Earlier, we brought you how Australia’s Brenton Rickard trains for the Olympics. Now, let’s have Olympic 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy tell us something about his training: I train twice a day, six days per week. With this I need 8 to 9 hours of sleep each night and one-and-a-half hours of sleep in the afternoon. [...]
Posts on ‘May 19th, 2008’
Xing Huina: Missing in Beijing
China’s Xing Huina will not defend her Olympic title (women’s 10,000-meter) because of a thigh injury which prevented her from training for the Beijing Games. That leaves Liu Xiang as the only legitimate gold medal favorite among Chinese athletes competing in track events. PHOTO SOURCE: BBC
LZR Speedo Controversy: Much Ado About Nothing?
If AP writer Nancy Armour really believes that the Speedo controversy is much ado about nothing, why doesn’t she ask American athletes not to wear the LZR swimsuit. If it doesn’t make any difference in how an athlete performs, then why do they have to change suits?
Coming Up: Halil Mutlu vs. The Chinese
Turkish weightlifter Halil Mutlu is a three time Olympic gold medalist. He hopes to get another gold when he goes to Beijing in August. Who could stop him from getting his fourth gold medal? Chinese weightlifters who’ve been trying to out-lift him for years. Here’s a quote from Halil Mutlu about his prospects in Beijing: [...]
Dear Elvis Stojko
You will become our idol if you will also speak out for aboriginal rights before Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Games in 2010? Maybe you should also ask athletes to think about Canada’s treatment of Native Canadians before they participate in the Vancouver Games. If you will say something like that, we will be happy to include [...]
