Noin tunnin dokumentti Usain Boltista.Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive
French producer/director Gael Leiblang secured exclusive access to Usain Bolt, and has been filming up close and personal with him over the last 12 months as he prepares for the biggest race of his life. Made with his complete co-operation, it features Bolt in his home environment away from the cameras. It also features all the people who have helped get Bolt to the top of his profession - his relatives, his best friends and the Jamaican national coach.
3000 metrin estejuoksun kaksinkertainen maailmanmestari ja vuoden 2004 olympiavoittaja Ezekiel Kemboi on syytettynä naisen puukottamisesta ja hän on menossa oikeuteen syyskuussa.
Kenian olympiajoukkueessa ongelmia – mitalitoivo syytettynä puukotuksesta
Can Anyone Beat Bolt
He is the fastest man who has ever lived and on 5th August the world will be watching and expecting Usain Bolt to reclaim the greatest prize in the Olympic Games, the men's 100 metres title. But there are five men who have been thinking the unthinkable, five men preparing and plotting to defeat the man they say cannot be downed. Five men devoted to beating Bolt.
The newly emerged Ethiopian athlete, Abeba Aregawi, who won the 1,500 meter diamond league in Rome last month and is one of the hopefuls for London 2012 has sparked controversy as the Swedish government filed a suit to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) claiming Abeba has been granted Swedish citizenship and that she should not represent her homeland for the coming London Olympics.
Abeba’s citizenship sparks controversy ahead of London Olympics
Pekingin olympialaisista neljä vuotta sitten hopeaa napannut kolmiloikkaaja Phillips Idowu on vetäytynyt viimeiseltä olympialaisiin valmistavalta harjoitusleiriltä.
Tähtiloikkaaja vetäytyi taas – olympiamitalin uusiminen vaarassa?
This in-depth profile of Nataliya Dobrynska is one of over 100 Focus on Athletes Project biographies that will be available for download on the IAAF's dedicated London 2012 mini-site. The first bios will be available from 30 July.
Focus on Athletes - Nataliya Dobrynska
"Nine months I have been training for this," he said. "I know I have what it takes and it is just up to me to go out there. I have been working very hard and will make a lot of guys eat my dust."
All pumped up! Powell vows to make runners eat his dust
Ominous news for his competitors because if an unfit Bolt, with a start that a typical grandfather could better, managed to post 9.86 at trials - a time which sits just outside the top 10 and off his season best 9.76 - then it could be that we are in for something special.
Bolt reveals 'mystery injury'
With nothing to lose and a determination to gain, Powell may very well be the one to give 'Lightning Bolt' the shock he does not want at these London Games.
'Fit again' Asafa pumped up for Games
- Mikä tahansa on mahdollista. Jos Bolt on iskussa, näemme mahdollisesti jopa 9,40 sekunnin juoksun sadalla metrillä, Diack kertoi.
- Olen vakuuttunut siitä, että me saamme loistavia tapahtumia ja spektaakkeleita. Minun kisani alkavat 3. elokuuta, kun yleisurheilut alkavat.
"Bolt voi juosta satasen aikaan 9,40"
- Sen tietää, että siihen jos kaikki menee nappiin, niin 90 metriin on mahdollisuuksia, ja jos se tulee Lontoossa niin kai siitä vaan hymy levenee entisestään, maistelee Ruuskanen.
Antti Ruuskasen rahkeissa 90 metrin hirmukaari
Olympiakisoihin matkaavasta kolmikosta Tero Pitkämäki, Ari Mannio, Antti Ruuskanen suurimmat keihään lähtönopeudet on tältä kesältä mitattu Antti Ruuskaselta. Ruuskasen heitoissa lähtönopeus on parhaimmillaan ollut 29,3 m/s.
Lontoon keihäsmenestyksen eteen tutkittu satoja heittoja
Keskisalon taskusta(?) tipahti pilleri kesken haastattelun. Nyt selvitetään kenen talonmies oli sen sinne laittanut.