The CHill Zone of T&F: Conway's View From the Finish Line
Jul 31st, 2021
11:59 am PDT
And we’re off and running, literally. As the first few rounds of events have taken place and we’ve had our first couple of finals. The first actual final was themes 10,000 meters. Won by Ethiopian Selemon Barega. An interesting race given the heat and humidity as it turned into a wait and kick affair Read More...
Tags: del Ponte, Fraser, Jackson, Mu, Prandini, Thompson Herah
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Jul 29th, 2021
3:46 pm PDT
It’s here. The Tokyo Olympic Games have finally arrived.We've had several sports already take place, and now it's time for the heart of the Olympics, Track and Field, to take to the stage!
The world has been waiting for five years, half a decade, for the next week and a half. And while there have been World Championships and other championship meets that have taken place in the time in between, for track and field the Olympics are IT! Read More...
Tags: Benjamin, Fraser, Mu, Thompson Herah, Warholm
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Aug 2nd, 2016
6:49 pm PDT
Heading into Rio will be several individuals that closed the deal and won gold in London. It's been four long years since the national anthem played for these individuals. They will come to Rio 26th dreams of repeating that success. Who will be able to close the deal again four years later? Here's my guess at how these London champions will do in Rio Read More...
Tags: Bolt, Bowie, Felix, Fraser, Gatlin, James, Merritt, Schippers, Thompson, van Niekerk
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Jun 1st, 2015
6:34 am PDT
Once again Pre was as good a meet as any on the planet. Which begs the question, why can't we do this more often? It's a rhetorical question of course, because the simple answer is MONEY! It takes a boat load of money to put on a quality meet these days, and who has that kind of money laying around? Yes, Eugene touts itself as "Track Town USA", but let's be real - it's in Nike's back yard! Nuff said Read More...
Tags: 100, Felix, Fraser, Gatlin, James, Lavillenie, Merritt, Mutaz, Nike, Prefonatine, Wilson
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Sep 5th, 2013
9:46 am PDT
Time to finish up my thoughts on the individual performances from the World Championships. As this was not one of my favorite Worlds, for reasons already discussed, there were more performances that I was disappointed in than those I was ecstatic about. So many that as I started writing this I had to edit down to a reasonable number Read More...
Tags: Chicherova, Fraser, Hardee, James, Menkov, Montano, Rodgers, Rutherford, Tamgho, Taylor
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Aug 27th, 2013
9:22 pm PDT
Now for the fun part, looking at individual performances - and there were certainly some very good ones. First however, let's get a bit of perspective by taking a look at medal counts. The double digit medal earners: United States 25 total, 6 gold, 14 silver, 5 bronze. Russia 17 total, 7 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze Kenya 12 total, 5 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze Ethiopia 10 total, 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze As expected Russians performed well at home Read More...
Tags: Cain, Centrowitz, Fraser, Gatlin, Gemili, Jeter, Mitchell, Ohuruogu, Pearson, Rollins, Simpson, Symmonds, Wilson, World Championships
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Jun 2nd, 2013
11:18 am PDT
Ok people, like Christmas the Prefontaine Classic has come and gone - and just like Christmas I find myself the day after trying to figure out how it compares to meets past. It's not a question of whether or not I liked the meet. It was track and field, of course I liked it. The question is to what degree was my appetite for the sport satiated? Perhaps because of the discussion about the sport in general over the past week I may be a bit more "critical" than usual, but I found the meet to be "just ok" for me Read More...
Tags: Barshim, Cain, Dix, Fraser, Hejnova, James, Merritt
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May 18th, 2013
9:33 am PDT
Perhaps Doha raised the bar a bit high, but I didn't come away from Shanghai with the same WOW factor that I had following the Diamond League opener. A nice set of marks were turned in, but that special something was missing in most of the events on the track. One running event that hit on all cylinders however, was the men's 400 as both LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James showed up to compete Read More...
Tags: Fraser, Gatlin, Hejnova, Isinbayeva, James, Jeter, Kiprop, Merritt, Okagbare, Richardson, Weir
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May 16th, 2013
10:25 am PDT
It's time for the second installment of the Diamond League, and if Doha was any indication of how the year is going to go then Shanghai should be a real humdinger! Looking at the start lists, things should once again be exiting from start to finish. As usual however, there are some events that I am especially looking forward to: Men's 110 Hurdles Aries Merritt, David Oliver, Jason Richardson This is one of those wonderful events where the best compete head to head quite often - and the anticipation never drops Read More...
Tags: Borlee, Demus, Fraser, Gatlin, Gordon, Hejnova, James, Jeter, Makusha, Merritt, Okagbare, Oliver, Patton, Phillips, Richardson, Rutherford, Saladino, Spearmon, Spencer, Tarmoh, Watt, Weir, Young
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May 8th, 2013
11:04 pm PDT
OK, now that we've had our first sub10 of the year, it finally feels like track season. And right on time we get the first of the Diamond League meets in Doha on Friday, which means a lot more elite athletes should be competing. While I have many issues with the way the DL has been set up - chief among them the lack of promised head to heads with the upper tier elite sprinters - this series of meets does run through some of the sport’s best venues Read More...
Tags: Aman, Carter, DeLoach, Doha, Felix, Fraser, Gatlin, Gipson, Hastings, Kiplagat, Kiprop, Kitum, Komen, Mekonnen, Montsho, Ohuruogu, Okagbare, Osagie, Reese, Rodgers, Rudisha, Taylor
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