From Addis2008:After two days of disappointment, Kenya finally made a bumper harvest as they scooped two gold medals, two silvers and two bronze as the Africa Athletics Championships entered its third day at the Addis Ababa Stadium on Friday.
Kenyans ensured a clean sweep in the men’s 3000m steeplechase and picked gold and bronze in the [...]
Posts on ‘May 2nd, 2008’
Day Three at the African Athletics Championships
Country Report: Indonesia’s Beijing Bound Badminton Stars
Re-live Indonesian Taufik Hidayat’s gold medal win over South Korea’s Shon Seung Mo in this video of the 2004 Olympics badminton finals. Taufik is going to defend his title in Beijing as Indonesia is fielding him again. Fellow countryman Sony Dwo Kuncoro will join him in the singles competition.
According to the Badminton World Federation, the [...]
Yoga in the Olympics?
Here’s something we should all support: yoga in the Olympics. Yes, there’s a group in India which is starting a campaign to have yoga admitted as an Olympic sport. We here at The Olympian Blog doesn’t see any reason why it should not be admitted. Seriously.
After all, isn’t the criteria for the inclusion of an [...]
John Marzano, Olympian, 45
Our belated tribute to John Marzano, American baseball player turned baseball analyst who was part of the U.S. baseball team which won the silver medal during the 1984 Olympic Games.
Here’s the AP report on Manzano’s death: Former major leaguer John Marzano died Saturday after falling down a flight of stairs at his home. He [...]
