Athletics

                   

Team USA Head Coaches quotes

usatf.org     yesterday   9 related          

Jeanette Bolden, Team USA women's head coach: "They wanted to go out of the Olympic Games with a bang and make a statement. I think overall our team had been a little down until we had a meeting with them and told them...                    

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Fountain awarded silver medal in heptathlon

usatf.org     yesterday          

EDITORS: Changes last paragraph to read NCAA champion in heptathlon (not decathlon) to CORRECT BEIJING - Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio) on Saturday was awarded the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, in a ceremony...                    

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Olympic Sailing Regatta Day 13: USA Wrap Up

torresen.com     yesterday          

Qingdao, China - The 2008 Olympic Sailing Regatta concluded today with some strong performances from Team USA. Twenty-five-year-old Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) led the team on the water with a gold medal in the...                    

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Pro Field Set for 2008 Accenture Chicago Triathlon on August 24 (Business Wire)

yahoo.com     yesterday          

Life Time Fitness, Inc. : WHO: 50+ of the professional triathletes are scheduled to compete in the third race of the Life Time Fitness Triathlon Series Race to the Toyota Cup including: -- Liz Blatchford - Current leader...                    

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It's Good to be Humbled

internalpigdog.blogspot.com     yesterday          

The best part about running is that it's a lot like life: sometimes things don't go as planned and frankly don't work out. It's unfortunate, but it's also what makes things interesting. We don't get the job we think is...                    

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Against the Odds: How did they do?

bbc.co.uk     26-Aug-2008   25 related          

Before the Olympics started the BBC's Against the Odds series profiled six athletes heading to the Games despite huge obstacles. Vijender - before the Olympics Described by one Indian newspaper as "a new hero of Indian...                    

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Virgin leads the race to sign sprint king Bolt

dailyecho.co.uk     26-Aug-2008   1 related          

VIRGIN Media, the Hampshire-based cable TV giant, is leading the race to sign Olympic sprint sensation Usain Bolt as front man for its broadband Internet offer. If successful, bosses plan to rename the super-fast 50mb...                    

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Athletes Reflect on Olympic Games at Pavilion

prnewswire.com     26-Aug-2008   735 related          

OMEGA's brand ambassadors reflected on their experiences at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Pavilion on Olympic Green. (PRNewsFoto/OMEGA/ Michael Chan) OMEGA's Ambassadors Tell Different Olympic Stories BEIJING,...                    

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komoradio.com: Man, 63, dies during Alcatraz triathlon komoradio.com

Man dies during Alcatraz triathlon

cbs47.tv     26-Aug-2008   8 related          

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A 63-year-old triathlete died over the weekend while swimming the treacherous waters between Alcatraz Island and San Francisco. Phillip Coulston was nearly to shore on the 1 1/2-mile swim when his...                    

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Zimbabwe: Beijing Games Successful

allafrica.com     26-Aug-2008   5 related          

Posted to the web 26 August 2008 Collin Matiza Beijing The 2008 Summer Olympic Games have come and gone but they will be best remembered as the most successful Games in the history of the Modern Olympics. And Zimbabwe will...                    

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