Sunday, February 28, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 28, 2010) UPDATE 2


HEADLINES


ADERE, WANJIRU LOST TO LEL


MASAI AND CHERUIYOT WINS


OTHER RESULTS

ZARAGOZA (ESP, Feb 28): 5th CC of Gobierno de Aragon at 10 km was won by Eliseo Martin (28:37) ahead of Argentinian Javier Carriqueo (28:40).

ROMA (ITA, Feb 28): Kenyan wins at 36th Roma-Ostia Half-marathon. Peter Kimeli posted in windy conditions 1:01:51 ahead of William Rotich (1:01:53) and Ethiopian Tujuba Megesa (1:02:16). Best European as fourth Cosimo Caliandro in 1:02:41. Alice Timbilil was the best woman in 1:10:34 over home Rosaria Console 1:10:54 and French marathon record holder Christelle Daunay 1:13:39.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SPECIAL


GERMANY: Friedrich 202, Kroger 200, Nytra 7.89

KARLSRUHE: Amazing European indoor champion Ariane Friedrich started her competition at 1.90 m, continuing with 1.96 in her first attempt. After the failed attempt at 2 meters, she spared the rest two attempts for 2.02, while Meike Kroger managed to jump 2 meters in her first attempt, a great life-time best. Friedrich cleared 2.02 in first, new meet record. Then she tried at 2.06 three times. On the men side, Benjamin Lauckner was leading with his jump over 2.25 in his first attempt. Martin Gunther also reached 2.25 but only in his second attempt. The duel continued on 2.28, where Gunther was the only successful one in his second attempt and taking the national indoor title. Afterwards he improved to excellent 230. Carolin Hingst took the title in women´s pole vault leaping over 4.60, a new championships record, in her first attempt just like Kristina Gadschiew. The better series of only two valid attempts secured her the title. Silke Spiegelburg did not jump due to illness. Superb European leader for Carolin Nytra at 60 m hurdles with 7.89 over Nadine Hildebrand 8.00. Sosthene Moguenara dominated in the women´s long jump achieving 6.75m in her 4th attempt. Alexander John won men 60 m hurdles in 7.68. Alexander Kosenkow offered 20.89 to win men´s 200 m. Robin Schembera was the best in tactical 800 m (1:50.13) and Bastian Swillims clocked 46.67 to win the 400 m. The event had together nearly 10 000 spectators on both days.

POLAND

SPALA: Lukasz Michalski cleared excellent 570 to win in pole vault ahead of Przemyslaw Czerwinski (560). Olympic finalist Artur Noga posted 7.65 at 60 m hurdles over Dominik Bochenek (7.70). Another top mark 46.80 by Marcin Marciniszyn winning the 400 m. Adam Kszczot was the best in the tactical 800 m (1:50.25). Grzegorz Sudol achieved 19:17.92 to win the 5000 m walk before Rafal Augustyn (19:20.73). In women events Doha standard for Joanna Skibinska in triple jump 14.05. Karolina Gronau was surprise high jump winner with 190 PB over Kamila Stepaniuk (186). Marika Popowicz won the 200 m in life-time best 23.57. In the solid 1500 m new name Angelika Cichocka beat with 4:10.91 experienced runners Lidia Chojecka (4:12.68) and Wioletta Frankiewicz (4:14.37).


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EME NEWS (FEB 28, 2010)


HEADLINES


BOLT TWO IMPRESSIVE RELAY OUTINGS


WILLIAMS 234 AND HOWARD-LOWE 198


TOKYO MARATHON IN BAD WEATHER


US CONFERENCES SATURDAY ROUND-UP


OTHER RESULTS


INDOOR

SHANGHAI (CHN, Feb 26): Tilastopaja informs about 60 m hurdles race where Yin Jing won in 7.95 and Chinese hero Liu Xiang was timed only at 8.05. It remains to be seen what will happen with his Doha participation.

