Tag: Ron Brumel
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Salute to Rafer; is surfing the new Olympic star? Spikeless sprint...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Russia anti-doping in turmoil as Ganus dismissed; Duplantis clears 19-11 (really...
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HEARD AT HALFTIME: Diack calls son “a thug,” Tokyo sponsors wavering on 2021, Australia-New...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● Further to our Lane One column for 10 June...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Comments on Guy Drut and reinventing the Games; pole vaulting for...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Vox Populi ● We received a lot of comments following our 29...
THE TICKER: Sun sets on China’s star freestyler; Russia vs. WADA timetable get clearer...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Court Watch I: Yang Sun suspended for 8 years ● The Court of...
THE TICKER: Everyone wants in on the Russian appeal of its suspension by WADA
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Doping ● It seems that everybody is in on the appeal of the...
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Russia appeals; PR star Pete Cava passes suddenly, another 2012 positive
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● RUSADA confirms sanctions appeal to CAS ● To the surprise of absolutely...
VOX POPULI: “Hire Jill Ellis” and a new way to think about 1:59:40!
From our readers:
● On Tuesday’s 2-0 loss by the U.S. men’s National Team to Canada:
USSF should hire Jill Ellis to coach the men. She...
VOX POPULI: The IAAF Worlds in Doha got coverage in the L.A. Times!
Great coverage of the Worlds by TSX, and your comments were spot on.
My observations (based solely on TV coverage, so filtered by that medium)...
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VOX POPULI: The Match: USA vs. Europe was “refreshing”
So, I watched the U.S. vs. Europe matchup on my NBCsportsnetwork channel ... my video recorder is programmed to record all track & field...
HEARD AFTER HALFTIME: Not so fast on Australia for 2032, no racing at all...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXVth Olympiad ● International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach...
VOX POPULI: Mixed-gender World Relays events were “refreshing, exciting, fun”
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Having watched the World Relays, I have a few comments to share with The Sports Examiner and subscribers:
● POSITIVE:
Mixed gender relays: refreshing, exciting, fun....