t-and-f: USATF Release: Marathoners endure rough going in Edmonton

Contact:Jill M. Geer Director of Communications At Xerox Media Center: 780-821-0478 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 3, 2001 Marathoners endure rough going at Edmonton Team USA’s men’s marathoners battled the elements, blisters, cramps and exhaustion

t-and-f: Brother Bert! Wake up Rob Gloster!

Y ask: Rob Gloster of The Associated Press writes: .. Instead, Olympic champion Gezahegne Abera of Ethiopia won the gold medal, beating Simon Biwott of Kenya by one second in the closest finish in the meet's eight-year history I guess time flies when you're having fun. Ken Stone

t-and-f: Access

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:59:31 -0400 John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: RE: t-and-f: Access Break the minutes and seconds into different fields. Convert everything to seconds for ranking purposes and then put it back in minutes and seconds format for display and reporting purposes.

RE: t-and-f: Access

Instead, you might consign access and other packages like it to the nearest long-drop and do the job in a fraction of the time using a simple line editor and DOS batch file. And how is your Model T Ford holding up these days? John Dye [EMAIL PROTECTED] DyeStat - www.dyestat.com

t-and-f: Sully in the Globe

The 27-year-old Brantford, Ont., native, one of the host country's best hopes for a medal at the world athletics championships, which will begin tomorrow in Edmonton, apparently doesn't have much time for past glories. I'm pretty sure it's here somewhere, Sullivan says, sounding more like

t-and-f: CBC Coverage of WC (HELP???)

I'm currently attending the WC's and brought my vcr to tape all of the CBC coverage, but my hotel has some special remote cable system that doesn't allow me to hook up my vcr. G If anyone out there could at least tape day one for me ,I would be most grateful. I would really like to

t-and-f: Rogge to demand explanation of American drug mystery

The Irish Times Saturday, August 04, 2001 IOC president Jacques Rogge is to quiz the United States Olympic Olympic Committee (USOC) over the mystery American athlete who competed at the Sydney Olympics despite failing a pre-Games doping test. Rogge, in Edmonton for the opening of the World

RE: t-and-f: This week's Sports Illustrated.

I was in the 30's in my prime and Kim Jones saw 25-27 regularly during her peak years. This discussion reminded me of a story I heard way back in 1980 or '81. Herb Lindsay used to come visit East Lansing (town of his alma mater) fro the local 10k or once a year fro an indoor 2-mile. Once,

RE: t-and-f: This week's Sports Illustrated.

I am 49 today and had a HR of 46 this morning, so I guess it might have some genetic basis. There is some genetic basis for whether you do or do not have low resting HR. It also probably plays little role in determining how far you can go in endurance sports. Jim Ryun was known to have a

Re: t-and-f: Rogge to demand explanation of American drug mystery

Am I just operating within the mental framework of somebody raised from the day they were born in the fundamentals of American legal system thinking or what- What in the heck is the name so important for? Let's say the athlete in question tested positive for something, at least sample A, just

t-and-f: Macey running with ring of confidence

The Electronic Telegraph Saturday 4 August 2001 Owen Slot AS AN opening gambit, Dean Macey's was pretty strong. I'm in the best shape of my life . . . in a few days' time I could be world champ and that's a phenomenal thought . . . I'm impatient because I want to get it on now. If I'm going

t-and-f: Abera triumphant after marathon effort

The Electronic Telegraph Saturday 4 August 2001 Owen Slot THE WORLD Athletics Championships can probably only go downhill from here. If they manage to maintain the standard set by their first event, the rest of the week will be spellbinding because the men's marathon on Friday night was an

t-and-f: Yegorova to run WCs

The Associated Press is reporting that Olga Yegorova will run at Edmonton. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A Russian runner will be allowed to compete at the World Championships after the results of an apparently failed drug test were thrown out, The Associated Press learned Saturday. Olga Yegorova

t-and-f: Life in the fast lane claims Lewis

The Electronic Telegraph Saturday 4 August 2001 Owen Slot THE GOLDEN girl simply partied too much. As the World Championships got under way yesterday, the blame for the absence of Denise Lewis, Olympic champion and leading medal hope for Britain, was laid firmly at her own door. Lewis pulled

t-and-f: live coverage

TF News is providing live coverage of the World Championships. The coverage centers around previews (including seasonal records) and results analysis. Check out: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/special/2001/WC/index.html

t-and-f: Canadian athletes left feeling short-changed

The Electronic Telegraph Saturday 4 August 2001 Owen Slot Canadians. A sensible race, love the outdoors, good lifestyle, got it all in perspective. The leading national sports story on Thursday is that the Toronto Raptors basketball club have given Vince Carter a contract extension that will

t-and-f: Radcliffe is the talk of the town

The Electronic Telegraph Saturday 4 August 2001 Owen Slot SHE DOES not get to the track until Tuesday night but so far Paula Radcliffe has not put a foot wrong. If the women's 10,000 metres was judged on popularity and profile, Radcliffe would not need a sprint finish, a mid-race surge or, at

t-and-f: re: American drug mystery

What's wrong, is this too logical or something? Probably. These are the same people who publicly decry the big US drug monster, but ignored the Eastern Bloc, Chinese programs for years and continue to be blind to the 85% of the nations which do no testing whatsoever. We're an easy target,

t-and-f: somebody got it right!

I just finished following the shot put live via the Edmonton web site- and lo and behold, somebody finally got it right!!! sure, no pictures or video, BUT... 2 view modes- rankings updated in real time, and a throw-by-throw sequence of marks table, all updated live. The only thing that could

t-and-f: Live internet radio coverage

Live internet radio coverage from Edmonton at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5live/live/surestream.ram Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com

t-and-f: Greene runs 9.58 100 meters!

Not personally in Edmonton, but WC website results show Greene winning 100m quarterfinals in 9.88 seconds INTO a 5.1 mps headwind. According to algorithms created by Canadian Jonas Mureika which adjust for altitude and wind, Greene ran the equivalent of a 9.58 at sea level with 0.0 wind. Or

t-and-f: Saidi-Sief on 5000m

According to Algerian newspapers, Ali Saidi-Sief has finally decided to run on 5000m rather than 1500m, though he has no reference on 5000m this season. Carole Fuchs ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Vos albums photos en ligne, Yahoo! Photos :

Re: t-and-f: Marathon

Has anybody seen the team results in the marathon? I cannot find them on the IAAF website? Ed Koch -Original Message- From: Seb Geb Meb Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Athletics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, August 03, 2001 10:55 PM Subject: t-and-f: Marathon down to the wire Abera and

t-and-f: Reporting WC Results

I would remind everyone of the usual list etiquette for big championships: Please do not put information in the subject line of posts that gives away results. Putting something like Marion Jones 10.38 - New WR!!! in the subject line kind of takes away the thrill from those of us forced to