December 21. 2004
Track and Field News elected Dwight Phillips as US Athlete of the Year. In their latest edition, in which they list their World Rankings, Phillips ended up as the Number 1 US-Athlete of 2004. For more information see USA Track and Field News. www.trackandfieldnews.com
November 19. 2004
Japanese Pole Vaulter Daichi Sawano enters into a contract with Pro Sports International. The 24 year old athlete was a finalist at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and is the current National record holder with a personal best of 5.80. Daichi Sawano's goals are to compete with the very best in 2005, reset his personal best and medal at the World Outdoor Championships in Finland. We are looking forward to this cooperation.
November 13. 2004
Dwight Phillips marries Valerie Williams.
On Saturday November 13, Dwight Phillips and Valerie Williams got married in Landover, MD. They shared a special day with their families and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips went on their honeymoon. www.dwightphillips.net
September 27. 2004
East is on course. Commonwealth 1,500 metres champion Michael East heads into a well-earned break knowing his development is on course. East had a highly satisfactory season, the culmination of which saw him become Britain's sole male track finalist at the Olympic Games in Athens when he was sixth in the 1,500m. He finished off his campaign with sixth place in the BUPA Great North Mile in Newcastle, although he saw the course record he set last year eradicated by winner Ivan Heshko .
Mark Rowland implemented a two-year cycle after being appointed as East's coach in winter 2001 and the 26-year-old revealed he has reached the level the pair had targeted.
East has produced a series of performances at the top level which, while not spectacular, have been consistent and have allowed him to establish himself before he looks to take the next step.
He said: "It has been a huge season.
"I am moving gradually and am happy to mix it in the middle.
"I want to lay the foundations which will give me more confidence before I look to move into the first three.
"Normally now I would be wiped out but I am in a good place."The Newham and Essex Beagle claimed he has benefited from the success of Kelly Holmes as he has been able to quietly go about his business with less of the spotlight being trained upon him.
He said: "There is not too much expectation but people are aware.
"You put pressure on yourself - athletes are very critical.
"Because of Kelly people are aware but there is not too much pressure." East, whose wife is expecting their first child, also denied he felt the burden of pressure that comes from following in the footsteps of middle-distance greats like Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram. Read this article at sports.yahoo.com
September 23. 2004
Results Yokohama Super Meet
Dai Tamesue who is now returning to his old strategy of starting out fast, which won him a bronze medal in the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. He led from gun to tape in the men's 400m Hurdles and won in 48.59, while the US Olympic Trials champion James Carter, who was fourth in the Olympics, was third.
"Helsinki is the big meet next year. I want to win a medal again," said Tamesue, who was sixth in the World Athletics Final last weekend.
September 18/19. 2004
Results 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final - Monaco
Just three of the athletes competing in the Long Jump competition managed to pass the 8-metres mark this afternoon, even though all but one of the first eight placed in the Olympic final were in Monaco.
It had looked as though Dwight Phillips was destined for the winner's laurels, as after fouling his first jump he bounded 8.26 metres with his second to take the lead well clear of Gaisah's then best jump of 8.11. But as Gaisah progressed with his third round attempt to 8.17, Phillips fouled again and the Ghanaian clinched the competition with his final attempt, leaping 8.32 metres, as Phillips ran through for a mark of 7.03 metres.
After a slow start, Christian Olsson pulled a splendid jump out of the bag with his third round attempt to demolish the competition and win this year's World Athletics Final Triple Jump competition.
The Swede's position started to look shakier still in round three, when, to the delight of the crowd, France's Karl Taillepierre jumped 17.04 to take the lead for a few seconds, before he was overtaken by Kenta Bell from the USA, who leapt momentarily into the lead with 17.16 metres, only to be overtaken in his turn by Burkenya, who improved his best to 17.20 to snatch back the lead.
September 13. 2004
Participants are invited for the 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final: Worldrankings
The Men's 400m hurdles Event Rankings went through quite a shake-up over the weekend. Event leader Felix Sanchez is the only athlete holding onto his position from last week, all others rising and falling accordingly to their current form. Thompson overtook injured Briton Christopher Rawlinson who dropped two places to seventh and Japan's Dai Tamesue improved one place to 8th (3rd in Berlin with 48.96 - 1309 points) thereby virtually guaranteeing himself an invitation to Monaco this week. Olympic champion Dwight Phillips, who has dominated the long jump since his leap to the World Indoor title in 2003, leads a field that boasts the top six finishers from Athens. The reigning World champion, 2004 world leader and perhaps the only solid favourite leading up to the Games, the American took care of business early on in Athens, with an opening round leap of 8.59 to top the deepest competition in Olympic history.
In Monaco, he will be an overwhelming favourite to defend his World Athletics Final title. Silver medallist John Moffitt, this year's NCAA champion, is the second farthest jumper of the year after his 8.47 leap in Athens, and he too will be in Monaco. Spaniard Joan Lino Martinez, Jamaican James Beckford and Briton Christopher Tomlinson, third, fourth and fifth in Athens, all reached seasonal bests in the Olympic final, and earned their ticket to Monaco. Young Ghanaian Ignisious Gaisah, third here last year, returns as well after a respectable sixth place finish in Athens.
September 12. 2004
Results TDK Golden League, ISTAF - Berlin Germany
In the men's 1500m, won by Paul Korir of Kenya in 3:32.46, Michael East was tenth in 3:36.01
Hayley Tullett (1500m women) finished seventh in a time of 4:06.13
Dai Tamesue finishes third at the men's 400m hurdles.
