Posts from — August 2011
Asafa Powell unlikely to feature in 4x100m
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Yohan Blake to receive 35,000 Euros to run in Germany
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Las Vegas fails in bid for 2020 Olympics
Las Vegas have submitted a bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics without the permission of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), it was revealed…Read more>>
Source: Inside the Games via Trackandfieldnews.com
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Lauryn Williams: 5 Lessons from the women’s 100m final in Daegu
- Professionalism is key
- Good things come to those who work hard and wait
- Social media is the devil
- The show must go on…regardless of who is absent
- Age is nothing but a number
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Source: Universal Sports
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Men’s 400 meter final results
400 Metres – M FINAL
30 August 2011 - 21:45
| Position | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Country | Mark | React | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 525 | Kirani James |  GRN |
44.60 | (PB) | 0.137 |
| 2 | 4 | 1099 | LaShawn Merritt |  USA |
44.63 | 0.263 | |
| 3 | 6 | 171 | Kévin Borlée |  BEL |
44.90 | 0.182 | |
| 4 | 3 | 594 | Jermaine Gonzales |  JAM |
44.99 | 0.138 | |
| 5 | 8 | 170 | Jonathan Borlée | BEL |
45.07 | 0.160 | |
| 6 | 2 | 524 | Rondell Bartholomew | GRN |
45.45 | 0.314 | |
| 7 | 7 | 565 | Tabarie Henry |  ISV |
45.55 | 0.167 | |
| 8 | 1 | 874 | Femi Ogunode |  QAT |
45.55 | 0.170 |
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Daegu World Championships Day 4 Results, Highlights + more
- Chopsticks, brains and track? What’s the relation?
- Letter: Revert to old rule with a twist…let the offender pay!
- Bolt’s words to Blake before the race: “Listen, just keep your focus. A me and you a go fight it out towards the end.”
- IAAF on the false-start rule
- VCB thankful to God
- Daegu Diary: Of taxi men and ‘ginnalship’
- Kaliese Spencer determined to triumph despite odds
- ‘I’m extremely disappointed’
- Gonzales misses out on medal in 400m
- Mr. Blake’s glory and Mr. Bolt’s false start
- Star athlete 18 year old Kirani James of Grenada
- Kirani James, a Bolt from the Blue
- The true meaning of pain and pleasure
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Day 4 Schedule
Time Gender Event Round
Morning session (Monday, August 29)
8:00 PM W Long Jump Heptathlon
8:10 M High Jump Qualification
8:20 W 5000 Metres Heats
9:20 M 1500 Metres Heats
9:40 W Javelin Throw Heptathlon
9:45 W Triple Jump Qualification
10:50 W Javelin Throw Heptathlon
Afternoon session (Tuesday, August 30)
5:00 AM W 400 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final
5:05 W Pole Vault Final
5:30 M 400 Metres Hurdles Semi-Final
5:55 M Discus Throw Final
6:00 W 800 Metres Heptathlon
6:35 W 1500 Metres Semi-Final
7:00 M 800 Metres Final
7:20 W 3000 Metres Steeplechase Final
7:45 M 400 Metres Final
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Daegu World Championships Day 3 Results, Highlights + more
- Veronica wins silver in 100m
- Robles disqualified from 100m hurdles at Worlds
- Heartache for Thomas in 100m hurdles final
- Jermaine Gonzales in men’s 400m final
- No medal for women in 400m
- The mishandling of Asafa
- ‘Jago’ coach recalls nurturing young Blaker
- Family and friends of Bolt in shock
- Usain Bolt: No point to dwell on the past
- Blake’s family in euphoria
- IAAF ‘disappointed’ with Bolt’s disqualification
- Pictures from Daegu
- Bolt’s hometown: ‘He’s still our boy’
- Bolt had no problem with new guideline
- Skeen and Todd on the 100m final
- False-start rule from the pit of hell, says pastor
- Historic – Blake the youngest 100m World Champ
- Blake over the moon
- Daegu Diary 5 – Andre Lowe
- Show Asafa more appreciation
- Fae Ellington on the false-start rule
- Bittersweet feeling from Jamaicans in H-W-T
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World Championships Medal Table – Monday 8-29-2011 8:00am
| RANK | COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES (USA)  |
3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  KENYA (KEN) |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  RUSSIA (RUS) |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | JAMAICA (JAM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  CUBA (CUB) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  ETHIOPIA (ETH) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  PR OF CHINA (CHN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  BOTSWANA (BOT) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  JAPAN (JPN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  NEW ZEALAND (NZL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  BELARUS (BLR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  GERMANY (GER) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  HUNGARY (HUN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  COLOMBIA (COL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 |  LATVIA (LAT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 |  SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS (SKN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 |  SLOVENIA (SLO) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 |  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (TRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Women’s 100m finals results
100 Metres – W FINAL
29 August 2011 - 21:45
Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Position | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Country | Mark | React | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 953 | Carmelita Jeter | USA |
10.90 | 0.167 | |
| 2 | 8 | 511 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | JAM |
10.97 | 0.234 | |
| 3 | 5 | 847 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | TRI |
10.98 | 0.151 | |
| 4 | 3 | 514 | Shelly-Ann Fraser – Pryce | JAM |
10.99 | 0.194 | |
| 5 | 2 | 679 | Blessing Okagbare |  NGR |
11.12 | 0.147 | |
| 6 | 6 | 526 | Kerron Stewart | JAM |
11.15 | 0.212 | |
| 7 | 1 | 189 | Ivet Lalova |  BUL |
11.27 | 0.156 | |
| 8 | 7 | 965 | Marshevet Myers | USA |
11.33 | 0.164 |
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