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A now masters sprinter / pole vaulter whose passion for athletics far outweighs his ability
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Eight gold medals are on the table today with Austtalia having medal chances in the walks, Bolt aiming for his third gold and a…
There are six gold medals available on day 8 with Steve Hooker going for gold in the Men’s Pole Vault and Dibaba looking to…
On Thursday, the ninth of August, the Australian Men's 4x400m relay team will line-up in the heats. In recent times the this team has…
There are five gold medals on offer on day 7 and in three of them, Men’s 200m, 800m and Decathlon, there is a chance…
Four gold medals are awarded on Day 6 of the Athletics with the American and Jamaican sprinters going head to head in the Women’s…
At 6:00am (AEST) our own Sally Pearson goes for gold in the 100m hurdles in one of four gold medals to be decided. Adding…
Pole vaulting is not a normal activity. Nobody is able to just pick up a pole and jump high straight away. It takes months…
Five gold medals are to be decided on day 4 of the athletics, and Australia will see our own 2011 IAAF Female Athlete of…
We have a habit of adopting people as our own, especially if they excel in their chosen field. Anyone from New Zealand suddenly becomes…
There are another six gold medals up for grabs on day 3 of the athletics but it is a relatively quiet day for Australia…
There are six gold medals to be decided on day 2 of the London 2012 Olympics athletics including one of our best shots for…
There are two gold medals to be decided on day one of the athletics and eleven Australians athletes are competing. A qualifier for the…
You forgot that since the IAAF started keeping world records for the 200m in 1951 that he is the only man to hold the 100m and 200m World Record at the same time. (yes I realise that Jessie Owens has a pre war claim to this as well.
But can I throw another name into the mix. What about Michael Johnson? Three individual gold medals over 200m and 400m. Two relay golds (if you count the one where Young got the team got disqualified). World record holder in the 200, 400 and 4x400m. And only man to win the 200-400 double anywhere.
Is Bolt the greatest sprinter of all time?
Bailey did look like he could run faster, but so did Blake, Powell, and Bolt. I don’t think you can judge form based on the heats. Asafa Powell has showed us at many Championships that just because you look half a second faster than anyone else in the heats and semi finals it doesn’t mean you wont tie up in the final and come in 5th. I am going to stick with my original predictions.
Men’s 100m Final is the highlight of Athletics Day 3
Powell is going to go down in history as the fastest man in the world never to win an individual major championship gold medal. (Commonwealth Games doesn’t count!)
Men’s 100m Final is the highlight of Athletics Day 3
Bailey did run 9.88 in 2010 as well so he hasn’t come from nowhere. No idea what he was doing in 2011 though…
Men’s 100m Final is the highlight of Athletics Day 3
Sorry Michael. That time of 6:50pm was added in my a sub editor.
Men’s 100m Final is the highlight of Athletics Day 3
The long jumpers and pole vaulters seem like they are being effected by strong gusty head winds. But 8.16m should not be a silver medal winning distance in the Olympics!
I think Rudisha will lead from the front and run a stupidly fast time as that is his best chance of winning but will not go for the world record.
And yes, the Men’s 10km was epic. I’ve never seen a group that big still together with 600m to go. And the noise from the crowd even through the TV was amazing.
London 2012: Australia looking for gold in Athletics on Day 2
His qualifying is on Monday 6 August at 10:00am local or 7:00pm Australian EST.
Finals is the next day on 7 August at 7:45pm local or 4:45am on Wednesday morning in Australia.
London 2012: Australia looking for gold in Athletics on Day 2
Thanks Worlds biggest. Watt in his interview said that the wind was bad and when he heard the automatic was 8.10m he thought he would do this easily and mentally switched off. He should have more for the final.
London 2012: Australia looking for gold in Athletics on Day 2
Tim, if he made the final then the semi would be his second last major race. 😉
London 2012: Australia looking for gold in Athletics on Day 2
Cole and Thomas through in the 400H.
Melissa Breen has the 5th quickest season’s best in her heat of the 100m and needs to finish top 3 to make it through. It will be tough but I think she can do it.
Aussies chasing medals in first day of athletics
It is on www.london2012.com but a perhaps easier way to find out heats and lane draws is through the IAAF website.
Aussies chasing medals in first day of athletics
The draws for the heats has been released.
Melissa Breen has been given a free ride though the preliminary round.
Brendan Cole has drawn heat 1 of the 400H which seems to be the weakest. Tristan Thomas has drawn heat 4 which looks quite strong on paper and will have to run well to finish in the top 3 and be an automatic qualifier and avoid depending on being one of the quickest non automatics.
It looks like despite being selected in the 1500m that Jeff Riseley has withdrawn to concentrate on the 800m as his name does not appear on the start list.
The automatic qualifier in the Shot Put has been set at 20.65m which is 2cm further than Dale Stevenson’s PB.
Dani Samuals will have to throw a season’s best to reach the automatic qualifying mark of 63m in the women’s discus.
And in the Men’s Long Jump the automatic mark has been set at 8.10m which both Frayne and Watt should jump.
Aussies chasing medals in first day of athletics
An interesting side note to the women’s shot put. New Zealand apparently forgot to put in an entry for gold medal favourite Valerie Adams. However the IOC allowed her name to be entered in the last few days and put it down as an administrative error.
Sally Pearson starts her Olympic campaign on Day 4 of the Athletics