The 150 metre showdown between American Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is off for Saturday.
Two-time Olympic 100m champion Fraser-Pryce will no longer run at the BT Great City Games in Manchester, England due to injury.
It’s reported that a minor hamstring injury again became a concern after Fraser-Pryce won the 100m in a world-leading 10.93 seconds at the Shanghai Diamond League meet in China last weekend.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Fraser-Pryce--Felix-150m-showdown-off#ixzz2U5pFf78W
Monaco – Over 120 nations of the 212 which make up the membership of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have now implemented IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics, the flagship project of the IAAF School / Youth programme.
Created in 2005, and now one of the biggest grassroots development programmes in the world of sports, Kids’ Athletics, with the support of its partner Nestlé Healthy Kids, is spreading ever more quickly around the world.
During 2013 a further 20 IAAF national Member Federations will activate the project within their territories, these include Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Colombia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Singapore, Sri Lanka….
Bulgaria has already led the way this year staging an IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics course in its capital Sofia at the end of April, and last weekend (18 / 19 May) was the turn of Peru which organised a lecturers’ course in the city of Huaraz, the capital of the Ancash Region.
Panama becomes the third nation to activate in 2013. Currently (21 / 22 May) 24 lecturers from the Provincia de Colon (6), Panamá Oeste (5), Panamá Centro (13) are attending a two day course in the Pedro J. Sosa School in the City of Panama. These lecturers are the seeds via which each national activation germinates, returning to their home towns to locally spread the knowledge they have acquired at these national courses.
“I am delighted that the worldwide reach of IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics continues to grow with another 20 countries adopting our programme,” commented IAAF President Lamine Diack. “With the support of our partner Nestlé we continue to pursue our goal to make Athletics the number one participation sport in schools. We aim not only to encourage interest in the Olympics’ number one sport but to generally promote a healthy lifestyle which will benefit the individual and society as a whole.”
Justin Gatlin scorched to victory in the 100 metres at the World Challenge in Beijing in a time of 9.91 seconds, the second-fastest time of the year.
The 31-year-old American, who returned to the track in 2010 following a four-year ban for doping, claimed bronze at last year’s Olympic Games and showed no sign of letting up despite his relative status as veteran.
Compatriot Mike Rodgers was second five hundredths behind to set the third-fastest time of the season.
Only Tyson Gay has run faster than Gatlin this season, with a 9.86s in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 4.
In the women’s competition, Russia’s Anna Chicherova – the Olympic high jump champion – leapt to the highest mark of the year with a 2.02m jump.
World Challenge Meeting Beijing results:
Men's 100m
1. Justin Gatlin, United States, 9.91 seconds
2. Michael Rodgers, United States, 9.96
3. Su Bingtian, China, 10.06
Men's 800m
1. Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 1:46.43
2. Edwin Kiplagat Melly (Kenya) 1:46.46
3. Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech (Kenya) 1:47.50
Men's 110m Hurdles
1. David Oliver (U.S.) 13.16
2. Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 13.44
3. Jason Richardson (U.S.) 13.48
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
1. Hillary Kipsang Yego (Kenya) 8:09.17
2. Brimin Kiprop Kipruto (Kenya) 8:15.19
3. Gilbert Kiplangat Kirui (Kenya) 8:15.67
Men's High Jump
1. Wang Yu (China) 2.33
2. Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 2.31
3. Zhang Guowei (China) 2.25
Men's Long Jump
1. Li Jinzhe (China) 8.31
2. Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 8.13
3. Ngonidzashe Makusha (Zimbabwe) 8.04
Men's Pole Vault
1. Igor Bychkov (Spain) 5.60
2. Vladyslav Revenko (Ukraine) 5.50
3. Yang Yansheng (China) 5.40
Men's Triple Jump
1. Cao Shuo (China) 16.72
2. Chris Carter (U.S.) 16.69
3. Karol Hoffmann (Poland) 16.57
Men's Javelin Throw
1. Dmitri Tarabin (Russia) 81.11
2. Vitezslav Vesely (Czech Republic) 80.81
3. Ari Mannio (Finland) 80.65
Women's 100m
1. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 11.04
2. Mikele Barber (U.S.) 11.30
3. Ruddy Zang Milama (Gabon) 11.32
Women's 200m
1. Allyson Felix (U.S.) 22.36
2. LaShauntea Moore (U.S.) 22.85
3. Ebonie Floyd (U.S.) 23.19
Women's 1500m
1. Eunice Jepkoech Sum (Kenya) 4:04.49
2. Mary Kuria (Kenya) 4:05.17
3. Nelly Jepkosgei (Kenya) 4:08.59
Women's 100m Hurdles
1. Kellie Wells (U.S.) 12.87
2. Ginnie Crawford (U.S.) 13.03
3. Alina Talay (Belarus) 13.09
Women's High Jump
1. Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2.02
2. Ana Simic (Croatia) 1.95
3. Nadiya Dusanova (Uzbekistan) 1.92
Women's Long Jump
1. Tori Polk (U.S.) 6.58
2. Funmi Jimoh (U.S.) 6.55
3. Teresa Dobija (Poland) 6.31
Women's Shot Put
1. Liu Xiangrong (China) 18.73
2. Michelle Carter (U.S.) 18.70
3. Jeneva McCall (U.S.) 18.23
Women's Hammer Throw
1. Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 73.12
2. Eva Orban (Hungary) 73.00
3. Wang Zheng (China) 71.91
Women's Javelin Throw
1. Sinta Ozolina-Kovala (Latvia) 60.90
2. Maria Abakumova (Russia) 60.26
3. Hanna Hatsko (Ukraine) 59.28
Leighton Levy
Rising sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole will be making his Diamond League seasonal debut as he competes at this weekend's Adidas Grand Prix in New York looking to go below 10 seconds.
