Friday, December 24, 2004

Track and Field News Race Walkers of the Year They go straight to the OG champs... It's only a matter of opinion, but that's hard to argue against. Rankers were Bob Bowman, Jack Mortland and Pierce O'Callaghan. 1:12:12 AM    comment []

	Wednesday, October 20, 2004

IAAF Retrospective on Robert Korzeniowski's career My life as an athlete has come to an end and that capped it. I am fulfilled,[per thou] announced Robert Korzeniowski after cementing his legendary status by winning his third straight Olympic 50km Race Walking gold medal at Athens.  6:40:26 PM    comment []

	Thursday, October 7, 2004

Olympic 20km Champ Ivano Brugnetti profiled on IAAF site Nice long interview by Diego Sampaolo, pointed out by Andi Drake. "I have always believed in myself because I have always trained very hard and with determination. I knew that this work would pay off one day," said Brugnetti. "It was a mental problem rather than a technical one. Despite good training sessions I struggled to reproduce this form during competitions. I was losing my confidence after so many disappointments." The turnaround came last winter when Brugnetti and his coach Antonio La Torre decided to focus on the 20km race rather than on the 50km. "I enjoyed a good winter spending a long period at altitude in Albuquerque (New Mexico). After my third place in the opening leg of the IAAF Walking Challenge in Tijuana behind Jefferson Perez and Robert Korzeniowski in my former PB of 1:19:43, I was aware that something was changing in my career." 11:56:21 PM    comment []

	Monday, September 6, 2004

Robert Korzeniowski sidesteps suggestion of appointment to head of Polish Olympic Committee Jakub Jedras - TOL - "On 30 August, Stanislaw Stefan Paszczyk, the head of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOl), resigned, after Poland came only 23rd in the Athens medal table. The announcement became [base "]the pebble that started the avalanche,[per thou] as a popular Polish saying goes. The right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) demanded Paszczyk's dismissal in favor of younger, more well-known people connected with sports. PiS parliamentarian Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz specifically mentioned Robert Korzeniowski, a racewalker who won gold in Atlanta, Sydney, and Athens and who ended his career after this year's Games. Korzeniowski ruled out the possibility, saying that he was astonished that the media and politicians had criticized the PKOl. "I think it is a kind of game I have been drawn into, and I would like to distance myself from it," he told the Polish Press Agency. 9:44:11 PM    comment []

	Wednesday, September 1, 2004

Korzeniowski and Rigaudo top final Challenge standings International Association of Athletics Foundation Monte-Carlo - The three Race Walks - men[base ']s and women[base ']s 20km and men[base ']s 50km - which were part of the Athletics Competitions of the Games of XXVIII Olympiad of the modern era in Athens, brought to a close the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge 2004, with overall victories for Robert Korzeniowski of Poland and Italy[base ']s Elisa Rigaudo, who each netted US$30,000. 10:13:22 PM    comment []

	Monday, August 30, 2004

Athens - An education... A US journalist finally gets it on what security means... 9:47:25 AM    comment []

	Sunday, August 29, 2004

So - it's all over! Every dream comes to an end, to be replaced by wistful nostalgia... For Greece, the legacy will be more concrete - not just a modern infrastructure, but also, if I am in any way representative - spiralling feta cheese exports. I think I'll carry on with thoughts of Greek sunshine, and all those fabulous welcoming smiles.... 10:40:45 PM    comment []

Drama in the Olympic marathon what did I say? 5:59:18 PM    comment []

The BBC's coverage of the Marathon is in progress....Brendan Foster commentating.. It makes me so glad to have been there for most of the Games so I had didn't had to listen to his adenoidal drivel. At least we have Steve Cram - he knows his stuff and, even though he lays on the hype a bit much, he has much more of a sense of proportion about things. Don't get me started on Stuart Storey...there are some good commentators out there, why do they put up these fools? 4:41:53 PM    comment []

Korzeniowski's 4 golds picked out by Jacques Rogge as Olympic Highlight Matthew Davis - BBC News Online in Athens International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has been giving his verdict on the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, saying that overall Greece had done an "outstanding job". BBC News Online considers his assessment of Athens 2004's key areas. As a former Olympian, Mr Rogge said he had been moved by athletes' tears of joy and of despair, which he said summed up the "magic of the Games". He singled out fourth consecutive gold medals for British rower Matthew Pinsent and Polish race walker Robert Korzeniowski as his personal highlights. But he also said he had been stirred by the despair of Paula Radcliffe's marathon failure, and as a Belgian, applauded Justine Henin-Hardenne's semi-final comeback and eventual gold medal in the women's tennis. Television viewing figures are being hailed as a huge success, however, with broadcasters reporting audience increases of about 15% on Sydney 2000. Disputes over judging in gymnastics, fencing and swimming - to name but three - have soured some competitions and the IOC is not happy. Mr Rogge said his organisation would sit down with the federations of the Olympic sports to work out what went wrong. "The difficulties in judging in some sports are going to be something we will continue to work on," he said. "But we will never be able to avoid any controversy in judging, because there is always a human element to it," the president added. Next year, the IOC is also expected to review the Olympic sports. Mr Rogge said it was likely that "one or two" would be replaced by 2012, but promised there would be no "major revolution". 4:02:39 PM    comment []

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