San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Moroccan steeplechase runner Jamal Chatbi was suspended for doping before his race Tuesday, the first athlete to test positive at the world championships.
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Kenyan hopes of repeating their Olympic clean sweep in the men's World 3000m steeplechase remain on course.
Critical Section (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Twenty-five years ago ! Wow, guess what, that's when the Los Angeles Olympics took place. I remember it like it was yesterday, the sense of excitement and pride. Watching so many events, live! on TV. Driving around and seeing the banners. Knowing that my city was showing the world how it should be done. So what if the Eastern Bloc boycotted? Their loss. We did get China instead (as a result of a deal...
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
(Associated Press) Olympian Jennifer Barringer easily won the 3,000-meter steeplechase title at the U.S. track and field championships on Sunday, two days after qualifying for the event was marred by the barrier being set too high. Barringer, the American record holder, ran the event in nine minutes, 29.38 seconds, well ahead of second-place finisher Anna Willard . “Over the last 48 hours, there's...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
• Sprinter to open his European track season in Czech Republic • Offered bonus to beat his 9.69 seconds Beijing record Usain Bolt will begin his European track season tomorrow by competing over 100 metres at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava. Bolt thrilled the stadium last June with a victory over 200m, his favourite event, in a time of 19.83seconds. Since then the 22-year-old Jamaican...
Sports (Free subscription) | 06/13/2009
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Jenny Barringer bolted to the front with two others, then soloed the rest of the way to her third career 3,000-meter steeplechase title Friday night at the NCAA track and field championships. The Colorado senior finished in 9 minutes, 25.54 seconds, besting her world-leading season time of 9:26.2 set at the NCAA regional meet two weeks ago. She finished a gaping 15.05 seconds...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
• 31-year-old clocked 10.06 in Kalamata last month • Sprinter picked on merit, says Britain's head coach Dwain Chambers has been selected to run the 100m for Great Britain at next weekend's European Team Championships in Leiria, Portugal. The 31-year-old tops the European rankings this season after running 10.06 seconds in Kalamata last month and proved he is in competitive shape after winning...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
University of Colorado runner Jenny Barringer won the Honda Award for track and field Wednesday. Barringer finished ninth for the U.S. in the Olympics in Beijing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, setting an American record of 9 minutes, 22.26 seconds. The senior captured her first indoor Big 12 championship in the mile this season with an NCAA-record time of 4:25.91, breaking a record set in 1988. Barringer...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
Butler University has produced runners such as Britain's Becky Lyne, who won a Commonwealth Games 800-meter bronze medal in 2006, and Australia's Victoria Mitchell, who ran the steeplechase at the 2008 Olympics.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/13/2009
Since setting a U.S. record in the first Olympic women's 3,000-meter steeplechase last summer in Beijing, Colorado's Jenny Barringer has sought to prove her versatility as a runner.
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
The exclusion of baseball as an Olympic sport is as agitating as it is egregious; especially considering rhythmic gymnastics, the trampoline, and steeplechase are Olympic sports. The International Olympic Committee, the anti-American cabal that banned the games in the first place, has hinted that they’ll let baseball back in, provided Major League Baseball lends the [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Brimin Kipruto has continued a stretch of Kenyan winners in the Olympic men's 3,000-meter steeplechase that extends back to 1984.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Brimin Kipruto has continued a stretch of Kenyan winners in the Olympic men's 3,000-meter steeplechase that extends back to 1984.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
The Olympic Games end this week after two weeks. While we are still waiting for our first gold medal, Catherine Ndereba's silver medal in the women's marathon, and Eunice Jepkorir's silver in the steeplechase, provide some consolation.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Given that everyone was here, what, 12 hours ago, with most of the intervening time spent sleeping (or watching reruns of Olympic steeplechase in the deepest hours of the night), there isn't much by way of fresh news. With that...
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