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Before the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, veteran American shot putter John Godina was asked by NBC what he hated most in life. Among his list, along with digging ditches, was coaching other athletes. Full Article at US Olympic Team
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The world’s best sprinters, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell are just three of the names unveiled to compete in next year’s inaugural multi-million dollar Diamond League, of which one will be at the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on... Full Article at The Croydon Guardian
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JALANDHAR: Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday announced setting up of two new sports centres in Mohali and Jalandhar on the pattern of National Institute of Sports (NIS), Patiala to provide world class training facilities to... Full Article at Times of India
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As Second City moved down to fourth in its failed bid to host the 2016 Olympics, President Obama elected to use a sports metaphor to soften the blow. Full Article at MediaPost.com
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Kigali — THE Fifa World Cup tour to the country as well as the 2010 Africa Nations' Cup qualifying round have completely erased the most important sporting aspect whose effect may hinder sports development in the country. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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LOS ANGELES: Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards. Full Article at Channel News Asia
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, left, and U.S. track and field sprinter Sanya Richards, right, hold their "Athlete of the Year Awards", awarded by the International Athletics Foundation, in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Full Article at San Diego Union-Tribune
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Japan defeated pre-race favourites Kenya on Monday to win back the Chiba international mixed road relay race they claimed two years ago. Full Article at SuperSport
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Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, will officially flag off the fifth Obudu international mountain race and the first African mountain running championships this weekend at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year on Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards. Full Article at SuperSport
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Shani Davis USA - Speed Skating The two-time Torino medalist (gold: 1000m, silver: 1500m) won the 1500m event at a World Cup in Hamar, Norway. Davis is now three-for-three in 1500m World Cups this year. Jeremy Abbott USA -Figure Skating The reigning U. Full Article at NBC Olympics
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt [ Images ], who became one of the world's most recognised athletes, and American women's 400 metres world champion Sanya Richards were named IAAF world athletes of the year on Sunday. Full Article at Rediff
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ATLANTA Olympics 800m silver medallist, Hezekiel Sepeng, has warned of chaos if more athletes are not elected to the Athletics South Africa (ASA) board next April. Full Article at Sowetan
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Published by the government of Zimbabwe Harare — WHEN young James Lawson brought back two gold medals from last month's 8th Junior African Swimming Championships in Mauritius, most local followers of the sport breathed a huge sigh of relief. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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Melbourne Storm chief executive Brian Waldron believes the NRL premiers' impending move to Melbourne's new rectangular stadium will not only see crowds at home matches virtually double but will also help the club in its bid to retain players in coming... Full Article at Sportal Australia
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U.S. Sanya Richards (R), 400m race and women's 4x400m relay champion, and Jamaican Usain Bolt, world and Olympic sprint champion, pose with their trophies after being awarded female and male athletes of the year 2009, in Monaco, during a press... Full Article at People's Daily Online
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt secured his claim as the world’s fastest human in August when he ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, reaching a top speed of nearly 28 miles per hour. One day, no doubt, someone will sprint faster still. Full Article at U.S. News & World Report
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Thompson said Hurley had all the right attributes for distance swimming after he became Australia's third-fastest swimmer in the event's history on Sunday. "He has many of the skills that previous 1500-metre champions have got,'' he said. Full Article at Herald Sun
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National head coach Alan Thompson says Australia can become a force once more in the 1500m freestyle following Robert Hurley's World Cup victory over Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
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Runners in the Women’s Half Marathon pass the Mahaffey Theater on the St. Petersburg course that also wound around the waterfront and downtown, and inside Tropicana Field. Full Article at TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) winner of the female athlete of the year poses with her coach Clyd Hart (R) winner of coach of the year during the Iaaf World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 2009 in Mona...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) makes her acceptance speech after receiving the female athlete of the year award watched by Prince Albert II of Monaco, IAAF President Lamine Diack and World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usai...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt (R) winner of the male athlete of the year kisses 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (C) winner of the female athlete of the year as IAAF President Lamine Diack (L) looks on during th...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (2nd, L) and World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt (2nd, R) pose alongside Prince Albert II of Monaco (L) and IAAF President Lamine Diack (R) after winning the male and female athletes of...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica (L) makes his acceptance speech after winning the male athlete of the year as Prince Albert II of Monaco (R) and IAAF President Lamine Diack (C) look on during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Cl...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: 400m World Champion and 4×400m Olympic Champion Sanya Richards of USA (L) makes her acceptance speech after receiving the female athlete of the year award from Prince Albert II of Monaco during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 20...
