Tim Watt: Jefferson Perez

IAAF previews the walks at Athens

As I write mine for Athletics Weekly and Race Walking Record, The IAAF have put up their own previews for th walks at Sydney: - Men's 20km , Women's 20km & Mens' 50km walks.

Three race walkers on the stump in the Olympic village

Today the Athletes[base '] Commission launched its election for new members. Four of the 31 candidates will be elected by vote and will become both members of the Athletes' Commission and the IOC for a term of eight years. A total of 32 athletes, representing as many countries, are running for election to the IOC Athletes' Commission. Only NOCs which have an athletes[base '] commission could propose a candidate. In order to be eligible, candidates must have taken part in the Sydney or Athens Games and must never have been found guilty of a doping offence during their sports career. The Athletes[base '] Commission is composed of 19 members, of which there are: eight summer sports athletes elected by their peers during the Games of the Olympiad; four winter sports athletes elected by their peers during the Olympic Winter Games; and seven athletes appointed by the IOC President to ensure a balance in terms of gender, sport and region. In addition, a World Olympians Association[base ']s representative and an International Paralympic Committee representative are ex officio members. Candidates include race walkers Susana Feitor, Robert Korzeniowski and Jefferson Perez. The election is being held between 11 and 25 August, and the results of the vote will be announced at 2 p.m. on 26 August in the "Amphitheatre" of the international zone of the Olympic Village. The new members will be officially introduced during the Closing Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens.

Latin Amerian hopes for success in Athens

Sotomayor predicts success for Latin American track and field in .... Granma International, Cuba - 9 hours ago
... with chances of a medal. Sotomayor also mentioned the Mexican racewalkers and Ecuadorian Jefferson Pérez. At the Sydney Games in ... [Google News Search: jefferson perez]

Olympic Weblogs multiplying

According to my google research there are currently still only a small number of proper weblogs for the Games - but the numbers are bound to grow, and maybe come the media background story of the Games. As the inventor of the medium Dave Winer writes, people are getting tired of the misquotes and soundbites in traditional media - better to follow the motto 'if you don't like the news you get, make some of your own'. Out there so far is a rather dreary Aussie Olympic weblog and some volunteer sites. The best I've seen so far is by Stuart Hughs, a BBC insider with a fascinating story to tell. Unfortunately, this site doesn't allow an easy way to make comments and uses the Atom version of RSS - but is good with audio and video. My favourite headline is " BAD OLYMPIC JOKE OF THE DAY - Irish distance runner caught doing craic". A sports phoographer is claimed to have a blog - the first post but no linked webpage is here US 20km Phil Dunn has a site including photos from the Athens race course. Kjersti Platzer, Robert Korzeniowski and Jefferson Perez and other walkers have web journals, though not really weblogs. There have been rumours of a crack down on athletes posting to the web from the village - but within certain limits, and technology willing, there should be no problem posting updates to here from Athens.

Perez to double in Athens

IAAF - World champion Race walker Jefferson Pérez, the only Olympic medallist from Ecuador, has announced that will compete in both the 20km and 50km in Athens, although the final decision will be made after the 20Km.

Ecuador's modest hero Perez back for more

Ecuador's modest hero Perez back for more. Reuters, UK - Jul 20, 2004
QUITO (Reuters) - Three years after vowing to quit athletics when he missed out on a medal at the Sydney Olympics, Ecuador's Jefferson Perez was back at the ... [Google News Search: jefferson perez]

2004 Summer Olympic Games Preview

2004 Summer Olympic Games Preview - Track & Field. Houston Chronicle, TX - Jul 22, 2004
... When Jefferson Perez of Ecuador won this event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, he became the first World Champion ever from South America, and the ... [Google News Search: jefferson perez]

Robert Korzeniowski standing for IOC post

CNN - Poland's Robert Korzeniowski, winner of three Olympic golds in race walking is one of 32 athletes vying for places on the IOC athletes' commission. Four positions are open on the 19-member panel. The voting will take place in the athletes' village during the Athens Olympics in August, with the results announced on August 26. Peter Matthews predicts Olympic wins for Jefferson Perez and Robert Korzeniowski. Matthews insists: "Robert Korzeniowski is surely the greatest walker of all-time with three Olympic, three world and two European gold medals," tipping the Pole to win the 50K walk from the Russian duo of German Skurygin and Aleksey Voyevodin.

Jefferson Perez judges Miss Universe!

MISS Australia, Crowned Miss Universe(R) 2004 During Live NBC ... Yahoo News (press release) - USA .. Miss Universe 1998; music producer, Emilio Estefan; Jon Tutolo, president of Trump Model Management; supermodel Elsa Benitez, Jefferson Perez, 1996 Ecuadorian ...