Summer Olympian

Okay, Athetics Kenya, let’s select that Dream Team for the Olympic Marathon this summer in Beijing, China, the team that can finally break that gold-medal goose-egg statistic and divert the world’s attention away from our horrible political situation back home. With Haile Gebrselassie…

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I spotted an interview titled “U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit Press Conference” that featured Brian Clay, Walter Davis, Lashinda Demus, Allyson Felix, Reese Hoffa, Carmelita Jeter, LaShawn Merritt and Terrence Trammell and it left me scratching my head for a minute. Since…

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The Modern Olympic Era

Of the 336 medals that have been awarded thus far in the men’s middle and long-distance track events during the Modern Olympic Era (1896-2004) here are some interesting statistics:

· A total of 42 Countries have won medals in these events.*

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No thanks to the IAAF and the IOC, South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has decided to focus his energies on qualifying for the London Olympics in 2012, all but giving up hope on trying to find a way into the Beijing…

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