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Athletics: Ramzi stripped of Olympic title
Manama :: Bahrain | 19 days ago
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Ramzi, who was his country's first Olympic champion, was one of five athletes who tested positive in April for new blood-booster Cera. The 29-year-old faces a two-year ban but is expected to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Kenya's Asbel...
Tags: Rashid Ramzi, gold medal, ramzi stripped, Beijing, Asbel Kipruto Kiprop, Bahraini Olympic Committee, beijing olympic, olympic gold, silver medal, olympic champion, Bahrain, Manama, Cheating, Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport, Asbel Kiprop, Wada, Drugs in sport, Doping, Bioethics, allnews, Mehdi Baala, Olympic Games, Willis, Kiprop, International Olympic Committee, Nick Willis, Bahrain at the Olympics, Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Davide Rebellin, Lyudmyla Blonska, Summer Olympics
Abitova blasts field in Yokohama
Yokohama :: Japan | 21 days ago
Credibility Inga Abitova of Russia upstaged the top two finishers at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to win the inaugural Yokohama Women's Marathon on Sunday. Abitova pulled away from the leading pack past the 30-km mark en route to victory in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 18...
Tags: Yokohama Women's Marathon, Inga Abitova, Russia, beijing olympic, Beijing, inaugural yokohama, Japan, Yokohama, Marathons, Constantina Diￅﾣￄﾃ-Tomescu, Kiyoko, Caster Semenya, Bruna Genovese, Catherine Ndereba, Kiyoko Shimahara, allnews, Marathon
Phelps flops as world records tumble
Berlin :: Germany | 23 days ago
Credibility Michael Phelps admitted Saturday he is in poor form after another disappointing performance saw him finish fifth in the men's 200m butterfly final as world records tumbled here at the shortcourse World Cup meet. Phelps, who claimed eight gold medals at...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Sunday Phelps, world cup, world records, Paul Biedermann, course world, gold medals, butterfly final, beijing olympic, Berlin, Germany, Entertainment Culture, Kirsty Coventry, Grant Hackett, Leisel Jones, allnews, Jasey-Jay Anderson, Giant slalom skiing, Matthew Morison, Snowboarding, Cathleen Martini, Cameron van der Burgh, Breaststroke, Human Interest, Ian Crocker, Ryan Lochte, Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics ￢ﾀﾓ Men's 100 metre butterfly, Nikolay Skvortsov, Biedermann, Phelps, Roland Mark Schoeman, Filippo Magnini, Eamon Sullivan, Brent Hayden
Leisel Jones ready for Moscow comeback
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Jones, 24, will contest the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke in her first international meet since taking a break following the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Jones has continued training during her time out of competition and has a heavy schedule planned for...
Tags: Leisel Jones, Moscow, beijing olympic, Beijing
Schumacher undoes Button in Race of Champions
Beijing :: China | about 1 month ago
Credibility And the German legend showed he's got plenty left in the tank despite a failed F1 comeback earlier in the year.
Tags: Beijing, nest stadium, Michael Schumacher, beijing olympic, Zhou Bin
Gay, Jeter dash up sprint lists
Shanghai :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility Gay ran the second-fastest men's 100 meters on record, winning in 9.69 seconds, matching Usain Bolt's.
Tags: Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, Jamaican Usain Bolt, world record, Tyson Gay, fastest men, Liu Xiang, beijing olympic, Carmelita Jeter, Beijing, world champion, China, Shanghai
Beijing air 'cleaner' since Games
Beijing :: China | 4 months ago
Credibility Beijing is enjoying the best air quality this decade because of measures taken during last year's Olympic Games, officials have said. They say there were 171 days of low pollution in the first seven months of this year, 22 more than in 2008. One year...
Tags: Beijing, beijing olympic, China
Phelps pips Cavic to break record
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Michael Phelps cut an emotional figure after beating rival Milorad Cavic in the 100m butterfly at the World Championships in Rome. American Phelps won in a world record 49.82 seconds to answer the taunts of Serbia's Cavic ahead of the duel. "There was...
Tags: Milorad Cavic, Michael Phelps, American Phelps, beijing olympic, Beijing, beating milorad, meter butterfly, Serbia, phelps beating, Rome
Who defeated Michael Phelps anyway? Biedermann or his Polyurethane Suit??
At the 200m freestyle event of the World Championships at Rome, Michael Phelps touched the finish wall almost a body length behind Biedermann who proved to be a bogeyman for the eight gold medals winning Olympic record holder. Biedermann logged...
Tags: Michael Phelps, beaten, Biedermann, Polyurethane Suit, freesyle, 200m, World Championship, swimming, Bob Bowman, Beijing Olympic, eight, fish, coach, expend, energy, difference, shocker, myVox
Bolt admits to fitness concerns
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Usain Bolt is hopeful of adding the 100m World Championships title to the Olympic gold medal he won in Beijing last year, despite not being 100% fit. The 22-year-old warms up for the Berlin event by taking on Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell over 100m...
Tags: Usain Bolt, Aviva London, London Grand Prix, Beijing, fastest man, beijing olympic, Crystal Palace, world record
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