LAUSANNE/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was banned from the world’s top sporting events for four years on Monday, including the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup, for tampering with doping tests.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) executive committee acted after concluding that Moscow had planted fake evidence and deleted files linked to positive doping tests in laboratory data that could have helped identify drug cheats.
The decision was a huge blow to the pride of a nation that has traditionally been a powerhouse in many sports but whose reputation has been tarnished by a series of doping scandals.
“For too long, Russian doping has detracted from clean sport,” WADA President Craig Reedie said after a meeting of WADA’s executive committee in the Swiss city of Lausanne.
He said in a statement Russia’s actions had demanded a robust response and added: “That is exactly what has been delivered today.”
Showing posts with label track and field. Show all posts
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Monday, December 09, 2019
Saturday, September 02, 2017
50 greatest black athletes
The Undefeated partnered with SurveyMonkey
to poll the public on the 50 Greatest Black Athletes. In April, 10,350
adults were asked to rank 200 athletes on 20 different surveys.
Respondents were asked how great of an athlete each person was/is using a scale of 1 to 10 stars. The athletes were ranked in order based on their average scores to form a top 50 list. From there, the top 60 athletes (including the first 10 who didn’t make the cut to 50) were used to create a final ranking. Each athlete was ranked on four factors: overall ranking, dominance, inspiration and impact on society. Average scores were calculated from each factor to create a composite score.
Athletes were ranked in order by their composite score to determine our final list, which will be unveiled in groups of 10 per week for five weeks. We’ll have more on how the public voted – broken down by race, age, gender, education level and census region – after the final group is revealed. The Undefeated’s Justin Tinsley, Jerry Bembry and Aaron Dodson wrote the biographies of the athletes, although they didn’t agree with some of the rankings. But the people have spoken, and the results should spark some serious debate.
***
Here's a sample of how controversial (and ridiculous) the rankings are. Here's number 60-50:
No. 60: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
No. 59: Randy Moss
No. 58: Kobe Bryant
No. 57: Scottie Pippen
No. 56: Moses Malone
No. 55: Dominique Wilkins
No. 54: Russell Westbrook
No. 53: Walt Frazier
No. 52: Evander Holyfield
No. 51: Kevin Durant
Respondents were asked how great of an athlete each person was/is using a scale of 1 to 10 stars. The athletes were ranked in order based on their average scores to form a top 50 list. From there, the top 60 athletes (including the first 10 who didn’t make the cut to 50) were used to create a final ranking. Each athlete was ranked on four factors: overall ranking, dominance, inspiration and impact on society. Average scores were calculated from each factor to create a composite score.
Athletes were ranked in order by their composite score to determine our final list, which will be unveiled in groups of 10 per week for five weeks. We’ll have more on how the public voted – broken down by race, age, gender, education level and census region – after the final group is revealed. The Undefeated’s Justin Tinsley, Jerry Bembry and Aaron Dodson wrote the biographies of the athletes, although they didn’t agree with some of the rankings. But the people have spoken, and the results should spark some serious debate.
***
Here's a sample of how controversial (and ridiculous) the rankings are. Here's number 60-50:
No. 60: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
No. 59: Randy Moss
No. 58: Kobe Bryant
No. 57: Scottie Pippen
No. 56: Moses Malone
No. 55: Dominique Wilkins
No. 54: Russell Westbrook
No. 53: Walt Frazier
No. 52: Evander Holyfield
No. 51: Kevin Durant
Kobe ranked behind Pippen and Dominique and Clyde? Dominique wasn't even rated as a top 50 basketball player! (Admittedly though, not by me.)
OK, let's scroll down the count-down.