OUTDOOR

DOLORES HIDALGO (MEX, Feb 27): Colombian guest Luis Fernando Lopez won the Mexican trials 20 km walking race for IAAF World Cup to be held in May in Mexico. He clocked 1:25:16 ahead of bronze winner from Berlin Eder Sanchez who achieved 1:25:27. Third Daniel Gomez got 1:27:58 ahead of Bernardo Segura (1:28:00) and Claudio Vargas (1:28:12).

OTHER NEWS


ALBUQUERQUE (USA): Universalsports.com informs that, US distance star Dathan Ritzenhein announced that he will not represent the U.S. team at the World Cross-Country Championships on March 28 in Poland. Ritzenhein said that nagging injuries and illness have prevented him from properly training for the event. A replacement for Ritzenhein on the U.S. squad has not yet been named.


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Saturday, February 27, 2010

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SPECIAL


ITALY: Schwazer world leading 5000 m walk

ANCONA (ITA): The Olympic 50 km gold medalist from Beijing 2008, Alex Schwazer surprised with great achievement at 5km Race walk clocking 18:46:49, the fourth fastest time in the Italian history and world leader. The bronze winner from Helsinki 2005 did not end the race at last World championships in Berlin, but now looks well prepared and determined to win again. Elisa Cusma Piccione, the 800m specialist who won a bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships confirmed the favorite position among women at 1500 m winning in 4:19.45, while Mario Scapini clocked 3:45.38 to beat the rest of the field in men´s 1500 m. Domenico Fontana took national title at men´s 400 m for 47.70. Giorgio Piantella won the men´s pole vault leaping over 540. In high jump, Raffaella Lamera achieved 190m to win in women´s category. Marzia Caravelli managed 8.26, and John Mark Nalocca 7.93 s at 60 m hurdles in women´s and men´s categories.


CZECH REPUBLIC: Svoboda improves to excellent 7.44

PRAHA: Superb Czech record 7.44 of Petr Svoboda highlighted the first day in Stromovka Hall. The Berlin 6th placer showed already in heats how easy it can be to run 7.52. In the finals he tried hard and clocked second fastest of the year and 6th best performer ever in Europe. Libor Zilka from the same training group defended his 60 m title in 6.66 (PBeq). In long jump battle Roman Novotny edged Stepan Wagner by 2 cm (775-773). Decathlon world record holder Roman Sebrle was satisfied with 8.19 at 60 m hurdles, on Sunday he competes in pole vault and shot put. Svoboda´s girl-friend Jirina Ptacnikova cleared her life-time best in pole vault 456 (also meet record) and tried at new Czech record 466. European indoor silver winner Lucie Skrobakova clearly dominated her event with 8.06 at 60 m hurdles. In the 60 m final Iveta Mazacova clocked 7.38 over Katerina Cechova (7.41). Oldriska Maresova cleared 190 in high jump to get her first senior title over slightly injured Iva Strakova (187). Denisa Rosolova improved her best in the 400 m heats to good quality 52.97. Javelin world record holder Barbora Spotakova was 8th in shot put (13.97) and 6th in the 60 m hurdles finals (8.88).



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Friday, February 26, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 26, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 26, 2010) UPDATE


FEOFANOVA WINS, WL FOR FIROVA


NAUDE JUST 38 CM BEHIND AFRICAN RECORD


MULTI-EVENTS COMPLETED


KORIR AGAIN IN LA


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BOLT TO RUN RELAYS


NATIONAL CHAMPS WEEKEND


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 25, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 25, 2010) UPDATE


MEADOWS NEW WORLD LEADER


FELIX STILL IN THE START LIST


KIPKETER TO TRINIDAD


WINNER FOR SURE


TEAM EXPECTED BY FRIDAY


FUNERAL ON FRIDAY


BIG NAMES TO BE CONSIDERED


VAN DAMME TO END THE FIRST DL YEAR


MAGGI FOR FC SAO PAULO


BEKELE STILL UNDECIDED


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EME NEWS (FEB 25, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 25, 2010)


