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Michael Phelps Wins 8th Gold Medal
Doing My Part For The Left | August 16th 2008 by steve whichard
With a little help from his teammates, Michael Phelps set a new record in Olympic History. He is the only athlete to win 8 medals in a single Olympic game in the history of the modern Olympics. The race was such an exciting culmination of an excitin read more
Beijing Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Video
Speedendurance.com | August 16th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In the swimming events, the Beijing Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay was one of the most exciting relays. USA beat France 3:08.24 to 3:08.32. With all the lead changes, it was too close to call. Personally, I would have put Michael Phelps anch read more
Usain Bolt 100m 9.69 Olympic World Record Video
Speedendurance.com | August 16th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Utterly, amazing! And he slowed down. Imagine if he ran right through? Take my 100 meter to 200 meter conversion equation of doubled and add or subtract +/- 0.2 seconds = 19.38 (+/- 0.2). The next question is, “Can he bring down Micheal Joh read more
Michael Phelps Wins 7th Gold Medal
Doing My Part For The Left | August 15th 2008 by steve whichard
Michael Phelps tied Mark Spitz record of 7 gold medals in one Olympics. This is the first race in Beijing that Michael did not set a world record but I believe winning the gold was better than setting another record. clipped from www.nyt read more
Most Exciting 10K Finish - Billy Mills 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Speedendurance.com | August 15th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Billy Mills: 10,000 Meter Gold Finalist Art Print If you have never seen the 1964 Tokyo Olympics 10,000 meter final, or particularly the last 2 laps, then you have never seen a “fiight to the finish”. You will have new meaning to the t read more
Asafa Powell Debuts Nike Zoom Aerofly at Beijing
Speedendurance.com | August 13th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Sprinter Asafa Powell Debuts Leading-Edge Nike Zoom Aerofly He’ll Wear In Beijing From NIKE Press release: Nike’s deep focus on innovation for the Beijing includes work with one of the world’s fastest human beings – sprinter Asafa Powel read more
The Olympic Starting Gun and Starting Blocks Controversy
Speedendurance.com | August 13th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Every 4 years, the whole world focuses on the Olympics in particular Track and Field (or Athletics as it’s called everywhere else in the world) Especially the 100 meters. However, everyone including the media loves controversy! On the eve of read more
Olympics - A Sports Phenomenon unlike Any Other
SmoothAsia dot Com | August 11th 2008 by MZaidee
The Olympic Games have become one of the biggest sporting events of our time. Athletes from the entire world take part. Their achievements are watched from both near and far by hundreds of millions of spectators. The five rings on the Olympic flag re read more
Olympic 200 meters Prediction Contest
Speedendurance.com | August 10th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The good folks at RunningDVDs.com have donated this prize package for anyone predicting the correct medal winners in the 2008 Olympic Men’s 200 meters: RunningDVD’s: Building Better Runner from the Ground Up If you want to win this FRE read more
Dogs and the Olympics around the Web
Fairmount Dog Stories: Lifestyles of the Urban Dog | August 9th 2008
Olympic mania has arrived. We dog loving city dwellers want to join in on the fun and the hype. Sadie, our natural born acrobat, would leap for joy to have the opportunity to showcase her talents in front of a global audience. We feature her in this read more
Olympic Results Tracking by iDashboard
Speedendurance.com | August 9th 2008 by Jimson Lee
If you haven’t heard of iDashboard, you’ve probably seen their dashboards at many other applications. On my other site CRM Help Desk Software.com, I discussed the importance of reporting and live data analysis for Call Centers and Servic read more
Olympic Symbols: What Do They Mean and What is the History
Mind Body Soul Patio's Weblog | August 8th 2008 by Irene
Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing China 08/08/08 Let The Games Begin at 08:08:08 4 Billion People to Watch What Do the Olympic Rings Stand for? The Meaning, History and Symbolism of the Olympic Rings, Colors, Emblems and Flag The five rings read more
Olympic 400 meters Prediction Contest
Speedendurance.com | August 8th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The good folks at Athletes Acceleration have donated a monster prize package for anyone predicting the correct medal winners in the 2008 Olympic Men’s 400 meters. Their 5 DVD Complete Speed Training set regularly sells for $297 $197. You also read more
8-8-8 Lucky Numbers in China for Beijing Olympics
Speedendurance.com | August 6th 2008 by Jimson Lee
When you think of 8-8-8, what comes to your mind? 8-8-8 fertilizer versus a 13-13-13 fertilizer comparison? 8-8-8 is also August 8, 2008 which is the opening night for the 2008 Olympics For the Chinese, the number 8 is considered lucky just like t read more
China will Censor Internet During Olympic Games
Speedendurance.com | August 1st 2008 by Jimson Lee
Lets take a look at some of these famous quotes: 1) “I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be” - Marion Jones 2) “I never knowingly took steroids. I will never do anything to hurt my frie read more
Track Dimensions: How Many Feet is 400 meters?
