Christian Taylor dreams of Double Gold in Moscow

Thursday, March 28, 2013 by Paul Doyle

Olympic Triple Jump Champion dreams of Double Gold in Moscow   Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor is taking an unusual approach to the start of this year’s outdoor season by planning on running a 4x100m relay with Britain’s top sprinters – Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington and Dwain Chambers – before taking on another Brit: Greg Rutherford. Apart from his main event, the triple jump, the athlete is t...

Aretha Thurmond launches health blog series

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Paul Doyle

Get Healthy with Aretha February 11, 2013 · Print This Article Many of you have been asking for me to start a health blog and I have finally found the platform.  So I hope you are ready to “Get Healthy with Aretha”. Through the years of participating in athletics I have wanted to know more about how to be healthy.  I found myself looking for clarity on how to eat properly for athletics, wanting to know the best ...

DeLoach Soukup offers alternative scoring scenario

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Paul Doyle

Olympic long jumper DeLoach Soukup wants to see some perspective SPIKESMAG.COM We’ve put Olympic long jump bronze medallist Janay DeLoach in charge of global athletics for a day. She’s changing two things: rewarding consistency over distance, and adding a little bit of perspective. “I’m not proposing this approach to every long jump meeting but how about having some competitions based on cumulative scores across...

Asafa Arrives in Australia

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Paul Doyle

26.03.2013 Former 100m men's world record holder Asafa Powell has touched down in Australia ahead of running in the 2013 Qantas Melbourne World Challenge on April 6.  Powell jetted into Melbourne on Tuesday morning, and will immediately begin training in preparation for his Australian race schedule, which includes the Australia Post Stawell Gift and then the 2013 Qantas Melbourne World Challenge on April 6 at the Lakeside Stad...

Ashton Eaton: Man of Steel

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 by Paul Doyle

SPIKESMAG.com As a baby, Ashton Eaton was fired from his doomed home planet in a makeshift spaceship. Landing on Earth, he developed super-powers. No, hang on, that was Superman. But there are similarities… The world’s best-ever all-round athlete (Eaton) talks to SPIKES about overcoming the post-Games blues, rivals for Moscow gold, and his 2020 Olympic pole vault dream.   When you’ve banked Olympic gold and set ...

Drake Sprinters Thrive Under New Coach LaRon Benne...

Friday, March 22, 2013 by Paul Doyle

DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa was not always in the plans for LaRon Bennett, the first-year hurdles and sprints coach for the Drake University track and field team. However, when Bennett was looking to reinvent his career and take a larger step into coaching he seems to have found the perfect fit. Bennett was a standout in the 400-meter hurdles at the University of Georgia and a three-time All-American in the event from 20...

Asafa Powell's favorite sub-10 second races

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 by Paul Doyle

No-one in history has clocked more sub-10 second 100m performances than Jamaica’s Asafa Powell. SPIKES can count 87 over the last nine years, and here are his five favourites. 2004, Kingston, Jamaica, 9.91  “It meant so much to me to win the national championships because no one believed I could do it. There was so much doubt, and I loved that. Basically I was running against all the odds and in the end I proved all th...