June 2003 Headlines section Time-to-Run Your on-line running information magazine

Baby News : Marion Jones gives birth to boy posted 30 June
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)— The world's fastest baby came much quicker than expected.
Olympic champion Marion Jones and world-record holder Tim Montgomery announced the birth of their son, Tim Montgomery. The baby was born Saturday night at about 10 p.m. at Duke University Hospital and weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces.. | more |

Olympics : IOC approves new medal design for Athens posted 30 June
PRAGUE, Czech — Goodbye Roman colosseum, hello Greek arena. For the first time in 76 years, there will be a new design on the Olympic medals for the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. With the Olympics returning to their birthplace in Greece, organizers wanted the medals to reflect ancient Greek tradition rather than images of rival Rome. | more |

Track : USA vs RUSSIA vs BRITAIN posted 29 June
All the action as it happened from Scotstoun Stadium as Great Britain take on Russia and the USA in the Norwich Union International. | more |

Frank Shorter : Marathon man returns posted 29 June
Shorter won silver at 1976 olympics. American's belief in fair play was bolstered by drug suspicions about East German .. | more |

Golden League : Oslo posted 27 June
Women's 5000m : Abere runs world's fastest 5000m 14:29.32, missing out on the record by less than 1 second - Oslo Golden League 5000m Report and Results
Women's 800m : Maria Mutola ran a comfortable race to win the Women's 800m in 2:00.64. - Oslo Golden League 800m Report and Results
Men's 800m : Mbulaeni Mulaudzi of South Africa wins in 1:44.11- Oslo Report & Results
Women's 1500m : Irina Lisinskaya of the Ukraine won a strange 1500m race in a time of 4:05.62. - Oslo Golden League 800m Report and Results
Men's 5000m : Bekeleof Ethiopia wins 12:52.26 ahead of Kipketer's 12:52.33. Report

Face to Face: Charlie Spedding posted 25 June
He once ran a marathon over 26 gut-wrenching miles and won by one inch - just about the width of his vest.. | more |

When Britain can't show them the money, athletes show Britain the door 25 June
There's a T-shirt in one designer's summer collection for this year that bears the slogan "I don't do commitment". They should be bought in bulk by UK Athletics and distributed to each member of the British team who failed to turn out in the European Cup at the weekend.. | more |

European Cup : French win Men and Russia win Women posted 22 June
With five individual wins France totalled an overall score of 109 points to win its first ever European Cup well clear of Germany, 100.5 points, and Great Britain (96 points), who was leading after day one. . | more |

Kenya announces team for World Youths posted 18 June
Athletics Kenya on Wednesday named a strong team that included three renowned athletes for the IAAF World Youth Championships, and African Junior Championships to be held next month.. | more |

Track : Cherono upstages Guerrouj on a night of greatness in Ostrava posted 12 June
Ostrava, Czech Republic – Morocco’s World 1500m record holder Hicham El Guerrouj made, as predicted, an impressive senior debut at 5000m (12:50.98) but was upstaged just as remarkably by Kenyan Stephen Cherono, the Commonwealth Games Steeplechase champion, who ran his own personal best of 12:48.81 at this evening’s Golden Spike – IAAF Super Grand Prix – meeting in this eastern Czech city near the Polish border, in front of a capacity crowd of 20,000 enthusiastic spectators.. | more |

South Africa : Elana's ban lifted posted 12 June
Johannesburg - Athletics South Africa (ASA) has lifted Elana Meyer's suspension with immediate effect. ASA announced on Thursday that the hearing into the alleged caffeine offence by Meyer has been postponed until 14 August 2003. | more |

Track :Kenya Armed Forces Athletics Championships posted 07 June
Nairobi, Kenya - Olympic 1500m champion Noah Ngeny's ambition to make a comeback to track excellence this season suffered a major setback, when he failed to finish his speciality event at the Kenya Armed Forces Athletics Championships ended in Nairobi, Saturday 7 June.. | more |

Track : El Guerrouj at a canter in Turin posted 07 June
Turin, Italy - Hicham El Guerrouj’s 7:30.23 world season’s best in the 3000m and Magdelin Martinez’s Italian women's Triple Jump record of 14.77, were the highlights of the Memorial Primo Nebiolo - IAAF Grand Prix II - meeting in Turin last night. | more |

Golden League 2003 posted 04 June
There are six meetings for the 2003 IAAF Golden League, any athlete who wins their individual event in all of them, will win a share of the $1 million Jackpot. | more |