50. Tim Duncan
49. Isaiah Thomas
48. Earl Campbell
47. Derek Jeter
46. David Robinson
45. Joe Frazier
44. Barry Sanders
43. Reggie Jackson
42. Larry Fitzgerald (what?)
41. Ernie Banks
40. Roberto Clemente
39. Ray Robinson
38. Arthur Ashe
37. Ken Griffey Jr.
36. Bill Russell (you're kidding)
35. George Foreman
34. Herschel Walker (really? well he was good in college)
33. Florence Griffith Joyner
32. Carl Lewis
31. Michael Johnson
30. Jim Brown (I'd rank him in the top 5, only 23 in dominance?)
29. LeBron James
28. Stephen Curry (above LeBron and Bill Russell and Kobe?)
27. Jackie Joyner-Kersee
26. Wilt Chamberlain (I'd rank him in the top 5 too)
25. Bo Jackson (he wouldn't be on my list)
24. Sugar Ray Leonard
23. Joe Louis
22. Pele (he'd be top 10 on my list)
21. Wilma Rudolph
20. Gale Sayers (what's he doing here?)
19. Emmitt Smith (ditto)
18. Satchel Paige
17. Julius Erving (well he was awesome in the ABA)
16. Shaquille O'Neal (well he did star in Kazaam)
15. Venus Williams (what?)
14. Usain Bolt
13. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
12. Walter Payton
11. Magic Johnson
10. Jerry Rice
9. Gabby Douglas (really? Well they did make a movie about her)
8. Simone Biles (huh?)
7. Hank Aaron
6. Serena Williams
5. Jesse Owens
4. Willie Mays (I'm a fan, but this high?)
3. Muhammad Ali (I'd put him no. 1)
2. Jackie Robinson (I'd put him no. 2)
1. Michael Jordan
Saturday, August 05, 2017
Bolt defeated in farewell race
LONDON (AP) -- One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 meters
of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of
him.
One final time, the world-record holder furiously pumped the arms and legs on his gangly 6-foot-5 frame, desperately trying to reel in all those would-be winners as the finish line fast approached.
This time, the afterburners kicked in but not hard enough. Not one, but two overlooked and underappreciated Americans -- Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman -- held off what was once Bolt's undeniable late charge.
This time, Bolt finished third in the 100-meter dash at world championships. That's right: A bronze-medal finish Saturday night in the going-away party for one of the planet's most entertaining icons and track and field's lone shining star.
"No regrets," Bolt insisted, long after a result that stunned a pumped-up crowd into near silence. "It was always going to end, no matter what happened -- win, lose or draw. It doesn't change anything in my career."
Gatlin, who actually trailed Bolt at the halfway point, heard boos cascade loudly across the stadium when his winning time, 9.92 seconds, popped up on the scoreboard. The 35-year-old, who has served two doping bans and been widely cast as a villain to Bolt's hero, went sprawling to the ground with a huge smile. Later, he bowed down to the man he finally defeated.
"I wanted to pay homage to him," Gatlin said. "This night is still a magical night for track and field and Usain Bolt. I'm just happy to be one of his biggest competitors."
Coleman, a 21-year-old in the first major race of his life, was in shock, too: "To beat someone I looked up to when I was growing up. I was just happy to be on the line with him," he conceded.
Bolt, who finished third in a time of 9.95, accepted with class both the result, and the fact that, at 30, he probably is picking the perfect time to retire.
"I did it for the fans," he said after collecting a bronze to go with his three world golds at 100 meters. "They wanted me to go for one more season. I came out and did the best I could."
*** [8/12/17]
LONDON -- Usain Bolt was ramping into warp speed when suddenly, stunningly, the sprint turned into a somersault.
Fifteen steps into the final homestretch of his final race, something gave in Bolt's left hamstring. The World's Fastest Man skittered to a stop, hopping, skipping, jumping and finally dropping to the ground and tumbling forward before coming to a rest.
While the winning team from Britain crossed the finish line, Bolt was writhing on the track, where he wound up chest down with his face pressed into Lane 5. He was certainly every bit as stunned as any of the 60,000-plus who packed the stadium Saturday or the millions watching one of the world's most entertaining showmen make his final curtain call in the 4x100-meter relay at world championships.
There was no celebration -- no gold, no silver, not even a consolation bronze, which Bolt received a week earlier in his final 100-meter race.
Jamaica closed the night with "DNF" by its name: Did Not Finish. Bolt was helped into a wheelchair but eventually got to his feet and, assisted by his teammates, limped gingerly across the finish line. He gave a few waves to the crowd, then left for the trainer's room and, with that, presumably left track and field forever.
