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Tickets are in the mail: SOCOG, Date: 12/10/99, By PHILIP CORNFORD

Sydney Olympic organisers yesterday assured anxious Olympic ticket hopefuls
that the crisis was over and their letters were in the mail after a day of
emergency meetings with Australia Post.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/12/text/pageone9.html
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Five days later, Tina is still waiting , Date: 12/10/99, By CATRIONA PURCELL

Bexley resident Tina Jowett was trying to understand why she still had not
received her Olympic ticket allocation package last night - five days after
her neighbours had received theirs.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/12/text/pageone10.html
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Rethink second round: Hartcher, Date: 12/10/99

Mail delays were the most serious of several problems that plagued the
Olympic ticketing process, the NSW opposition spokesman on the Olympics, Mr
Chris Hartcher, said yesterday.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/12/text/pageone11.html
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  Hickman edges DeReuck with final burst in Tufts 10K
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  BOSTON (October 11, 1999 6:16 p.m. EDT ) - Libby Hickman won a repeat title
in the Tufts Health Plan 10K Monday, when she broke away from South Africa's
Colleen DeReuck in the final 300 meters.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500044273-500072085-50016405
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  Aussie former mile champ Elliott: Barrier at 3:30 may soon fall
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  PERTH, Australia (October 11, 1999 11:12 p.m. EDT ) -  Someone will run a
mile in less than three minutes, 30 seconds, possibly in the near future,
former Australian champion Herb Elliott told The West Australian daily for
Tuesday's editions.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500044406-500072365-50016502
6-0,00.html
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  S.Lanka hurdler Jayasundara reportedly used banned steroid under perscription
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  COLOMBO (October 12, 1999 2:22 a.m. EDT )- Sri Lankan hurdler Ashok Kumar
Jayasundara, who won the 400 meters men's gold in the South Asian Federation
games, admitted to taking a banned performance-enhancing drug, the Daily
Mirror reported Tuesday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500044455-500072470-50016555
3-0,00.html
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Mutai - the next British distance hope?, Paul Halford, 12/10/99

A Kenyan could prove the solution to Britain's dearth of quality distance
runners.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991012mutai.htm
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Near-full stadium for Olympic athletes, Paul Halford, 12/10/99

The athletics events in next year's Olympic Games should take place in a
nearly full stadium according to figures released today.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991012stadium.htm
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Chepchumba stops Loroupe at Great North Run

http://www.runnersworld.com/
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2001: A Track Odyssey (otherwise known as World Champs vs. Goodwill Games)
by Amby Burfoot

http://www.runnersworld.com/
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MS Fun Run was held in Canberra on Sunday 10 October 1999.
Results will be posted to:--

http://www.atrax.net.au/userdir/EWEN/ms_resul.htm
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Top results - Great North Run - 1/2 Marathon - ENGLAND

GATESHEAD, England - Sunday. October 10, 99

Women
1. Joyce Chepchumba, Kenya, 1:09.07
2. Tegla Loroupe, Kenya, 1:09.35
3. Paula Radcliffe, Britain, 1:09.37
4. Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland, 1:10.05
5. Ester Kiplagat, Kenya, 1:12.12
6. Manuela Machado, Portugal, 1:12.53

Men
1. John Mutai, Kenya, 1:00.52
2. Gart Thys, South Africa, 1:01.21
3. Mark Steinie, Britain, 1:02.23
4. Matthew O'Dowd, Britain, 1:02.38
5. Lee Troupe, Australia, 1:02.57
6. Martin Fiz, Spain, 1:03.00
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BEIJING, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Results in the Beijing international marathon on
Saturday:

Men:

  1. Kenichi Suzuki (Japan)      2 hours 11 minutes 33 seconds
  2. Mogaka Rolade Boraya (Kenya)      2:12:58
  3. Turbo Tumo (Ethiopia)             2:13:42
  4. Dube Jilo (Ethiopia)              2:14:25
  5. Takeharu Honda (Japan)            2:15:16