September 8. 2004
Results Rovereto meeting Italy
Triple Jumper Kenta Bell finishes second with 16.80m. Six centimetres less then his compatriot Melvin Lister who won with 17.78m. More about this meet at IAAF
September 5. 2004
Results Russia Challenge
The public was disappointed in the Long Jump as Olympic champion Dwight Phillips leapt only 7.81 and settled for second place behind the Russian triple jumper Danil Burkenya. Phillips explained his failure was due to a curve in the track (bad quality) as he could not get his pace right.
2001 World University Games gold medalist Marcus Brunson won the men's 100 meters in 10.15 seconds.
More about this meet at IAAF
September 3. 2004
Results TDK Golden League, Bruxelles Belgium
Triple Jumper Kenta Bell finishes fifth in the Bruxelles Golden League with a distance of 16,87m
August 20-29. 2004 Athens 2004 Olympic Games
Results by day
Results by event
Pro Sports International Medals
Dwight Phillips (USA) Gold Long Jump
Sandie Richards (JAM) Bronze 4x400m relay
- August 28 Athletics Day Nine -
Jamaica got bronze in the Women's 4x400m as 36-year-old Sandie Richards could manage a 50.55 leg and anchored Jamaica to bronze in 3:22.00. Although the US champion had an easy task ahead of her Hennagan ran the fastest leg of the team (49.73) and anchored the US team to their fourth Olympic gold in 3:19.01. Even faster was individual bronze medallist Natalya Antyukh who covered her leg in 49.43 but the Russian was too far behind to even contemplate catching up with Hennagan. Russia was a clear second in 3:20.16
Both Japanese Teams 4x100m (Nobuharu Asahara) and 4x400m (Jun Osakada) finished in fourth position.
- August 27 Athletics Day Eight -
A solid performance of each of the four runners (4x400m) for Jamaica saw the Caribbean representatives advance to their sixth consecutive Olympic final in the event as Sandie Richards anchored the team to second in 3:24.92 slightly ahead of Grazyna Prokopek of Poland whose team-mates had previously done most of the job to secure the third automatic qualifying spot.
In the men's sprint relay (4x100m) Nigeria won the first semi-final in 38.27, with Poland (38.47) and Australia (38.49) chasing them home, and the two fastest losers came in behind them in a blanket finish - both Japan and Trinidad clocked 38.53
Phillips - 'USA jumpers are back'
We're following in the footsteps of such great jumpers," the 26-year-old Phillips said, listing the names of athletes he's admired, studied and emulated. "Mike Powell, Carl Lewis, Bob Beamon, Ralph Boston. And now you have Dwight Phillips and John Moffitt." Only three long jumpers have ever leaped farther in Olympic competition than Phillips's winning 8.59m leap, while only three silver medallists have gone farther than Moffitt's 8.47m.
- August 26 Athletics Day Seven -
Since the first Olympics were staged in this city 108 years ago, the men's Long Jump has been a constant on the Games programme, and has only been won by non-Americans on three occasions. Thus Ivan Pedroso's gold for Cuba in Sydney four years ago was extraordinary on that level alone. Tonight, Dwight Phillips made sure normal service was resumed. IAAF World Ranked No.1 coming into the Athens Games, the World champion indoors and out stamped his authority from the first. Trouble was, Phillips pretty much killed off the competition with his first-round 8.59 metres jump, 1cm short of his best ever.
"I haven't lost a competition all year, and I wasn't going to start here," Phillips said. His next two jumps were big but were judged to be fouls, the third pushing his bodyweight so far forward that he landed face first in the sand. He then limped from the pit and passed the next two jumps. In the final round, he recorded 8.35m, the third longest jump of the evening. "I still feel like an eight-year-old when I'm competing. I'm in it for the love and passion I have for it," Phillips has said, and he was now able to savour the moment when he became Olympic champion. The 26-year-old Arizonan's performance should not be underestimated in any way: since Mexico City in 1968 - and we all know what Beamonesque transformation occurred there - only Carl Lewis in 1992 has jumped further in winning gold. More about the long jump final.
Also our 1500m specialist Hayley Tullett couldn't advanced to the final after finishing 11th in the Semi-finals.
- August 25 Athletics Day Six -
Our 200m specialist Christopher Williams couldn't advanced to the final after finishing 6th in the Semi-finals.
The Men's Pole Vault qualifying round with an automatic qualifying height of 5.70m established, sixteen jumpers found that level attainable and will clash in a high-level final on Friday evening. Our Nick was unable to qualify.
- August 24 Athletics Day Five -
Living up to expectations, reigning World Champion Dwight Phillips needed but one effort to advance to Thursday's final in the Long Jump, with an 8.31 effort to lead all qualifiers. The 26-year-old American champion has dominated the event the past two seasons, beginning with his World Indoor title in Birmingham in 2003. This year, he leads the world with his 8.60 personal best from the Linz Grand Prix. No one is within 25 centimeters of him on the world list.
In the second heat of the 200m Men's Round, World leader Shawn Crawford, whose 19.88 from the US trials leads the world, took a comfortable win in 20.55, 2/100s ahead of Jamaican Christopher Williams. 2002 European Indoor champion Marcin Urbas was third in 20.71, just ahead of defending silver medallist Darren Campbell of Great Britain, who stopped the clock at 20.72. Christopher Williams qualifyed for the Quarter-Final.
There was a surprise in the second of three semi-finals for the Men's 400m hurdles as Dai Tamesue of Japan, the last man to defeat Sanchez, Periklis Iakovakis of Greece, last year's World bronze medallist, Llewelyn Herbert, the defending bronze medallist and Commonwealth champion Christopher Rawlinson of Great Britain all missed the final.
