Re: t-and-f: Goodwill 5000 results

2001-09-09 Thread Doug Fry
Goodwill 5000 results:- This sort of race is not what the paying spectators expect to see. I also imagine that sponsors would also not be too happy if all contests in the program were run this way by the atkhletes. After all the promotional work put into getting the public to come to an athletics

t-and-f: Fwd: 17th IAAF Grand Prix Final - Melbourne (AUS) - 9/9/2001Results

2001-09-09 Thread Paul Merca
Courtesy IAAF media relations. Paul Merca >IAAF Grand Prix Final > >17th IAAF Grand Prix Final >Melbourne, 09-Sep-2001 > >RESULTS MEN > >GP >200 METRES - MEN Wind: +1.0 > Pts > 1 Crawford Shawn

t-and-f: Bucher's perfect finish

2001-09-09 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Tom Knight (Filed: 09/09/2001) SWITZERLAND'S Andre Bucher scooped the $150,000 (£107,000) top prize here at the International Association of Athletics Federations' Grand Prix Final. At the end of a long summer of 28 grand prix meetings, Bucher's experience of the varia

t-and-f: Need results from USATF 40K Walk

2001-09-09 Thread ken . stone
Y ask: Anyone have results -- or a Web site listing results -- for the USATF 40K racewalk championships? Need it for tonight's paper if any of our ARCO Olympic Training Center kids (Dunn, et al) did well. Please reply to me, not the list. I get digest, not sep e-mails. Ken Stone sports copy edi

t-and-f: Brits hold on to grab gold

2001-09-09 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph (Filed: 07/09/2001) GREAT BRITAIN beat world record-holders America to claim a remarkable gold in the men's 4x100 metres at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane. Britain's relay team were due a good race after blunders at the Olympic Games and the World Championships and th

t-and-f: Johnson bows out with a flourish

2001-09-09 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph Tom Knight (Filed: 07/09/2001) SUPERMAN turned showman in the ANZ Stadium here last night as Michael Johnson bowed out of the sport with a flourish. In his final appearance on the track, the Texan, who turns 34 next week, gave the 29,000 crowd a run to remember as he a

t-and-f: Boldon gets warning for positive test

2001-09-09 Thread Eamonn Condon
The Electronic Telegraph James Matthews (Filed: 08/09/2001) FORMER world champion and Olympic medallist Ato Boldon has tested positive to the banned stimulant ephedrine. The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) announced in Melbourne yesterday that Boldon, from Trinidad and