HEADLINES



LYSENKO 75.66 AND ABAKUMOVA 68.31


REBRYK BIRTHDAY PRESENT




OTHER NEWS



NEW ORLEANS (USA): The Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon & Half-Marathon’s elite women’s field approaches the starting line on Sunday (28) morning. Flat 13.1-mile course that begins at Tchoupitoulas and Race streets and ends outside Tad Gormley Stadium. The two of the world’s best distance runners — Ethiopia’s Berhane Adere, 36, who won a gold medal at the 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Brussels and won the 2006 and 2007 Chicago Marathons with a PB of 1:08.17 from 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol, where she won a bronze medal, and Kenya’s Salina Kosgei, who won the Boston Marathon over Ethiopia’s Dire Tune by a second last April and holds a personal-best 1:07:52, will participate in the event’s half-marathon. “I try to put together a field that will create a race. In an ideal situation, you have the top U.S. runner against two or three established East African runners and one or two Europeans, and try to build a nice international field that you know will produce a competitive race.” Matt Turnbull, the Competitor Group’s elite athlete coordinator. Australian Karen Barlow, who is attempting to qualify for the Commonwealth Games in October in New Delhi, is expected to push for first place in marathon. Local media are writing.

LONDON (GBR): The first successful positive drug test for human growth hormone will send a shiver through some athletes, Olympic officials said to telegraph.co.uk. Human growth hormone, often used in cycles of drug taking with steroids, has long been on the radar of Olympic testers. They started testing for it at the Athens Olympics and continued with a pared back testing regime at the Turin and Beijing Olympics. “Yes we are testing for it,“ said the IOC communications director Mark Adams. „It shows the people who say that HGH cannot be detected, well it can.“

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 24, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 24, 2010) UPDATE


ISINBAYEVA AND RYBAKOV WITH WILD-CARDS


SUHR STILL NOT ABLE TO JUMP


KASTOR AND YAMAUCHI FOR NYC HM


WORLD JUNIOR ALL-TIME BEST IN 5000 M WALK


FRANCIS GETS 60 M GOLD


FAST SPRINTS IN CUBA


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EME NEWS (FEB 24, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 24, 2010)


HEADLINES



INVITATIONS FOR MULTI-EVENTERS


BOGOMOLOVA HAS A DAUGHTER


TOUGH FIELD IN SAN JUAN


TURKEY SENDS 3 TO DOHA


USOC CEO STANDPOINTS


GATLIN THINKS ABOUT BOB




OTHER NEWS



DURBAN (RSA): South African top athletes Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Khotso Mokoena will be launching their 2010 campaign on Friday in Durban at the second leg of SA’s track and field Yellow Pages series. World Champion Mulaudzi will line up for the 1500m, after that he will be heading to Potchefstroom for the third leg of the series where he will test his shape at the 800m. Mulaudzi hopes the series will set him up for the World Indoor Championships in Doha. World indoor champion Mokoena had missed the first leg of the series by injury but is now back in full force. Steeplechaser Ruben Ramolefi has announced his intentions to attach his own national record. LJ Van Zyl is expected in the 400m hurdles. Current South African 100 champion Simon Magakwe will face off with Hannes Dreyer in the battle of the sprints writes sowetan.co.za.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 23, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 23, 2010)


HEADLINES



ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS UNTIL FRIDAY


JAMAICAN NEWS


AGE CHANGE IN KENYA


ELITE FIELDS FOR BOSTON




OTHER NEWS



ALBUQUERQUE (USA): Race Results Weekly writes, the last month and a half has been extra special for Sara Hall of the Mammoth Track Club. Besides setting an indoor personal best in the mile and nearly setting another in the 3000 m, the 26 year-old placed sixth at the USA Cross Country Championships, earning a trip to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on March 28 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. But before she books her flight to Poland, Hall will compete at this weekend‘s USA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., racing in both the 1500m and 3000m. A top-2 finish would put her on yet another national team. If she qualifies for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, next month, Hall said she would discuss with her coach, Terrence Mahon, what will happen next: World Indoor Championships, World Cross Country Championships or both.