Micheal East finishes 6th in the Men's 1500m final. He is pleased with is result and looks back at a tough but great Olympic Game.
- August 23 Athletics Day For -
Japan's Dai Tamesue, the last man to beat double World champion Felix Sanchez was third in 48.80 in the Men's 400m Hurdles first round.
It may have been a long time ago but Sanchez still remembers his 2001 defeat to Tamesue and vowed to keep his winning streak alive as long as possible and that including the heats.
- August 22 Athletics Day Three -
At the bell for the last round, of The 1500m Men's Semi final, Gert-Jan Liefers of the Netherlands, and Spain's Reyes Estevez were leading, with Lagat plus Ukraine's World bronze medallist Ivan Heshko and Britain's Commonwealth Games champion Michael East moving into contention. With only five to qualify automatically, the rush for places began down the back straight. Liefers led them into the home stretch and Kaouch came with a late burst, finding space through the pack as East and Songok faded.
Liefers hung on behind Kaouch and Lagat, with Estevez in fourth and Heshko fifth. East and Songok, clocking 3:36.46 and 3:37.10 respectively, did enough to claim the two fastest losers' spots in the final.
- August 21 Athletics Day Two -
It was a bad night for our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle and her team mate Dragila. Kellie came in at 4.15m and then failed at 4.30m.
Our Discus Throw Beatrice Faumuina finishes 7th in the Final with at trow of 63.45m
- August 20 Athletics Day One -
Britain's Commonwealth 1500m Games champion Michael East won his first qualifying round impressively by in 3:37.37, the quickest time of the rounds. East sailed through the first two laps of the final heat in third position, sitting on the shoulder of USA's Charlie Gruber and Ukraine's World bronze medallist Ivan Heshko. They past 800m in 2:57.33. East hit the front at the bell, sped past 1200m in 2:57.33 and stole five metres on the field down the back straight.
Americans Triple Jumper Kenta Bell advanced to the final with a jump of 16.98m
The four automatic qualifiers from Pool A (Women's Discus Trow), were IAAF World Rankings event leader Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova of the Czech Republic (64.48m), Russia's 2001 World champion and 1996 Olympic silver medallist Natalya Sadova (64.33m), 1997 World gold medal winner Beatrice Faumuina of New Zealand (64.07m), and the European champion Katerini Voggoli from Greece (63.39m).
August 10. 2004
American triple jumpers Melvin Lister (26, Fayetteville , Ark. ) and Kenta Bell (27, Chula Vista, Calif.) are at Team USA training camp on Crete to prepare for the Olympic Games. The Olympic Trials champion and third-place finishers, respectively, Lister and Bell are two of the most dangerous jumpers in the world. Lister improved his personal best by roughly 2.5 feet to win the Olympic Trials in a meet record of 17.78m/58-4, which is the farthest jump in the world this year. Bell, meanwhile, has jumped over 57 feet in 10 consecutive competitions, making him the most consistent triple jumper in the world. They, along with Olympic Trials runner-up Walter Davis, will represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Athens .
Quote: US Triple Jumper Kenta Bell who likes the US chances in the event - "Who knows, I could go until I'm 36, 38, or something could go wrong tomorrow. I'm just trying to enjoy it all."
August 8. 2004
Results The three-nation "Team Challenge", Munich Germany
One of the biggest names to make the Munich stopover enroute to Athens was World champion Dwight Phillips (USA).
The world leader in the men's Long Jump with a remarkable 8.60 in Linz last week, Phillips had no bonafide rival here today.
He opened with 8.14 and extended his lead to 8.20 on his second jump, before passing and then fouling his fourth and final attempt. The victory perhaps was closer than Phillips had expected, however, as France's Kafetien Gomis leaped 8.02 on his final attempt for second.
Results Poznan, Poland
Beatrice Faumuina (discus) throws a distance of 63.22 in Poznan and wins.
Results Open Amsterdam Championships, the Netherlands
Again Christian Tamminga wins the Pole Vault. This time at Amsterdam with a jump of 5.50m unfortunately he could not reach the Olympic qualifying limit of 5.70m. This was his last chance.
August 7. 2004
Results E.E.A. Internationale Atletiek, Brasschaat Belgium
Our Dutch Pole Vaulter Christian Tamminga wins at Brasschaat with a jump of 5.55m
August 6. 2004
Results TDK Golden League, Zurich Switzerland
Triple Jumper Kenta Bell finishes second in the Zurich Golden League with a distance of 17,38m just behind World Champion Christian Olsson.
Michael East was 11th in 3:36.92 in a 1500m won by Bernard Lagat (Kenya) in 3:27.40, the 10 th fastest time in history.
While East never got fully into his stride after swerving to avoid the fallen Craig Mottram (Australia) on the first lap
(which took the leaders only 52.87 seconds), Lagat sprinted home ahead of World Champion Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco),
who was second in 3:27.64. Woman's 1500m runner Hayley Tullett finished 6th in a time of 4:04.76. She became involved in an intense battle with Lidia Chojecka (Poland),
who was to finish third in 4:04.04, Nuria Fernandez (Spain), who was fourth in 4:04.14, and Maria Cioncan (Romania), fifth in 4:04.18.
Henry Rotich ran superb pace for the men's 800m. Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) was able to set a 2004 World Leading time.
More about the meet in Zurich on the IAAF website or the official website.
August 2. 2004
Results GP Gugl-Meeting Linz
Dwight Phillips soared to a career best and world leading mark for the year with a first round leap of 8.60m. Phillips only took one more attempt before pulling out of the competition. Romania's Bodgan Tarus finished second with a fourth round best of 8.14m, ahead of Saudi Arabia's Hussain Al-Sabee who was only a centimetre behind.
