490 B.C: Greek Soldier Pheidippides runs all the way from a battlefield near Marathon, Greece, to Athens to bring the great news of a Greek victory over the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides finishes that run, announces "Νενικήκαμεν" ('We have won') and dies on the spot. Athens 1896: The 1st Olympic games in Athens revives the legend of Pheidippides when it introduces an event that is a 24.85 mile run from Marathon Bridge to Olympic stadium in Athens. Thst event will be what we now... Read Full Story
The reason I post stuff like this is to just put out there the fact that there are egomaniac psychopathic-predators playing God and slaughtering young women like farm animals. I do not have the solution, but sometimes I feel like doing humanity a favor by killing one of these human wastes. In recent years, I not only have changed my stance on the death sentence, I think it should be as physically painful as possible. Burn him to death, immerse him in hot lava or something. Oh, I am mad... I... Read Full Story
Kenenisa won the Men's 5000 faster than my pre-game 'analyis'. Ya! He is that fast baby! I mean, I didn't even get a chance to talk trash on this one. Last person that did the double in long distance was none other than Miruts 'The Shifter' Yifter (other pic)in Moscow '80. These are really great moments that make you proud that you came form that land. Man! When it's all said and done, Kenenisa may be better than Haile. Bekele leads a night of Olympic doubles23 August 2008 (16:38... Read Full Story
This is the ultimate man. But Nigeria did it in Atlanta '96 and there is no reason why they shouldn't do it again. I'm still kinda scratching my head over how Brazil got crushed. That has to leave a bad taste in the Brazillians' mouth, but still there is no excuse, they did not bring it and they got their asses kicked. I digress. It's all about Nigeria baby :-) Nigeria will bring Messi back to earth and show the world that it's a bit too early for the Maradona comparisons. Take it easy... Read Full Story
A clean Ethiopian sweep. Ya ya...Elvan Abeylegesse is Turkish, but it's ethio blood pumping in her veins son. Congrats to Turkey I guess...Anyways, here is a great article. -- Dibaba the new distance queen Len Johnson August 22, 2008 - 11:07PM Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie may not yet have quite settled the issue as to who is the current emperor of Ethiopian distance running; but the matter of who is the empress is settled. All hail empress Tirunesh Dibaba. Last night she kept... Read Full Story
Another event that is already decided is upon us. The women's 5000 will be won by ether Meseret Defar, 10,000m hero Tirunesh Dibaba or Meselech Melkamu. Oh ya, the other strong cometition from Turkey, she was born in Ethiopia. ---- Ethiopia targets women’s 5,000m podium sweep 8 hours, 28 minutes ago By Sabrina Yohannes BEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Defending champion Meseret Defar, 10,000 metres winner Tirunesh Dibaba and African champion Meselech Melkamu are bidding for an Ethiopian sweep... Read Full Story
This will be a repeat of the Atlanta '96 final. Nigeria in Olympic soccer final after beating Belgium Agence France-Presse SHANGHAI - A goal in the first half and three in the second put African powerhouse Nigeria into the Olympic football final Tuesday as they thrashed minnows Belgium 4-1. The 1996 Atlanta Olympic champions will meet either Brazil or Argentina in the gold medal match in Beijing on Saturday. Olubayo Adefemi opened the scoring in the 17th minute and Chinedu Ogbuke... Read Full Story
BBC.com Jelimo claims landmark 800m gold Pamela Jelimo powered to a brilliant 800m victory to become the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic title. The 18-year-old, who only began running the event in April, set a devastating pace to win in one minute 54.87 seconds at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing. Janeth Jepkosgei could not match her compatriot and took silver ahead of Morocco's Hasna Benhassi. Veteran Maria Mutola, who was competing in her sixth Olympic Games, finished out of the... Read Full Story
The battle has just began. The Kenyans will come harder in the Men's 5000, Women's 5000, The Men's Marathon and middle distance as well. I like our chances in the 5000 this time around since Kenenisa and Tirunesh will be in it, but we're underdogs in middle distance. Kenenisa Bekele wins 10,000mLen Johnson August 18, 2008 - 1:19AM How do you beat Kenenisa Bekele at 10,000 metres. The great Ethiopian runner effortlessly won his second consecutive Olympic title in Olympic record time last... Read Full Story
