Athletics
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Students mark special day for IAAF
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), this year marking a centenary since its inception, designated a date in May to celebrate its own day. In actual fact, the IAAF decided that a weekend would better serve the purpose and,...
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Bolt eyes 9.7sec on his European season debut in Ostrava
Reigning double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is targeting a 9.7sec time when he takes to the track to race the 100m in Ostrava, on Friday, in his European season debut. The Jamaican will be making his sixth appearance in the eastern Czech...
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Gebrselassie wins Great Manchester Run
Ethiopian running ace Haile Gebrselassie won the Great Manchester Run yesterday in the fastest 10 kilometres time of the year. The 39-year-old clocked 27min 39sec to claim his fifth victory on the streets of Manchester and then turned his attention...
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Sweden triple jumper Olsson quits over injuries
Swedish Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson said yesterday he was retiring due to injuries, forcing him to miss taking part in his third Olympics, the TT news agency reported. Olsson, 32, had to leave the Swedish team’s training camp in...
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Double dip possible for Felix
A double gold bid could be on the cards for Allyson Felix at the London Games, but the three-time 200m world champion just isn’t sure which one. Felix produced a stunning upset in the women’s 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday,...
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I’m back, Gatlin warns after Doha victory
Justin Gatlin, dead and buried after a four-year doping ban that saw him, in desperation, mull a potential career in American football, marked his return among the top sprinters when scorching to a blistering 9.87s to win the 100m at the opening leg...
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Encouraging results for Borg in Italy sprints
Diane Borg, the 100m and 200m national record holder, has already posted some encouraging times this season, running 12.13 seconds for the 100m and 24.86 seconds for the 200m. Thanks to the support of the Malta Amateur Athletics Association and the...
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Bolt starts 2012 with world leading 9.82s
Double world record holder Usain Bolt shook off two false starts to open his 2012 season with a world-leading 9.82 seconds as he won the 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday. Bolt, running his first 100m of the season,...
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Mental strength the secret of my success says Johnson
Michael Johnson is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest ever athletes. Winner of four Olympic titles and nine World Championship medals, the US sprinter dominated the 200 and 400 metres events for many years. Johnson tells Valhmor Camilleri that...
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Bolt poised for first individual race of the season
Sprint king Usain Bolt will run his first individual race of the Olympic season today when he lines up for the 100m at the Jamaica International Invitational at the national stadium. After running the anchor leg on the Racers’ 4x100m club relay team...
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Sports round-up
ATHLETICS: British sprinter Dwain Chambers will compete against world record holder Usain Bolt over 100m at this month’s Golden Spike event in Ostrava. Chambers, who is now eligible for selection for the London 2012 Olympics after the British...
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Conte says ‘moral’ Chambers deserves Olympic shot
The man behind the drugs scandal that engulfed Dwain Chambers among several high-profile athletes has said the British sprinter deserves to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Victor Conte was the sports nutritionist at the heart of the...
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Legend Johnson to address Malta conference
American sprint legend Michael Johnson is set to visit Malta this weekend to take part in the Advantage Conference commencing at Hilton Malta today. The four-times Olympic gold medallist is scheduled to address the conference tomorrow. He will talk...
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More records in field events
The last time the national record for the shot putt for men was set, at 13.80 metres, most of the athletes currently gracing the sport at Marsa were yet to be born. A few others, like Euro-certified technical official Joseph Farrugia, entrusted with...
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Kenyans on top in London Marathon
Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang and Mary Keitany triumphed in the London Marathon yesterday as the African nation served notice of its distance running strength ahead of the Olympic Games. Kipsang, the second fastest man of all time, went clear of a class...
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Russia’s Isinbayeva seeks gold again... but also retirement
Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva has said that she will retire in two years but in the meantime is eyeing a third consecutive Olympics gold medal at the London Games. “For me, I decided that another two years and then I will retire.
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Kenya go overseas to solve 10,000m riddle
Kenya is taking the unusual step of holding its Olympic trials for the men’s 10,000m in the US in a bid to end a 44-year gold medal drought at the London Games. Fifteen athletes are being sent nearly 15,000km to Oregon to compete in one-off...
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Gebre beats Radcliffe in Vienna
Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie beat Britain’s Paula Radcliffe in a half-marathon challenge at the Vienna city marathon yesterday, with four months to go before the London Olympic event. The Ethiopian two-time 10,000m Olympic gold...
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Bolt makes winning start
Double sprint world record-holder Usain Bolt made a triumphant start to his 2012 season under rainy conditions on Saturday, joking the weather would prepare him for the 2012 London Olympics. At the UTech Classic in Kingston, Bolt anchored the Racers...
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Olympic hope Rudisha eyes Doha launchpad for gold
Kenyan track star David Rudisha is aiming to add Olympic gold to his world 800m title from Daegu, with three Diamond League outings likely before the London Games, starting in Doha next month. “I feel good and my preparations are going well,” said...
