Summer Olympian

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The big news this week for Human Interest Saturdays is of course the startling decision by Court of Arbitration for Sport to allow double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius the chance to qualify and compete in the Olympic…

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Now if you thought the Sunday New York Times’ front page article “Witness in Track Doping Case Is Ready to Name…

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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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Trinidad and Tobago’s Shane De Silva leads a team of three ladies to referee in the 2008 Beijing Games’ women’s soccer competition.

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The April 13 Sunday New York Times was a veritable indictment of Beijing 2008 and the Olympics movement. How bad could it have been? The front page upper left hand corner article’s title was ”

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The path towards Olympic glory is seldom an easy road. For some athletes the quest’s difficult nature is compounded by cultural norms, religious rules, and even personal psychological demons. This weeks Human Interest Saturday looks at articles tracing the journey…

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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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Haile Gebrselassie, the star Ethiopian runner and current world marathon record holder, suffers from asthma and says air pollution could damage his health. As a result, Gebrselassie has tentatively decided to abstain from competing in the Olympic marathon which had been set to take…

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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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I noticed a couple of days ago that Marion Jones is still listed on the USATF website as the Olympic Trials Champion for 100m (2000), 200m (2000) and Long Jump…

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Australian middle-distance runner Edwin “Teddy” Flack won the first 800m run and the 1500m run at the inaugural 1896 Olympic Games which were held in Athens, Greece. The 21-year-old won the 800m in a time of 2:11.0 and the 1500m in 4:33.2.…

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A new word related to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has been coined and is beginning to make its rounds on the internet: Beijingoism. The Economist used it in the title of a December 26th article title ”The…

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The IAAF has denied a request by the USATF to change the schedule at the Beijing Olympic Games that would have allowed Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards to run both the 400m…

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