Indoors : Adere Breaks Indoor
5,000 Mark posted 31 Jan
STUTTGART, Germany - Ethiopia's Berhane Adere broke
the indoor world record in the women's 5,000 meters
on Saturday. She finished in 14 minutes, 39.29 seconds,
winning by more than eight seconds at an international
meet. Adere, the 10,000 outdoor world champion,
bettered the mark of 14:47.35 set by Romania's Gabriela
Szabo in 1999.
Fanny
Blankers-Koen passes away at 85 years of age posted 25 Jan
World of athletics mourns 'Flying Housewife' DUTCH
athletics legend Fanny Blankers-Koen, "the
flying housewife" who won an unmatched four
gold medals at the 1948 Olympics, died yesterday.
She was 85. . | more |
Mutola
produces devastating early season run in Glasgow posted 25 Jan
Glasgow, UK - Maria Mutola has started her 2004
season in the same vein that she finished last season
in devastating and dominating form. | more |
Gebrselassie
to go after World Record at Adidas Boston Indoor
Games posted 21 Jan
BOSTON, Massachusetts Haile Gebrselassie,
who has owned at least 16 World Records in his career,
wants one of them back: the 3000 meters indoors.
Hell go after it at the adidas Boston Indoor
Games on Jan. 31. . | more |
Drugs-in-Sport
: Jacobs THG case confirmed posted 19 Jan
World indoor 1500m record holder Regina Jacobs has
tested positive for tetrahydrogestrinone (THG).
. | more |
Track:
Austria's Graf retires posted 18 Jan
Olympic 800m silver medalist Stephanie Graf has
retired from athletics. . | more |
Road:
Tergat targets Manchester posted 17 Jan
World marathon record holder Paul Tergat said he
intends to defend his title in May's Great Manchester
Run. . | more |
South
Africa : Athletes to train at HAT - Highveld Altitude
Training Camp 13 Jan
Secunda, South Africa : HAT - Highveld Altitude
Training Camp receives their first batch of athletes
today, as the athletes no doubt prepare for the
Olympic Games | more |
XCountry:
Tergat wins at Stormont posted 10 Jan
Paul Tergat just pipped Fabiano Joseph to win the
International Cross Country meeting at Stormont.
. | more |
Tulu,
Dragila added to lineup of Adidas Boston Indoor
Games posted 07 Jan
BOSTON, Massachusetts Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia
and American pole vault star Stacy Dragila will
compete at the 2004 adidas Boston Indoor Games on
Jan. 31, meet organizers announced today. Together
with the previously-announced Haile Gebrselassie,
the trio accounts for an astonishing 17 Olympic
or World Championship gold medals.. | more |
Team
USA Distance Running Athletes Continue to Shine posted 06 Jan
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - (January 5, 2004) - Team
USA Distance Running athletes again distinguished
themselves with another banner year. Collectively,
in 2003, the group set 3 national records, won 11
national titles and mined more medals at the World
Cross Country Championships. | more |
Indoors: Bekele to hit the boards in Stuttgart | more | posted 29/01
XCountry: Shaheen set to run in Brussels | more | posted 25/01
Osaka Women's 42K: Sakamoto wins in 2:25:29 | more | posted 25/01
XCountry: Gebremariam victorious in San Sebastián | more | posted 25/01
Australia: Games setback has Aouita team fuming| more | posted 22/01
Houston 42K: Jaroszewski wins in 2:18:50| more | posted 19/01