QUITO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Olympic speedwalker Jefferson Perez became the Ecuadorian athlete who has won the most sports prizes with Thursday nights win of the eighth Dinner of Champions hosted by Guayaquil newspaper El Universo. He first won the prize in 1992 when he was just 18 years old and had just won the [...]
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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Dec 28
IAAF End of Year Reviews – Race Walks
Men 20 km Race Walk – Ecuador’s Jefferson Perez added another World gold medal to his collection after being the best at handling the humid heat in Osaka. For the silver medal there was some last second excitement as Tunisia’s Hatem Ghoula appearing to savour the moment was caught unaware at the line by the [...]
Dec 25
Track & Field News: 2007 T&FN World Rankings Top 10s–Women
2007 T&FN World Rankings Top 10s–WomenHere, in short form, are the 2007 Track & Field News World Rankings. 20K WALK 1. Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2. Rita Turova (Belarus) 3. Tatyana Shemyakina (Russia) 4. María Vasco (Spain) 5. Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 6. Sabine Zimmer (Germany) 7. Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 8. Susana Feitor (Portugal) 9. Claudia Stef [...]
Dec 25
Track & Field News: 2007 T&FN World Rankings Top 10s–Men
2007 T&FN World Rankings Top 10s–Men 20K WALK 1. Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2. Francisco Fernández (Spain) 3. Hatem Ghoula (Tunisia) 4, Vladimir Kanaykin (Russia) 5. Yohan Diniz (France) 6. Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 7. Luke Adams (Australia) 8. Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 9. Giorgio Rubino (Italy) 10. Erik Tysse (Norway) 50K WALK 1. Nathan Deakes (Australia) 2. [...]
Dec 22
Jefferson Pérez is voted best Latin American sportsman of the Year
Havana – Ecuador’s three-time World champion Jefferson Perez and Brazil’s FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka were selected the best Latin American sportsmen of the year as they both finished with the same number of votes in the annual Prensa Latina survey. For the first time in the 43-year history of the poll, two [...]
Dec 20
Tallent and Rutter’s inclusion brings Australia’s Beijing pre-selections up to seven
IAAF – Race Walkers Jared Tallent and Adam Rutter have been chosen for nomination to the Australian Olympic Committee for selection into the Australian team for the 2008 Olympic Games, as a result of their outstanding efforts at the Australian 50km Road Walking Championships on the weekend. The Australian Institute of Sport duo will make [...]
Dec 19
End of the road for Andy Penn
By John Wilkinson – OLYMPIC race walker Andy Penn has hung up his shoes. The Nuneaton Harrier, who competed for Britain over 20 kilometres at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, is calling it a day after a career spanning 28 years. Penn, who turned 40 earlier this year, made his international bow as a junior [...]
Dec 16
Tallent hot in Beijing walk trial – Breaking News – Fox Sports
BALLARAT walker Jared Tallent smashed his personal best by more than ten minutes to confirm his nomination for the Beijing Olympics with a dominant display in the national 50km walk championship. The 23-year-old produced the third-fastest time ever by an Australian to stop the clock at 3 hours 44 minutes and 45 seconds, well inside [...]
Dec 14
Carnegie hosts Great Britain Race Walking Squad Camp and coaching conference
Carnegie hosted the Great Britain Race Walking squad training camp over the weekend. This saw 16 athletes in attendance for a 2 day camp, including Jo Jackson who was 25th in the Women’s 20 kilometres at the recent World Athletics Championships in Osaka. The aim of the camp was to help the athletes and their [...]