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Athletics – Bolt beaten in 400m season opener

February 16, 2013 Leave a comment
Bolt competes over 400m in Jamaica (Reuters)

Bolt competes over 400m in Jamaica (Reuters)

Jamaican Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt was beaten in his first race of the 2013 season on Saturday, finishing third in a low-key 400 metre event in his hometown of Kingston.

The triple gold medallist from both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics easily won his heat in 46.71 seconds at the Camperdown Classic.

But he had to settle for third place overall after his team-mates Warren Weir and Yohan Blake both posted faster times in their heats.

Weir, who finished third behind Bolt and Blake in the 200m final at London last year, won in a personal best time of 46.21 seconds.

Blake, racing in the same heat as Weir, stopped the clock at 46.64 after fading in the final straight following a blistering start.

There was no final for the event, which was part of a meeting run by the Racers Track Club that attracted around 30 athletes.

Bolt is the world record holder and double Olympic champion for the 100 and 200 sprints but often competes in 400 races at the start of each season to build his fitness.

Next week, he is scheduled to appear in Texas for the National Basketball Association All-Star Game but his major goal this year is the world championships in Moscow.

Source: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/athletics-bolt-beaten-season-opener-000330930.html

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Weight Program 400m/400m Hurdles (rev 1)

January 13, 2013 Leave a comment

Weight program for a 40o metter runner / hurdler summer program.

from elite track forum

400m Richards

400m Richards (Photo credit: az1172)

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Speed days do the main lifts (Run in morning, lift in afternoon)

DAY #1- Powercleans 5×5 (Olympic Lift)
Back Squat 5×5 (Core Lift)
Bench 5×5 (Push)
Lat pull down 4×8 (Pull)
hyperextensions and Abs

aux lift (bis tris abs traps calves)

Day #2- PushPress (olympic lift)
Deadlifts (core lift)
Incline DB bench press (push)
Tbar Rows (pull)
hyperextensions and Abs

aux lift (bis tris abs traps calves)

Day # 3
Weighted dips (push)
Hang Clean (Olympic Lift)
Front Squats (Core Lift)
Pull-Ups (Pull)
hyperextensions and abs

rest

Then repeat this cycle

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Jamaican Sprinter Blake tests positive for drugs

October 7, 2012 4 comments

Compiled from threads at Track & Field News

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Two Jamaican athletes have been tested positive for banned substances.  They are: Dominique Blake and Ricardo Cunningham, an 800m runner.  Cunningham was tested positive for the substance pseudoephedrine.  It was not immediately clear for what substance Blake tested positive.  Blake went to the Olympics as part of the 4X400m relay team but did not run.  Cunningham however did not qualify to go to the Olympics.

This is Blake’s  second violation and  so she’s looking at a life ban and the other athlete a possible two yr ban. It is likely that it’ll be more like six months or less… I read he tested “marginally higher” than the allowable levels of pseudoephedrine that would occur from the recommended medical dosages of the popular nasal decongestant…

I think Dominique Blake’s worst case scenario may also seem like overkill to some people, at least to those who feel that the penalties for stimulants may be excessive at times… She faces a possible lifetime ban for first testing positive for ephedrine in 2006, and, according to the Jamaica Gleaner, testing positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine this time.

I wonder when the Jamaican authorities found out about Dominique Blake testing positive at the Jamaican Senior Championships/Olympic Trials in late June, since she still went to London as a 4×4 alternate in August… I also wonder if the fact that she didn’t run in the London 4×4 heats was pure luck and would have happened anyway, or if it was an intentional decision by the Jamaican coaches because they’d been made aware of her positive test result… Had she run in the heats I assume Jamaica’s 4×4 bronze would be at risk.

The other athlete Cunningham apparently declared the medication he was taking on the relevant form (T.U.E.). Supposedly the only reason that this has registered as an A.A.F. is because the level was found to be just over the expected maximum (ie he took a slightly higher dosage, 2.5 Tbsp instead of 2) for pseudoephedrine and JADCO is being careful and following procedure. I’ve heard that the expectation is a public warning, since the medication was declared before competition.