This season has been a good one so far for the Old Harbour High past student who joined Racers in 2010 and continues to show signs of improvement under coach Glen Mills.
Bailey-Cole - described by many as the 'next Usain Bolt' because of their similar physique - had to endure a rocky few years and has had to overcome niggling and persistent injuries. Nonethe-less, he has still managed to make slow but steady progress.
He closed last season well with a 9.97-second clocking in Brussels in September. This year, he has continued on a similar trend.
"It has been different when compared to previous years. This year, I got to do most of my background and track workouts. In previous years, I had been plagued by a lot of foot problems," he said.
Going into New York for the May 25 meet, his focus, he says, is on what he needs to do and a time under 10 seconds.
"My focus going into New York will be to execute properly. I most definitely need to work on my start. I would be satisfied with anything under 10 seconds or under 10.09," he said.
Ultimate goal
The sprinter won his first Olympic medal last year as a member of Jamaica's world-record-setting sprint relay squad and is well aware that correcting his flaws is essential for him to achieve his ultimate goal for this season.
"My main goal for the season is to make the World Championships team, not only as a member of the relay squad, but also in the 100m," he said.
Bailey-Cole has a season best of 10.09, set at the Cayman Invitational on May 8. It is a time the 21-year-old sprinter shares with his more-celebrated countryman Usain Bolt, who won that race in the Cayman Islands, but only just.
"I watched the race over and over and realised that if I had leaned at finishing and not slowed down close to the line, I would have won," said Bailey-Cole of his near miss at joining a short list of men - Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, and Yohan Blake - who have beaten Bolt since he exploded in 2008.
Eurosport – The Canadian Olympic Committee has said it will back a possible Toronto bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of a potential Quebec City bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
"There is no doubt, no doubt that what the country needs most is a Summer Olympic Games," COC chief Marcel Aubut told Reuters ahead of the organisation's Sochi media summit this weekend.
"Toronto is going to deliver a great 2015 Pan Am Games and it should be the first step in going higher for the Olympics like Brazil did.
"If not we are going to look again at the Winter Games and Quebec is a very good possibility but the first goal is to convince people to go with Toronto in the Summer."
Until securing the 2015 Pan Am Games, Toronto had never hosted a major multi-sport event and Aubut feels establishing a sporting infrastructure in Canada's most populous city is key to improving the country's future performance in Summer Olympics.
Canada has previously hosted the Winter Games in 1988 (Calgary) and 2010 (Vancouver) and staged the Summer Games in 1976 (Montreal).
If Toronto does bid for the 2024 Games it will likely face a strong challenge from the United States, which has not hosted a Summer Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta.
Having mended fences with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following a bitter revenue-sharing dispute the US appears ready to make another run at hosting an Olympics after stunning rejections for the 2012 and 2016 Games.
Los Angeles, which has twice hosted the Games, has expressed interest in hosting the 2024 Olympics while Philadelphia and Tulsa are believed to be among several other cities exploring the possibility of throwing their hats into the ring.
With Summer Games having been held in Athens (2004), Beijing (2008) and London (2012), headed to Rio de Janerio for 2016 and with Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul finalists for 2020, there is strong sentiment that the Summer Olympics will return to North America in 2024.
Rome, Paris, Doha, Dubai and Durban, South Africa, are also believed to be ready to test the Olympic waters but Aubut maintains that IOC would welcome a Toronto bid.
