Posts from — November 2011

Four days after being found guilty of committing his second doping violation in seven years, sprinter Steve Mullings has been banned for life from all sports by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) disciplinary panel, which yesterday accepted the recommendation of JADCO attorney Lackston Robinson who said Mullings was now guilty of two standard violations.  Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Gleaner 

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• More Olympic 100m final tickets for sale- USD $7,000 a pop
• No mercy for Steve Mullings 
• Asafa plans indoor season ahead of Olympics 
• London 2012 unveils games maker and technical officials uniforms 
• No smoking in ‘ticketed’ areas at London 2012
• Olympians recall fond memories of Howard Aris 

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Steve Mullings’ lawyer Alando Terrelonge said that he does not expect a life ban to be imposed on the 28-year-old sprinter when the Anti-Doping disciplinary panel convenes 2:00 pm tomorrow at the Jamaica Conference Centre. Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Observer 

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• My Kingston – Usain Bolt 
• Canadian Olympic coaches to get cash bonuses 
• Michael Johnson weighs in on Bolt 
• Clampdown on protests during Olympics
• Blake: It’s not all about beating Usain 
• Drowning Mullings may reach for Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)
• Bolt beats the ‘greatest 200m field’ ever
• D-Day for Mullings
• Grange congratulates Bolt and Blake 

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Double World Record holder Usain Bolt earlier today won his third International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) male Athlete of the Year award in Monaco. The announcement was made in a release from the IAAF with Australian hurdlers Sally Pearson winning the female equivalent. Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Observer

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• Letter to the late Howard Aris
• Feature: Howard Aris – The man and his work
• Bolt wants to run 4×400 relay at London Olympics
• London cabbies seek Olympics fare hike

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Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica’s sprint queen, tweeted “my heart leaps with sadness! I can’t believe Mr. Aris is gone! My prayers and condolences goes out to his family! May God bless his soul!”

Olympic sprint double silver medalist, Juliet Cuthbert , commented on facebook: “Howard some said you had a special place in ur heart for me. In 1979 you gave me my first pair of Puma spikes I have never forgotten that. You understood me as some scoffed at me. You had a genuine love for track and field. Mr. Aris I will miss passing you in the VIP section and touching ur shoulder. May you rest now.” Read more>>

Source: Trackalerts via Trackandfieldnews.com 

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• Ocean Spray WATA Workshops this weekend 
• IAAF President Lamine Diack aims to keep track and field on top 
• VCB says Doha for 2017 World Championships 
• London labels itself the ‘athlete’s choice’
• MVP out in full force 
• Social media workshop for athletes
• Mulling’s legal team eyes arbitration 
• Steve Mullings’ affidavit refused by JADCO
• Ocean Spray/Wolmer’s 5k set for Nov 20
• Athlete of the year to be named shortly 
• Veteran journalist Tino Geddes is dead
• Mullings’ lawyers challenge integrity of sample 
• Mulling faces JADCO
• VCB not in IAAF Athlete of the Year top 3
• IAAF 2014 series host cities named

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With the World Indoor Championships, World Junior Championships and the Olympic Games set for next year, 18 Jamaicans have earned their places in the ranks of the world’s 100 fastest men for 2011. The list, which focuses on the 100m in the outdoor season, has Usain Bolt (9.76sec), Asafa Powell (9.78sec), American Tyson Gay (9.79sec), Steve Mullings (9.80sec) and Yohan Blake (9.82sec) in the top five. Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Observer

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• Unleashing the beast in Yohan Blake
• Bolt, Blake make athletics gala final
• Ato Boldon inducted into UCLA Hall of Fame 

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Appearance fees are payments made to an athlete for showing up. They can get more complex, which is why agents are usually involved in the negotiations, but the motivations are pretty simple: The athlete wants to know their work hasn’t gone to waste if they have a poor race, and the race wants to motivate the athlete to run their race instead of another one with a better offer. The better the runner’s resume, the higher their asking price.  Read more>>

Source: Runningtimes.com via Trackandfieldnews.com

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• Munro College and STETHS to defend cross country titles today
• Pam Am scheduling blues

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The overall policing and security costs of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games could come to more than £1 billion ($1.6 billion/€1.8 billion) but no-one will really know until after the event is over, the the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison has warned.  Read more>>

Source: Insidethegames.biz via Trackandfieldnews.com

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• IOC hosts inaugural “Bidding for the Games” Conference 
• England’s PM backs London’s bid to host 2017 World Champs
• White men can’t sprint…or can they?

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IAAF World Championships relay gold medallist Dexter Lee has parted ways with his long-time coach Claude Grant and will join the Okele Stewart-coached SWEPT Track Club in Kingston.

Lee, who has a personal best of 10.06 seconds in the 100m, confirmed the move with the Observer late yesterday, but would not go into any details. Read more>>

Source: Jamaica Observer

OTHER TRACKNEWS

• Michael Johnson calls for an Olympic  ban for athletes who fail drugs test 
• Nitrogen chamber treatment for athletes? 
• London to bid for the 2017 World Championships 
• Ratified: Jamaica’s 4x100m WR in Daegu now official 
• Baku, Doha, Istanbul, Madrid, Rome and Tokyo for Olympics 2020 

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