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Philippines Junior Mens Track and Field National Records (rev 2)

September 8, 2012 2 comments

Philippine National Track and Field Records (Rev 2) for Mens U/20 Revised as of 12.12.12

*additions in red pen

Special Thank you to Mr  Hubbeling and Mr. Benjamin Silva Netto for helping with the compilation of these lists

JR Mens records

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Additional Notes:

  1. Athletes must not be turning 20 years old, in the year they set the record performance to be eligible for the record.
  2. Any electronic sprint performances must be accompanied by a valid wind reading for recognition
  3. Any hand times listed must be greater than the electronic equivalents to be listed
  4. *Indicates a different performance listed than what is officially listed by the Philippines Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA)
  5. For any corrections or amendments please post a comment here for consideration. Documentation such as proof of dual citizenship, copies of official results or scanned phi passports can be sent to pinoyathletics@gmail.com

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Throwing Events Explained (with diagrams)

August 14, 2012 1 comment

(source Australian Sunday Telegraph)

statuette discus thrower felix de weldon

Statuette of Discus Thrower in Bronze this one was auctioning between $30,000-40,000 USD (Photo Credits: Felix  De Weldon)

Three of the four throwing events been at the Olympics since its modern beginnings.

Discus, shotput, and hammer were among the field events included for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Javelin made its debut in London in 1908.

The sculptured bronze image of the ancient Greek discus thrower is one of the most regonisable in sport – not just olympic sport.

One of Greece’s most famous ancient works of art, the sculpture underlines how deeply discus and throwing events are woven into the history of the Olympic Games.When women began competing in Olympic Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games, discus was the only throwing event open to them. Javelin followed in 1932, shotput in 1948 and hammer in 2000.

Their are four throwing disciplines for both men and women – discus, javelin, shotput and hammer.

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The Competition

In all throwing events, athletes start with a qualifying round and get three attempts to achieve a qualifying distance. All who achieve the distance go through to the final and, if fewer than  12 reach qualifying standard, the top 12 go through.

Athletes have three initial throws in the final, with the top eight after the first three rounds then having a further three throws to determine the winner.

The first tie-breaker is the athletes’ second-best performance. If that doesn’t break the tie, their third best performances are compared and so on.

Judges can penalise an athlete for an “unreasonable” delay in throwing and disallow an attempt. The time limit is one minute.

(Click Below for enlarged explanations of throws)

steps throwing javelin shotputhammer shotput steps throwing

 
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African Athletics: Kenya and Uganda Olympians (merged) rev 2

August 10, 2012 Leave a comment

After 40 Years Uganda gained its second gold medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Below is the story of the men who gained gold for there country.

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John Akii-Bua (Video/Documentary): The First man to break 48 seconds in 400 Hurdles

 

John Akii-Bua uganda hurdler

(Aug 16) I saw this link to this brilliant Documentary from a friend who shared it. It tells the tragic-story of an olympic icon John Akii-Bua the first man to break 48 seconds in the 400 Hurdles and Uganda’s first olympic gold medalist (only recently did Uganda gain its second gold this olympics in the Mens Marathon).

Akii-Bua courage inspired future stars such as Edwin Moses (1976-1984) Olympic Champion. Without giving away too much of the video I will give some background Akii-Bua was from Uganda, we look back at the late 60s and early 70s when he partnered with a young upcoming English coach named Malcolm Arnold.

Towards the end of his career Uganda was taken over by Genocidal (mass killings) crazed Dictator Idi Amin. Akii Bua died in 1993 the circumstances are still not known.

Malcolm Arnold is still active in British Athletics coaching and went on to train Colin Jackson, Craig Pickering and Dai Greene among others, but to date his first student his still his greatest.

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Kiprotich takes Marathon Gold in London 2012

Stephen Kiprotich uganda

Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich celebrates with his national flag as he approaches the finish line to win men’s marathon at London 2012 Olympic Games

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(Aug 12) The Mens Marathon signalled the end of the Track and Field at the 2012 London Games.

Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich became the country’s second ever Olympic gold winner on Sunday when he took the lead in the men’s marathon, beating Kenyan rival Abel Kirui to the finish line by just under 30 seconds.

Ugandan outsider Stephen Kiprotich said he was happy to become a “known athlete” after stunning a heavily fancied Kenyan team to claim victory in the Olympic marathon on Sunday.

Kiprotich’s gold was only his east African nation’s second, the last coming 40 years ago when 400m hurdler John Akii-Bua struck gold at the Munich Games.

