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Track and Field

IAAF World Champs – The Men’s 10000m Final

The Science of Sport · 27 Aug 2007 ·

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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

The Science of Sport · 26 Aug 2007 ·

400 metres hurdles Favourite Bershawn Jackson struggling at the last hurdle, which leads to his competitors overtaking him and him dropping out in the semifinal. Photo by Eckhard Pecher.

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. [ribbon]Men’s 100m – Tyson Gay triumphs over Powell[/ribbon] The much awaited race was […]

The story of Alistair Cragg

The Science of Sport · 09 Aug 2007 ·

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 […]

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