STOCKHOLM (SWE): Direct 8, the French digital terrestrial television broadcaster is to show athletics for the first time. IEC in Sports continues with deals for IAAF events. Under the agreement Direct 8 will show exclusively in France both weekend finals session live from Doha with additional highlights show planned.

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Monday, February 22, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 22, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 22, 2010)


HEADLINES



HONOR FOR BOLT


POWELL AIMS HIGH, GAY BACK IN TRAINING


CARL IN VANCOUVER


CLEMENT AND FELIX TO RUN 400 M AT USATF CHAMPS


INJURY SENDS OUT NELSON




OTHER NEWS



NEW YORK (USA): Promising USA distance runner Serena Burla will undergo surgery for a malignant tumor in her leg. „About three weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in my right hamstring during a check-up for a nagging right knee irritation,“ the 27 year-old Burla wrote in a statement to friends which she subsequently approved for public release. „The good news is that it has not spread to other parts of my body. I‘ll undergo surgery and further treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City next Friday.“ She finished 17th (second American) at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships last October in a then personal best of 1:10:55. She dropped that time to 1:10:08 at the 2010 USA Half-Marathon Championships in Houston last January, finishing second to Olympic bronze medallist, Shalane Flanagan. Burla had planned to compete in the NYC Half-Marathon on March 21, but withdrew from the race after getting her diagnosis. Writes Race Results Weekly.

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 21, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 21, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES



VLASIC 203 IN SPLIT


SANTOS WINS AT HOME


MELKAMU WITH CC AMBITIONS


FIRST SUB 2:10 IN EUROPE THIS YEAR




OTHER RESULTS



VOLPIANO (ITA, Feb 21): Hungarian Aniko Kalovics won as guest the 6 km (21:07) at Italian CC Clubs Championships. Second Elena Romagnolo had 21:11. Moroccan Asmae Ghizlane was the best in women´s 4 km in 14:32. The only Italian win for Cosimo Caliandro in the 4 km (12:25). 35-years old Moroccan Kaddour Slimani was the best in men´s 10 km in 30:30. Second Andrea Lalli (30:32) ahead of Kenyan Abraham Talam (30:34). Next Italian 6th Gabriele De Nard (30:39).

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EME NEWS (FEB 21, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 21, 2010)


HEADLINES



DIBABA MOST LIKELY FOR CC


MORE DETAILS TO RUSSIAN WALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS


MORE JAMAICAN RESULTS




OTHER RESULTS



BLACKSBURG (USA, Feb 20): During second day of VA Tech Challenge meet Bershawn Jackson achieved fast 46.19 a 400 m. Hazel Clark tested her shape with 54.13 at 400 m. Trinidad´s Cleopatra Borel-Brown registered good 18.61 in shot put. Samyr Laine of Haiti achieved 16.51 in triple jump and that is new national indoor record.

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 20, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES


DIBABA BEATS CHERUIYOT, OLSSON BEATS CUBANS

FRIEDRICH GETS 201

KIRDYAPKINA 1:25:11, BETTER THAN WORLD RECORD

POWELL WINS IN 47.56

OTHER RESULTS

LJUBLJANA (SLO, Feb 20): Matic Osovnikar won the 60 m at Slovenian Championships with 6.72, Croatian guest Jurica Grabusic posted 7.76 at 60 m hurdles and Snezana Rodic leaped to 14.09 in triple jump.

SUMY (UKR, Feb 20): Last day of Ukrainan championships saw new national 10 000 m walk record by Nazar Kovalenko (39:20.52) beating Andriy Kovenko (39:46.62). Olena Shevchuk won the 5000 m women walk in 22:10.40. Solid the 4x400 time of Donetsk region 3:37.68.