One final time, the world-record holder furiously pumped the arms and legs on his gangly 6-foot-5 frame, desperately trying to reel in all those would-be winners as the finish line fast approached.
This time, the afterburners kicked in but not hard enough. Not one, but two overlooked and underappreciated Americans -- Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman -- held off what was once Bolt's undeniable late charge.
This time, Bolt finished third in the 100-meter dash at world championships. That's right: A bronze-medal finish Saturday night in the going-away party for one of the planet's most entertaining icons and track and field's lone shining star.
"No regrets," Bolt insisted, long after a result that stunned a pumped-up crowd into near silence. "It was always going to end, no matter what happened -- win, lose or draw. It doesn't change anything in my career."
Gatlin, who actually trailed Bolt at the halfway point, heard boos cascade loudly across the stadium when his winning time, 9.92 seconds, popped up on the scoreboard. The 35-year-old, who has served two doping bans and been widely cast as a villain to Bolt's hero, went sprawling to the ground with a huge smile. Later, he bowed down to the man he finally defeated.
"I wanted to pay homage to him," Gatlin said. "This night is still a magical night for track and field and Usain Bolt. I'm just happy to be one of his biggest competitors."
Coleman, a 21-year-old in the first major race of his life, was in shock, too: "To beat someone I looked up to when I was growing up. I was just happy to be on the line with him," he conceded.
Bolt, who finished third in a time of 9.95, accepted with class both the result, and the fact that, at 30, he probably is picking the perfect time to retire.
"I did it for the fans," he said after collecting a bronze to go with his three world golds at 100 meters. "They wanted me to go for one more season. I came out and did the best I could."
*** [8/12/17]
LONDON -- Usain Bolt was ramping into warp speed when suddenly, stunningly, the sprint turned into a somersault.
Fifteen steps into the final homestretch of his final race, something gave in Bolt's left hamstring. The World's Fastest Man skittered to a stop, hopping, skipping, jumping and finally dropping to the ground and tumbling forward before coming to a rest.
While the winning team from Britain crossed the finish line, Bolt was writhing on the track, where he wound up chest down with his face pressed into Lane 5. He was certainly every bit as stunned as any of the 60,000-plus who packed the stadium Saturday or the millions watching one of the world's most entertaining showmen make his final curtain call in the 4x100-meter relay at world championships.
There was no celebration -- no gold, no silver, not even a consolation bronze, which Bolt received a week earlier in his final 100-meter race.
Jamaica closed the night with "DNF" by its name: Did Not Finish. Bolt was helped into a wheelchair but eventually got to his feet and, assisted by his teammates, limped gingerly across the finish line. He gave a few waves to the crowd, then left for the trainer's room and, with that, presumably left track and field forever.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Bolt shatters his 100m world record
BERLIN — Usain Bolt saved the celebration for after the finish line this time and showed that, yes, he can keep breaking that world record.
He obliterated it, in fact.
Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds Sunday at world championships, turning his showdown against Tyson Gay into a rout and putting to rest the questions that went unanswered last time he set the record — at his showboating Olympic run of 9.69 seconds.
Yes, he can do better when he goes all out the whole way. Yes, he can break 9.6.
It was the biggest change in the record since electronic time was introduced in 1968. It came very close to the 9.55-second time that an American professor said Bolt would have run in Beijing had he run all out in the Olympic 100 finals.
Under ideal conditions and facing the toughest competition possible, Bolt blew away his own world record by .11 seconds on the one-year anniversary of the last world record. Gay, meanwhile, set the American record by finishing in 9.71, a time that would have been a world record 12 months and one day ago, but was an afterthought instead.
Asafa Powell of Jamaica took bronze in 9.84.
* * *
[8/20/09] Usain Bolt startled the world again.
The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds today with yet another world record.
Gitting his teeth and pointing to the clock as soon as the time flashed, Bolt is now 5 for 5 in major sprint events. He has won a gold medal each time with a world mark.
His time in the 200 at these world championships slashed 0.11 seconds off the record he set last year, four days after breaking his 100 mark by the same margin.
