Texas Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 This should be a bit of good news for USA Track and Field: When asked on NBC about Rio, 200 Meter Gold medalist Allyson Felix said that Rio was a "definite possibility." 400 Meter Hurdles Silver Medalist Lashinda Demus said that she would get gold in Rio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 China's Liu to have surgery, agency says Former champion Liu Xiang will have surgery on his Achilles tendon in Britain after crashing out of his 110 hurdles heat at the London Olympics on Tuesday, Chinese officials said. "The doctor has been chosen. He is the expert in sports medicine and has done operations on many famous players like David Beckham," Du Zhaocai, vice chairman of the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), told state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday. ... "An MRI scan proved it really was a rupture of the tendon. The Chinese delegation immediately contacted local medical organisations in order to find the best hospital and surgery doctor for Liu Xiang." Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius will get a shot at an Olympic medal after all, even after his South African team failed to finish the heats of the 4x400 relay. A jury of appeal said South Africa "had been severely damaged" in a collision between Ofentse Mogawane and a Kenyan runner who cut across him too soon in the second section of Thursday's morning heat. The jury of appeal decided to give the extra ninth lane to South Africa — silver medalists at the last world championships — for Friday's final. ... AP http://www.usatoday....ious/56899132/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Lolo Jones yesterday went on NBC Today tearfully speaking about the harpooning from the media in the leadup to her disappointing finish in the 110m hurdles, notbaly that Jere Longman's New York Times article slamming her on the eve of her final. Basically what he says is that he feels Lolo thinks she's "all that" and even called her "the Anna Kournikova of track and field"--all beauty and hype with little substance as a public figure. But Lolo must realize that it is not the job of American reporters and media institutions to blindly support Team USA. A good deal of the attention she got from this she brought on herself and should prepare for backlashes. I don't think she's poor athlete, but she's not technically gifted like Sally Pearson is. That said, Lolo is very attractive and ever since photography hit the scene almost two centuries ago there's this serious gravitation towards the photogenetic. Media institutions tends to hype attractive people, that's the reality. Even Dawn Harper and Kellie blasted her afterwards, and harsh as they maybe be in the words, their achievements in getting medals should be noticed. Like to know how Sally Pearson would regard all this as an Australian. Was the article harsh? Yeah, more so because of the timing. Makes you wonder how different things would be had she not crashed at the final hurdle in Beijing while leading. That carries a legacy of its own and it grows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 American runner Manteo Mitchell has revealed he ran the last 200m of the Olympic men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg. Mitchell ran the lead-off leg for the United States quartet, who went through to Friday's final as the second fastest team despite Mitchell's injury. "As soon as I took the first step past the 200m mark, I felt it break." Manteo told the USA Track and Field website. "I didn't want to let the three guys or the team down, so I just ran on it." Mitchell still managed to finish the opening lap in 46.1 seconds as the US team went on to set a qualifying time of two minutes, 58.87 seconds. "It hurt so bad," the 25-year-old added. "I'm pretty amazed that I still split [close to] 45 seconds on a broken leg." ... BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Triple Victory for Jamaika! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 American runner Manteo Mitchell has revealed he ran the last 200m of the Olympic men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg. Mitchell ran the lead-off leg for the United States quartet, who went through to Friday's final as the second fastest team despite Mitchell's injury. "As soon as I took the first step past the 200m mark, I felt it break." Manteo told the USA Track and Field website. "I didn't want to let the three guys or the team down, so I just ran on it." Mitchell still managed to finish the opening lap in 46.1 seconds as the US team went on to set a qualifying time of two minutes, 58.87 seconds. "It hurt so bad," the 25-year-old added. "I'm pretty amazed that I still split [close to] 45 seconds on a broken leg." ... BBC I just saw that on TV. Amazing!! SHould go right up there with Keri Strugg's 1996 vault on a sprained ankle; and the Japanese gymnast's "torn" muscles I think it was in the rings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Final medal results for the following events on August 9. Men's Decathlon: - GOLD: Ashton Eaton (United States) - SILVER: Trey Hardee (United