Women:

  1. Ai Dongmei (China)                2:29:20
  2. Sun Yingjie (China)               2:31:19
  3. Li Yunxia (China)                 2:31:25
  4. Ri Kum-sil (North Korea)          2:31:29
  5. Zhang Shujing (China)             2:32:19

Courtesy sports.yahoo.com...

and at

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500043489-500070731-50015234
1-0,00.html
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It's the new Olympic sport: waiting for the postie, Date: 11/10/99, By
MICHAEL EVANS, Olympics Reporter

First-round Olympic ticket applicants expressed dismay yesterday that they
still had not received a reply nearly a week after many other applicants
began entering the second-round offer, which will be sold on a first-in,
first-served basis.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/11/text/pageone14.html
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Glint of medals true reflection, Date: 11/10/99, GYMNASTICS by LINDA PEARCE
in Tianjin, China

In swimming we expect it. Nothing less than gold, gold, gold will usually do.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/11/text/sport21.html
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  Radcliffe enters unknown territory in Great North Run
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  NEWCASTLE, England (October 8, 1999 11:14 a.m. EDT) - Paula Radcliffe,
Britain's No. 1 middle distance runner, said Friday she was ready to enter
unknown territory when she makes her half marathon debut in Sunday's BUPA
Great North Run.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500043005-500069946-50014640
2-0,00.html

Results, see above, and at

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500043857-500071398-50015717
7-0,00.html
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  BEIJING MARATHON: Japan's Suzuki wins pulls away to win
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  BEIJING (October 9, 1999 3:32 p.m. EDT  ) - Japan's Kenichi Suzuki clinched
the men's event of the Beijing International Marathon on Saturday in 2
hours, 11 minutes and 33 seconds.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500043492-500070734-50015120
3-0,00.html
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  Aloui wins Hartford Marathon on 1st try
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  HARTFORD, Conn. (October 9, 1999 8:18 p.m. EDT) - Fouzi Aloui, making his
first appearance in the race, won the Hartford Marathon on Saturday,
covering the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 49 seconds.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500043600-500070965-50015365
3-0,00.html
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   Radcliffe debut shows promise, Paul Halford,  11/10/99

  Paula Radcliffe enjoyed a fitting end to a phenomenal season with a debut
  run which confirmed her potential at the marathon distance.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991011bupa.htm
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Freeman would relish Perec challenge, Paul Halford,   10/10/99

  World 400m champion Cathy Freeman may currently be the favourite to
   take gold in Sydney next year but she would rather have Olympic
  champion, Marie-Jose Perec, standing in her way.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991010freeman.htm
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Cool Running Photo Gallery 1997

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/gallery/
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  The 1999 BMW Auckland Marathon and Half Marathon.
  Sunday 24 October

http://www.bmw.co.nz/bmw_cgi/?d=pulse_marathon
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Regards
Doug Fry
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Just married but just a runner: Cathy's true loves, Date: 09/10/99, By
LOUISE EVANS

Just because she ran off and got married in a secret ceremony outside San
Francisco last month, Cathy Freeman isn't about to change or hyphenate her
famous name because signing autographs would become far too laborious.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/09/text/pageone2.html

Picture Story

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/09/graphics/991009_freeman.jpg
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We'll fix the glitches, says SOCOG, Date: 09/10/99, By MATTHEW MOORE,
Olympics Editor

Sydney's Olympics organisers have undertaken to try to resolve problems with
individual ticket applicants who have missed out because of errors
organisers might have made.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/09/text/national3.html
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Schools meet for future Olympians , Date: 09/10/99, ATHLETICS by LOUISE EVANS