Dwight: "Finally!!! I accomplished my goal of jumping over 8.50. The jump felt like any other jump. I am excited to see how far I can go in Athens !"
Results MAI Galan, Malmö Sweden
Brian finishes 2nd in the 100m in a time of 10.32
August 1. 2004
Results 10. Bayer-Meeting, Leverkusen Germany
Pole vaulter Nick Buckfield eased back into action after his injury by clearing 5.32m for ninth place. Marcus Brunson wins the 100m in a time of 10.06.
Marcus: This is a fast Track! Like as the good competitors as the atmosphere have pushed me towards this time. I am in a great shape and I was expecting a time of 10.10.
July 31. 2004
Results GPII KBC Night of Athletics, Heusden-Zolder Belgium
Christopher Williams finishes 2nd in the 200m. Brian Lewis wins his 100m heat, but decides not to run in the final. He is hopes to run in Zurich.
July 30. 2004
Results GP Norwich Union London Grand Prix
Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle finishes 6th in her first European meeting this year.
July 27. 2004
Results SGP DN-Galan Stockholm, Sweden
Dwight Phillips, Marcus Brunson, Christopher Williams and Brian Lewis start in the first Pro Sports International Relay team and win the 4x100m in a time of 38.62. More about the meet in Stockholm at the IAAF website or the official website.
USA Track & Field: Phillips named Athlete of the Week
Dwight Phillips has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the men's long jump Sunday at the 2004 Norwich Union International in Birmingham, England. The reigning world indoor and outdoor men's long jump champion, Phillips set a stadium record with his winning leap of 8.35 meters/27-4.75. He currently owns the five best jumps in the world this season with a best of 8.44m/27-8.25 on May 25 in Mexico City. Earlier this month in Sacramento, Phillips won the 2004 Olympic Trials with a leap of 8.28m/27-2.
July 25. 2004
Results Norwich Union International - Birmingham, Great Britain
Dwight Phillips wins again, with a very consistent jump of 8.35m
Heyley Tullett finished in third place in the 800m (2:02.32)
Caimin Douglas got third in the 4x100m men Chris Williams finishes sixth on the 200m men.
Dwight Phillips after the Men's Long Jump:"Today I wanted to come out and really challenge myself. All year my opposition has not challenged me as much I would have like them to. I was just trying to challenge myself to jump over 8.50m, but all the same, I will still take the win. Right now I am happy with every win and I am very consistent, eventually the big jump will come! The Olympics is the pinnacle of all track and field and I am excited about it, I don't know about a big jump, but god willing hopefully we will see."
Hayley Tullett after the Women's 800m: "I do struggle with 800m because the initial pace is so quick and by the time I catch them up the surge again. I need to be faster on the first 200m, but I am not that sort of athlete. I want to be involved in the mix, whatever event I am in, it was important to be positive today, I need the 800m because it brings me on very well for the 1500m."
July 23. 2004
Results CL Paris
Hayley Tullett is back on the track where she won the 1500m Bronze medal at last summer's IAAF World Championships, Tullett goes into the lead with 200m to go but was passed in the final 50m by Judit Varga (Hungary). Varga won in 4:03.92. Tullett came second with a time of 4:04.24.
Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic found himself neck and neck with USA's James Carter down the back straight of the men's 400m Hurdles. But it was our Japan's former World bronze medallist Dai Tamesue who held the advantage coming into the last 100m. It looked good for Dai Tamesue. But however a fast finish allowed Sanchez power away from that point. Sanchez took the win in 47.99, ahead from France's Naman Keita, who was second in a PB of 48.17, with Tamesue third (48.60), and Taylor back in fourth (48.86).
Brian Lewis came fourth in the men's 100m in a time of 10.19.
More about the meet in Madrid on the IAAF website or the official website.
July 19. 2004
Results Thessaloníki
Sprinter Brian Lewis runs the 100m in a time of 10.43 and is placed seventh in a close finish.
July 18. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 8
Kellie Suttle finishes third in the women's Pole Vault with a jump of 4.55m, and makes the US Olympic Team. After the race Kellie says:
"This is such a hard competition. I've had the roughest season ever. I had no expectations coming into the Trials. I'm so excited. I honestly had no doubt I'd make the team. This is my third team I've made outdoors. On her pole breaking: "I didn't have a choice. In the middle of the Olympic Trials, what are you going to do? I got lucky that someone was watching over me. When the pole snapped, I squeezed my hand to make sure I was O.K. I looked at my coach, and forgot about it right there."
July 17. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 7
Kenta Bell finishes third in a breathtaking Triple Jump final with a jump of 17.58m. More about this final at the IAAF website.
Kenta Bell after the Men's Triple Jump Final: "I had a great year and a great meet. I was just outperformed today. I have worked at the Olympic Training Center for the past two years, they've been great as far as helping me and allowing me to not have to work or deal with all the stresses of life. I owe a lot to the Olympic Training Center."
Results Super Grand Prix Madrid
World Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips didn't need to wear his 'Spider-man' suit to get success today. A remarkable 8.36 opening effort into a headwind of 0.2 was enough for Phillips, who came straight here from his Olympic trials victory.
The men's 400m Hurdles saw the unusual circumstance of three identical clockings of 48.70. In the "A" race Panama's Bayano Karmani and America's LaBronze Garrett clocked that time. Additionally one hour before Jamaica's Dean Griffiths had been timed equally in 48.70 to win the "B" race. In the "A" event Japan's Dai Tamesue (49.05 - 3rd) and Greece's Periklis Iakovakis (49.13 - 4th), both World bronze medallists (2001 & 2003 respectively), took the next two places.
