Olympic discus champion Stephanie Brown Trafton is relishing making her World Athletics Championships debut at Berlin's Olympic Stadium - as most of her fan mail comes from Germany. The 29-year-old captured gold at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium last August with her opening throw of 64.74 meters and none of her rivals got within a metre of her first effort. Now the Californian says knowing she has some fans in the crowd in Berlin will give her a boost as she prepares to make her world championship debut having missed Osaka in 2007 and Helsinki in 2005. "Walking into the stadium next Wednesday will be ...
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Franka is a popular Dutch comic book series and strip cartoon, drawn and written since the mid 1970s by the graphic artist Henk Kuijpers. The principal character is a strong female ...
Franka Dietzsch (born January 22, 1968 in Wolgast) is a German discus thrower best known for winning gold medals at three World Championships in Athletics.
The Bea Team has put the smile back on the dial of discus thrower Beatrice Faumuina as she prepares for her fourth Olympic Games and has an eye on a fifth. Faumuina, 33, has arrived in Beijing with the support team that has rejuvenated her career ...