States) (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: Leonel Suarez (Cuba) (Seasonal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-decathlon/phase=atm900j00/index.html Men's Triple Jump: - GOLD: Christian Taylor (United States) (Seasonal Best) - SILVER: Will Claye (United States) - BRONZE: Fabrizio Donato (Italy) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-triple-jump/phase=atm062100/index.html Men's 800m: - GOLD: David Lekuta Rudisha (Kenya) (World Record) - SILVER: Nijel Amos (Botswana) (National Record) - BRONZE: Timothy Kitum (Kenya) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-800m/phase=atm008100/index.html Men's 200m: - GOLD: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) (Seasonal Best) - SILVER: Yohan Blake (Jamaica) (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: Warren Weir (Jamaica) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-200m/index.html?v=20120810-013814419 Note: A clean sweep! Women's Javelin Throw: - GOLD: Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) (Seasonal Best) - SILVER: Christina Obergfoll (Germany) - BRONZE: Linda Stahl (Germany) (Seasonal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-javelin-throw/phase=atw053100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 August 10 sees that Olympic medals are handed out in the following events: - Men's Pole Vault; - Women's Hammer Throw; - Women's 5,000m; - Women's 4 X 100m Relay; - Women's 1,500m; and, - Men's 4 X 400m Relay. Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/schedule-and-results/day=10-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 An Olympic medal for Botswana! Nice! BTW, What happened to Philipps Idowu? He was expected to a serious gold medal contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Members of USA Track and Field who have said that they would try to make it to Rio: - LaShawn Merritt - Chaunte Lowe - Lashinda Demus - Allyson Felix (while not officially confirmed, she said that Rio was a definite possibility and that she has one more Olympics left in her) - Britney Reese - Jeremy Wariner - Michelle Carter - Dawn Harper (while not official, when asked about it by Matt Lauer on the Today Show "raise your hands if you are going to Rio" she raised her hand) - Kellie Wells (same as Dawn Harper) - Lolo Jones While they have yet to make their intentions known, I'd expect these USA Track and Field Athletes to try for Rio: - Ashton Eaton - Trey Hardee - Janay DeLoach - Christian Taylor - Will Claye - Aires Merritt - Jason Richardson - Galen Rupp - Leo Manzano - Nick Symmonds - Lopez Lomong - Michael Tinsley I don't know if we'll see any of these members of USA Track and Field for Rio: - Carmelita Jeter - Sanya Richards-Ross - Wallace Spearmon - Kerron Clement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksheep Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 An Olympic medal for Botswana! Nice! BTW, What happened to Philipps Idowu? He was expected to a serious gold medal contender. He'd been injured and whilst he tried to recover and entered the qualifying round, he missed so much training and was still lacking in fitness, that he failed to make the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Bahamas stun USA for 4x400m relay Olympic gold It was Bahamas' first track and field Olympic gold medal. ' Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu and Ramon Miller sped home in a time of 2 minutes 56.72 seconds to take the win. Bryshon Nellum, Joshua Mance, Tony McQuay and Angelo Taylor claimed silver for a relatively weak USA team with a time of 2:57.05, ending a run of seven successive golds in the event. Trinidad and Tobago's Jarrin Solomon clung on for bronze, despite Martyn Rooney's fantastic final leg of 44.1 seconds. http://uk.eurosport....-202409614.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 To be honest, Team USA's two best 400m runners were injured, but congrats to Bahamas. What an exciting finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Final medal results for the following events on August 10. Men's Pole Vault: - GOLD: Renaud Lavillenie (France) (Olympic Record) - SILVER: Bjorn Otto (Germany) - BRONZE: Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-pole-vault/phase=atm072100/index.html Women's Hammer Throw: - GOLD: Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) - SILVER: Anita Wlodarczyk (Poland) - BRONZE: Betty Heidler (Germany) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-hammer-throw/phase=atw054100/index.html Women's 5,000m: - GOLD: Merseret Defar (Ethiopia) - SILVER: Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Kenya) - BRONZE: Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-5000m/phase=atw050100/index.html Women's 4 x 100m Relay: - GOLD: United States (World Record) - SILVER: Jamaica (National Record) - BRONZE: Ukraine (National Record) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-4x100m-relay/phase=atw401100/index.html Women's 1,500m: - GOLD: Asli Cakir Alptekin (Turkey) - SILVER: Gamze Bulut (Turkey) - BRONZE: Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bahrain) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-1500m/phase=atw015100/index.html Men's 4 x 400m Relay: - GOLD: Bahamas (National Record) - SILVER: United States (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago (National Record) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-4x400m-relay/phase=atm404100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 August 11 is Olympic final day for the rest of the track and field events, save one for the final day tomorrow. They are: - Men's 50km Race Walk; - Women's 20km Race Walk; - Women's High Jump; - Men's Javelin Throw; - Men's 5,000m; - Women's 800m; - Women's 4 x 400m Relay; and, - Men's 4 x 100m Relay. Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/schedule-and-results/day=11-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Women's 4 x 100m Relay: - GOLD: United States (World Record) Hate to be cynical, but to smash a world record that was seen in athletics circles as one of the dirtiest of dirtiest world records by 0.55 seconds seems a 'too good to be true' Even a doped up Marion Jones led team couldn't beat it Guess we'll find out in 8 years time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympic Fan Darcy Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Mens 50k marathon results Gold to Kirdyapkin, Russia Silver to Tallent, Australia Bronze to Si, China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 'Blade runner' leaves Olympics as a finalist Oscar Pistorius set precedent with his journey to and through the London Games. When he leaves, he can add one more accomplishment: He was a finalist. A double-amputee now known globally as the ‘‘Blade Runner’’ because he runs on carbon-fiber blades, Pistorius anchored the South Africa team in the 4x400-meter relay final at the London Olympics on Friday night, bringing the 80,000-strong crowd to its full voice. It didn’t matter that he finished eighth. He can proudly add ‘‘Olympic finalist’’ to his long list of unprecedented achievements. ‘‘This whole experience was amazing ... to step out here in an Olympic final is more than I could have ever hoped for,’’ Pistorius said. ‘‘That opportunity to come here once again and finish today and not yesterday is a dream come true.’ ... http://www.boston.co...VufL/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Mo Farah!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uklympics Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Brilliant! Well done Mo! Love that side-on camera shot at the end, with Mo crossing the line and the crowd bouncing in the background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Over Officious Bastard!...Let Usan have the baton you prick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Men's 4x100m relay: Gold: Jamaica, new World Record (36.84) Silver: United States Bronze: Trinidad and Tobago Canada was third, but was disqualified for running on the lane in a bend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Canada disqualified from Bronze 4x100. Trinidad and Tobago pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Final medal results for the following events on August 11. Men's 50km Race Walk: - GOLD: Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) (Olympic Record) - SILVER: Jared Tallent (Australia) (Personal Best) - BRONZE: SI Tianfeng (China) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-50km-walk/phase=atm095100/index.html Women's 20km Race Walk: - GOLD: Elena Lashmanova (Russia) (World Record) - SILVER: Olga Kaniskina (Russia) (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: QIEYANG Shenjie (China) (Area Record) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-20km-walk/phase=atw092100/index.html Women's High Jump: - GOLD: Anna Chicherova (Russia) - SILVER: Brigetta Barrett (United States) (Personal Best) - BRONZE: Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-high-jump/phase=atw071100/index.html Men's Javelin Throw: - GOLD: Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) (National Record) - SILVER: Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (Ukraine) - BRONZE: Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-javelin-throw/phase=atm053100/index.html Men's 5,000m: - GOLD: Mohamed Farah (GREAT BRITAIN) - SILVER: Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) - BRONZE: Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (Kenya) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-5000m/phase=atm050100/index.html Women's 800m: - GOLD: Mariya Savinova (Russia) (Seasonal Best) - SILVER: Caster Semenya (South Africa) (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: Ekaterina Poistogova (Russia) (Personal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-800m/phase=atw008100/index.html Women's 4 x 400m Relay: - GOLD: United States (Seasonal Best) - SILVER: Russia (Seasonal Best) - BRONZE: Jamaica (Seasonal Best) Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-4x400m-relay/phase=atw404100/index.html Men's 4 x 100m Relay: - GOLD: Jamaica (World Record) - SILVER: United States (National Record) - BRONZE: Trinidad and Tobago Link: http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-4x100m-relay/phase=atm401100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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