Christopher Williams takes fourth in the 200m, in that same race Caimin Douglas finishes seventh. Sandie Richards finishes also seventh but in the Women's 400m.
More about the meet in Madrid on the IAAF website or the official website.
July 16. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 6
Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle qualifies for the final with a jump of 4.20m.
Kellie Suttle's Quote: "I started at my normal opening height and got it on my first jump. I skipped the lower height because I knew that height wouldn't qualify. Tonight was easier than the men's prelims in that the crosswind wasn't as strong. I feel like I'm in my best shape sine 2001."
July 15. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 5
Triple Jumper Kenta Bell jumps 17.47m and qualifies for the final. Shakeema Walker finished 10th in the Women's Long Jump final with,
Marion Jones wins with 7.11m.
July 12. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 4
Shakeema Walker, in the qualifying round of the Women's Long Jump, was able to jump 6.45m. And qualifies as third. The final will be held on Thursday July 15.
British team announced for Olympic Games in Athens
The British Olympic Association (BOA) have today announced the track and field athletes who will represent Team GB at the Athens Olympic Games. Hayley Tullett (1500m), Michael East (1500m) and Nick Buckfield (Pole Vault) are part of this team.
July 11. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 3
In the Men's Long Jump, the qualifying round presaged a much better final competition than the one which materialized. Paris world champion Dwight Phillips was able to make an 8.28 effort stand up as the Trials winner. One must go back to the 1980 "lame duck" Trials and Larry Myricks' 8.28 to find such an inferior winning performance. Still, the effort sends Phillips to Athens. Shakeema Walker is the runner up at the Women's Triple Jump. She jumped 14.06m .
More about this meeting at the IAAF website.
Quote: Dwight Phillips about the Men's Long Jump.
"I got a good jump early, but I didn't think it would hold up. As the meet went on, it was looking better and better. There were some headwinds and that made it difficult for a lot of guys. It feels great to win the Trials again. Last time, I was a rookie and didn't know what to expect. "I brought the 'Spider-Man' suit, but it was too hot to wear today. Regarding complaints about U.S. long jumping in 2000: "I thought it was a positive thing and put pressure on us to train hard, and it worked. "The women's triple jump delay helped me. I ran a heat of the 100 early today and needed and extra hour to recuperate. I have a new found respect for sprinters and am happy to run against them. Now I know where I stand. I'll still run some 100s to keep up my speed."
Quote: Shakeema Walker about the Women's Triple Jump Final.
Regarding not having the "A" standard: "We're going to talk to our agents and coaches and we might have a meet at the Olympic Training Center, or we'll just have to go Europe and fight for it. "I was injured for two years and thought I was done (jumping). Then Randy Huntington called me in October 2002, and told me they were looking for me and wanted me to train at the Olympic Training Center (in Chula Vista). "I didn't even learn how to triple jump until I moved to the (Olympic) Training Center. Thanks to the trainers and the people at the Training Center and in San Diego community, I was able to get healed and came back and PR'ed (in the triple jump) in 2003."
Quote: Brian Lewis about the Men's 100m Semifinal.
"Those guys were good enough to get to the final and I wasn't. Today wasn't my day. My start was OK,
but not as good as everybody else, and the same with the middle of the race. I had a cramp in my right calf
after the second round yesterday, and tried to get treatment for it last night, but it was still there today.
Unfortunately it happened at the Olympic Trials, but it was something I had to deal with."
Results UK Trials/Championships
Last year's World Championship Bronze medallist Hayley Tullett took her fourth AAA 1500m title, moving past long time leader Helen Clitheroe with about 250m to go. Tullett, whose winning time was 4:07.24, already has the Olympic A standard so has secured her place in the GB team for Athens. Event: Women's 1500m
Hayley's Quote after the race: "I was really surprised about how fast the race started and it never seemed to settle down. It is really windy out there, I had to look at the clock to realise we were slowing down. Between 800m and lap to go, I was trying to decide where to make my move and then decided to go for it from 300m out. I really didn't want to do too much work in the windy conditions, I used the wind to open up a gap down the back straight and I think I maintained that through to the finish.
"I had a few hiccups at the start of the year, but just did whatever training I could do, but now I am pleased with the way things are going. I am not where I wanted to be at this time of the year, but I still have six weeks to go to get there."
Event: Men's 800m The expected head to head between Micheal East and James McIlroy did not materialise as a tactical 800m ended with a surprise new AAA Champion, Sam Ellis.
Michaels comment on his fifth place: "I don't know what went wrong today, I felt fine. I may have worked too hard in the back straight to get back in contention. In order to be a World Class 1500m runner, you have to be a World Class 800m runner too, and that was not a World Class performance today and I have been turned over by domestic athletes." More about the UK Trials at the IAAF website.
Results Canadian Trials/Championships
Wanita May wins the women's high jump with a height of 1.86m
July 10. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 2
100m specialist Brian Lewis had a strong start and used his strength to take this round in 10.23.
"I'm going to give that one to my son, little Brian. Everything else is going to take care of itself in the next rounds all the way to the finals." On how the press covers drug issues: "It is what it is, but I don't think that right now is the time to talk about it with everybody focusing on making it to the finals and onto the Olympic Team."
