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September 1, 2003



The long road to glory
The world long jump bronze medallist's mother sensed Anju's sporting spirit even during pregnancy.

Cloete - heartbreak and gold
Hestrie Cloete concealed heartbreak to score a soaring triumph when she retained the World High Jump title during a dramatic final session at the ninth World Athletics Championships ...




August 31, 2003



Exclusive: Anju George relives her triumph
The Kerala long jumper said she went "all out for a medal" as soon as she was sure of making the last eight.

Dibaba - Youngest ever winner with maturity beyond her years
The most frightening aspect for those who aspire to greatness in women's endurance running is the profound depth of talent rolling off the Ethiopian production line ...

Makarov - The nearly nearly man comes good
Sergey Makarov of Russia at the age of 30 years and 165 days at last turned base metal into gold after previously taking Sydney Olympic silver and 2002 European Championships bronze ...

Terrence Trammell - the forgotten man
The press conference moderator had thanked everyone for attending and had adjourned the media gathering on Saturday evening following the session with the men's 110 Metres Hurdles medallists ...




August 30, 2003



Barber delivers the goods
For the wildly enthusiastic and often times deafening crowds at the Stade de France this week, the first gold medal for the host country could not have been delivered in more dramatic fashion ...

Manjani - dancing and sprinting to gold
Greece's Mirela Manjani added the World title to the European crown she won in Munich last summer, recapturing the World title which she won in Seville in 1999, and is fast developing ...

Hero Worship
Hero worship. It is an area of sport that no matter how successful an athlete has become, it never leaves them. Take Darren Campbell, the British sprinter ...

Putting the King on hold
Jaouad Gharib delayed a phone conversation with the King of Morocco to tell the world's press about his love of the marathon. The newly-crowned World champion ...

Capel - Burying the ghosts of Sydney
Three years ago in the cavernous Olympic Stadium in Sydney, John Capel's world crumbled around him. One of the most promising sprinters ...




August 29, 2003



Coffee, Pizza and the 200
It's Friday afternoon and the seventh day of the World Championships in Athletics are a few hours away. You are sitting under a yellow canopy at LA 3Eme MI-Temps ...

'I can only be Kelli White'
Last night, Kelli White became only the third woman to ever claim the sprint double at a World Championships. But if you thought that her win in the 200m was as easy as it was dominant ...

Pittman takes a Rocky path to gold
Many athletes are creatures of habit and ritual, and Jana Pittman is no exception. Her routine includes watching motivational videos. Nothing too sophisticated. Her selected viewing before ...




August 28, 2003



Moreno silences the Stade
Competing amidst the most fervent partisan atmosphere of the week in the Stade de France, Cuba's 22 year-old Yipsi Moreno bravely dashed French hopes for gold ...

Guevara targets the world record
When Ana Guevara won her first 400m race of the year by more than a second, running 49.34 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, it became quite evident that her strongest foe ...

Hicham joins Johnson and Geb
The maestro of the metric mile knelt and kissed the track, and then lay flat on his back, using his national flag as a shroud. Covering himself completely, from head to foot, Hicham ...

Pappas wrestles title from Sebrle
During some of the first moments after his World Championships win in Paris on Wednesday night, American decathlete Tom Pappas spent more time answering questions ...




August 27, 2003



Tearful Ivan Pedroso takes a bow
It may well be that today will be remembered as the last day of Ivan Pedroso's outstanding career. A four-time outdoor and five-time indoor world champion at the long jump, Pedroso ...

Simply the best
Poland's Robert Korzenkiowski says he had to find the spirit of a 20km walker to win the World 50km Race Walk title for the third time. The 35-year-old had the race under control ...

Qatar offered prospect of double gold
Having just secured the World 3000m Steeplechase gold medal, which ended the long winning run in the event for his former country Kenya, Qatar's Saif Saaeed Shaheen ...




August 26, 2003



Tommie Smith, 35 years later : 'I'd still do it'
On the occasion of the World Championships 2003, Tommie Smith, the 200m Olympic champion in Mexico, has been invited by the mayor of Saint-Denis to be a speaker ...

Collins - 'raw, natural and lazy'
Kim Collins, crowned the world's fastest man after the tightest 100 metres finish in the history of the World Championships, claims he is, "all raw talent . . .

Yatchenko joins Belarussian throwing fest
Well it's reassuring to know that while the cooperative farms of the communist era are now gone in this post 'Cold War' world, that the harvest is still good in Belarus! ...

Olsson is Mr. Consistency
A little more than two years ago, when Christian Olsson turned his attention from a potentially promising high jump career to seriously concentrate on the triple jump ...




August 25, 2003



What doesn't kill you, really makes you stronger
"What doesn't kill you really makes you stronger". That's the saying that Jacques Freitag says best describes his past year. In June of 2002, the 21 year-old South African had to ...

Feofanova has a moment to savour
Six years ago across the French capital, an athlete by the name of Stacy Dragila made history when she won the world indoor title on the first occasion the pole vault ...

New for old
There was a moment, at the end of that extraordinary 10,000m final last night that seemed to capture something about the first two days of these championships ...

Klüft's having fun, and so are we
For Carolina Kluft, the heptathlon is all about fun and games. And if she happens to win a world championship by the second largest victory margin ever while becoming ...




August 24, 2003



Nikolayeva's Atlanta tactics pay off again
There is little left for World 20km champion Yelena Nikolayeva to prove. She has won everything there is to win, and at the age of 37 she could be forgiven for hanging up her racing shoes ...

Bekele takes first step on Yifter's double path
Tonight Kenenisa Bekele drove a three-piece Ethiopian juggernaut through the world 10,000m hopes of East African rivals Kenya, and so took the first step on the path ...

White - 'My start was just awful...my finish was great'
Even though she was born on April Fool's Day, Kelli White made no joke about her claim as the world's fastest woman with a powerful 100 metres win on Sunday night. ...

Ottey - grace in motion
It has perhaps become cliche to describe Merlene Ottey as a sprinter who is ageing gracefully. That descriptor was certainly used in abundance when, at age 37, she raced ...




August 23, 2003



Kenyans fear their steeple monopoly is under threat
With four Kenyan-born runners reaching the 3000m steeplechase final on Tuesday it seems inconceivable that the World Championship monopoly which the pride of Rift Valley ...



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