If you were the head of a national Olympic team, you’d be glad to have Isaiah Kiplagat’s problem: picking who to send to the Beijing Olympics from a pool of world champion marathoners. Here’s his take on the matter according to Xinhua: “Kenyan athletes won a total of 50 marathon races last year and so [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
Kenya’s Distance Runners
Some of them are training in London to escape the violence at home.
Olympian to Watch: Britain’s Tom Daley
Diver Tom Daley will be Great Britain’s second youngest male Olympian when he goes to Beijing this August. Tom is currently the British and European 10-meter platform champion. How will he fare against the Chinese divers who’ve consistently come up on top in this event? Let’s wait and see what August will bring.
Harry Geris, Canadian Olympian, 60
Our condolences to the family of Harry Gerris, a Canadian wrestler who participated in three Olympiads (Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, and Montreal 1976). Geris also represented Canada at the Pan-American Games, the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup, winning bronze medals at all three events. Here’s the report about Harry’s death from the Toronto Star: [...]
Photo of the Day: Nagano, Japan
A pro-Tibet protester in Japan. Photo credit: Toru Hanai/Reuters. After all the worldwide protests against China’s occupation of Tibet, Beijing has agreed to meet with the Dalai Lama’s representative. Read the report here.