Results Dutch Trials/Championships
Caimin Douglas finishes 4th in the 100m final with a time of 10.32
July 9. 2004
Results USA Trials/Championships. Day 1
Long Jumper Dwight Phillips Jumps to the finals in with 8.37m
Dwight after the first day at the USA trials: "I qualified today, that was my goal. I gotta run the 100 meters tomorrow so I had to use as little energy as possible. That's what I did." "It was good. The conditions were a bit windy, but I felt good about it. Overall I was satisfied. The wind makes you run a little faster. I was able to adjust."
July 7. 2004
Brian Lewis: His Olympic diary in "The Sacramento Bee" (This is his second story, the first was started on March 29.).
This is another story in a series of periodic diary instalments from local athletes preparing for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on July 9-18 at Hornet Stadium. Today, we hear from Brian Lewis, who won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Lewis is training in Raleigh, N.C., with a group that includes gold medallist Marion Jones and world record holder Tim Montgomery.
July 6. 2004
Results SGP Lausanne
400m Hurdler Dai Tamesue, ran a good race and came third behind Felix Sanchez (DOM) and
Llewellin Herbert (RSA) in a time of 48.63. Dai, the Little Big Giant, said that he is ready for a big surprise at the Olympics. More about
the meet in Lausanne on the IAAF website or the official website.
July 3. 2004
Results Cork City sports
Canadian High Jumper Wanita May wins the 53rd Bupa Ireland Cork City Sports event with a height of 1.85m
July 2. 2004
Results GL Rome
Again this season, Michael East (1500m), improves his Personal Best now with 2.48 seconds quicker than the personal best he set last month in Bergen. Michael played his usual waiting game in the 1500m before blazing home in 3:32.37. He finishes seventh.
Hayley Tullett looking strong throughout the race, placed fifth on the womens 1500m.
She went top of the UK rankings for the season with a time of 4:03.47, well inside the Olympic A standard of 4:05.80. More about this meeting at the IAAF website.
June 28. 2004
Results Josef Odlozil Memorial IAAF GPII, Prague
100m specialist Nobuharu Asahara finishes 3rd in the final in a time of 10.40
Results 56th Venizelia 2004 - International athletics Meeting in Chania Greece
Dutch Pole Vaulter Christian Tamminga jumps 5.45m and finishes fifth. He still needs to jump 5.70m to qualify for the Olympic Games. Hopefully with in the coming meetings he will do so.
June 24/27. 2004
Results Jamaican Trials/Championships
Christopher Williams is second at the 200m trials and will be part of the Jamaican Olympic Team. Sandie Richards came fourth in the women's 400m and has a good possibility to go to the Olympic Games.
June 23/26. 2004
Results Provo Pre-Trials Sprint and Power T&F Meet
Kenta Bell wins the Tripe Jump with a distance of 17.44 at the Olympic Pre-trials in Provo, USA.
Shakeema jumps 13.96m and finishes second. Kellie Shuttle wins the Pole Vault with a hight of 4.58m
Sprinter Tim Harden runs the 100m in a time of 10.39 and is placed ninth.
June 19 & 20. 2004
Results European Cup, Bydgoszcz Poland
Michael East finisched in second place in the 1500m (3:49.53).
More about this meeting on the IAAF website.
June 19. 2004
Results GPI Prefontaine Classic, Eugene USA
Kellie Suttle comes up to 4.50m in the women Pole Vault and finishes 3rd.
Just a week before she had improved her personal best to 4.67m.
Again this result was set in Jonesboro.
June 16. 2004
The Japanese federation (JAAF) have so far confirmed a team of 21 men and 12 women for this summer's Olympics in Athens.
Our three athletes, Nobuharu Asahara, Dai Tamesue and Jun Osakada are part of this team. More on this and a brief
bio of the athletes at the IAAF website.
Britain's Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield released from hospital and is on his way home.
He will be back in training within two weeks.
June 12. 2004
Results Goudenspike Leiden, the Netherlands
Caimin Douglas wins the 100m in 10.26
June 11. 2004
Results GL Bergen Norway
Michael East (1500m) stormed home in 3:34.85, his fastest by 0.64sec and well inside the Olympic 'A' standard
of 3:36.20. He finished strongly to take fifth place behind Bernard Lagat (Kenya), who won in 3:34.08.
June 9. 2004
Results Luzern Switzerland
Dwight Phillips was the best performer of the Spitzenleichtathletik (Luzern) meeting. Phillips
won with a 8.28m jump which improved the previous meeting record limit of 8.23m. Just a few minutes
before the beginning of the Long Jump competition he lined up in the 100m, where he finished third
in 10.22 in a close finish. More about this meeting at the
IAAF website.
Results Cottbus Germany
It was bad luck for Britain's Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield in Cottbus. He first celebrated
clearing 5.70 metres (2nd place) but then got injured during his second attempt for 5.80.
Limping badly he obviously injured his thigh.
Buckfield went to hospital for a check-up.
June 8. 2004
Results Napoli Italy
Christopher Williams wins the 100m and the 200m in a time of 10.32 and 20.58. Caimin Douglas came third on the 200m.
June 4-6. 2004
Japanese Championships
In the Japanese Championships Dai Tamesue showed his superb form. He wins the 400m Hurdles in a time of 48.74
Nobuharu Asahara runs a 10.09 in the heat and set himself up for a great final.
Nobuharu finishes 2nd in the final in a time of 10.20
Jun Osakada is 3rd in the 400m with a time of 45.99
June 5. 2004
Nick Buckfield jumps at a small competition in England on his birthday and gives himself a good present.
He Jumps 5.65m and qualifies for the Olympic Games. More about this at the
UKA website.
Results GPI de Atletismo Sevilla, Spain
Dwight Phillips continues his winning streak. He wins with a jump of 8.23m with a minus 2.5 wind,
Dwight dominated the field and wins the Long Jump in Sevilla.