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HEADLINES

PAUL TANUI AND LINET MASAI WINNERS

OTHER NEWS

VANCOUVER (CAN): IOC reports that some 1,363 doping tests have been carried out so far in the framework of the largest ever testing program for an Olympic Winter Games. The tests include 1,040 urine and 323 blood tests. These tests cover the period beginning 4 February until 18 February 2010. Athletes participating in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games have been tested by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Organizing Committee (VANOC) under the authority of the IOC. So far, no athlete has been sanctioned, but one athlete has received a reprimand.

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Friday, February 19, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 19, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 19, 2010)


ABEYLEGESSE 1:07:07 IN DEBUT AT RAK


SIHINE, MELKAMU FOR ETHIOPIAN TRIALS


BOLT SCORING A GOAL


OLSSON VS. IDOWU AGAIN


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Thursday, February 18, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 18, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 18, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES



KUZNYETSOV AND DOBRYNSKA WITH TOP MARKS




OTHER NEWS



NAIROBI (KEN): Only 14 years old Esther Chemutai knows what she wants in life: beat her grandfather, Ben Jipcho, in athletics. Jipcho was one of Kenya’s top athletes and is a 1972 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase silver medallist and former world record holder. Writes The Nation. She wants to qualify for World CC Championships in junior category. Alice Aprot, the surprise winner in Kisii in December, will also step up her contest in the junior women’s 6km, her only chance to deny Mercy Cherono a share of the Sh1 million AK jackpot.

VIENNA (AUT): Combined eventers will have last chance during this coming weekend to achieve results to qualify for Doha. Dutch athletes will compete at National Championships in Apeldoorn. Austrian in Vienna with Roland Schwarzl trying to go over 6000 points. Special guest in Dusika Hall will be Poland´s Beijing 7th placer Karolina Tyminska. The last qualifying marks in terms of 2010 are for the moment 6156 in heptathlon and 4605 in pentathlon.

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EME NEWS (FEB 18, 2010)

HEADLINES


KENYAN HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON


TAHRI NO FOR DOHA


SA SERIES STARTS ON FRIDAY


ABEYLEGESSE AIMS FOR WR


UKHOV AND VLASIC TO SLOVAKIA


OTHER NEWS

MANCHESTER (GBR): Jo Pavey‘s first major race since becoming a mother last September will be at the Bupa Great Manchester Run on May 16. Writes David Martin. Pavey, after giving birth to her first child Jacob, is again hammering out the miles in training as she looks to recommence her career. Pavey, winner here in 2007 and 12 months later said: „I am very excited about running in Manchester again. I am very fond of the event and have many great memories from competing there. It always has such a great atmosphere and great crowd support. The course is to my liking as it is fast and flat and it is always a good competitive race.“


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 17, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 17, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES



GREEK SHOT PUT RECORD


BALNER IMPROVES TO 570


CUBANS ATTACKING 6000 POINTS


NEW FEMALE HIGH JUMPER MAYOR WITH 193 CM


SAD NEWS


ENTRIES FOR FUKUOKA


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EME NEWS (FEB 17, 2010)


HEADLINES


VLASIC IN SPLIT, FRIEDRICH IN DESSAU


BEKELE VS SHAHEEN, RYBAKOV IN HIGH JUMP


UKHOV AND ENNIS


OTHER NEWS

NAIROBI (KEN): Kenyan’s cross country season will end this Saturday with the final of the KCB/athletics Golden Jackpot. Not only will the World cross country team for Poland be decided, there are still 6 athletes in the running to win 250 000 Kenyan Shilling in each of their catergories. Gladys Chemweno is the favourite in the 8km along with Mercy Cherono and Nelly Chebet. John Mwangangi is in for the 12km as well as Simon Cheprot, and Japhet Korir, writes standardmedia.co.ke.


