The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday
WHAT a time it's been for human endeavour: marathon efforts in the face of adversity, monumental stumbles and one or two performances so dazzling they bordered on the suspicious.
Dreaming About Water (Free subscription) | yesterday
Constantina Tomescu-Dita, the 38-year-old Romanian mother Olympic marathon champion has lead me to the following epiphany: I like to think about things in terms of pros and cons. For example, the pros of running are: it helps me stay fit, it makes me feel good, I get time to myself, running spurs my imagination, I enjoy [...]
African Millennial Rennaissance (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Hello BA Alumni and Others: As you probably know, Ethiopia won the bronze medal in the flagship Olympic sports of the Marathon this year in Beijing after a Kenyan and a Moroccan. Over 75 runners from all over the world competed. Whenever I watch the Olympcs and even at other times I think of my greatest hero of all—Abebe Bikila. I thought I’d share with you his story some of it you may or may not know....
Morocco Travel Information (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
At a breathtaking closing ceremony of the Beijing Games, Moroccan athlete Jaouad Gharib jumped on the podium of the marathon to get his silver medal that secured Morocco the 65th place in the overall standing. Beijing - At a breathtaking closing ceremony of the Beijing Games, Moroccan athlete Jaouad Gharib jumped on the podium of the marathon to get his silver medal that secured Morocco the 65th place...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
KARUR: Superintendent of Police K. Shanmugavel handed over the traditional torch to national athlete Natarajan to mark the resumption of torch relay to highlight the “Give Life Marathon,” here on Tuesday. The relay and the ...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A record number of people donned snorkels and flippers to take part in this year’s World Bog Snorkelling Championships.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A grand reception is being organized in Rift Valley towns of Eldoret and Nakuru by the families of 800m Beijing Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei and marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru. According to local dailies on Tuesday, preparations to give the heroes a grandstand welcome has hit the highest gear in what could be the biggest reception accorded to Kenyan sportspersons in living memory. Apart from cash...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Angola's long distance athlete, João Ntyamba, on Sunday dropped out of the marathon of the Olympic Games of Beijing (China), Angop witnessed.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
It’s conventional to complain about the ethnocentrism of American television coverage of the Olympics, but northeast Asian countries are much more monomaniacal about focusing on their own nationals. Japanese television, for example, devoted hours of coverage to Japanese athletes washing out in the preliminary rounds of obscure events. My man in Japan writes: “You may be [...]
Adventures in the Thin Trade (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Oh .... it's over? Well I had a long training run yesterday. I watched the Olympic Men's Marathon Saturday night looking to channel some of that Ryan Hall karma that had me flying through Central Park last November. Here are the results: Of 98 marathon racers, Ryan Hall (USA) finished 10th. Of 1 marathon trainer yesterday, I finished 10th. Hall had to be thinking that Nicholson Joker line, "
IndianPad - Popular Stories (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
South Africa’s disabled swimmer Natalie du Toit, may not have finished in the top three in this morning’s 10km open water swim at the Beijing Olympic Games, but the mere fact that she participated was worth a medal.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
The Beijing Olympics were like the marathon won by Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya on Sunday: Off with a bang, run at an unbelievable pace and finished in record time.
Three Bits o Trivia (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
At the Helsinki games in 1952, Emil Zatopek won an Olympic gold medal in the first marathon he ever ran in his life. Greek runner Spyridon Louis won the first marathon in modern Olympic history. Greece has not won the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Uganda's Alex Malinga finished the men's marathon in 31st place on Sunday, the final track and field event of the athletics programme of the 29th Olympic Games here in Beijing. Malinga's time was 2:18.26.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Kenya's first Olympic Games marathon gold medallist, Samuel Kamau Wanjiru, spoke exclusively to the Daily Nation and NTV on how he won the Beijing Olympics marathon