The Ugandan produced a devasting kick with 7km remaining to kill off any Kenyan hopes of a victory, going on to time 2hr 08min 01sec on the spectacular course around the streets of central London in hot and humid conditions.

Kenya completed the podium, two-time defending world champion Abel Kirui claiming silver in 2:08.27 and long-time leader Wilson Kipsang taking bronze in 2:09.37.

I thought before the race that either Kenya or Ethiopia would win,” said Kiprotich, who has moved to the famed Eldoret region of the Kenya’s Rift Valley to train with former world 5000m champion Eliud Kipchoge.

“I really didn’t think I could win it, but when it came to three miles to go, I decided to go for it. I’d stayed in touch and made my move.

“It was only when I crossed the line that I really believed I had done it. I’ve moved on from being an unknown. I’m happy now that I’m a known athlete.”

Read More here

Marathon – M Final (source iaaf.org)

12 August 2012 – 11:00
Position Bib Athlete Country Mark .
1 3113 Stephen Kiprotich UGA 2:08:01 .
2 2304 Abel Kirui KEN 2:08:27 .
3 2302 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 2:09:37 .
4 3225 Mebrahtom Keflezighi USA 2:11:06 .
5 1226 Marilson dos Santos BRA 2:11:10 .
6 2230 Kentaro Nakamoto JPN 2:11:16 .
7 3368 Cuthbert Nyasango ZIM 2:12:08 (PB)
8 1229 Paulo Roberto Paula BRA 2:12:17 .
9 2672 Henryk Szost POL 2:12:28 .
10 2139 Ruggero Pertile ITA 2:12:45 .
11 2971 Viktor Röthlin SUI 2:12:48 .
12 3147 Oleksandr Sitkovskyy UKR 2:12:56 (SB)
13 1222 Franck de Almeida BRA 2:13:35 .
14 2824 Aleksey Reunkov RUS 2:13:49 .
15 3367 Wirimai Juwawo ZIM 2:14:09 (SB)
16 1059 Michael Shelley AUS 2:14:10 .
17 2315 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai KEN 2:14:49 .
18 2457 Rachid Kisri MAR 2:15:09 .
19 1593 Yared Asmerom ERI 2:15:24 .
20 1304 Dylan Wykes CAN 2:15:26 .
21 2629 Raúl Pacheco PER 2:15:35 .
22 1288 Eric Gillis CAN 2:16:00 .
23 2825 Dmitriy Safronov RUS 2:16:04 .
24 1615 Carles Castillejo ESP 2:16:17 .
25 2484 Iaroslav Musinschi MDA 2:16:25 .
26 2760 Marius Ionescu ROU 2:16:28 .
27 1285 Reid Coolsaet CAN 2:16:29 .
28 1041 Martin Dent AUS 2:16:29 (SB)
29 3146 Vitaliy Shafar UKR 2:16:36 .
30 1822 Lee Merrien GBR 2:17:00 .
31 1613 Ignacio Cáceres ESP 2:17:11 .
32 2358 Duhaeng Lee KOR 2:17:19 .
33 3015 Faustine Mussa TAN 2:17:39 .
34 1620 José Carlos Hernández ESP 2:17:48 .
35 1019 Miguel Barzola ARG 2:17:54 .
36 2594 Urige Buta NOR 2:17:58 .
37 2800 Grigoriy Andreev RUS 2:18:20 .
38 2014 José Amado García GUA 2:18:23 .
39 2507 Daniel Vargas MEX 2:18:26 .
40 2242 Ryo Yamamoto JPN 2:18:34 .
41 1548 Jesper Faurschou DEN 2:18:44 .
42 2117 Kári Steinn Karlsson ISL 2:18:47 .
43 2777 Lusapho April RSA 2:19:00 .
44 2480 Mike Tebulo MAW 2:19:11 (SB)
45 2222 Arata Fujiwara JPN 2:19:11 .
46 2929 Primož Kobe SLO 2:19:28 .
47 2079 Guor Marial IOA 2:19:32 .
48 2709 Luís Feiteira POR 2:19:40 (SB)
49 2786 Stephen Mokoka RSA 2:19:52 .
50 1570 Miguel Ángel Almachi ECU 2:19:53 .
