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8 July 2008
Clay
Time! Athens medallist wins Beijing Spot
Clay, a silver medalist at the Athens Olympics, won the U.S. Olympic track
trials Monday with a score of 8832, his personal record, and also the best
mark in the United States in 16 years and best in the world in four years.
(nbcolympics.com)
8 July 2008
Season
Leader's Line up for Stockholm's Big Shot
Stockholm, Sweden – USA’s
Adam Nelson and Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus, currently the 2008
world season leaders respectively in the men’s and women’s Shot Put
head an all-star cast at the DN Galan in the Swedish capital which this
year has launched a new innovative way to develop athletics. (iaaf.org)
16 June 2008
Greer Debuts on NBC American Gladiators
Doyle Management's own Breaux Greer made his first appearance
on NBC's American Gladiators Monday night. He is one of the newest
American Gladiators and goes by the name Hurricane. Check him out on
Monday nights at 8pm EST. and online
here.
June-July 2008
Men's
Fitness Magazine & Bryan Clay
Not satisfied: four years ago, decathlete Bryan Clay took home
the silver. With a "smarter" training regimen, the 28-year-old
will chase the gold in Beijing
23 May 2008
U.S. pro
sports leagues still trail in drug-testing arms race
After filling a glass tube with his blood for the fifteenth
time in a week, American decathlete Bryan Clay wondered whether it might
be taking a toll. (espn.com)
15 April 2008
Video
Games Keep Olympic Shot Putter Busy
Videogames play an important role in Olympic shot-putter Reese
Hoffa's training, but not the way you might think. (by
Susan Arendt WIRED Magazine)
8 April 2008
World
Indoor Champion Tyler to Surpass Juantorena's mark?
Canada’s World Indoor 400m champion Tyler
Christopher will take a shot at the oldest meeting record in
Ostrava which on 12 June 2008 hosts the 47th edition of the Golden
Spike of Ostrava, a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF
World Athletics Tour.
8
April 2008
World
Indoor Champion Tyler to Surpass Juantorena's mark?
Canada’s World Indoor 400m champion Tyler Christopher will take a shot
at the oldest meeting record in Ostrava which on 12 June 2008 hosts the
47th edition of the Golden Spike of Ostrava, a Grand Prix
status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.
Rogue
Spear by Alan Grant (from espn Magazine)
Olugbenro Ogunsemore
As Beijing beckons, the best javelin-thrower in U.S.
history asks for—make that demands—your attention. But if he doesn't
get it, Breaux Greer always has plan B:
"I think I'll do porn." (For God's sake, please read this
story!)
9
March 2008
World
Lead Secures Heptathlon Title for Clay
 Valencia,
Spain - 2005 World Decathlon champion Bryan Clay (USA) had absolutely no
problem in the last event of the Heptathlon 1000m, and grabbed his first
major indoor championships win with a total of 6371 points, a personal
best and world leading mark this season. (iaaf.org)
9 March 2008
Christopher's
Perseverance Pays Off
Patiently waiting for the perfect
opportunity to pounce, Tyler Christopher took a commanding victory in the
men’s 400m. In just his third competition of the year, the 24-year-old
Canadian cruised to a 45.67 performance lowering his own 2008 world
leader. (iaaf.org)
7 March 2008
Hoffa
Takes Silver
 Producing
one of the most consistent series ever in a World Indoor Championship,
American Christian Cantwell regained the World title from reigning
champion Reese Hoffa. (iaaf.org)
7 March 2008
Shot
Put Showdown
Defending Shot Put champion Reese Hoffa
means business. As he did in Moscow two years ago, the 30-year-old
American led all qualifiers in the opening round, and he did so here with
class, reaching a season’s best 21.49m. (Iaaf.org)
2
February 2008
Morristown
High Shot Putter gets Olympic Thrill
MORRISTOWN -- It was a low-key meeting between two
shot putters -- one the world's best, the other a high school freshman who
possesses national records.
1 February 2008
Nelson bounces back with World Leading Throw
On Friday February 1st, Reese Hoffa
and Adam Nelson took to the throwing ring in front of hundreds of fans at
Madison Square Garden. The
Millrose Games is the longest continuing sporting event at the venue,
having been there since 1914. Both
athletes were looking to bounce back from defeat by Christian Cantewell at
the Boston Games last week. Nelson
had a massive 22.07m throw, setting the Madison Square Garden record and
recording the world leading throw of 2008 to date.
Hoffa struggled but managed 21.13m, good enough for third.
26
January 2008
Indoor Season Opening Day for Many DMG Athletes
The Boston Indoor Games set the stage for great indoor season opening
performances for World Indoor hopefuls Charles Allen CAN, Brianna Glenn
USA, Christin Wurth-Thomas USA, Adam Nelson USA, and reigning World Indoor
Champion Reese Hoffa. Hoffa and Nelson took 2nd and 3rd in the shot
put with throws over 20m. Glenn proved her fitness by placing 2nd in
the women's 60m at 7.34s. Allen took 4th in the men's 60m hurdles at
7.70s and Wurth-Thomas took 4th in a personal best 8:54.97s in the
3000m.
Across the pond at the Irish Champs in Belfast were Robby
Hughes USA, Peter Coghlan IRL, Josh Norman USA, Jamie Nieto USA, and Fanni
Juhasz of Hungary. Norman, who is now training under a new coach in
Florida, grabbed 2nd in the men's 60m at 6.71s. Coghlan and Hughes
took the 1 and 2 spots in the men's 60m hurdles at 7.80 and 7.85
respectively. Nieto had a great jump of 2.26m for 1st and Juhasz
placed 2nd in the women's 60m hurdles at 8.48s. Keep checking in to
see how the Indoor season pans out!
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September 2007
Reese
Hoffa wins World Athletics Final Shot Put Gold
In a nail-biter of a competition, World champion Reese Hoffa snatched his
second consecutive World Athletics Final win with a final round heave of
20.98 (iaaf.org).
22 September 2007
Powell
on his 9.83s - 'It was one of the best'
Stuttgart, Germany – Asafa Powell has developed a knack
for making even some of the most sensational performances in history seem
almost routine (iaaf.org).
20 September 2007
Powell,
Wariner, Hoffa prevail in cool conditions in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland - Asafa Powell and three Osaka World Champions were the
biggest stars of the 5th Pedro’s Cup meeting held in Warsaw on Wednesday
(19) in cool conditions, at the end of the evening dipping to 10 C (iaaf.org).
9 September 2007
Asafa
Powell Breaks 100m World Record, 9.74s, in Rieti!
Rieti, Italy - Asafa Powell of Jamaica
running in the second of two heats of the men's 100m at the Rieti Grand
Prix meeting - IAAF World Athletics Tour - this afternoon improved
his World 100m record with a time of 9.74 seconds (+1.7 m/s wind) (iaaf.org).
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