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MONACO - NOVEMBER 22: World and Olympic Sprint Champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica (R) receives the male athlete of the year award from IAAF President Lamine Diack during the IAAF World Athletics Gala at the Sporting Club on November 22, 2009 in Monaco.
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Thommo is one of the great blokes and great athletes. Every time I catch up with him it is like yesterday. The recollections I have of playing cricket with Queensland – I think Thommo is in every story. I always said when England's Daley Thompson won the Olympic decathlon he would have finished second i...
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The Bahraini Olympic Committee has received a letter from the disciplinary committee of the International Olympic Committee announcing the decision to strip runner Rashid Ramzi of his gold medal for the 1500m
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Sigrun competed in the 200m freestyle for Iceland at the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing
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Katalin is one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the world having competed in the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympics Games for her country, Hungary
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I was quite tired after winning the marathon in Berlin Worlds, so I trailed in most time of the race. My next aim is to win a gold medal in 2012 London Olympic Games, and I am confident I can make it
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I have a million stories ... I tracked down Arnold Schwarzenegger at Gold's Gym in California. When I went to (Olympics decathlon gold medal winner) Bruce Jenner's house, he invited us in for a beer.
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One of the club's visions is to send a minimum of 10 marathon and track-and-field athletes to the next Olympic Games to be hosted in the United Kingdom in 2010.
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He was literally crawling on the floor, room to room, after the Olympic trials marathon
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There are people out there [who hate me] who don’t even know me. That is something I always talked about but never believed until I came through the Athens Olympics [she failed to finish the marathon]. Why would I have entered [Birmingham] if I did not have that interest [in representing her country]? I...
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Back in 1948, it was in London that India took part in the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation. It was in Cardiff, Wales, that India claimed its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when Milkha Singh won the 400m race in 1958
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We have also reached an agreement with Olympic Council of Asia to host some of the Asian Beach Games events in Muscat like triathlon, marathon swimming, kabaddi, body-building and woodball. The preparations are in progress to successfully organise these event
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I remember going to a track meet at University of Florida and seeing Olympians run in the fast heat right before me ... It’s a motivating experience to know that you are running on the same track as Olympic athletes. I don’t look at it as though I won’t be able to win the race, I want to see how I stack...
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I want to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in the marathon ... I will start developing those skills more when I graduate. I excel at longer distances and think if I can keep improving, I can match the world's best.
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I’m actually excited to perform in Dublin, Ireland - I have this charity event that I hold - that’s a 5k run to raise awareness for the Special Olympics. I did the first one in San Antonio and it was really cool - we’ll be doing the second one in Dublin, so I’m excited to do that and get that started ag...
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intense, personal campaigning - much like the final sprint to lobby the (International Olympic Committee) members.
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I've been working on my javelin for probably about eight years now, so if they get it here, I can't imagine, in six more years, how good I'll be able to throw a javelin. If they get it here, I'd have the home field advantage ... It'd be really neat to get the Olympics here in Chicago.
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For me, this is beyond exciting because here we are, just hours away from a decision that could be a landmark in Chicago history ... For us to be able to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games would be what my grandmother used to call our crowning glory -- something that certainly would be worthy of...
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My imagery is so vivid and intense six weeks before the first race ... The Olympics are coming so soon I'm mentally preparing and thinking that I'm going to a classic sprint (which she won at the 2006 Turin Olympics).
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Nobody loves sports like the people of Chicago -- trust me ... I have spent endless hours .... in front of baseball TV games, you name it. Whether it's football or soccer, baseball, boxing or a good marathon -- Chicagoans know how to enjoy sports..... And I know that Barack and I would feel such tremend...
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