The 800m event 2002
The 800m event for 2002 saw a group of 5 Kenyan athletes make their presence felt on the International Race circuit, by winning the A and B events at a number of the European meetings through the...
View ArticleThe 800m event All Time Best List
As mentioned, the Women’s 800m record will have stood for 30 years in July 2012. This is under the name of the Czech powerhouse, Jarmila Kratochvílová, with 1:53.28 Maria Mutola who for a long time was...
View ArticleThe Art of 800m Running
The 800m has moved into the realms of the long sprint. Today’s 800m athlete will need to be a 45/46 second 400m athlete, who needs to feel comfortable going through the 1st 400m of the 2 lap race close...
View ArticleThe 800m event – All Time Best
The 800m event is being seen more as an extended sprint nowadays, than a middle distance race. The World’s elite, now cover the first 400m close to 50 seconds and it is a matter of time before it...
View ArticleBorzakovskiy puts Helsinki on agenda
Last Thursday marked the 31st birthday of Russia’s 2004 Olympic Games 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy and he used the occasion to announce that he will be bidding to win over two laps of the track at...
View ArticleRudisha wins 800m Gold in WR
David Rudisha of Kenya bedazzled the world with his front running prowess and his majestic determination over 800m, this led to the first new world record on the London 2012 track. The 23-year-old...
View ArticleNew 800m Relay Record
There was a new British record in the women’s 4x800m as the GB & NI team also performed strongly in the women’s 4x400m and men’s 4x100m at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA, today. The GB &...
View ArticleSavinova ponders defeat
Considering how unbeatable Mariya Savinova has been for the last three years it was something of a surprise to see her eclipsed so comprehensively in the 800m in Moscow. Silver can hardly be viewed as...
View ArticleDavid Rudisha returns in Doha 2014
Olympic 800m champion and world record-holder David Rudisha will return to IAAF Diamond League action at the Doha 2014 meeting on Friday 9 May. Rudisha’s appearance in the Qatari capital, the seventh...
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