Trials behind her, Campbell Brown enters final stretch before London – IAAF Online Diaries With the grueling Jamaican Olympic Trials now behind her, Veronica Campbell Brown is now turning her entire focus to her upcoming appearance at the Olympic Games in London where she will be targeting a third consecutive victory in the 200m. “Each June, the focus is on National Championships and every four years, the Championships takes on added significance as it doubles as the Olympic Trials. There are months of preparation and competition with an eye on performing at ones best in order to become an Olympian. You have to get it right on that last weekend in June, there is no redo, it’s all a part of what makes the Olympic Trials the special event it is. Veronica Campbell Brown with members of her Foundation (Claude Bryan) “I raced just once in the month in the lead up to the Trials, competing on my training track in Clermont, Florida at 100m. I spent the rest of my time primarily doing last minute fine-tuning for both of my events. I arrived in Kingston a few days before the National Trials started, visited with my family and enjoy some […]
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Usain Bolt’s agent revealed on Monday night that the triple Olympic champion has made a full recovery from muscle tightness that hampered him at the Jamaican Olympic trials and is training normally and “good to go” to defend his titles in London. Last week, Bolt flew to Munich for treatment by celebrated sports doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt just days after he suffered a double defeat in the 100 metres and 200m at the hands of his training partner, Yohan Blake. Following his 200m loss, his first over the distance outside a qualifying heat since 2007, Bolt was given hamstring-stretching treatment on the Kingston track. A statement was released a few days later to announce that he was being withdrawn from the Diamond League meeting in Monaco on July 20, where he was due to contest the 200m in his final competitive outing before the Olympics. The sprinter’s subsequent journey to Germany for medical treatment raised fears that the world’s greatest athlete was struggling with a serious problem just weeks before the start of the Olympics. But Bolt’s agent, Ricky Simms, insisted the problem was nothing more serious than a tight hamstring and insisted that he was fully recovered and training normally. He […]
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London, UK – Provisional entry lists for this weekend’s two-day Aviva London Grand Prix on 13-14 July, the eighth stop of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League series, are now available. Sixteen Olympic and 15 reigning World champions are expected to take to the track this Friday and Saturday. You may download the entry lists (as at 09 July) from the meeting’s official website here. Around 50 of Great Britain’s Olympic squad will join an array of global stars in the capital’s two day Samsung Diamond League event, with the country’s only defending Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu lining up in the 400m on Saturday, as well as in-form World champions Dai Greene and Mo Farah racing in the 400m Hurdles and 5000m respectively on Friday evening. After missing out on his home Olympics in Beijing four years ago, 110m hurdler Liu Xiang will highlight Friday evening’s line-up. The Chinese superstar will have his work cut out with World Indoor champion Aries Merritt, World champion Jason Richardson and Britain’s Olympic contingent of Andy Turner, Andy Pozzi and Lawrence Clarke all keen to test themselves against the current best in the world. The clash of the second fastest woman of all-time, Carmelita Jeter, with new Jamaican record […]
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Alia Atkinson wins Women’s 100m breaststroke gold: Day three – Santa Clara International Grand Prix Alia S Atkinson of South Florida Aquatics won gold medal of the Women’s 100m breaststroke on day three of the 2012 Santa Clara International Grand Prix in California on Sunday, June 3. The Santa Clara is the concluding stage of 2012 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series, which provides an opportunity to top-class players to compete with each other before the 2012 London Olympic Games. The 23-year-old Atkinson showered her expertise in the double lap breaststroke discipline and proved her mettle for gold medal of the event. With her commendable start and utter determination, Atkinson faced no trouble in securing top spot on the podium and shattered hopes of her competitors, who were eyeing the title of the event. Her immaculate pace placed her considerably ahead of her opponents and she touched the finishing end for first position with the timing of 1 minute and 08.45 seconds. The gold medallist was followed by Kate Haywood of Great Britain, who remained 1.23 seconds apart and stepped on the medal rostrum for silver medal with the timing of 1 minute and 09.68 seconds. The second position holder was […]
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Usain Bolt has a “slight” injury and will not participate in his final warmup race before the Olympics, the runner, who won three gold medals in world-record time at the 2008 Games, and his coach said in a statement on Thursday. But Bolt said he had no intention of pulling out of the London Games despite the unspecified problem that he referred to as a “challenge.” “I am happy to have earned my spot on the Jamaican Olympic team despite the challenge,” Bolt said in the statement. “I will be in London to defend my titles in the 100, 200 and 4×100 meters.” Bolt is coming off surprising second-place finishes to Yohan Blake in both the 100 and 200 at the Jamaican Olympic trials over the weekend. He had his right hamstring stretched out on the track following the 200. His coach, Glen Mills, didn’t elaborate on the “slight problem” Bolt had at the trials that prompted his withdrawal from the 200 meters at the Monaco Diamond League later this month. “After careful assessment I have had to withdraw him from the Samsung Diamond League Meeting in Monaco on July 20 to give him sufficient time for treatment and time to train and […]
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