The London Marathon today wrapped up a spring marathon season that leaves the world’s elite nicely poised for the next big Marathon, the London Olympic Games. If I had to throw out one word that sums the last eight days of city marathons have shown, it’s “patience”. 2011 was the year that the Kenyans changed […]
London 2012
Olympic Games: 100 days to go
One of the best things about the rapidly approaching Olympic Games is the discussion it provokes about the giants of their sports, who have often been quiet for a long time, but emerge for the Games. Bekele seems back, and how does that affect Mo Farah and Galen Rupp’s chances? The suspense builds. Usain Bolt […]
Around the rings: Weekly buzz
Ashenden steps down – “managing the message” Michael Ashenden is one of the leading anti-doping advocates in the world as a result of a) his contribution to the development of the biological passport system and the detection of blood doping and EPO use, and b) his outspokenness about the process, including two interviews that will […]
The weekly Olympic Buzz: Around the rings
With only four months to go before the Olympic Games of 2012, there’s so much going on in the world of sport that builds towards those amazing 2 weeks in London. Sadly, much of this has flown by us at The Science of Sport, and we’ve been posting at insufficient frequency of two articles a […]
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