Saturday, December 3, 2011

EME NEWS (DEC 3, 2011)

EME NEWS (DEC 3, 2011)


HEADLINES


TOP AWARD FOR BUBKA
LAST FOUR WORLD CHAMPIONS COMPETING
EJAFFINI THE HEADLINER
COLD WEATHER EXPECTED
SCIENCE NOT ENOUGH
RACERS BANQUET
DEBA FOR BOSTON
PEARSON AMONG NOMINEES
DATE FOR KENYAN SOYA CHANGED
USATF CONVENTION



RESULTS

NYAHURURU (KEN, Dec 3): The fifth NBK/AK National Cross Country series meeting in Nyahururu served up new winners in the four categories after some of the expected top contenders failed to show-up, some no doubt put off by the soggy under foot conditions. Informs IAAF. Paul Lonyangata won the men´s 12 km in 36:47 ahead of Linus Chumba (36:52) and Caleb Mwangangi (37:10). Margaret Wangari was the best in women 8 km (27:43) clearly over Fridah Chelangat (28:04) and Veronica Nyaruai (28:19). Junior winners were Justin Cheruiyot (8 km, 24:06) and Mercy Kibowen (20:37, 6 km).

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Monday, November 28, 2011

EME NEWS (NOV 28, 2011)

EME NEWS (NOV 28, 2011)


HEADLINES


TAMGHO NO FOR INDOORS

ENNIS TO DEFEND HER TITLE FROM DOHA

GREEK FEDERATION SUSPENDS OPERATIONS

ISTAF LOST THE TITLE SPONSOR

CHICHEROVA WILL JUMP INDOORS

BIG INCREASE IN VEGAS


OTHER NEWS

LONDON (GBR): Up to 50 cities are capable of hosting the proposed European Games when it is possibly launched in 2015 reports Insidethegames. A report on the event, which would bring Europe into line with the other continents who already stage their own Games, has been undertaken by Deloitte and was presented at the European Olympic Committees (EOC) at its General Assembly in Sochi this week. On April 12th the NOC’s of European countries will decide whether to proceed with the Games which could be launched in 2015. In the plan are 15 or 16 sports.

RIYADH (KSA): Saudi Arabia has agreed to let female athletes join their all-male delegation to the 2012 Olympics in a bid to block threats to bar them from the games if they didn’t let women participate. The move came after a warning last year by Anita DeFrantz , who heads the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Women and Sports Commission, that any country that didn’t allow female athletes to compete would be barred from the global competition reports gantdaily.com.


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Monday, November 7, 2011

EME NEWS (NOV 7, 2011)


HEADLINES


TAMGHO WILL MISS INDOORS
NY AVERAGE DOWN TO 2:07:32
MESSIER 4:14:21, BUT OHNO WAS MUCH FASTER
MAGGI PLANS TO DEFEND HER OLYMPIC GOLD


OTHER NEWS

WARSZAWA (POL): Poland´s 800 m runner Anna Rostkowska gave birth to a daughter recently. Little Olga was born on October 29 (3.12 kg and 54 cm) and is together with mother in good condition. Father Piotr Rostkowski is not only her husband but also the coach and former national record holder at 1500 m 3:35.62 in 1997. The 31 years old
Rostkowska was Beijing 2008 and Berlin 2009 semifinalist and clocked 1:58.72 life-time best as 4th at Paris DL meet in 2008. She plans returning to training already in December.

LAUSANNE (SUI): European Athletics opened the vote for the European Athlete of the Month Award for October. The road running season kicked off in earnest in October with hundreds of thousands of Europeans taking part in many of the major city marathons taking place throughout the world. Although African runners have a clear dominance on the men's side, European women had their fair share of success. European Athletics is pleased to announce that athletes from 11 countries have been nominated for the award. The voting will close on Monday 21 November.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

EME NEWS (NOV 1, 2011)

EME NEWS (NOV 1, 2011)


HEADLINES



SPLIT, ISTANBUL, AMSTERDAM


WILL SOMEBODY CATCH MAKAU?

