Italian marathoner Stefano Baldini or Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang? PHOTO SOURCE: stefanobaldini.net
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Stefano Baldini’s Road to Beijing
Here’s Italian marathoner and 2004 Athens gold medalist Stefano Baldini’s road to Beijing: 1. Participate in the 2008 London marathon as part of his Olympic preparation2. Unfortunately develop a stress fracture in his left leg3. Miss 30 days of training It isn’t clear how much this reduced training period will affect Baldini’s goal to defend [...]
Selection Controversy: Liza Hunter-Galvan to Sue Athletics NZ
This is interesting. Some countries are finding it hard to find someone to represent them in the Olympics but New Zealand must have an abundance of talents as it has rejected two marathoners despite these two clocking “A-standard times”. But what exactly is “A-standard time”? Well, we don’t know but we might do a future [...]
Kenya Picks Marathon Team for Beijing 2008
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 [...]
Photo of the Day: Mongolia’s Serod Batochir
Mongolia’s Serod Batochir bagged the marathon gold medal in the Good Luck Beijing 2008 preparatory games for the main show in August. Will Serod repeat as a gold medalist in the Olympic Games? Unlikely. His run which clocked two hours, 30 minutes and 42 seconds is just too far away from those recorded by Athens [...]
