Athletic Training in Occupational Settings (The Athletic Training Library)
Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dramatic update to the case of South African middle distance runner Caster Semenya. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has suspended Athletics South Africa President Leonard Chuene, the entire board and other ASA employees "for their handling of...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• Andy Murray seeks to acclimatise ahead of Melbourne challenge • Brother Jamie to join him as he rebuilds doubles reputation It was Daley Thompson, the double Olympic decathlon champion, who famously used to train on Christmas Day, believing it would give him that slight edge over his rivals. Andy Murray may not be quite so regimented in his thinking but the world No 4 is so determined...
Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | yesterday
I recently got some feedback from the members of the Delhi Runners group on aspects of the Delhi Half Marathon which can be improved for the run. My own thought as mentioned earlier on my blog was that this year's organization was particularly low key , and a lot of comments here resonate that feeling. My thought on this post was to collect the feedback, and let this be a medium to highlight areas...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Kim Saulse 07 November 2009 The Department of Sport and Recreation has applauded the South African Olympic governing body Sascoc for its action against Athletics South Africa. This happened after Sascoc suspended the national athletics federation yesterday afternoon. The Sport Ministry’s statement adds that ASA has to allow the process of the law to be completed. ASA’s president Leonard...
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
South Africa's Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa in the fallout over Caster Semenya's gender tests.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South Africa’s Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa in the fallout over Caster Semenya’s gender tests.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South Africa's Olympic governing body has suspended Athletics South Africa in the fallout over Caster Semenya's gender tests.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
South African gold medalist Caster Semenya is the subject of racist attack on her gender identity. The people of South Africa have expressed outrage over these accusations which surfaced in Berlin during August 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Let us celebrate our world champions Support for Caster Semenya Courtesy of ANC Today November 6, 2009 The ANC NEC of 17-19 September...
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Athletics South Africa was suspended by the country's powerful national Olympic committee over its controversial handling of the Caster Semenya gender row.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
People have been getting faster and faster over the last few decades. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records at the World Championships in Berlin, knocking tenths of a second off each. Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's world marathon (42km) record of two hours, three minutes and 59 seconds is nearly 23 per cent faster than it was in the 1920 marathon.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Athletics South Africa (ASA) was suspended by the country's powerful national Olympic committee on Friday over its controversial handling of the Caster Semenya gender row. "The suspension is based on the fact that ASA, through its officials and office bearers, has engaged in acts of misconduct and misdemeanours in relation to the Caster Semenya affair," the Sports Confederation and Olympic...
Brainicane (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned double amputee Oscar Pistorius from racing in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Later that same year, the ban was reversed. The back and forth centered on Pistorius’ specially designed, spring-loaded, prosthetic legs. The IAAF argued that artificial legs designed especially for running gave Pistorius an unfair [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Department of Sport and Recreation on Friday applauded the South African Olympic governing body Sascoc for its action against Athletics South Africa.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has taken a drastic step.
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Mebrahtom Keflezighi was the first American in 27 years to win the New York City Marathon. Cameron Stracher , the publisher of the New York Law School Law Review and author of a forthcoming book about the American running boom in the 1970's and 1980's, discusses why he thinks American running was on the decline and what Keflezighi's win means for the future of the sport in the United States - and what...
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loveshow | 10/05/2009
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janebaron | 09/25/2009
In 1936, Adi Dassel packed a suitcase full of sports spikes and loaded them into his car. He drove on one of the world’s first motorways from the small town of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria to the Olympic Village in Berlin. Adi was hoping to meet with the American sprinter Jesse Owens and convince him to wear spikes designed by Adi and his brother Rudolph, who ran the company, Dassel Brothers Shoe Factory...
krishpatel1212@gmail | 09/12/2009
Is Caster Semenya Female OR Male, OR Somewhere in Between ? Semenya blew away the competition at last month’s IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Berlin. But the runner's stunning times, coupled with her muscular build and deep voice, led many to question whether she was, in fact, a woman. The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body of international track and field,
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