Athens 2004 silver medalist Denis Nizhegorodov (left) set a new world record in the 50 km walk by clocking three hours, 34 minutes and 14 seconds at the World Race Walking Cup on Sunday, 11 May, according to a Reuters report. The 27-year-old Russian bettered the time of 3:35.47 set by Australian Nathan Deakes on [...]
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Photo of the Day: Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang, the first Olympian we blogged about, records his first victory in 2008 during the recently concluded IAAF Japan Grand Prix in Osaka.
Gibilisco: He’s Back
Former pole vault world champion Giuseppe Gibilisco of Italy is looking forward to the Beijing Olympic Games after his two-year suspension was rescinded last Friday, May 9. He was banned by the Italian Athletics Federation last July for “having contact with” Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who has been linked to doping and is alleged to [...]
Usain Bolt, Second Fastest Ever
Is he a doper too? I know it’s unfair but that’s the first thing that came to mind when I read this: Usain Bolt was on fire at Saturday night’s Jamaica International Invitation, posting a sizzling 9.76sec, the second fastest 100m time ever. Following the doping scandals involving Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Antonio Pettigrew, and [...]
Antonio Pettigrew is a Doper?
The list of Olympic dopers keeps on getting longer. From the New York Times: A government witness list filed Friday publicly identified Antonio Pettigrew, winner of a gold medal in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2000 Olympics, as a user of banned performance-enhancing drugs. Pettigrew, a four-time world champion from 1991 to 2001, was among [...]