Speedendurance.com | July 28th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 400 meters is exactly 1312.34 feet or 437.2 yards. Conversely, the 440 yard dash = 402.56 meters. You can read a lot more on 440 Yard and 400 Meters Races from an earlier blog post where Tommie Smith ran 44.5 400 meters and 44.8 for 440 yards i read more
Merlene Ottey Fails to Qualify for Eighth Olympics
Speedendurance.com | July 24th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Last Week, I wrote about Merlene Ottey attempting to compete in eight Olympics. In the article from NBCOlympics.com, they stated Jamaican-born Slovakian sprinter Merlene Ottey, 48 years old, failed in her final attempts to qualify for Beijing in the read more
4×100 meter Relay Fallouts and Politics
Speedendurance.com | July 23rd 2008 by Jimson Lee
It didn’t take long for all the finger pointing for those countries who did not qualify for the top 16 spots in Beijing. Personally, I don’t see why the list can’t be expanded to 24 teams with a 3 heat semi-final (top 2 and 2 faste read more
Michael (Mike) Larrabee Olympic 400 Meters
Speedendurance.com | July 21st 2008 by Jimson Lee
Mike Larrabee is famous for his “come from behind” or “even splits” 400 Meters Gold medal from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The Americans swept the medals, and they didn’t repeat that feat until 400 meters in Athens 2004 wi read more
4×400 meter Relay in Beijing
Speedendurance.com | July 20th 2008 by Jimson Lee
On Friday, I wrote about the 4×100 meter Relay in Beijing. Here are the stats for the 4×400 meter Relay in Beijing. The Mens side is no surprise. It takes 4 guys an average of 45 seconds to break 3 minutes. 45.75 from the lead-off leg, then read more
Merlene Ottey - Queen of the Track
Speedendurance.com | July 19th 2008 by Jimson Lee
This is insane beyond belief. I was a high school junior in 1979 when Merlene Ottey first appeared in Track and Field. By my senior year in 1980, she had won her first bronze at the Moscow Olympics. 20 years later at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she read more
4×100 meter Relay in Beijing
Speedendurance.com | July 17th 2008 by Jimson Lee
When I wrote “Jamaica 4×100m Relay Potential - A Sub 37 Second WR?”, it was before the USA Olympic trials where 6 Americans ran sub 10 seconds 100 meters performances (with a wind of +4 m/s). No doubt this relay will be a hot ticket ite read more
Tommie Smith John Carlos 40 Years Later
Speedendurance.com | July 16th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Black Power Salute, 1968 Olympics, Mexico City Art Print On October 16, 1968, this photo changed the world. Even in Canada the effects were tremendous. You would think 40 years later these two men (children?) would settle their differences! They read more
World’s Fastest Woman: Christine Arron or Torri Edwards?
Speedendurance.com | July 11th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Torri Edwards 10.78 (+1.8 wind) at the USATF Olympic Trials was truly impressive. It nearly compares to Christine Arron ’s 10.73 (+2.0 wind) set in 1998, nearly 10 years ago. But with the skepticism of Flo-Jo’s 10.49 WR (wind meter ques read more
Shot Put History and Stockholm’s Big Shot
Speedendurance.com | July 9th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The whole world is going “throwback”. Well, almost, one event at a time. Last week I wrote about the Cambridge Mile in Bannister Conditions. Do you remember the shot put at the 2004 Athens Olympics? The heats and finals were held on t read more
The Last 4×100m Mixed Team to Hold a World Record
Speedendurance.com | June 30th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The last time a mixed team consisting of athletes from different countries setting a world record was the University of Southern California in 1967. Ironically, the infamous O.J. Simpson ran the 3rd leg and handed it off to Lennox Miller of Jamaica read more
The Original Decathlon Events with 800 meter Racewalk
Speedendurance.com | June 27th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Jim Thorpe won both the Pentathlon and Decathlon events. He also placed fourth in the high-jump and took seventh place in the long jump in the individual events. That’s 17 events in a span of a week! In 1913, t read more
The Pursuit of Happiness and Olympic Medals
Speedendurance.com | June 17th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… and Olympic Medals ! By now, you’re probably aware of countries like Qatar and Bahrain “importing” elite athletes in the Pursuit of Olympic Medals. Qatar offers a monthly stipend read more
Justin Gatlin Files Suit to Compete at US Trials
Speedendurance.com | June 11th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Here we go again. I hope this court order doesn’t cause the 100 meters US Trials to be delayed by several days. If history repeats itself, you may remember the incident at the 1992 US Trials. In 1990, Butch Reynolds was banned two years by t read more
Chariots on Fire - Eric Liddell ran a 9.7 second 100
Speedendurance.com | June 6th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In 1924, Eric Liddell ran 9.7 seconds for the 100 - 100 yards that is, not meters, which is equivalent to 91.44 meters. Yes, it’s hard to believe we have only increased (or decreased) 8.56 meters or 28 feet - 1 inch in the last 84 years! (Tha read more
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