"There won't be any political problems, there won't be a problem with terrorism. They love Canada. It's close to America. They love our country," said Aubut, a lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League's Quebec Nordiques.
"I can tell you what people think of our country and it is all positive, that is why I believe the IOC in Lausanne they dream to have a country like Canada hosting the Games.
"But we have to make sure the interest is there, the government support is there."
While a bid committee has not yet been formed, Toronto has called for study to examine the possibilities of hosting the 2024 Games.
Toronto, ranked North America's fourth largest city behind Mexico City, New York and Los Angeles, will host the 2015 Pan American Games in what many view as a dress rehearsal for an Olympic bid.
Rio used the game plan to great success hosting the 2007 Pan Am Games before landing the 2016 Summer Olympics.
"Each time we have done that, in Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver we delivered the goods and more," said Aubut, recently re-elected to a second four-year term as COC president.
"The Pan Ams will also deliver the goods and then they will see the place is safe and that sport is a passion for Canadians and also they will see the country can deliver.
"It is the perfect plan.
"A Pan Am Games close to the Olympic level then you have chance to FIFA, the Olympics, you have a chance to get everything you want after that."
Rick Broadbent
The fantasy race between the twin totems of last summer’s Olympic Games is edging closer to reality. David Rudisha, the man who broke his own world record in the 800 metres final, said he is open to the idea of a race-off against the sprinting demigod, Usain Bolt.
It is just talk and no negotiations between the respective camps have taken place, but Rudisha is at least contemplating a 400 metres duel.
The 150 metre showdown between American Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is off for Saturday.
Two-time Olympic 100m champion Fraser-Pryce will no longer run at the BT Great City Games in Manchester, England due to injury.
It’s reported that a minor hamstring injury again became a concern after Fraser-Pryce won the 100m in a world-leading 10.93 seconds at the Shanghai Diamond League meet in China last weekend.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Fraser-Pryce--Felix-150m-showdown-off#ixzz2U5pFf78W
Monaco – Over 120 nations of the 212 which make up the membership of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have now implemented IAAF / Nestlé Kids’ Athletics, the flagship project of the IAAF School / Youth programme.
Created in 2005, and now one of the biggest grassroots development programmes in the world of sports, Kids’ Athletics, with the support of its partner Nestlé Healthy Kids, is spreading ever more quickly around the world.
Justin Gatlin scorched to victory in the 100 metres at the World Challenge in Beijing in a time of 9.91 seconds, the second-fastest time of the year.
The 31-year-old American, who returned to the track in 2010 following a four-year ban for doping, claimed bronze at last year’s Olympic Games and showed no sign of letting up despite his relative status as veteran.
Compatriot Mike Rodgers was second five hundredths behind to set the third-fastest time of the season.
Only Tyson Gay has run faster than Gatlin this season, with a 9.86s in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 4.
In the women’s competition, Russia’s Anna Chicherova – the Olympic high jump champion – leapt to the highest mark of the year with a 2.02m jump.
World Challenge Meeting Beijing results:
Men's 100m
Rising sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole will be making his Diamond League seasonal debut as he competes at this weekend's Adidas Grand Prix in New York looking to go below 10 seconds.
This season has been a good one so far for the Old Harbour High past student who joined Racers in 2010 and continues to show signs of improvement under coach Glen Mills.
Bailey-Cole - described by many as the 'next Usain Bolt' because of their similar physique - had to endure a rocky few years and has had to overcome niggling and persistent injuries. Nonethe-less, he has still managed to make slow but steady progress.
Eurosport – The Canadian Olympic Committee has said it will back a possible Toronto bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of a potential Quebec City bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
"There is no doubt, no doubt that what the country needs most is a Summer Olympic Games," COC chief Marcel Aubut told Reuters ahead of the organisation's Sochi media summit this weekend.
"Toronto is going to deliver a great 2015 Pan Am Games and it should be the first step in going higher for the Olympics like Brazil did.
"If not we are going to look again at the Winter Games and Quebec is a very good possibility but the first goal is to convince people to go with Toronto in the Summer."
Until securing the 2015 Pan Am Games, Toronto had never hosted a major multi-sport event and Aubut feels establishing a sporting infrastructure in Canada's most populous city is key to improving the country's future performance in Summer Olympics.
The fantasy race between the twin totems of last summer’s Olympic Games is edging closer to reality. David Rudisha, the man who broke his own world record in the 800 metres final, said he is open to the idea of a race-off against the sprinting demigod, Usain Bolt.
It is just talk and no negotiations between the respective camps have taken place, but Rudisha is at least contemplating a 400 metres duel.