Results Bydgoszcz, Poland
Marcus Brunson wins the 100m at the IV European Athletics Festival in Bydgoszcz Poland, Brian Lewis came third.
Henry finishes also third for his event the 800m in a time of 1:46.90.
More about this meeting at the IAAF website.
June 4. 2004
Results GPII V° Memorial Primo Nebiolo Turino, Italy
Christopher Williams, wins the 200m, in a time of 20.80. He runs this out of lane 2. 3 weeks to go to
the Jamaican trials Christopher is showing the right form. Offical site
June 2. 2004
Results GPII Regione Lombardia Milano, Italy
Eric Thomas started very fast from the blocks but faded in the home stretch to fifth in 50.75
May 31. 2004
Results GP THALES FBK-Games Hengelo, the Neterlands
Caimin Douglas runs the 4x100m relay, but before that the World bronze medals where presented to the Dutch Team.
On the same occasion at the Thales FBK-Games, the Dutch 4x100m relay squad of Timothy Beck, Troy Douglas (absent), Patrick Van Balkom, Guss Hoogmoed and Caimin Douglas were also awarded with their bronze medals for their third place finish in 38.87 seconds at the World Championships in Paris last summer following the recent the annulment of the performances of Dwain Chambers.
Henry Rotich runs pace for the 800m men.
Michael East set Olympic qualifier in Hengelo on the 1500m. He finishes 8th in a time 3.35.78. Michael will compete on Bergen on June 11.
Results U.S. Open Track & Field - Palo Alto, USA
Tim Harden runs the 100m in a time of 10.16
Kellie Suttle comes up to 4.30m in the women Pole Vault and finishes 5th. Just a view days before she had improved her personal best to 4.64m.
This result was set in Jonesboro on may 27.
Results European Club Championships Group A, Men (PDF).
Brian Lewis is 2nd in the 100m at the ECCC. More about this meeting at the
IAAF website.
May 23. 2004
Results GP Belem Brasil
Henry Rotich finishes 2nd on the 800m men at a time of 1:45.76.
May 22. 2004
Results Banamex Meeting, Mexico City
Dwight Phillips wins the Banamex Grand Prix in Mexico with a jump of 8.44, equalling his personal best in the first jump.
Phillips opened his series with his winning 8.44 and then passed all his five remaining attempts.
He thus improved his world season's best (8.43), set two weeks ago in Modesto, California.
Caimin Douglas finishes 5th in the 200m in a time of 20.72. Wanita May was 3rd with a high jump of 1.85m
Results Home Depot Track & Field Invitational USA
Shakeema Walker jumps 6.62m and finished 3rd behind Marion Jones and Grace Upshaw.
See more results of our athletes here.
Results 30st "Hallesche Werfertage", Halle Germany.
Beatrice Faumuina finishes 3rd with a throw of 65.15m in a very strong Discuss competition in Halle Germany.
Results Elite Classic, Tucson USA.
Tim Harden wins the 100m (10.25) and James Davis is second at the 400m (45.66)
May 18. 2004
Athlete Of The Month April: Sandie Richards Interview by Jonathan Mulkeen for AthleticsLinks.com
Read more about Sandie Richards. Such as she won her first international medal in 1987 (Pan Am Games bronze in the 4x4),
Sandie has amassed a total of 23 medals from major championships. Seven of these are from World Indoor Championships,
making her the most decorated athlete for indoor championships in history.
More
May 16. 2004
Results GP II Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Henry Rotich finishes
2nd on the 800m men at a time of 1:47.11.
May 15. 2004
Results Wiesbaden, Germany
Beatrice Faumuina throws a distance of 65.03m at the 10th Discus competition at Wiesbaden (Germany) and wins.
May 14. 2004
Results GP Doha, Qatar
Marcus Brunson opens season in Doha with a 3rd place in the 100m in a time of 9.96 w+2.6.
Marcus won the first heat in a time of 9.95 w+4.4
May 11. 2004
Banking on Bell
Willie Banks, whose 1985 World record leap of 17.98 remained unbroken for a decade,
knows a few things about the triple jump. And he really likes what he sees when he
watches and works with current World leader Kenta Bell. "It's been really amazing
watching his progression," says Banks, who's been working with the US champion since
January at the Olympic Training Centre near San Diego, Calif. "One of the good things
of having done the Triple Jump and also coach is that you get a very good feel for the event.
And Kenta's got the goods. He's probably the only one with the goods to challenge Olsson right now,"
he said, adding, "There's a guy in Stockholm whose yellow shorts are going to be brown."
More on this at the IAAF website.
May 8. 2004
Results Modesto Relay
Dwight Phillips jumps world leader mark with a jump of 8.43m and runs a 100m in 10.12.
Kenta Bell keeps dominating the TJ with a jump of 17.46m.
Kellie Suttle ties with Becky Holiday for 3rd with a jump of 4.35m.
James Davis is 2nd on the 400m.
Shakeema Walker is 2nd with a jump of 13.86m
Results Balmoral Road Mile
Michael East wins again the Balmoral Road Mile in Scotland. Hayley Tullett takes 2nd.
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Results GP Osaka, Japan
Dai Tamesue wins 400mH in Osaka GP in a time of 48.87, Eric Thomas finishes 5th in the same race.
Nobuharu Asahara finshed 5th in the 100m
in a time of 10.17 (More on the GP Osaka at IAAF.)
May 7. 2004
Dai Tamesue (400mH) and Eric Thomas compete this weekend head to head at the GP of Osaka (More on Dai at
IAAF).