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 16, 2010) UPDATE

EME NEWS (FEB 16, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES



VLASIC ON HELLEBAUT RETURN


ROGOWSKA AND TOP SPRINTERS


VUKICEVIC CHANGED HER MIND


STAMBOLOVA 51.80, FAST CZECHS




OTHER NEWS



VIENNA (AUT): One world champion and the two national record holders will run the Vienna City Marathon on 18th April. After winning the race in 2007 and then taking the marathon gold medal at global stage in Osaka a couple of months later, Kenya‘s Luke Kibet will now come back to Austria‘s biggest and best quality running event. With GĂĽnther Weidlinger and Andrea Mayr the two Austrian record holders have also confirmed their participation. Organizers of the 27th edition of the Vienna City Marathon expect a field of up to 30,000 runners on 18th April.

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EME NEWS (FEB 16, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 16, 2010)


HEADLINES



HELLEBAUT IS BACK


COE VS. OVETT IN FILM


TIRU AGAINST CHERUIYOT FOR 2 MILE BEST


PITKAMĂ„KI TO AUSTRALIA


HOOKER HIGHER



OTHER NEWS



NEW YORK (USA): Ticket sales for the Adidas Grand Prix in New York on June 12th are now on sale through the event’s websitewww.diamondleague-newyork.com . Tickets go from $20 up to the diamond level of $250. So far sprint star Usain Bolt has been confirmed for the meeting. Some sections are already sold out.

NEW DELHI (IND): India will host all the three Asian Grand Prix meets and the Asian All-Stars meet this year as the country gets ready to host the Commonwealth Games. Pune, Bangalore and Chennai which will host the Asian Grand Prix meets will also host an Indian Grand Prix meet each. The Asian All-Stars will be held here in July as a test event for the Commonwealth Games. The two-day Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that concluded at Manesar, near Gurgaon (Haryana), on Sunday also decided to toughen the federation‘s stand against doping. Indian media are writing. The AFI Secretary, Lalit Bhanot, told the meeting that the federation would draw up a „whereabouts“ list and go in for testing of athletes training in several parts of the country. The AFI would carry out its own out-of-competition testing apart from that conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). The Asian GP meets will be held in Pune June 1, Bangalore June 5 and Chennai June 9. All-Stars meet in New Delhi is planned for July 29-30.

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Monday, February 15, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 15, 2010)

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BURKA FOR MILE WR, GEZAHEGN FOR JUNIOR WB


TUNE AND ABEYLEGESSE FOR RAK


NEW ZEALAND SO FAR 2 ATHLETES FOR DOHA


LAST WEEK FOR COMBINED EVENTERS


ZINUROVA WORLD LEADING 800 M


OTHER NEWS

NAIROBI (KEN): Kenya‘s Prime Minister Raila Odinga has suspended the ministers of agriculture and education for alleged involvement in two corruption scandals. Among them is Education Minister Samuel Ongeri who was formerly head of Athletics Kenya from 1974 to 1982 and went through boycott situations in 1976 and 1980.

VALENCIA (ESP): Spanish 1500 m runner Natalia Rodriguez has not been able to compete at the Valencia indoor meeting on Saturday due to flue. The Spanish runner is currently national record holder in the 1500m outdoors and was hoping to beat the indoor record set by Nuria Fernandez, 4:01.77, last year. Rodriguez is coached by Miguel Escalona and is in great form for the upcoming world indoor championships in Qatar in March.

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 14, 2010) UPDATE

HEADLINES

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GREAT INDOOR STEEPLE BY KOECH


TAHRI EUROPEAN INDOOR 5000 M RECORD


INDOOR

SOFIA (BUL, Feb 14): Best two results during second day of Bulgarian Championships by Martin Arnaudov at 60 m hurdles (7.87) and Nikolay Atanasov in long jump (775).

