Category Archives: World Championships

>Worlds, Day 5

Posted on August 19, 2009 by admin

>TodayResultsAfternoon session: recap / video-on-demandEvening session recaps: IAAF / World Track / video-on-demandDeca 100 / Deca long jump / Deca shot / Men’s 400 semis / Men’s 200 semis / Women’s 200 heats / Men’s disc / Men’s 1500 / … Continue reading →

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>Worlds, Day 4

Posted on August 18, 2009 by admin

>TodayResultsRecaps: IAAF / Sports Illustrated / USA TodayAfternoon session: recap / video-on-demandEvening session: video-on-demandFinals recaps: Women’s jav / Women’s 400 / Men’s 400H / Men’s Steeple TomorrowEvent scheduleIAAF previewTV: Versus, 1:30-4 PMWeb: UniversalSports.com, 4:05 AM (afternoon session), 12:05 PM (evening … Continue reading →

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>Worlds, Day 3

Posted on August 17, 2009 by admin

>TodayResultsIAAF summary / SI summaryVideo-on-demandEvent reports: Men’s 1500 & women’s 800 semis / Women’s pole vault / Women’s triple jump Women’s steeple / Men’s hammer / Men’s 10k / Women’s 100 TomorrowEvent schedule / IAAF previewTV: Versus, 1-3 PM (replays … Continue reading →

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>Worlds, Day 2 — Holy S**t!

Posted on August 16, 2009 by admin

>Click here to blow your mind Today:IAAF recapVideo-on-demand: afternoon session / evening sessionEvent reports: Men’s 100 / Women’s shot / Women’s 20k Walk / Women’s HeptathlonEarly session recap Tomorrow:Event scheduleTV: Versus, 1-4 PMWeb: UniversalSports.com, 11:45 AM; IAAF Radio, 11 AMHighlights: … Continue reading →

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>Worlds, Day 1

Posted on August 16, 2009 by admin

>Day 1 recaps: Let’s Run / IAAFVideo-on-demand: Morning session / Afternoon session Day 2:Competition scheduleTV schedule: NBC, 2 PM (to be rerun on Versus at 7 & 11 PM); CBC, 4 PMWeb schedule: Universal Sports, 12:05 PM; IAAF radio, 11 … Continue reading →

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>New Broadcast Rights Paradigm?

Posted on August 14, 2009 by admin

>Not that it would ever happen, but it’s an interesting thought. A T&FN message board poster, responding to the criticism that Universal Sports’ World Championships webcast won’t be available outside the USA: Well I don’t think this is really something … Continue reading →

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>World Championships Fantasy League

Posted on August 13, 2009 by admin

>There are three online contests that I know of: Let’s Run’s prediction contest, USATF’s Pick N’ Win contest, and the IAAF’s Fantasy Athletics. My other responsibilities are ramping up, so I’m only playing one. The first two are straight pick-em … Continue reading →

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>Worlds Previews

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

>I was out of the loop for several days, taking my team on a training camp. Today I see that Let’s Run has deep previews of every event in the upcoming World Championships. Indexed to results, organized both by event … Continue reading →

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>Statheads Rejoice!

Posted on July 6, 2009 by admin

>At the bottom of the IAAF’s World Championships home page are two seemingly innocuous links, labeled “Statistics Book, Berlin 2009 – Part One (pdf)” and “Statistics Book, Berlin 2009 – Part Two (pdf)“. The data held in them is amazing. … Continue reading →

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>World Championships in the USA?

Posted on April 3, 2008 by admin

>Don’t start getting too excited just yet–we’re talking the World Cross Country Championships. Still, it would be a big deal; the USA has only ever hosted three Worlds of any kind (’87 indoors, ’84 and ’92 cross). Scott Bush at … Continue reading →

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