He obliterated it, in fact.
Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds Sunday at world championships, turning his showdown against Tyson Gay into a rout and putting to rest the questions that went unanswered last time he set the record — at his showboating Olympic run of 9.69 seconds.
Yes, he can do better when he goes all out the whole way. Yes, he can break 9.6.
It was the biggest change in the record since electronic time was introduced in 1968. It came very close to the 9.55-second time that an American professor said Bolt would have run in Beijing had he run all out in the Olympic 100 finals.
Under ideal conditions and facing the toughest competition possible, Bolt blew away his own world record by .11 seconds on the one-year anniversary of the last world record. Gay, meanwhile, set the American record by finishing in 9.71, a time that would have been a world record 12 months and one day ago, but was an afterthought instead.
Asafa Powell of Jamaica took bronze in 9.84.
* * *
[8/20/09] Usain Bolt startled the world again.
The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds today with yet another world record.
Gitting his teeth and pointing to the clock as soon as the time flashed, Bolt is now 5 for 5 in major sprint events. He has won a gold medal each time with a world mark.
His time in the 200 at these world championships slashed 0.11 seconds off the record he set last year, four days after breaking his 100 mark by the same margin.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Bolt shatters world record at Olympics
BEIJING - Track and field needs a new hero.
It got one Saturday night who can fly.
In the most outrageous display of speed to ever burn across the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt of Jamaica rocketed to gold in winning the men's 100m dash in 9.69 seconds -- not only a new world record but the first time in the history of human beings a man has run the distance under 9.7 seconds without a significant tailwind.
Incredibly, Bolt, 21, could have gone faster.
With a full seven strides to go, he dropped his arms and let them fall outstretched to his sides, appearing almost to run sideways as he played to the sold-out crowd of 91,000 at the Bird's Nest. Just before the finish line, he started high-stepping and, for good measure, executed a chest-thump.
All that, and still -- 9.69 seconds. Bolt simply ran away from the rest of the best of the world.
It got one Saturday night who can fly.
In the most outrageous display of speed to ever burn across the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt of Jamaica rocketed to gold in winning the men's 100m dash in 9.69 seconds -- not only a new world record but the first time in the history of human beings a man has run the distance under 9.7 seconds without a significant tailwind.
Incredibly, Bolt, 21, could have gone faster.
With a full seven strides to go, he dropped his arms and let them fall outstretched to his sides, appearing almost to run sideways as he played to the sold-out crowd of 91,000 at the Bird's Nest. Just before the finish line, he started high-stepping and, for good measure, executed a chest-thump.
All that, and still -- 9.69 seconds. Bolt simply ran away from the rest of the best of the world.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Usain Bolt: WFH
Like lightning out of nowhere, Usain Bolt is now the world's fastest man.
The Jamaican sprinter, who doesn't even consider the 100 meters his best race, set the world record last night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, .02 seconds faster than the old record held by his countryman, Asafa Powell.
Bolt was using the 100 for "speed work" and to avoid having to run the more grueling 400, when, suddenly, he ran the world's second-fastest time a few weeks ago at 9.76. Even then, he said he wasn't sure if he would give up the 400 meters for the 100 for the Beijing Olympics.
Hard to imagine he has any choice now.
Springing from the starting block and unfurling his lanky frame — listed at 6 feet 4, but probably more like 6-5 and, either way, considered too tall for this kind of speed work — he created a big-time gap between himself and Tyson Gay at about the halfway point, then routed him to the finish line.
"I wasn't really looking for a world record, but it was there for the taking," Bolt said.
The Jamaican sprinter, who doesn't even consider the 100 meters his best race, set the world record last night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, .02 seconds faster than the old record held by his countryman, Asafa Powell.
Bolt was using the 100 for "speed work" and to avoid having to run the more grueling 400, when, suddenly, he ran the world's second-fastest time a few weeks ago at 9.76. Even then, he said he wasn't sure if he would give up the 400 meters for the 100 for the Beijing Olympics.
Hard to imagine he has any choice now.
