Contenders Aplenty at 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship KUALOA RANCH, Oahu – The 2013 XTERRA Trail Run World Championship will feature defending world champions, former world champions, a new national champ, former national champs, and numerous other runners with international experience. In essence, it will be … [Read more...]
Hesch banned for 24 months
November 15, 2013 By
USADA announced today that Christian Hesch, an athlete in the sport of Track & Field, has accepted a two-year suspension for committing an anti-doping rule violation. Hesch voluntarily admitted having used erythropoietin (EPO) which is prohibited under the USADA Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing and the … [Read more...]
Mwei, Mudy Win Atlanta Half
November 15, 2013 By
ATLANTA – (October 7, 2012) – A record field of 4,500 registered participants hit the streets of Atlanta’s Town Brookhaven community for the fourth Allstate Life Insurance Atlanta 13.1 Marathon® and Karhu 5K events on Sunday morning. The 13.1-mile half marathon and 5K started and finished in Town … [Read more...]
Kiwis abroad end June 03rd 2012
November 15, 2013 By
USA Prefontaine Classic Diamond League Eugene Oregon – 1/2 June 2012 This year’s world leading javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar of Hamilton finished third at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene Oregon. Farquhar sent the javelin out to 82.23m in the opening round of the competition but was unable to improve over the … [Read more...]
Korir, Gebre win Garden of the Gods
November 15, 2013 By
MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. – The Garden of the Gods Ten Mile Run is dry, high and hard. Yet Belainesh Gebre has managed to set and reset the women’s course record each time she has run this demanding race, and this year was no different. Gebre, 25, ran a blazing 58 minutes and 45 seconds on [...]Korir, Gebre win … [Read more...]
Kim Smith wins BAA 10km
November 15, 2013 By
New Zealand distance runner Kimberley Smith showed great form leading up to the London Olympic Games marathon winning the BAA 10km road race in a record breaking 31m 36s. From the start Smith stuck with the group of elite women which included Ethiopia’s Aheza Kiros. They shared the pace through 5km in 15m 58s, Kiros … [Read more...]
Adams top in Prefontaine
November 15, 2013 By
IAAF Diamond League, Prefontaine Classic Eugene Oregon – 31 May 2013 Double Olympic and triple world shot put champion Valerie Adams started her IAAF Diamond League season with a win in the shot put at the prestigious Prefontaine Classic meeting. In her first major competition since the end of the 2012 season, Adams … [Read more...]
Powell and Gay test positive
November 11, 2013 By
Sprint stars Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay have both returned positive drugs tests. Jamaican sprinters Powell, a former world record holder over 100m, and Sherone Simpson tested positive for the same banned stimulant, oxilofrine. Gay – the world’s fastest man over 100m this year – is waiting for the … [Read more...]
Jamaica and Kenya under scrutiny
November 11, 2013 By
The World Conference on Doping in Sport starts tomorrow in Johannesburg, where it will consider a new anti-doping code and is expected to confirm the global doping policing body’s next president. World sports leaders will converge at the Sandton Convention Centre for the four-day meeting amid frosty relations between … [Read more...]
Oyugi, Thomas Win AFC Half
November 5, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO – August 18, 2013 – A sold-out field of more than 8,000 elite and recreational runners from 46 states and 14 countries participated in the 36th edition of the America’s Finest City Half Marathon and AFC 5K held Sunday under cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-60s. Cool conditions apparently … [Read more...]
