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2012 Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year Award For the third year in a row, track and field fans have the opportunity to help select the annual Jesse Owens Awards winners. The honors going to the sport’s top athletes of the year is selected by a vote of the media; again this year, an online fan balloting will account for 10 percent of the votes. The following contains a list of the nominees and paragraphs illustrating the nominees’ accomplishments for the 2012 season. Cast your vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, OCTOBER 12. BE ...
24 SEPTEMBER 2012 UNITED States-based Zambian sprinter Gerald Phiri, says he is excited to be shortlisted for the 2011 Sports Council of Zambia (SCZ) Sportsman-of-the-year award. Phiri, has been shortlisted for the sportsman-of-the-year alongside bodybuilder Sylvester Mwila and chess ace Daniel Jere ahead of the October 5 annual national sports development awards. The 23-year-old Phiri, who was a 100m semi-finalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, said it was an honour to be shortlisted for the awards set for Mulungushi I...
Jay Adamsatlantafalcons.com Prior to Monday night's kickoff with the Denver Broncos at the Georgia Dome, the Falcons will honor a handful of Georgia Olympians on the field Before the Falcons take the national stage on Monday Night Football to take on the Denver Broncos, those who recently returned from being on the world stage will be honored in a pregame ceremony. Nine athletes from Georgia who competed in and won medals at the 2012 London Olympics will be on the field before the kick to be recognized for their accomplishments. ...
Published 05th Sep 2012 by Michael Briggs Taylor on his way to London 2012 gold Last year, a young man named Christian Taylor shook the world of triple jump by beating Phillips Idowu. Little knew of him before that meet at Crystal Palace, jumping 17.66 he firmly introduced himself as the new kid on the block. He then announced himself on the track and field scene when he jumped an incredible 17.96m, which put him fifth on the all-time list as he claimed his first senior gold medal at the 2011 Deagu World Championsh...
By Kevin Gray on August 26th, 2012 at 6:20 pm Hanover, NH native Russell Brown was kind enough to sit down with Level Renner after the U.S. Olympic Trials. Although a nagging Achilles injury interrupted his Olympic plans, Russell has had a great run the past year and caught up with us while rehabbing his injury and planning out the rest of his summer. Part of a very solid group of American mid-distance runners, Brown has PR’s of 3:34 for the 1500, 1:45 for the 800 and 3:51 for the mile. KG: We at Level Renner lov...
INDIANAPOLIS - Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after posting three European wins in the shot put last week. In his first competition after winning bronze at the London Olympics, Hoffa took first place at the Stockholm Diamond League meet August 17 with a throw of 21.24m/69-8.25. Hoffa beat Olympic gold medalist Tomasz Majewski of Poland and further separated himself from Majewski as the leader in the Diamond League points race. “I set a goal of trying to win the Olympic Gam...
By David Leon Moore, USA TODAY LONDON – "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." By Kirby Lee-US P, USA TODAY Sports American Ashton Eaton carried the flag after winning the decathlon Thursday. Enlarge By Kirby Lee-US P, USA TODAY Sports American Ashton Eaton carried the flag after winning the decathlon Thursday. Sponsored Links Those were the famous words of King Gustav V of Sweden toJim Thorpe, the first Olympic decathlon champion and the spiritual father of the other great American decathletes who would follow in his f...
Ashton Eaton, Trey Hardee give USA its first gold-silver in decathlon since 1956 LONDON – Ashton Eaton is the world’s greatest athlete. And Trey Hardee isn't far behind. Eaton took gold in the Olympic decathlon – the event that bestows the title of "world’s greatest athlete" – holding off his U.S. teammate Hardee on the final day of competition. The world-record holder in the event, Eaton accumulated 8,869 points for the win. Hardee finished second with 8,671 points. The 1-2 finish is the first...
BY KEVIN ARMSTRONG / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012, 12:56 AM ADRIAN DENNIS/GETTY IMAGES Christian Taylor sets a world record in the triple jump. Ashton Eaton’s men's decathlon gold medal should make him - not Usain Bolt - world's No. 1 athlete New York’s Samyr Laine on Olympic mission to raise hope in Haiti Leaps and Bound: Seniors Boston, Green at different schools, stick together Jefferson boys have field day at PSALs Falcons upset Stanners for Diocesan track crown All-City Team: Track and Field (PSAL...
By John Meyer The Denver Post Gold medalist Brittney Reese, right, celebrates with U.S. teammate and bronze medalist Janay DeLoach after the final for the women's long jump Wednesday at the Summer Games. (Michael Steele, Getty Images) LONDON — It came down to one centimeter, less than half an inch. By that margin, first-time Olympian Janay DeLoach of Fort Collins became an Olympic medalist Wednesday night in the long jump. "Words cannot describe how I feel right now," the former CSU athlete said after claiming bronze in an even...