Posts Tagged "Athletics"
Swimming, athletics handed funding cuts
By John Salvado, 23 Apr 2013
Australia’s traditional powerhouse Olympic sport of swimming has been hit with a half-million-dollar funding cut in the wake of a poor London Games campaign.
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London Marathon security remains
By AFP, 21 Apr 2013
A beefed-up police presence for Sunday’s London Marathon will remain in place despite the death and capture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Scotland Yard said.
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Starc to contest high jump at world champs
By John Salvado, 18 Apr 2013 Rising star Brandon Starc will give Australia a presence in the men’s high jump at a major athletics championships for the first time in 13 years after breaking into the team for the world titles in Moscow in August.
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Bolt can run faster, says athletics legend
By Steve Larkin, 4 Apr 2013 Usain Bolt can run faster. But just how much faster, athletics legend Michael Johnson isn’t sure.
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Pistorius wants to train again
By AP, 4 Apr 2013 Oscar Pistorius wants to train again and recently went back to visit his regular track in South Africa’s capital, the double-amputee athlete’s agent says.
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Powell suffers tight hamstring at Gift
By AAP, 31 Mar 2013 Jamaican sprint superstar Asafa Powell says a tight hamstring has ended his Stawell Gift campaign at the opening stage.
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Powell set to make a mark at Stawell Gift
By John Salvado, 28 Mar 2013 Fully recovered from the groin injury which cruelled his London Olympic campaign, Jamaican sprint great Asafa Powell is ready to make history at the Stawell Gift.
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Powell to start from scratch at Stawell
By AAP, 20 Mar 2013 Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell will start from scratch in the 132nd running of the Stawell Gift.
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Happier Hooker ready to leap
By Adrian Warren, 9 Mar 2013 A happier Steve Hooker is on the up, according to training partner Steven Lewis, who will be one of the Beijing Olympic pole vault champion’s major rivals at Saturday’s Sydney Track Classic.
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Oscar and the South African justice system on trial
By LOFTY73, 28 Feb 2013 Oscar Pistorius unwittingly chose to burst on to the world stage of intrigue and mystery on Valentine’s Day, 2013.
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The Disneyland of elite South African sport
By Brad Cooper, 25 Feb 2013 Many familiar with South African vernacular english have heard the abrupt conversational rejoinder: “Is it?”
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Hooker relishing change of scene
By John Salvado, 19 Feb 2013 The disappointment of the London Olympics made a couple of things crystal clear for Australia’s greatest pole vaulter Steve Hooker.
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It is a very sad day in sport when a governing body has to punish the whistle blower to save its own credibility.
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Why bother banning drugs in sport?
By Smithy, 4 Jan 2013“Should we bother about drugs in sport?” asks Glenn Mitchell. I thought it might have been a reflection on the failings of the status quo, but in this case, his answer is a resounding yes.
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There is much talk already about what is sure to be one of headline acts of the 2013 Hunter Track Classic on February 2nd at Hunter Sports Centre, Glendale.
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AA vs Steffensen: Who’s telling the truth?
By Jocelyn McLennan, 21 Dec 2012
The ruling released today by an independent body stating that Athletics Australia has no case to answer against John Steffensen’s claims of racial vilification and discrimination poses more questions than it answers.
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AA dismiss racism claims by Steffensen
By John Salvado, 21 Dec 2012 Outspoken Australian 400m runner John Steffensen could be suspended for the second time in two years for bringing his sport into disrepute.
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An introductory guide to the Biathlon World Cup
By Rabbitz, 25 Nov 2012 With the greenkeepers of Test grounds capitulating to their cricket boards all over the world, it is truly fortuitous that this weekend sees the start of the Biathlon World Cup season in Oestersund, Sweden.
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If you have to cheat, why compete?
By David Lord, 16 Oct 2012When the mountain of evidence surfaced showing Lance Armstrong was not only a long-term performance-enhancing drug-taker, but a ring-leader in its distribution, I was disgusted.
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Why aren’t we suspicious of Americans?
By Nick Inatey, 13 Oct 2012 From everything we have heard, USADA’s report will for once and for all silence the ever shrinking minority of Armstrong supporters and again cast a negative light on cycling.
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