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IAAF still awaiting Jamaican doping information
Berlin :: Germany | 3 months ago
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The world athletics federation is still awaiting information on a ruling that cleared five Jamaican athletes of doping and a decision on their participation in the world championships is likely to come close to Saturday's opening. "We are following the...
Tags: world championship, Jamaica, Asafa Powell, Koji Murofushi, Pierre Weiss, Susumu Takano, olympic champion, athletics federation
Fukushima breaks 200-meter mark
Toyama :: Japan | 5 months ago
Credibility Fukushima, who turns 21 on Saturday, clocked a time of 23.00 seconds, eclipsing her own mark of 23.14 set at the Shizuoka International athletics meet in May, winning a berth to the world championships in Berlin this August.
Tags: Japan, Cuba, world league, Koji Murofushi
Murofushi honored, saddened after ruling
Toyota :: Japan | 11 months ago
Credibility Aichi Pref. (Kyodo) Koji Murofushi had mixed emotions Friday on belatedly earning a medal for the second straight Olympics after two Belarusian hammer throwers were stripped of their silver and bronze medals for doping offenses at this year's Beijing...
Tags: bronze, silver, russia, Koji Murofushi
Athens gold medalist Shibata calls it quits
Tōkyō :: Japan | 11 months ago
Credibility My body was yelling out in pain," a tearful Shibata told reporters. "I realized I had reached my limit.
Tags: bronze, gold, silver, Athens, Ai Shibata, shibata announced, gold medalist, Koji Murofushi
IOC strips 2 Belarusians of Beijing hammer medals
Lausanne :: Switzerland | 11 months ago
Credibility Two Belarusian hammer throwers were stripped of their Olympic silver and bronze medals for doping on Thursday, nearly four months after the Beijing Games...The International Olympic Committee executive board ruled against Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan,...
Tags: Vadim Devyatovskiy, Beijing, IOC, bronze medals, International Olympic Committee, Koji Murofushi, ioc stripped, belarusians hammer, hammer throwers, Ivan Tsikhan
Richards inflicts Ohuruogu defeat
Stuttgart :: Germany | about 1 year ago
Credibility American Richards, who was favourite for gold at the Olympics but had to settle for bronze, beat Ohuruogu in the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart. Richards was never threatened, winning in 50.41 seconds, with Ohuruogu second in 50.83, and Novlene Williams...
Tags: Sanya Richards, American Richards, Christine Ohuruogu, Stuttgart, Beijing, richards beating, World Athletics Final, champion christine, beating ohuruogu, Koji Murofushi
Former Olympic champions win IOC posts
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility German fencer Claudia Bokel and Cuban volleyball player Ruiz-Luaces Yumilka. The four would become International Olympic Committee (IOC) members for eight years after election by their peers during the Beijing [ Games and would represent athletes' interests...
Tags: IOC Athletes&, Liu Xiang, olympic champion, Koji Murofushi, China
Montsho and Kgosiemang carry nation's hopes
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility I was expecting this time," she said. "I had been training for the African Champs since January." A year ago her best was over 52 seconds but she took that down to 50.90 when reaching the world championship semi-finals...Three solid outings in Europe...
Tags: hammer throw, Iowan Kruger, throw final, Koji Murofushi
Sports › Murofushi warms up for Olympic defense with victory at nationals
Kawasaki :: Japan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Koji Murofushi warmed for his Olympic title defense at the upcoming Beijing Games by winning the men’s hammer throw crown at the national championships on Friday. Murofushi, who won gold at the Athens Olympics after Hungarian Adrian Annus was found guilty...
Tags: Daichi Sawano, Koji Murofushi
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