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August, 2007 // Posts published in August, 2007
Sudden cardiac death in sport
For the last week or so, we’ve focused exclusively on the IAAF World Champs in Osaka. But over the past few days, two very sad events in soccer have also made headlines. First, the tragic death of a Spanish International footballer, Antonio Puerta, aged just 22 (see news article here). This was followed only days […]
IAAF World Champs report – Men’s 1500m
OK, so having said that I would be off-line until Friday, I managed (fortuitously) to catch one lone race out of today’s action from Osaka. While standing at a bus station waiting for an eternally non-arriving bus, Ladbrokes, which happened to be directly behind the stop, was broadcasting the racing. And in my 10 minutes […]
IAAF World Champs – a brief break from the action
Just a quick post to let you know that I’ll be travelling for the next 3 days, so unfortunately (for me, that is), I probably won’t be watching any of the racing from Osaka. At least not live, anyway…So until Friday, we unfortunately won’t be bringing any analysis of the races, which is a shame. […]
IAAF World Champs – Day 3 insights and analysis
In another post, we looked extensively at the Men’s 10000m final, because it was such a good race, from a spectator point of view, but also because it was so intruiging for physiological reasons. Here, we look at the rest of Day 3’s action… As predicted, the Russians dominated the 3000m Steeplechase, winning gold and […]
IAAF World Champs – The Men’s 10000m Final
We admit bias on this one, because our focus on The Science of Sport does tend to drift towards the endurance activities, but this one couldn’t have escaped our attention – today, the 3rd day of the IAAF World Champs, brought a great 10 000m race, a race that was so good, and interesting, that […]
IAAF World Champs – Day 2 analysis
Day 2 of the IAAF World Champs bought the much anticipated clash between Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, and this is the race that dominates our analysis of Day 2′s action, since it was also the only track final of the day. The much awaited race was ultimately something of a disappointment. Such was the […]
IAAF World Champs – Day 1 insights and analysis
The IAAF World Championships in Osaka began with a bang, and the temperatures matched some of the action. At this stage, the action is dominated by qualifying heats (a pun, in this particular case) but even that has been quite explosive, with a number of surprises on the first day. Two major running finals to […]
The IAAF World Championships
The IAAF World Championships take place in Osaka, Japan, starting on August 25th, and that week long event will be a feature of many of our posts over the next few weeks, where we look at the physiology and news coming out of Japan to explain what happens BEHIND the on-track performances. To begin with, […]
The story of Alistair Cragg
In the , I used the example of a runner called Sipho Ngomane to show how SA is losing out on potentially talented runners because of a desire to push runners into marathons and ultras well before their time. So in Sipho Ngomane, we have a 23 year old who was running 2 marathons, 2 […]