From Addis2008:Outstanding front-running by Gebregziabher Gebremariam led Ethiopian compatriots Ibrahim Jeylan and Eshetu Wondimu to a clean sweep of the medals in the opening day of the men’s 10000m at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships. The 25-year old, who finished sixth in the world championships 10000m in Osaka last year, led for more than [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
Athlete to Watch: Iraq’s Zekra Zaki
Weightlifter Zekra Zaki is the first Iraqi female athlete to qualify for the Paralympic Games scheduled September after the Beijing Olympic Games. Read her story here. PHOTO CREDIT: AFP
Olympics Fashion: New Zealand Unveils Uniform
If you think we will never blog about fashion here at The Olympics Blog, you should think again. Actually, we never intended to blog about fashion but the Kiwis down under forced us to blog about it when they unveiled their Olympic uniform. How can we not upload the above picture right? We’re sure the [...]
India Snubs Its Former Olympians
What is it with sports officials that they seem to have a propensity to snub their former sports stars. First we have former Olympians from Malaysia complaining about being snubbed during the Olympic torch relay in Kuala Lumpur. Now we have, Indian Olympians also feeling slighted. From Sportstar: [T]he sole criterion concerning the selection of [...]
Russian Official Predicts: We’ll Get 30-40 Golds in Beijing
Like the Olympic predictions we’ve been featuring here, we will soon find out in August whether Boris Gryzlov is correct or not. Xinhua: Russian athletes may win 30 to 40 gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the State Duma, lower house of the parliament, said on Wednesday. Olympic games has [...]