The largest teenage track and field event ever held in Australia, which
takes place this weekend at Homebush Bay, will be dissected with microscopic
interest in the hope that it reveals the most valuable commodity on the
national sporting market Olympic talent.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/09/text/sport6.html
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MS Fun Run, 6.5 km around lake Tuggeranong, is on this Sunday 10 October,
commencing at 10 am.  Registrations start at 0900.
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Cathy coy about marriage

http://www.sport.news.com.au/
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   Freeman happy with Olympic  athletics program

  Duel world champion 400 metre runner Cathy Freeman says  next year's
Olympic Athletics program suits her.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991008124730_1.htm
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SOCOG hard sells second chances, Date: 08/10/99, By MATTHEW MOORE, Olympics
Editor

SOCOG has announced a new Olympic seating deal that it hopes will boost
ticket sales in the crucial second round, which begins today.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national5.html
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Hotels, motels face inquiry over Games charges, Date: 08/10/99, By MICHAEL
EVANS, Olympics Reporter

The Department of Fair Trading will investigate a decision by hotels and
motels not to cap accommodation charges during the Olympics - a move that
will see disadvantaged and rural families struggling to find Games'
accommodation, it is claimed.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national6.html
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Hollway hopes for $40m sale, Date: 08/10/99

SOCOG's chief executive, Mr Sandy Hollway, said he hopes the second round
ticket offer open until October 22 will raise at least $40 million through
extra ticket sales.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national7.html
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Ready for the flood, Date: 08/10/99

SOCOG has had discussions with Telstra to ensure an anticipated flood of
phone calls to its call centre does not jam the local exchange, as happened
in Atlanta when ticket order forms were returned to customers.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national8.html
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Funding critic accepts $80,000 as Games poet, Date: 08/10/99, By JOHN HUXLEY

A new demonstration sport - the modern pentameter - was added to the Sydney
Games yesterday with the appointment of controversial Canberra-based writer
Mark O'Connor as Olympic Poet.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national9.html
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All that glitters is not gold, Date: 08/10/99, By MAGGIE ALDERSON

British-born designer Alexander McQueen has won a gold medal in the fashion
Olympics in Paris with his Summer 2000 collection for the House of Givenchy,
which has a strong sports clothes theme.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/08/text/national10.html
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Commonwealth Games committee set  for Fiji announcement

   Melbourne's Commonwealth Games bid committee has left for  Fiji, where a
vote will take place this weekend to decide the venue of the 2006 Games.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991008161411_1.htm
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Loroupe aims for Great North Run repeat
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  NEWCASTLE, England (October 7, 1999 12:20 p.m. EDT) - Kenmya's Tegla
Loroupe, world marathon record holder, settled into the northeast of England
on Thursday confident that she
  can repeat her success of six years ago by winning Sunday's Great North Run.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500042611-500069249-50014069
2-0,00.html
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  Lebow's successor remembers his mentor and  friend
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By BERT
ROSENTHAL

  NEW YORK (October 7, 1999 7:43 p.m. EDT ) - It's been five years since the
death of Fred Lebow, the impresario of the New York City Marathon, and Allan
Steinfeld, his successor, will never forget his good friend.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500042755-500069484-50014289
0-0,00.html
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Loroupe fights fatigue and vows to help debutant Radcliffe, Paul Halford,
8/10/99

  Britain's largest race field will be headed by a high class group of elite
    runners in Newcastle on Sunday.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991008gnr.htm
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  Rose not withered yet,  Paul Halford,  8/10/99
   Britain's fastest ever 10k runner, Nick Rose, was the first male vet in
last  weekend's Bowling Green 10k.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991008rose.htm

Results of this race are at:--

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991005results.htm#USA 10k Championships
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Doug Fry
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6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

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World Half Marathon Champs, How did the Aussies go?

Men:

47th Gillard Kim AUS 1:05:04

Women:

35th Michelsson Susan AUS  1:15:07
46th Trampuz Silvana AUS 1:17:12
dnf Schuwalow Carolyn AUS
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ATHLETICS AUSTRALIA RELEASE
Athletics Tops Female Sports Stars Poll

Athletics Australia was delighted that in a poll conducted by The Australian
newspaper (published 6/10/99) one third of the “Top 30 Women Sports Stars”
were track and field athletes.