SEATTLE (USA, Feb 13): Olympian High jumper Jesse Williams cleared at Husky Classic 231 despite strain tendon. He is passing European meets in order to concentrate on US Indoor Championships.

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EME NEWS (FEB 14, 2010)


HEADLINES

BOLT WITH SUB 46 SECONDS

POWELL IN RELAY


ROAD RESULTS

GRANOLLERS (ESP, Feb 13): Good quality fields at third walking Gran Premi de Catalunya. Portugal´s Joao Vieira won the men´s 10 km in 40:24 ahead of Jose Diaz (40:26) and Miguel Lopez (40:47). From top names Poland Grzegorz Sudol was fifth (41:07), veteran Jesus Angel Garcia 7th (42:02), best African Hatem Ghoula of Tunis 11th (43:30) and semi-retired Russian Ilya Markov 12th (43:31). In women 5 km home win for Maria Jose Poves (22:12) beating Maria Vasco (22:27). Agnieszka Dygacz of Poland was third 22:38 and Ireland´s world medalist Olive Loughnane fourth (22:42). German Melanie Seeger finished 7th (23:08).

INDOOR RESULTS


COLLEGE STATION (USA, Feb 13): Nigerian Beijing medalist Blessing Okagbare showed excellent shape at TxAM Challenge meet. She won the 60 m in 7.25 (7.24 in heats) and then the long jump with indoor PB 670 cm. Tabarie Henry of US Virgin Islands was again fast at 400 m (46.14) and Curtis Mitchell in the 200 m (20.80). Super talent Kirani James of Grenada clocked in his first ever indoors new national senior record 20.94. Jeneba Tarmoh posted 23.37 in women 200 m and Phoebe Wright 2:02.84 in the 800 m.

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 13, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES


SANCHEZ EUROPEAN INDOOR RECORD AT 3000 M


TWO WORLD LEADS: MOHR 583 AND TRAMMELL 7.43


CHAMBERS IS FAST: 6.50


PAHAPILL BEATS CUBANS


OTHER NEWS

NAIROBI (KEN): The Nation informs that Florence Kiplagat, the world cross-country reigning champion will not run at next weekend‘s Athletics Kenya national cross-county trials. Kiplagat, who ended Kenya‘s long gold drought in the senior women‘s race by winning in Amman, Jordan, last year, has not been training since the end of last year as she is still recovering from a hamstring injury she picked up at the Berlin World Championships while running in the 10,000 meters last year.


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EME NEWS (FEB 13, 2010)

EME NEWS (FEB 13, 2010)


HEADLINES



LAWRENCE 45.03 AT 400 M


TALLENT 1:19:15 PB AT 20 KM


VILI STARTS WITH 20.25 M




OTHER NEWS



KINGSTON (JAM): As TrackAlerts.com informs, the 32nd staging of the Milo Western Relay will be held at G.C Foster College on Saturday, February 13. Not only elite schools, but also MVP group with former world 100 m record holder Asafa Powell, world champions Brigitte Foster-Hylton (100mH) and Melaine Walker (400mH), along with world 400m silver medallist Shericka Williams and Olympics 100m silver medallist Sherone Simpson are listed to take part.

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Friday, February 12, 2010

EME NEWS (FEB 12, 2010) UPDATE


HEADLINES

SENSATIONAL SHOT PUT: 21.81 MIKHNEVICH AND 21.70 OSTAPCHUK

OTHER NEWS

ZURICH (SUI): Weltklasse meet of Zurich which is the first of two IAAF Diamond League finals in 2010 announced the start of pre-sales of the tickets for the event planned for August 19. Friends of Weltklasse can start to buy on May 4 and official ticket sales will start on May 11. Prices are from 20 CHF to 155 CHF.

NEW YORK (USA): The ticket sales for New York Diamond League meet Adidas Grand Prix on June 12 will start on February 15. The prices are from 20 to 75 USD. The Diamond category (over the finish-line) is worth 250 USD.

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