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Record performances in athletics Thursday

Friday, August 10th, 2012

Usain Bolt (Erik Van Leeuwen, Wikimedia Commons)

Usain Bolt of Jamaica is now in the history books.

Bolt posted a time of 19.32 on Thursday in the men’s 200m to win Olympic Gold in a Jamaican sweep. Yohan Blake won the Silver medal with a time of 19.44 and Warren Weir won Olympic Bronze with a time of 19.90.

Bolt also becomes the first sprinter to defend his 200m Olympic title, and now owns the men’s 100m and 200m gold medals from the last two Olympic Games.

It was also a world record night in the men’s 800m as David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya posted a time of 1:40.91. Rudisha was 0.82 seconds faster than Nijel Amos of Botsawna. Rudisha broke his own world record that he set in 2010.

Rudisha has also reportedly challenged Bolt in a 400m run in the future, something similar to the Michael Johnson-Donovan Bailey 150m exhibition at Toronto’s Rogers Centre about 15 years ago. Bailey won after Johnson pulled up.

Tags: david lekuta rudisha, donovan bailey, usain bolt, warren weir, yohan blake
Posted in Amateur Sports |

Kerrzy’s Notebook: 15 Minutes of Fame

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Happy Tuesday!

This week on 15 Minutes of Fame we’re looking at the ups and downs of the first week or so of the Olympics in London, how the Edmonton Eskimos are sitting after five weeks of CFL action and the latest on Shane Doan and the Phoenix Coyotes.

In the GABBYs: Rosannagh MacLennan, Derek Dye, Shannon Eastin, Felipe Kitadai, Rio Ferdinand & London police. The Punchline this week is NBC’s Olympic coverage!

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Tags: anton ferdinand, ashley cole, Canada, CFL, christine sinclair, daytona cubs, derek dye, Eskimos, Evander Holyfield, felipe kitadai, john terry, kim collins, london 2012, nbc, olympics, phoenix coyotes, rio ferdinand, rosannagh maclennan, shane doan, shannon eastin, stephen jyles, taoufik makhloufi, usain bolt, yohan blake
Posted in 15 Minutes of Fame with Jim and Geoffrey, Amateur Sports, CFL, NHL, Soccer |

Positive signs for Edmonton’s Donovan Bailey Invitational

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Yohan Blake (Erik Van Leeuwen, Wikimedia Commons)

The city of Edmonton put on a fantastic show Saturday for the Donovan Bailey Invitational. Unable to show off the city last year due to poor weather, many elite athletes were able to show off their skills at Edmonton’s Foote Field today.

Among the high quality athletes who performed in Edmonton Saturday were 100m champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who at 22 years of age, is set to give Olympic champion and fellow countryman Usain Bolt a definite run for his money in the most popular event at the Olympic Games. Blake ran 10.05 seconds Saturday, obviously not good enough to win Olympic Gold, but strong enough to win the most significant international track and field event on Canadian soil this year.

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Tags: christian cantwell, donovan bailey, dylan armstrong, iaaf, jason richardson, justin rodhe, nia ali, priscilla lopes-schliep, ryan whiting, yohan blake
Posted in Amateur Sports |

Blake wins 100m; Bolt disqualified at Worlds

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

Yohan Blake (Bing Images)

The International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Athletics kicked off this weekend in Daegu, South Korea.

The biggest headline wasn’t who won, but who didn’t.

In an interesting surprise, Usain Bolt, the defending Olympic and World Champion from Jamaica, was disqualified with a false start. Under the new IAAF rules, one false start and you’re out. The rule change puts significant added pressure on each sprinter who competes.

The winner turned out to be Yohan Blake of Jamaica with a time of 9.92. American Walter Dix was second with a time of 10.08 followed by Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis, with a time of 10.09.

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Tags: dylan armstrong, kim collins, usain bolt, walter dix, world championships in athletics, yohan blake
Posted in Amateur Sports |