Springing from the starting block and unfurling his lanky frame — listed at 6 feet 4, but probably more like 6-5 and, either way, considered too tall for this kind of speed work — he created a big-time gap between himself and Tyson Gay at about the halfway point, then routed him to the finish line.
"I wasn't really looking for a world record, but it was there for the taking," Bolt said.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
WFH
[9/9/07] Jamaican Asafa Powell set a new men's world 100m record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy, on Sunday, beating his old mark of 9.77 set in Athens in June 2005.
Powell's new world record shaves three-hundredths of a second off his previous mark set in June 2005.
The 24-year-old Powell dominated the race ahead of Norway's Saidy Ndure Jaysuma (10.07) and 2003 world champion from St Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins (10.14).
The Jamaican failed to win the 100m title at the Osaka world championships, finishing third in 9.96 seconds behind Americain Tyson Gay (9.85) and Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas (9.91).
"I was much more fluid," said Powell, who had run 9.77 three times. "Zero tension, zero pressure."
Powell set his latest record in the second of two heats, and even eased up at the end to save something for the final, which he won in 9.78.
"This means that I can do even 9.68," the Jamaican said. "I'm worth that time, I know it."
[5/16/06] Justin Gatlin's 100 metres world record has been erased after five days -- not by another sprinter, but because an official couldn't tell time.
Tissot Timing informed the International Association of Athletics Federations yesterday that there was an error in interpreting the American's winning time in the Super Grand Prix meet in Doha last Friday. Gatlin ran the 100 in 9.766 seconds. His time was announced as 9.76, eclipsing the world record of 9.77, set by Asafa Powell of Jamaica in Greece in June of 2005.
Under IAAF rules, Gatlin's result should have been rounded up to 9.77, the IAAF said yesterday as it wiped out Gatlin's mark. Gatlin and Powell are now officially deadlocked, a circumstance that adds fuel to their feud over the title of the world's fastest man.
[5/12/06] DOHA, Qatar -- Olympic champion. World champion. Now, Justin Gatlin is the world record holder, too. The American sprinter broke the 100-meter record Friday with a time of 9.76 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix. He shaved one-hundredth of a second off the mark of 9.77 seconds set by Jamaica's Asafa Powell on June 14, 2005, in Athens, Greece.
[6/14/05] Asafe Powell runs 9.77.
Powell's new world record shaves three-hundredths of a second off his previous mark set in June 2005.
The 24-year-old Powell dominated the race ahead of Norway's Saidy Ndure Jaysuma (10.07) and 2003 world champion from St Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins (10.14).
The Jamaican failed to win the 100m title at the Osaka world championships, finishing third in 9.96 seconds behind Americain Tyson Gay (9.85) and Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas (9.91).
"I was much more fluid," said Powell, who had run 9.77 three times. "Zero tension, zero pressure."
Powell set his latest record in the second of two heats, and even eased up at the end to save something for the final, which he won in 9.78.
"This means that I can do even 9.68," the Jamaican said. "I'm worth that time, I know it."
[5/16/06] Justin Gatlin's 100 metres world record has been erased after five days -- not by another sprinter, but because an official couldn't tell time.
Tissot Timing informed the International Association of Athletics Federations yesterday that there was an error in interpreting the American's winning time in the Super Grand Prix meet in Doha last Friday. Gatlin ran the 100 in 9.766 seconds. His time was announced as 9.76, eclipsing the world record of 9.77, set by Asafa Powell of Jamaica in Greece in June of 2005.
Under IAAF rules, Gatlin's result should have been rounded up to 9.77, the IAAF said yesterday as it wiped out Gatlin's mark. Gatlin and Powell are now officially deadlocked, a circumstance that adds fuel to their feud over the title of the world's fastest man.
[5/12/06] DOHA, Qatar -- Olympic champion. World champion. Now, Justin Gatlin is the world record holder, too. The American sprinter broke the 100-meter record Friday with a time of 9.76 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix. He shaved one-hundredth of a second off the mark of 9.77 seconds set by Jamaica's Asafa Powell on June 14, 2005, in Athens, Greece.
[6/14/05] Asafe Powell runs 9.77.
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