Led by Cathy Freeman and Louise Sauvage other athletes included were:

Louise Currey, Emma George, Tatiana Grigorieva, Lauren Hewitt, Nova
Peris-Kneebone, Kerry Saxby-Junna, Heather Turland and Tania Van Heer.

Cathy Freeman was thrilled that the depth in athletics presently is being
recognised,

  “I think it’s fantastic that less than a year from the Olympics our female
track and field stars are getting acknowledged as amongst the best in
Australia.”

The poll caps off a great six weeks for athletics in Australia with the
Optus Southern Stars finishing seventh at the recently completed World
Championships in Seville. Women claimed three of Australia’s four medals.

END OF RELEASE. October 7, 1999. For more details please contact Chris Green
at Athletics Australia on 9820 3511.
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North Canberra Two Peaks Challenge - Sunday 17th October.

Venue - Australian Heritage Village, Antill St (near the corner with Federal
Highway), Watson, ACT (approx 8km north of city centre)

The North Canberra Two Peaks Challenge provides a uniquely challenging event
over two of Canberra’s best known mountains, Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie.
Competitors have the choice of entering the 26km individual race or running a
section of the course as part of a three person team (1st leg 6.6km, 2nd leg
9.6km, 3rd leg 8.8km).

Start time;  Early start 8-15 am (for those who expect to take over 160
minutes)
  Main start 8-30 am (for those who expect to take under 160 minutes)

Course records Male;   Grant Bluett (1998)  101min 53sec
  Female;  Fiona Jorgensen (1997)  127min 08sec.

Age Classes; individual race; - male & female in open age classes,
- veterans (over 40yrs) classes
  relay;  - male & female in open age classes

Entry forms and a map of the course can be obtained off the web at
http://www.coolrunning.com.au/mountainrunning/

Enter on the day is also available.

Enquiries Anthony Scott (ph 02-6251 1879),  John Harding (ph 02-6248 6905)
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NIKE Melbourne Track Club star Cathy Freeman, in conjunction with major
sponsors, OPTUS and NIKE,  will be holding a media conference, on Friday 8th
October, 1999.

Venue: Grovsenor Room, Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Corner of Collins and Russell

Time: 10.00am sharp

This will be one of the only opportunities to interview Cathy before she
prepares for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Shannon Whitfield
on 03 9639 6311 or 0412 116 466.

ENDS RELEASE
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Now for Games tickets let-down, Date: 07/10/99, By MATTHEW MOORE, Olympics
Editor

A quarter of those who ordered Olympics tickets will get none of the tickets
they wanted, and SOCOG is bracing itself for a flood of complaints.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/07/text/pageone12.html
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Hotels damned for their Games greed, Date: 07/10/99, By MICHAEL EVANS,
Olympics Reporter

Senior members and former members of the SOCOG board have condemned as
profiteering a decision by hotels and motels not to cap accommodation prices
during the Olympics, claiming it threatens Sydney's "affordable" image.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/07/text/pageone13.html
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Champion rides beyond deadly obsession to be worth her weight in gold ,
Date: 07/10/99, By ANDREW CLENNELL in Treviso

Just over three years ago Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel weighed 43kg - so
stricken was she with the will to lose body fat.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/07/text/sport12.html
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  Pat Farmer breaks record for 10,000 km run

  Ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer, from New South Wales,   today broke the
world record time for a 10,000 kilometre continuous run.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991007145523_1.htm
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  Kidnappers force marathon champ da Costa  to flee Brazil for U.S. ,
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By NANCY
ARMOUR

