Kenya Selects Lel, Wanjiru… Cheruiyot?
Posted April 24, 2008 at 07:14 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF
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…
USOC Displays Bad Form At Media Summit
Posted April 18, 2008 at 09:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF
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…
Olympic Middle & Long- Distance In the Modern Era
Posted March 26, 2008 at 07:18 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Olympic History, Events, Track & Field, Columns/Blogs, Jimmie Markham
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.*
Pistorius Now Focusing On 2012 Olympics
Posted January 28, 2008 at 11:19 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, London 2012, Events, Track & Field, Columns/Blogs, Jimmie Markham
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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On October 9, 2008
versace 4127 said:
The problem is a new injury would leave him out of the competitions.