EME NEWS (OCT 31, 2011)

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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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EME NEWS (OCT 29-30, 2011)

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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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EME NEWS (OCT 26, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 26, 2011)

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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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EME NEWS (OCT 24, 2011)

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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

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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

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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 20, 2011)

EME NEWS (OCT 20, 2011)

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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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