Judge: Chambers can't compete in Beijing
LONDON - British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed Friday in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games. Yahoo
David Pickett: Why would the IAAF (International Athletic Association Federation) even allow Chambers to compete in his country's Olympic Trials ? Justin Gatlin wasn't even consider to compete in the US Trials. Chambers is definitely DIRTY!!! "The sport is political" said Leshawn Merritt
MERRITT CRIES FOUL, KIND OF
After his narrow defeat to Jeremy Wariner last weekend in Rome, U.S. 400m champion LaShawn Merritt shared some of his frustrations about how things apparently work off the track. Trackshark
David Pickett: Is Merritt crying? UH NO! Merritt is right the sport is political
Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (photo) from competing in the Beijing Olympics. AP
David Pickett: Let him RUN.... It takes courage to run with no legs. People like, Oscar Pistorius, motivated me to never give up.
Walter Dix to grad school in 2009?
For sprinter Walter Dix, the athletic epiphany came when he was 9 years old and playing street football. TampaBay
David Pickett: Dix is a great example to young kids. He was raised well by his parents.
LONDON - British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed Friday in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games. Yahoo
David Pickett: Why would the IAAF (International Athletic Association Federation) even allow Chambers to compete in his country's Olympic Trials ? Justin Gatlin wasn't even consider to compete in the US Trials. Chambers is definitely DIRTY!!! "The sport is political" said Leshawn Merritt
MERRITT CRIES FOUL, KIND OF
After his narrow defeat to Jeremy Wariner last weekend in Rome, U.S. 400m champion LaShawn Merritt shared some of his frustrations about how things apparently work off the track. Trackshark
David Pickett: Is Merritt crying? UH NO! Merritt is right the sport is political
Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius (photo) from competing in the Beijing Olympics. AP
David Pickett: Let him RUN.... It takes courage to run with no legs. People like, Oscar Pistorius, motivated me to never give up.
Walter Dix to grad school in 2009?
For sprinter Walter Dix, the athletic epiphany came when he was 9 years old and playing street football. TampaBay
David Pickett: Dix is a great example to young kids. He was raised well by his parents.
