26 August 2008, 11:07 am
Times OnlineUsain Bolt, not Michael Phelps, is the star of Beijing OlympicsThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 4 hours agoFrom only 3 events in the first Olympics of the modern era in 1896 Athens, swimming events have ballooned to 34. Track and field has always been the ...Fitting Finish to ‘08... read more
26 August 2008, 9:53 am
Reuters UKOne Last Lap Around the Olympic GreenBoston Globe, United States - 5 hours agoOne of the highlights came on the final night of the track and field competition at the “Bird’s Nest” when security reluctantly allowed reporters onto the ...Video: Raw Video: Fireworks Mark Close... read more
26 August 2008, 6:55 am
Times OnlineOLYMPICS-SIZED DELUSIONS A Look Back at Beijing 2008Spiegel Online, Germany - 8 hours agoTrack & field athletes were pleasantly awed by the Bird's Nest stadium. For them, and for the many journalists at the games, the competitions inside stadium ...The Western Media Res... read more
25 August 2008, 11:22 pm
Los Angeles TimesWhat went wrong: The US track and field team is on the declineDeseret News, UT - 15 hours agoBy Doug Robinson Let's get straight to the point: The Olympic track and field competition was a debacle for the United States. ...Video: Olympics '08: Redemption on the Tr... read more
25 August 2008, 8:55 pm
BBC NewsTime for a change of trackIrish Independent, Ireland - 18 hours agoThe odds of winning a slalom canoe medal from an Olympic field of 21 are clearly a lot better than from a 200m field of 63. Ten years after failing to win ...Chinese soccer fans able to laugh SI.comUS and China ea... read more
24 August 2008, 4:16 pm
Telegraph.co.ukTom Lappin - 'Heroes' of track and field need shaken out of their ...Scotsman, United Kingdom - Aug 24, 2008And then there's the track and field team. Gateshead is a long way, geographically, ideologically and aesthetically, from the Beijing Bird's Nest, ...S... read more
Share on del.icio.us
Share on digg
Share on Technorati
Share on reddit
Share on Yahoo!
Share on Furl