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To stem more shame…? Anchoring the men’s 4x100m, he had a few meters to make up. And no doubt the young Bolt would have. But this one suddenly screamed and stumbled as he came down with his golden farewell shattered by the first injury he has experienced at a major competition. (NBC Sports, August 12,… Read more.
In a ‘revolutionary’ new proposal, European Athletics has recommended that all track and field world and European records set before 2005 should be removed from the record books. It would mean Mike Powell’s long jump world record, Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 100-meter and 200 -meter world records and Britain’s Paula Radcliffe’s marathon world record would be scrapped.… Read more.
Last November, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a report, which found that Russia perpetrated state-sponsored doping to enhance the performance of Track and Field athletes. It made two major recommendations: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the sport’s governing body, should suspend all Russian athletes from international competition. The Russian Athletic Federation (RusAF)… Read more.