  (October 7, 1999 2:11 a.m. EDT ) When Ronaldo da Costa trains, no one
interrupts him to ask for an autograph. When he leaves his house, reporters
don't trail him. When he and his girlfriend go out for a pizza at night, no
one bothers them.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500042488-500069065-50013779
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   2000 Olympics weigh heavily on  Americans at the Chicago Marathon

http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/1999/October/991006.html
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Expose winners not sinners, says Johnson , Date: 06/10/99

Dual Olympic champion Michael Johnson is supremely confident of repeating
his golden 200m-400m double in Sydney next year and believes the public
should concentrate on performances like his rather than the small band of
drug cheats.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/06/text/sport9.html
and
http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991006johnson.htm
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Michael Johnson visits Olympic Stadium,  decries spotlight on doping
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  SYDNEY (October 5, 1999 5:50 p.m. EDT) - Two-time Olympic champion Michael
Johnson is supremely confident of completing another golden 200-400 meters
double in Sydney next year.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500041879-500067992-50012972
6-0,00.html
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  O'Sullivan to face Loroupe in Great North title defense
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  NEWCASTLE, England (October 5, 1999 5:41 p.m. EDT) - Ireland's Sonia
O'Sullivan will attempt to win a repeat  Great North Run half-marathon title
Sunday, she announced Monday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500041875-500067988-50012966
5-0,00.html
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Athletes could be up for an "Olly" in proposed new awards ceremony, Paul
Halford, 6/10/99

Athletes at next year's Olympic Games could return home to an invitation
   to an international Oscars-style award ceremony if plans put forward by
  the IOC athletes' commission are accepted.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991006olly.htm
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  Kipkemboi could pay for missing race number, Paul Halford,   6/10/99

Should an athlete be disqualified for not wearing a number on his back?
That is the question that Rick Regger, referee of last Sunday's Twin City
Marathon, has to answer.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991006twin.htm

and

http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/1999/October/991005.html
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  17 Oct 99 - North Canberra Two Peaks, for Individuals or teams

  Information and Entry forms at:---

  http://www.coolrunning.com.au/mountainrunning/entryforms/1999e021.shtml.
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  14 Nov 99 - Brindabella Classic 54km, for Individuals or teams

  Information and Entry forms at:---

  http://www.coolrunning.com.au/mountainrunning/entryforms/bclassic.shtml.
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Marathon adversity strengthens Kerryn McCann

This story (Runkerryn) appeared In Illawarra News on page 58 of the edition
on Friday, 1 October 1999 (1Oct99)

http://www.illnews.com.au/friday/2010570.htm
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   Salford and Liverpool crowned champions, 3/10/99

Salford Harriers & AC comfortably retained their title having led most of
the way.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991003salford.htm
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Birchfield retain title, Bristol defeat champions,    Paul Halford, 5/10/99

Rob Birchall ran the winning anchor leg for Birchfield for the third
  succesive year in the 6x5.5 km relays.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991005mcaa.htm
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monday, october 4, 1999   Loroupe, Tergat win World Half-Marathon
Championships

If anyone thought Tegla Loroupe's dramatic hard charge to the finish to
break the world best by four  seconds at the Berlin Marathon a week ago
Sunday was impressive, that almost paled by comparison with her effort
yesterday.

Musuva three-peats at Twin Cities Marathon as National Champions crowned by
Bill Meehan

http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/1999/September/990927.html
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Games $140m black hole, Date: 04/10/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY in Athens and
DAVID HUMPHRIES

Sydney Olympic officials admit they are likely to fall short by up to $140
million in marketing and sponsorship - putting at risk a pledge to return a
$30 million Games profit to NSW taxpayers. The Olympics Minister and SOCOG
president, Mr Knight, said yesterday that avoiding a funding black hole
depended on domestic and overseas ticket sales, which looked
like coming close to its ambitious $609 million goal.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/04/text/pageone1.html
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Opera House on medals, Date: 04/10/99

