February 2004
Drugs-in-Sport: Holmes seeks Jacobs justice posted 28 Feb
Kelly Holmes believes that Regina Jacobs should be stripped of her world indoor 1500m gold medal after testing positive for the banned steroid THG. . | more |

Athletes: Tired Szabo ends season posted 27 Feb
Olympic 5,000m champion Gabriela Szabo has surprised the athletics world by ending her entire 2004 season. | more |

Indoors: Sixth World Indoor 800m title beckons for Mutola posted 25 Feb
Monte-Carlo – The middle distances of 800m and 1500m will, as in past championships, provide some of the show case contests of the 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, which will be held in the newly built Sportarena in Budapest, Hungary (5-7 March). | more |

McKiernan to lead Irish in World Cross Country Championships posted 24 Feb

Interview: Bekele seeks a unique triple crown posted 24 Feb
Kenenisa Bekele, now the fastest ever man at 5000m indoors, is never slow in telling you that his hero is Haile Gebrselassie. . | more |

Indoors: Bekele sets world record with 12:49.60 5000m posted 20 Feb
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele produced a great finish to set a new world indoor record for the men's 5,000m at Friday's Norwich Union Grand Prix. | more |

Gebrselassie is Top Performer of the Week in the latest IAAF Rankings posted 17 Feb
Monte-Carlo – Distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie was the overall Top Performance of the Week in the latest IAAF World Rankings. The 30-year-old World Indoor 3000m champion ran thesixth fastest time ever, and the fastest this year for the distance with a clocking of 7:29.34, so garnering a 1375 Performance Score. | more |

Ireland : Athletics Ireland preliminary team for Indoor Champs posted 17 Feb

Malta: Athletics Greatest Achievement Comes Away from the Track posted 16 Feb
That 2003 was a fine year for Maltese athletics is evidenced by the honours handed out to local athletes at the Sportivi Nazzjonali contest and the Malta Olympic Committee awards. Yet, the most central achievement came far away from the track and has hardly been given any attention. | more |

Ramaala wins Mumbai marathon posted 15 Feb
Hendrik Ramaala, a South African long distance runner, braved heat and humidity to lead an African sweep of the men's event in the Mumbai International Marathon today. The 32-year-old broke away in the last 10km of the route through the streets of Mumbai to win the race comfortably in two hours 15 minutes 47 seconds.. | more |

Ireland : Irish Track Indoors Preview posted 13 Feb
Marathon: Chicago increases prize purse to $650 000 posted 13 Feb
USA: St. Louis hosts 2004 U.S. Olympic Women's Marathon Trials posted 13 Feb

20th IAAF Grand Prix season gets underway in Melbourne posted 12 Feb
12 February 2004 - Justin Anlezark and Bronwyn Thompson produced the headline performances of the final event of the 2004 Telstra A-series at Olympic Park in Melbourne Australia, today. The meeting also provided the tradition annual southern hemisphere beginning to the IAAF Grand Prix series which was first established in 1985 and is celebrating its 20th season. | more |

Ireland: Triple Olympic Gold Medalist to compete in Belfast posted 09 Feb

Indoors: Martnez springs surprise on Ceplak posted 09 Feb
Ghent, Belgium - Mayte Martínez charged off the final curve in the women’s 800 metres today at the 15th Flanders Meeting, and scored what most would regard as an upset over World record holder Jolanda Ceplak. Martínez recorded 1:59.52 - lowering her indoor personal best and Spanish record by 0.01 - while Ceplak’s second-place time was 1:59.86. . | more |

USA: Culpepper, Keflezighi, Browne Claim Olympic Marathon Spots posted 08 Feb

USA: 2004 U.S. Men's Olympic Marathon Trials Recap posted 11 Feb

Indoors: Martnez springs surprise on Ceplak posted 09 Feb
Ghent, Belgium - Mayte Martínez charged off the final curve in the women’s 800 metres today at the 15th Flanders Meeting, and scored what most would regard as an upset over World record holder Jolanda Ceplak. Martínez recorded 1:59.52 - lowering her indoor personal best and Spanish record by 0.01 - while Ceplak’s second-place time was 1:59.86. . | more |

USA: Indy to Host USA Cross Country Championships posted 06 Feb

Adere falls short in bid for second world record of the week posted 05 Feb
Dortmund, Germany - Trying much the same formula as she did during her 5000m World indoor record last weekend in Stuttgart, Berhane Adere yesterday found that a long stage of front-running doesn’t always succeed. . | more |

Ireland: Catherina McKiernan Returns to run Ras na hEireann posted 04/02

USA Olympic Marathon Trials: Alan Culpepper Pre-Trials Interview posted 04/02

Lel defeats Tergat on road in Sicily posted 04 Feb
Catania, Italy - World Half Marathon and New York City Marathon champion Martin Lel won the 42nd Trofeo Sant'Agata, 11-km road race held yesterday (3 Feb) in the central streets the Sicilian city of Catania. The Kenyan out-sprinted countrymen Benson Barus and Paul Tergat. Italy's Anna Carmela Incerti won women's race (5.5 km).. . | more |

World 100m Bronze Medalist to Compete in Irish Indoor Champs posted 3 Feb

Tergat eyes Lisbon warm-up posted 02 Feb
rld record holder Paul Tergat will race in the Lisbon half marathon next month to prepare for the London Marathon in April. . | more | Gebrselassie gets a win but not record

Indoors: Gebrselassie gets a win but not record posted 02 Feb
Haile Gebrselassie received a hero's welcome at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center last night. But he failed to challenge the world record in the 3,000 meters, finishing in 7 minutes 35.27 seconds in winning the race at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games. | more |

USA Olympic Marathon Team Trials Preview posted 02 Feb

Australia: Track Champs - Johnson wins 10,000m | more | 26/02

Australia: Track Champs - Troop wins 10,000m | more | 26/02

RSA: Road-running icon the epitomy of the Comrades | more | 26/02

Track: The Highest Earners 2003 | more | 26/02

Australia: Moneghetti running on, but not to the Olympics | more | 24/02

USA: Bill Rodgers - Still making long strides | more | 21/02

USA: Gate River Run Offers Equalizer Bonus | more | 17/02

Johnson takes third consecutive win in Chiba | more | 15/02

USA: Kennedy wins U.S. long course title | more | 08/02

Marathon: Mumbai, run: The marathon is here! | more | 05/02

Austrian Sweep at Fleet Empire State Building Run-Up | more | 04/02 Run Mumbai, run: The marathon is here!

XCountry: Songok beats top runners | more | posted 02/02

XCountry: Ethiopians take the titles in Tourcoing | more | posted 02/02

USA Olympic Marathon Team Trials Preview | more | posted 02/02