2008 - End of Year Review – COMBINED EVENTS
Posted on December 19, 2008
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Falk Cierpinski: Waldemar’s record might fall in the future
Posted on December 19, 2008
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19 December 2008 - Heinz-Florian Oertel, the prominent TV sports commentator from the former GDR, had been so enthusiastic when he saw Waldemar Cierpinski take a second marathon Olympic gold medal when retaining his title at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 that he made a now renowned comment:
Vlasic-Friedrich clash set for Karlsruhe
Posted on December 19, 2008
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19 December 2008 - The women’s High Jump will be one of the highlights of the BW Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe - an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting - on 15 February.
ÅF Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2009
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 - Monte-Carlo - In 2009, there will be TEN ÅF Golden League event disciplines designated to the Jackpot, five events for men and five for women, as follows:
ÅF Golden League Jackpot events confirmed for 2009
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 - Monte-Carlo - In 2009, there will be TEN ÅF Golden League event disciplines designated to the Jackpot, five events for men and five for women, as follows:
Volleyballing Falzon is hardly your ordinary hammer thrower!
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 - French female throwers had distinguished results in 2008, with two Olympic finalists: Manuèla Montebrun at Hammer Throw and Mélina Robert-Michon at Discus Throw. A remarkable feat in a country where throws had not been that well represented in the Olympic arena since 1948!
“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is Fountain’s training motto after superb 2008
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 - USA’s Hyleas Fountain, IAAF Combined Events Challenge winner and Olympic Heptathlon silver medallist, has enjoyed a glittering 2008 campaign.
Bolt and Isinbayeva head Athletics’ six nominations for Athlete of the Year across all sports – cast your vote
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 – IAAF World Athletes of the Year, Usian Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva head the list of six nominations that Athletics has received in the annual Athlete of the Year ballot - covering all sports - organised by the United States Sports Academy.
Olympic champion Dobrynska vs home star Sotherton in Birmingham
Posted on December 18, 2008
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18 December 2008 – London, UK - Birmingham athlete Kelly Sotherton will take on Ukraine’s reigning Olympic Heptathlon champion, Natalia Dobrynska, from the Ukraine in a special three-event challenge set to take place at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham on 21 February 2009.
The Men’s Marathon, 2008: The Greatest Year Ever?
Posted on December 17, 2008
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17 December 2008 - The first Marathon run at the now standard distance of 42.195km was at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. In many of the past 100 years there have been sensational victories, marvellous records and other exceptional accomplishments. Yet the 12 months of 2008 may have surpassed each of the previous 99 as the greatest of all. Never before have so many run so fast and achieved so much.
