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Further News - October 2003

 

Marathon: Ndereba Is the Favorite in New York posted 30 October
5-foot-2 Ndereba is the reigning women's world marathon champion, a former world record-holder and a member of Kenya's 2004 Olympic team. She is poised to become the first woman since Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway to win the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons. . | more |

Kenya: Yator wins XCountry season opener posted 26 October
Nairobi, Kenya - Former 3000 metres steeplechase world junior champion Raymond Yator, who has had a lean period since 2001, bounced back on Saturday to win the men's short course race with a deadly kick too fast for the opposition during the season opening Kenyan cross country meeting at an open ground in the outskirts of the capital, Nairobi.. | more |

Drugs-in-Sport : Speculating - The biggest drug scandal in history posted 23 October
Providing a background to all the pointing fingers and the whole 'speculated' cover-up since the 1988 Ben Johnson bust .. | more |

Drugs-in-Sport: Chambers 'fails drugs test' posted 22 October
Top British athlete Dwain Chambers, one of Britain’s main Olympic medal hopes, has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid THG, it was reported today. | more | BBC Report |

Marathon: Sammy Korir not to run in New York posted 21 October
Nairobi - Kenyan Sammy Korir, who finished second to Paul Tergat in Berlin, smashing himself the world record with 2:04:56, will not complete in the York City Marathon on 2 November after all. | more |

Full Amsterdam Marathon report with Top Results posted 20 October

Kipsang and Sampaio win ING Amsterdam Marathon posted 19 October
Amsterdam, october 19- In a surprising victory, William Kipsang broke the course record here in the ING Amsterdam Marathon. The Kenyan improved on his personal best by almost six minutes to finish in 2:06.39. | more |

Drugs in Sport: USADA makes statement posted 17 October
Early in the summer, USADA received a call from a person represented to be a high-profile track and field coach, who provided the names of U.S. and international athletes who he said were using an “undetectable” steroid. | more |
Drugs in Sport: New designer steroid detected posted 17 October

Athletics: Fredericks quits competition posted 16 October
Former world 200m champion Frankie Fredericks announced he was quitting international competition. | more |

Africa Games: SA on top of medal standings in Nigeria posted 15 October
South Africa's back on top of the medal standings in the eighth All Africa Games in Nigeria. The team now has 52 gold medals, followed by Nigeria with 50 golds and Egypt who has 47. . | more |

Paris 2003 World Track Championships

Marathon: Fastest Debut in history posted 12 October
CHICAGO, America — Kenya's Evans Rutto wins the Chicago Marathon on his first attempt at the distance on Sunday in 2:05:50. . | report |

Athens to increase drug tests by 25% posted 11 October
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Twenty-five percent more drug tests will be done at next year's Athens Olympics than at the 2000 Sydney Games. . | more |

Namibia New: Record broken in Fish River Canyon Adventure posted 09 October
After last years heavy rains which put an end to Russell Paschke and Charlie Du Toit's record breaking plans, they decided to return with a vengeance in 2003. | more |

Road: Tergat back on road for ‘Seven Hills’ in Nijmegen posted 07 October
Nijmegen, The Netherlands – Less than two months after his 2:04:55 clocking in Berlin becoming the first ever runner under 2:05 for the Marathon, Kenya’s Paul Tergat will compete over 15km in Nijmegen on Sunday 16 November.. | more |

Oslo Golden League meeting moving to Bergen for 2004 posted 06 October

Marathon wins in Kosice and Cologne for Kenyans and Russian posted 06 October

Road: O'Sullivan and Mottram win in Dublin posted 05 October
Sonia O'Sullivan has won Sunday's Great BUPA Ireland Run in Dublin, covering the 10km in 32 minutes 24 seconds. | more |

Road 21K Champs: Radcliffe wins third title posted 04 October
Britain's Paula Radcliffe continued her superb run of form as she dominated the field to win her third World Half-Marathon Championship in Portugal. | more |

HAT : Staff of Highveld Altitude Training Camp introduced 03 October
SECUNDA - South Africa - Time-to-Run is proud to introduce the Staff of the new Altitude Training Camp based in Secunda.. | staff | more |

Malta : Speed Development Congress to be held in November posted 01 October
Speed Development will be the subject of a forthcoming European Athletic Coaches Association Congress. Held in Malta between the 7th and 9th of November | more |

  • Another Kenyan athelete defects | more | posted 30/10
  • Boaz Kimaiyo goes sub-2:10 in Frankfurt | more | posted 27/10
  • Rugut wins the first Beirut International Marathon | more | posted 19/10
  • Six under 2:10 in Eindhoven Marathon | more | posted 13/10
  • Michelsson Marauds Melbourne Marathon | more | posted 13/10
  • The Sad Passing of Benson Masya | more | posted 12/10
  • Drugs in Sport: Kenya's Lagat cleared | more | posted 01/10
  • Hicham El Guerrouj marries | more | posted 01/10
 

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