KIPSANG AND LONDON, GOOD QUESTION


NO FOR ANOTHER INDOOR MEET IN 2012: GENT


CHICHEROVA AND BORZAKOVSKIY


SANCHEZ INJURED, BUT STILL PLANS TO CONTINUE




OTHER NEWS



BRUSSELS (BEL): European 3000 m and 5000 m record holder Mohammed Mourhit is thinking about a comeback into the sport. Mourhit, a Morrocan born athlete competing for Belgium, was highly accomplished at the end of the nineties but left the sport after a positive doping result at the World half marathon championships in Brussels in 2002. The now 41-year old Mourhit is aiming for the London Olympic Games according to Belgian Media. He should run a cross country competition later in November.

INDIANAPOLIS (USA): USA Track & Field announced Tuesday the selection of all-time track and field greats Gail Devers, Maurice Greene, Vince Matthews, and Clarence Demar, along with standout coach Bob Timmons, into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. The five will be inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame, along with 2010 Hall selection Craig Virgin, on Saturday evening, December 3, at the Jesse Owens Hall of Fame Banquet, which will be held in conjunction with 2011 USATF Annual Meeting in St. Louis.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

EME NEWS (OCT 31, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 31, 2011)


HEADLINES


FINAL GOLD FOR BRAZIL

NEW COURSE RECORD IN DUBLIN


OTHER NEWS

KINGSTON (JAM): Donald Quarrie and Glen Mills, were among five persons on Saturday night, who we're inducted into Camperdown High's Alumni Hall of Fame. The function, held at the Terra Nova Hotel here in Kingston, saw several past and present students - including Wavell Hinds, Andria Lloyd, and former principals - Cynthia Cooke and Winnifred Smith - turn out to pay their respects. World sprint double record holder, Usain Bolt, winner of three Olympic gold medals (100m, 200m, 4x100m), World 100m champion Yohan Blake, top Jamaica Administrative
Athletic Association (JAAA) officials led by its president Howard Aris, were also in attendance.


RESULTS

OSAKA (JPN, Oct 30): 27 161 runners started and 26 175 finished the inaugural Osaka Mass Marathon. Kenyan Elijah Sang won in 2:12:43 ahead of Russian Aleksey Sokolov 2:13:15. Former world champion Lidia Simon of Romania was th best woman in 2:32:48 ahead of Kiyoko Shimahara 2:33:36.


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Sunday, October 30, 2011

EME NEWS (OCT 29-30, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 29-30, 2011)


HEADLINES


KIPSANG NEARLY BROKE THE WR

CUBAN SHOW AT PAN-AM GAMES

OUHADI 10.24, AL-ZANKAWI 79.27

KOMON WINS BUT NO WB


OTHER RESULTS

AUCKLAND (NZL, Oct 30): New Zealand Marathon champions are Dale Warrander 2:24:40 and Lisa Robertson 2:41:55.


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Thursday, October 27, 2011

EME NEWS (OCT 26, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 26, 2011)


HEADLINES



BRENES 44.65, L. SANTOS 44.71


INDOOR 2012 LESS STUTTGART, PARIS, LEIPZIG


VLASIC WITH MARADONA




OTHER NEWS



LAUSANNE (SUI): The Helsinki 2012 European Athletics Championships are set to be the first-ever sports event at which the European Broadcasting Union will be directly involved as host broadcaster. In partnership with Finnish national broadcasters YLE, the Eurovision Production Co-ordination SA will produce the first European Athletics Championships to follow the new two-year cycle entirely in High Definition. “The Barcelona 2010 European Athletics Championships set a high benchmark and we are committed to take it to another level. We are going to bring an unprecedented video quality into the homes of athletics fans next year” said Franck Choquard, Managing Director of Eurovision Production Co-ordination SA and Chief Executive of the host broadcast team of Helsinki 2012.

LONDON (GBR): Also legendary hurdler Edwin Moses has joined a team of international ambassadors that supports London’s bit to host the 2017 IAAF World Championships. Moses, the recipient of the 2012 Global UNESCO Award for social change for good with the power of sport, won gold at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics and first competed in England in 1978. „There is a great culture of the sport in this country and the spectators really respect athletics and the athletes. A World Athletics Championships in London would also see so many fans travelling to the Championships from Europe which would provide an unrivalled atmosphere.“ Moses was quoted on Insidethegames.