51 2515 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir MGL 2:20:10 .
52 2736 Song-Chol Pak PRK 2:20:20 .
53 2735 Kwang-Hyok Kim PRK 2:20:20 .
54 1348 Guojian Dong CHN 2:20:39 .
55 2962 Anuradha Cooray SRI 2:20:41 .
56 2216 Methkal Abu Drais JOR 2:21:00 .
57 2096 Mark Kenneally IRL 2:21:13 .
58 1596 Yonas Kifle ERI 2:21:25 .
59 3123 Ivan Babaryka UKR 2:21:52 .
60 2496 Carlos Cordero MEX 2:22:08 .
61 1828 Scott Overall GBR 2:22:37 .
62 3348 Pedro Mora VEN 2:22:40 .
63 1047 Jeff Hunt AUS 2:22:59 .
64 1167 Stsiapan Rahautsou BLR 2:23:23 .
65 1449 César Lizano CRC 2:24:16 .
66 3016 Samson Ramadhani TAN 2:24:53 (SB)
67 1517 Jan Kreisinger CZE 2:25:03 .
68 2753 Mohammed Abduh Bakhet QAT 2:25:17 .
69 1731 Jussi Utriainen FIN 2:26:25 .
70 2500 Arturo Malaquias MEX 2:26:37 .
71 3066 Wissem Hosni TUN 2:26:43 .
72 2045 Tamás Kovács HUN 2:27:48 .
73 2351 Sinkweon Jang KOR 2:28:20 .
74 1012 Antoni Bernadó AND 2:28:34 .
75 2423 Marcel Tschopp LIE 2:28:54 .
76 3076 Bekir Karayel TUR 2:29:38 .
77 3030 Chia-Che Chang TPE 2:29:58 .
78 2070 Ram Singh Yadav IND 2:30:06 .
79 2905 Jean Pierre Mvuyekure RWA 2:30:19 .
80 1985 Konstadínos Poúlios GRE 2:33:17 .
81 2121 Zohar Zemiro ISR 2:34:59 .
82 2352 Jinhyeok Jeong KOR 2:38:45 .
83 1412 Juan Carlos Cardona COL 2:40:13 .
84 3026 Augusto Soares TLS 2:45:09 .
85 2419 Tsepo Ramonene LES 2:55:54 .
. 1007 Tayeb Filali ALG DNF .
. 1089 Günther Weidlinger AUT DNF .
. 1354 Zicheng Li CHN DNF .
. 1407 Zatara Mande Ilunga COD DNF .
. 1602 Samuel Tsegay ERI DNF .
. 1676 Ayele Abshero ETH DNF .
. 1684 Getu Feleke ETH DNF .
. 1692 Dino Sefir ETH DNF .
. 1756 Abraham Kiprotich FRA DNF .
. 1761 Abdellatif Meftah FRA DNF .
. 1768 Patrick Tambwé FRA DNF .
. 2397 Valerijs Žolnerovics LAT DNF .
. 2409 Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi LBA DNF .
. 2451 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR DNF .
. 2485 Roman Prodius MDA DNF .
. 2717 Rui Pedro Silva POR DNF .
. 2788 Coolboy Ngamole RSA DNF .
. 2953 Darko Živanovic SRB DNF .
. 3203 Abdihakem Abdirahman USA DNF .
. 3219 Ryan Hall USA DNF
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Rudisha Breaks 800m World Record

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david rudisha kenya 800m.

(Aug 10) David Rudisha became the first athlete to set a new world record on the track at London 2012 as he won 800m gold. It was the first world record in an 800m Olympic final since Cuba’s Alberto Juantorena set the mark in the 1976 final.

The 23-year-old Kenyan stormed to victory in his debut Olympic final to become the first man inside one minute 41 seconds, clocking 1:40.91.

Botswana 18-year-old Nijel Amos took silver, with another teenager, Kenya’s Timothy Kitum,17  in bronze.

Rudisha led the field with the first 400m in 49.28. Rudisha dragged the rest of the field through to Personal Bests and National Records, it was only Abubaker Kaki of Sudan who had to be contempt with a mere seasons best in seventh place.

But after breaking his own world record he believes he can go even faster.

