Rei Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 first gold for Italy!!! Andrew Howe in men's long jump! congrats to Fernandez, he confirms the Munich2002 gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Where did Howe come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Where did Howe come from? he was borned in Los Angeles, he lived since he was 4 in Rieti, near Rome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Fair enough. I thought he may have been someone who competed for someone else but only changed nationality fairly recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Howe's history is really interesting.. Andrew Howe Besozzi is a versatile athlete as he began competing in 100, 200 and 400 mt run, passing trough hurdel-race and to finally approach to the long jump.. some rumours say that during his training in America he met Carl Lewis who suggested him to specialize in long jump. he's only 21, he has the time to do great things, his first goal is to surpass the italian record hold by Evangelisti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Howe's history is really interesting..Andrew Howe Besozzi is a versatile athlete as he began competing in 100, 200 and 400 mt run, passing trough hurdel-race and to finally approach to the long jump.. some rumours say that during his training in America he met Carl Lewis who suggested him to specialize in long jump. he's only 21, he has the time to do great things, his first goal is to surpass the italian record hold by Evangelisti In TVE they've said he's part of a well-known Italian rock band that will release a new album next september...and that he has had some problems with the training because of his musical obligations, lol. And CAROLINA KLÜFT made it again, gold medal for Sweden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 In TVE they've said he's part of a well-known Italian rock band that will release a new album next september...and that he has had some problems with the training because of his musical obligations, lol. he's part of a band of Rieti not much well-known. he had an accident in training some years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Silver and bronze for Spain in 10000m! We missed the gold, but it's a good achievement anyway! Gold for Germany, Jan Fitschen Silver for Spain, Chema Martínez Bronze for Spain, Juan Carlos De la Ossa The other Spanish, Ricardo Serrano, finished in 9th position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfale Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Silver and bronze for Spain in 10000m! We missed the gold, but it's a good achievement anyway!Gold for Germany, Jan Fitschen Silver for Spain, Chema Martínez Bronze for Spain, Juan Carlos De la Ossa The other Spanish, Ricardo Serrano, finished in 9th position. This gold medal for Germany is a real sensation. But we have to wait for the doping-test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintana Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 You're sounding very confident The Netherlands got it's first medal (silver in the heptathlon) today after disappointing performances by Smith (shotput, 4th) and Kiplagat (5th, 10000 meters) yesterday. I don't expect us to win a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 This gold medal for Germany is a real sensation. But we have to wait for the doping-test. It is a sensation indeed. But I don't like it when we raise doping suspicions now everytime an athlete achieves a surprising performance. Otherwise we won't enjoy sports ever again since especially those surprising performances are the "spice" of sports. Let's simply wait -- but until then we should be happy. Don't forget: "In dubio pro reo" -- that's the benefit of the doubt. Additionally: Fitschen's performance wasn't that implausible. He was already World Student Games Champion at 10,000 m in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 The problem now is that everyone now seems to be guilty in sport until proved innocent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Juan Carlos Higuero has won the bronze medal in 1500 m. The gold has gone to France and the silver to Ukraine. The other two Spanish finished in 4th (Arturo Casado) and 5th position (Sergio Gallardo). So far Spain has won 4 medals. Current medal table: COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 RUS 3 4 2 9 2 GER 2 0 1 3 3 ESP 1 1 2 4 4 BLR 1 1 0 2 5 ITA 1 0 1 2 5 POR 1 0 1 2 7 FRA 1 0 0 1 7 SWE 1 0 0 1 9 UKR 0 1 1 2 10 GBR 0 1 0 1 10 GRE 0 1 0 1 10 NED 0 1 0 1 10 NOR 0 1 0 1 14 DEN 0 0 1 1 14 POL 0 0 1 1 14 SLO 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted August 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 second medal for Italy, bronze to Elisa Rigaudo in women's 20km, gold to belarus' Ryta Turova and silver to russia's Kaniskina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Just as a reminder, here's Munich 2002 medal table: POS COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Rusia RUS 7 9 8 24 2 Gran Bretaña GBR 7 1 6 14 3 España ESP 6 3 6 15 4 Francia FRA 4 1 2 7 5 Grecia GRE 4 0 2 6 6 Suecia SWE 3 1 1 5 7 Alemania GER 2 9 7 18 8 Ucrania UKR 2 4 1 7 9 Hungría HUN 2 0 1 3 10 Polonia POL 1 1 5 7 11 Finlandia FIN 1 1 1 3 12 R. Checa CZE 1 1 0 2 Rumanía ROM 1 1 0 2 Dinamarca DEN 1 1 0 2 15 Italia ITA 1 0 3 4 16 Eslovenia SLO 1 0 0 1 Israel ISR 1 0 0 1 Turquía TUR 1 0 0 1 19 Portugal POR 0 2 1 3 20 Bélgica BEL 0 2 0 2 Irlanda IRL 0 2 0 2 Estonia EST 0 2 0 2 23 Holanda NED 0 1 0 1 Letonia LAT 0 1 0 1 Suiza SUI 0 1 0 1 Lituania LTU 0 1 0 1 Croacia CRO 0 1 0 1 28 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1 Bielorusia BLR 0 0 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgium Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Belgium has finally won a golden medal after 35 years! Kim Gevaert won the 100m in 11.06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 The favourite handles the pressure. She's been threatening to win a title for some time. Shame that Joice Maduaka finished in the worst position of all, fourth, but she seems to have improved beyond all recognition this year. Long may it continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRROS2004 Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Greece won 2 silver yesterday (although they deserved the gold!) Fani Halkia, first olympic winner in Athens,, won the 2nd place at 400m H W. Pigi Devetzi, second olympic winner in Athens, won the 2nd place at long jump W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfale Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Greece won 2 silver yesterday (although they deserved the gold!)Fani Halkia, first olympic winner in Athens,, won the 2nd place at 400m H W. Pigi Devetzi, second olympic winner in Athens, won the 2nd place at long jump W Devetzi won silver in the triple jump. It was a fanatastic competition. The big pre-event favourite Lebedeva needed all her strenght, her willingness to win the gold medal with her last attempt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 The fifth Spanish medal came with Jesús Ángel García in the 50 km race walk (silver). The gold has gone to the French Diniz Yohan and the bronze to the Russian Yuri Andronov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Men's 200 metres semi-finals coming up in a few minutes time. Come on Marlon Devonish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Hallelujah! Medal number two for Great Britain from Rhys Williams in the 400 metres hurdles. Son of the Welsh rugby legend JJ, he's keeping the family's sporting tradition alive in style. Came from last to third in the last 100 metres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwebb Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 And two come along at once. Another bronze medal, this time for Becky Lyne in the women's 800 metres. A gold would just be nice now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westfale Posted August 10, 2006 Report Share Posted August 10, 2006 Only silver for Franka Dietzsch. One old Russian thrower suspended for two years due to doping. One young Russian lady throws a new PB to take gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRROS2004 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Gold medal for Greece with Periklis Iakovakis at 400m H M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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