Results Kingston, Jamaica
Christopher Williams takes second in the 200m and Sandie Richards finishes 4th in the 400m.
Read more
May 5.2004
Hayley Tullett and Michael East will compete coming weekend in the Balmoral Road Mile.
On Saturday the top of the British leading Milers will meet in Scotland to celebrate the
running of Sir Bannister's first-ever sub-four minute mile. Commonwealth Champion and winner
of last year, Michael East will try to defend his title. Bronze Medallist from the World Championships
in Paris last year, Hayley Tullett will interrupted her Olympic preparations to meet with a strong International field.
May 3. 2004
Dwight Phillips and Caimin Douglas ran against each other in El Paso the weekend.
Dwight won the 100m in 10.14w and Caimin was second in 10.22w. Caimin returned that day to run
the 200m in which he was second too in a time of 20.52w.
Results
April 29. 2004
Hiroshima, Japan
Nobuharu Asahara runs 10.16 on the 100m and finishes first.
Jun Osakada wins the 400m in a time of 46.60
April 24. 2004
Results Martinique.
Brian Lewis finishes third in a very strong 100m with a time of
10.15.
He was very pleased with his first 100m race of this season.
Christopher Williams ran a strong 200m and finishes 2nd in a time of
20.48
Results Penn Relays
Marcus Brunson and Tim Harden teamed up in the 4x100m Relay. They got third on the relay which they ran in
(39.31sec. Team USA White).
April 21. 2004
Dwight accept an invitation of the Grand-Prix Banamex which will be on May 22 in Mexico-City.
"I'm excited to go to Mexico-City and jump where the greatest Long Jumpers of this world have been".
Mexico will be my first Outdoor Long Jump Meet and I can't wait to jump far!
April 18. 2004
Results Mt. Sac.
World Indoor and Outdoor Champion 2003 in the Long Jump, Dwight Phillips runs 10.26 on the 100m with a minus 1.6 headwind.
Dwight finished second behind Maurice Greene and beats Tim Montgomery who finished 3rd.
Results.
Caimin Douglas the Dutch 200m specialist ran his first 200m in the season and ran 20.82, with this time he
finishes 4th all over. With the Dutch relay team
Caimin ran 39.40 and finished 6th.
Shakeema Walker Triple Jumped well in Mt. Sac and finished second with a jump of 13.83m.
Results.
Kenta Bell continues his winning streak by winning easily the Triple Jump with a comfortable jump of
17.40m
April 10. 2004
In El Paso, Texas, Kenta Bell jump to 17.76m (2.3 wind aided).
The last two competitions already indicated that his hard work in training is paying off.
Although the circumstance were not ideal, it was cold and the competition was delayed because
of the rain, Kenta felt good and new that he could do something big. Next week Kenta bell
will compete in Mt. Sac where he set his personal best two years ago.
April 8. 2004
Caimin Douglas has Dutch 4x100m team mates over in El Paso to train with him.
The Dutch National 100-meter relay stepped onto the world stage last August
in Paris and flirted with swiping the show.
More on this in the El Paso Times online.
March 31. 2004
Asahara opened his summer schedule with competing in three important competitions in Australia.
On March 6 Asahara opened up on the 100m with a time of 10.51 winning the 100m, after that
he ran the 200m in a time of 21.19, crossing the line first. 8 days later on March 14 in Canberra,
Asahara ran 10.52 in the heat and winning the final with a time of 10.31. On the 200m in Canberra
Asahara ran in the heat 21.44 with a minus 2.3 wind and ran a season best in the final with a time of 20.94.
On March 20 in Adelaide Asahara showed that his form is coming around, running 10.16 in his heat,
with a wind marker of +2.6. In the final Asahara won the 100m in a seasons best with a time of 10.26, legal.
March 29. 2004
Brian Lewis: Starts his Olympic diary in "The Sacramento Bee".
This is another story in a series of periodic diary instalments from local athletes preparing for
the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on July 9-18 at Hornet Stadium. Today, we hear from Brian Lewis, who
won a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Lewis is training in Raleigh, N.C.,
with a group that includes gold medallist Marion Jones and world record holder Tim Montgomery.
March 26. 2004
Tim Harden and Dwight Phillips compete again at home.
Tim wins the 100m in a time of 10.39 with -1.2 wind, Phillips finishes second in a time of 10.45.
Dwight Phillips also ran the 200m, with -1.7 wind in a time of 21.57 in 4th place.
March 20. 2004
Kenta Bell jumps 17.49 in competition.
Triple jumper Kenta Bell compete last Saturday in the 26th Annual Aztec
Track and field Classic in San Diego.
"I'm still in the building up training programme. I competed this weekend
form the short approach. The second jump felt good, although I did not
generate full speed on the run way, I felt it came real easy. Coming out of
the sand the pit I could see it was big jump. I'm very pleased with this 17.49."
Training partners Tim Harden and Dwight Phillips go head to head in 100m.
Dwight Phillips and Tim Harden competed in the 2004 Baldy Castillo
Invitational at Sun Angel Stadium, Tempe Arizona.
The training partners decided to break there training and went head to head
in the 100m. Harden won in a time of 10.25 to Phillips in a time of 10.27. "
It's fun to run in front of a home crowd and we enjoyed competing again in the
early spring season."
March 13. 2004
"Beatrice Faumuina proved she's still the golden girl of New Zealand discus and
did so in emphatic fashion by breaking her own record at the national athletic championships
here today. Faumuina's first throw of 66.08m was her best of the year and sealed another title
for the 29-year-old, cracking her 1998 winning distance of 65.78m in the process.
" More on this