He said: “After running two rounds before the final I got a little bit tired. I told the physio yesterday that I was feeling sore after the semis, so if I can get fresh then I can still improve on that.”

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His pace was consistent throughout, clocking 23 seconds for the first 200m, 25 for the second, 25 for the third, and 26.1 for the final quarter.

david rudisha kenya

Photo Credits: Couriermail.au

Coached by Irish Brother Colm O’Conell who hails from Cork. Winning Olympic gold was not a new experience for St Patrick’s 63-year-old athletics coach. O’Connell lost count of how many world champions he has coached when the number passed 20. The man from Cork is, without doubt, the world’s most successful track coach but Rudisha, 23, is special even by his high standards.  O’Conell first spotted Rudisha as a decathlete.

His racing ability though is the product of O’Connell who invited him to transfer to a school in his area when he noticed how well he ran 400 metres in a junior decathlon competition. Now, to use the Maasai title his tribe awarded him when he won his world title, he is surely the High Maasai Moran, ‘The Leader of the Community’. There was a gathering of 5,000 of his tribe and 1,000 of their bulls to celebrate his world title. It hardly bears thinking what will happen when the prodigal son returns this time.

800 Metres – M   Final

09 August 2012 – 20:00
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark .
1 4 2319 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN 1:40.91 (WR)
2 5 1211 Nijel Amos BOT 1:41.73 (WJ)
3 3 2306 Timothy Kitum KEN 1:42.53 (PB)
4 7 3252 Duane Solomon USA 1:42.82 (PB)
5 8 3254 Nick Symmonds USA 1:42.95 (PB)
6 6 1678 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:43.20 (NR)
7 9 2967 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:43.32 (SB)
8 2 1827 Andrew Osagie GBR 1:43.77 (PB)
Intermediate Bib Athlete nat Mark
400m 2319 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN 49.28
600m 2319 David Lekuta Rudisha KEN 1:14.30

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source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2186205/London-2012-Olympics-David-Rudisha-wins-800m-gold-world-record-time.html
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18914380

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Kenyan sprinter made to re-run 400m solo at World Juniors to qualify for Final.

Pirie Enzo, results from IAAF, link provided to Hurdler49

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A Re-run in the Semi Finals
(Jul 15), Lets start off with what was a very interesting 400m event at World Juniors in Barcelona. According to an IAAF rule as the athlete wasnt properly settled in the blocks when the gun went off. Kenyan Alphas Leken Kishoyian was allowed to re-run the race again ‘SOLO!’. This is the first time this has ever happened at a major meet and opens up as thrilling a set of IAAF rules as the re-run ordered between Felix and Tarmoe after the US Trials. You can read all about it here on Hurdler49′s blog.

Kishoyian re-runs the 400 by himself

Kishoyian for the record finished 6th in the final in 46.19, a credible performance considering he had to run 3 times prior to this in the last 2 days leading up to the finals. Whereas everyone else ran twice.

400m Final and Results

12 July 2012 – 21:00
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 6 228 Luguelín Santos DOM 44.85 . 0.210
2 4 917 Arman Hall USA 45.39 (PB) 0.158
3 8 40 Steven Solomon AUS 45.52 (PB) 0.141
3 5 901 Aldrich Bailey USA 45.52 . 0.149
5 9 854 Machel Cedenio TRI 46.17 . 0.225
6 1 568 Alphas Leken Kishoyian KEN 46.19 . 0.192
7 3 574 Boniface Ontuga Mweresa KEN 46.50 . 0.321
8 2 778 Nikita Uglov RUS 46.61 . 0.190
9 7 515 Javon Francis JAM 47.57 . 0.214

Meanwhile in the Mens 400m Final, Luquellin Santos who has a personal best of 44.45 has emerged on the scene from the Dominican Republic. Perhaps as much a phenom as the man who was the world junior champion before him and later became world champion from Grenada Kirani James. Santos went onto win the event by more than half a second in 44.85 hardly breaking a sweat with Arman Hall of the United States second in 45.39. Third was so close between the other American Aldrich Bailey and Steven Solomon in 45.52, that they couldn’t even separate it by 1000th of a second so the organisers awarded both of them the bronze medal. ‘Imagine how interesting it would be if they made them both run off for the bronze?’

Santos easily takes the world junior 400m title in 44.85, with a tie for bronze between two runners.

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