIVE FULL NET >(To be rebroadcast Monday @ 1-2 p.m. LOCAL TIME) > >. Women's 1500 m Semi Finals >. Women's Heptathlon 800 meters >. Men's 100m Final* > > > >Day 4 - Monday, August 6 > >7 - 10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Women's Pole Vault Final* >. Men's Decathlon (Day 1, 100m, Long Jump, Shot Put & High Jump) >. Women's 100 m Semi Finals >. Men's 100 m Blind Final* >. Women's 200 m Blind Final* >. Women's 400 Hurdles Semi Finals >. Women's 400 m Semi Finals >. Women's 100 m Final* >. Men's Decathlon 400 Meters >. Men's 400 m Final* > >11:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West >(To be rebroadcast @ 1-2 p.m. LOCAL TIME on Tuesday) > >. Men's Triple Jump Final* >. Women's Javelin Final* > >Day 5 - Tuesday, August 7 > >8 -10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Men's Decathlon (Day 2: 110 Hurdles, Discus, Pole Vault & Javelin) >. Men's 200 meters Round One Highlights >. Men's 400 Hurdles Round One Highlights >. Women's Long Jump Final >. Men's 110 hurdles Round 2 >. Men's 200 meters Round 2 >. Women's 1500 Meters Final* >. Men's 800 Final* > >11:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West >(To be rebroadcast @ 1-2 p.m. LOCAL TIME on Wednesday) > >. Women's Hammer Throw Final* >. Men's Decathlon 1500 m >. Women's 400 Final* >. Women's 10,000 Final* > > > > > >Day 6 - Wednesday, August 8 > >8 - 10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Women's 200m Round One >. Men's High Jump Final* >. Men's 200m Semi Finals >. Men's 400 Hurdles Semi Finals >. Women's 400 m Hurdles Final* > >11:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West >(To be rebroadcast @ 1-2 p.m. LOCAL TIME on Thursday) > >. Men's Discus Final* >. Men's 3000 Steeple Chase Final* >. Women's 200 m Round 2 >. Men's 110 Hurdles Semi-Finals >. Men's 10,000 Final* > >Day 7 - Thursday, August 9 > >8 - 10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1 >. Men's Pole Vault Final* >. Women's 200m Semi-Finals >. Women's 20 k Walk* >. Men's 1500 Round 1 > >11:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West >(To be rebroadcast @ 1-2 p.m. LOCAL TIME on Friday) > >. Men's 110 Hurdles Final* >. Men's 200 Final* >. Men's Pole Vault Final* >. Women's 20k Walk* > > >Day 8 - Friday, August 10 > >11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. LOCAL TIME > >. Women's 100 Hurdles Semi-Finals >. Women's Triple Jump Final* >. Women's 800m Semi-Finals >. Women's 800 Wheelchair Final* >. Men's 1500 Wheelchair Final* >. Men's 400 Hurdles Final* >. Women's 200m Final* > >Day 9 - Saturday, August 11 > >4 - 6 p.m. ET LIVE FULL NET > >. Men's 50 k Walk* >. Women's Discus Final* >. Women's 4x100 Relay Round One >. Men's 4x100 Relay Final Round One > >8 - 10 p.m. ET Ontario East/LOCAL TIME Manitoba - West > >. Women's 100 Hurdles Final* >. Men's Long Jump Final* >. Women's 4x400 Relay Round One >. Men's 4x400 Relay Round One >. Women's 5000 Final* >. Women's 4x100 Relay Final* > >Day 10 - Sunday, August 12 > >4 - 7:30 p.m. ET LIVE FULL NET > >. Women's Marathon* >. Women's High Jump Final* >. Men's Javelin Final* >. Men's 4x100 Relay Semi-Final >. Women's 800 Final* >. Men's 1500 m Final* >. Men's 4x400 Meter Final* >. Women's 4x400 Meter Final* >. Men's 4x100 Meter Final* > >-30- > >For further information, contact >July 18, 2001 >Christian Hasse, Publicist >CBC Sports >Toronto (416) 205-5632
t-and-f: Full teams to WC or Oly...
Here's a question for you stat mavens: Has any nation ever sent a complete team - i.e. three competitors (or more with wild-cards)in every event - to either the World Championships or Olympics? Men's? Women's? Both? -Curious in Columbus (Buck Jones)
RE: t-and-f: WCs: CBC vs CBS and Exclusive Rights Contracts
Regarding this CBS/CBC issue: Does anyone have a CBC TV schedule for the WC's? I have always loved the CBC telecasts of all track and XC competitions... they have a slight Canadian slant ... but very slight ... nothing like American TV. They actually realize that the 5k/10k are real track events ... even if there are no Canadians in the final. I would look it up myself, but have no 'net connection at work. Thanks, Brian M. -Original Message- From: John Molvar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:51 PM To: Send t-and-f Subject: t-and-f: WCs: CBC vs CBS and Exclusive Rights Contracts CBC does a much better job. They are a public station that doesn't have to make a profit. CBS is a profit making enterprise. They think if they show nothing but up close and personals, people will watch. They are doing this because their marketeers classify track as an "Olympic Sport" which the marketeers say targets a women's audience which the marketeers say are not really interested in competition but are interest in "the human side to the sport". They are wrong of course, but still pull down triple digit salaries even as the Network loses money when they cover track and DWIGHT (in hiding) will defend these marketeers until his dying breath or his last paycheck from them. All the power to them I guess. The irony is that CBC gets a much larger share of the Canadian audience by "just showing the damn meet" than CBS does from the US audience by deliberately trying to reach a larger audience by showing what they think people want to see. CBS sucks. To me the problem is not that we need more government tv in America, but with the long standing tradition in America of "exclusive rights" contracts that exists for sporting events. I think the events (football, track, baseball, golf, etc. )could make more money if they started refusing to sign exclusive rights contracts. I.e. the Edmonton WC organizers should have signed several smaller contracts with 3 or 4 different US stations for a sum total greater than the one exclusive rights contract. The organizers would make more money and we could keep switching the channel to get the best coverage. The networks would hate it of course, they don't want to compete during the heat of the battle. They would probably collude to stop it or use the court system to stop it. They prefer the status quo with an up front bidding war, then they are free from direct competition during the actual event and have monopoly coverage of the event which allows them to show what they want to show, when they want to show it, and to package it into what ever bogus theme they are selling. This is a radical idea, but I am a radical. John Molvar __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
t-and-f: Olga Yegorova tests positive for EPO
Russia's world indoor 3000-meter champion Olga Yegorova became the first athlete to test positive for EPO, the blood-boosting drug which delays fatigue, it was confirmed on Thursday. More at: http://www.sportserver.com/front/story/50463p-754197c.html Marty Post Senior Editor Runner's World Magazine www.runnersworld.com
t-and-f: 1996 Hacketstown Relays?????
Is there anyone who has the results for this New Jersey Meet??? Thanks for all the other help so far Its been much appreciated! Mike _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