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Monday, October 24, 2011

EME NEWS (OCT 24, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 24, 2011)


HEADLINES


MUTOLA TO COACH SEMENYA

HARTING SUCCESSFUL SURGERY

VCB UNDECIDED ABOUT INDOORS

FALSE STARTS NUMBER DECLINES

KOSYNSKYY LOSING FIRST PLACE

EL KAAM AND LAHBABI 6 MONTHS STOP



OTHER NEWS


LONDON (GBR): Britain's rising young discus star Lawrence Okoye has been named as the latest ambassador for London's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships and also a member of the Athletes' Commission. As the youngest member of the London bid team's Athlete Commission, Okoye will have the unique opportunity to influence London's bid for a Championships that, at age 25 in the summer of 2017, he will hope to be peaking at. Informs insidethegames.

GUADALAJARA (MEX): Jamaica will be without a single female entrant in the women's 100m, as the Pan American Games roll into high gear on Monday. Informs TrackAlerts. Simone Facey was annouced by the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) as the lone 100 m entrant, but her name was nowhere to be found on the start-list. She, however, (based on trackalerts.com information) is there and may just run the 200m.

KINGSTON (JAM): Jamaica’s sports Minister Olivia Grange made the announcement that Jamaica's presence will be felt during next summer's London Olympic Games, not only on the track, but also a ‘stone’s throw’ away from the Olympic Stadium a home called ‘Jamaica House’ will be installed in close proximity to the Olympic venues. The house will also be used to market the country’s image.

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EME NEWS (OCT 23, 2011) UPDATE

EME NEWS (OCT 23, 2011) UPDATE


HEADLINES


EL IDRISSI 2:12:55

GUATELMALA GETS MEN 20 KM WALK

TWO UNDER THE HOUR

NOGUCHI RETURNS



OTHER RESULTS


MT. KENYA (KEN, Oct 23): Bernard Waweru and Pauline Wangui Biwott, both from Nyahururu, ran in 1:13.13 and 1:25.32 respectively to win the innaugural 21km Mt Kenya Extreme Sports Challenge 2011 Jungle Race. Both were awarded Sh50,000 each for the fete that was achieved at 9,200 feet above sea level at Mt Kenya at the weekend. Informs East Standard.

CHOLET (FRA, Oct 23): Hamid Essaid won the 10 km road race du Val de Moine in 29:52. Women winner Sarah Chepchirchir of Kenya 32:58.

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EME NEWS (OCT 23, 2011) UPDATE

EME NEWS (OCT 23, 2011) UPDATE


HEADLINES


EL IDRISSI 2:12:55

GUATELMALA GETS MEN 20 KM WALK

TWO UNDER THE HOUR

NOGUCHI RETURNS


OTHER RESULTS

MT. KENYA (KEN, Oct 23): Bernard Waweru and Pauline Wangui Biwott, both from Nyahururu, ran in 1:13.13 and 1:25.32 respectively to win the innaugural 21km Mt Kenya Extreme Sports Challenge 2011 Jungle Race. Both were awarded Sh50,000 each for the fete that was achieved at 9,200 feet above sea level at Mt Kenya at the weekend. Informs East Standard.

CHOLET (FRA, Oct 23): Hamid Essaid won the 10 km road race du Val de Moine in 29:52. Women winner Sarah Chepchirchir of Kenya 32:58.


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

EME NEWS (OCT 20, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 20, 2011)


HEADLINES



7 EA INDOOR MEETINGS


BEAMON ANNIVERSARY


KENYA VS. ETHIOPIA AS USUAL


NO SUHR AT PAN-AM GAMES




OTHER NEWS



TALLINN (EST): European Athletics informs that former Olympic decathlon champion Erki Nool and renowned jumping coach Yevgeniy Zagorulko of Russia (Ukhov, Chicherova, Silnov) shared their expertise and experiences at the European Decathlon Conference held in the Estonian capital city of Tallinn earlier this month. Over 75 athletes and coaches from six countries – Estonia, Latvia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland and Norway took part in the two-day conference where the main focus was on the jumps discipline of the decathlon event. The Conference, a part of the 2011 European Athletics Summit Series, was hosted by the Estonian Athletic Association.

MELBOURNE (AUS): Cathy Freeman was named the 2011 legend and inducted into the prestigious group of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in Melbourne. The two-time world champion over the 400m relived her Olympic glory from Sydney 2000 as she took to the stage and admitted that she still hasn’t had chance to get her head around what those Games did for her. Sydney and that night is definitely the jewel in the crown of my career Freeman said on stage.

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