Athens: Sydney Olympic organisers have ignored obvious Australian icons such
as the kangaroo or Aboriginal motifs to display the Opera House on the 2000
Olympic medals.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/04/text/pageone2.html
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The Olympic game: after 30 years, Vera gets 60 days' notice, Date: 04/10/99,
By NADIA JAMAL, Urban Affairs Writer

Vera Hart's possessions are crammed into a small room on the top floor of an
old 20-room house at Glebe, where she has lived for 30 of her 81 years.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/04/text/pageone3.html
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  This Bulletin: Mon, Oct 4 1999 3:22 PM AEST

Aboriginal flag to fly over Goodwill Games

  The Aboriginal flag will be flown during the 2001 Goodwill   Games in Brisbane.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991004145023_1.htm
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IOC gives preliminary approval to drug testing plan

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991004072102_1.htm
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Doug Fry
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Results World Half Marathon Championships 1999:

http://www.iaaf.org/Whm99/Results/byevent.html

Results men
http://www.iaaf.org/Whm99/results/data/M/HMAR/Rf.html

Results women
http://www.iaaf.org/Whm99/results/data/W/HMAR/Rf.html
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Kenyans Tergat, Loroupe capture world half-marathon titles
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  PALERMO, Sicily (October 3, 1999 12:18 p.m. EDT) - Paul Tergat overcame a
collision and used a strong kick to pass Hendrick Ramaala in the final
stages to claim the World Half-Marathon Championship for the first time Sunday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500040846-500066379-50011429
0-0,00.html
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  World Half-Marathon results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  PALERMO, Sicily (October 3, 1999 12:24 p.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) -
  Leading finishers Sunday from the World Half-Marathon Championships:

  Men
  1. Paul Tergat, Kenya, 1 hour, 1 minute, 50 seconds.

   Men's Team
  1. South Africa, 3 hours, 6 minutes, 1 second.
  2. Ethiopia, 3:06:03.
  3. Kenya, 3:06:03.

  --- Women
  1. Tegla Loroupe, Kenya, 1 hour, 8 minutes, 48 seconds.

   Women's Team
  1. Kenya, 3:27:40.
  2. Japan, 3:30:06.
  3. Romania, 3:31:21.

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  Twin Cities Marathon Results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  ST. PAUL, Minn. (October 3, 1999 7:28 p.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) -
  Leading finishers Sunday of the Twin Cities Marathon:

Men

  1. Andrew Musuva, Albuquerque, N.M., 2:13:41.

  Women

  1. Kim Pawelek, Jacksonville, Fla., 2:37:56.

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  Cologne Marathon Results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  COLOGNE, Germany (October 3, 1999 7:30 p.m. EDT)  - Leading finishers
Sunday of the Cologne Marathon:

  Men

  1. Benson Lorkowa, Kenya, 2 hours, 11 minutes, 51 seconds.

  Women

  1. Elsbieta Jarosz, Poland, 2:34.23.

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Tergat wins in Palermo farce,  Paul Halford,4/10/99

The men's race came to a farcical conclusion as Kenya's Paul Tergat won his
first World Half-marathon title.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991004half.htm
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   One Moore for Stephen in equalling London to Brighton record,   Paul
Halford,  4/10/99

Stephen Moore equalled the feat of Bernard Gomersall in winning Britain's
   most famous ultramarathon race, the London to Brighton.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991004ltob.htm
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Scotland junior mountain running team announced,   Paul Halford, 4/10/99

  Scotland has named its team for the Junior Mountain Running Home
    International taking place on October 24th in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991004scotland.htm
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Flo Jo's mother files wrongful death suit against Al Joyner
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  SANTA ANA, Calif. (October 2, 1999 9:26 a.m. EDT) -  The mother of late
Olympic gold medal sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner has filed a lawsuit
against her son-in-law, Al Joyner, for the death of her daughter.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500040522-500065792-50010779
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991003110346_1.htm
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Ethiophia's Tulu to make comeback attempt at Palermo
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  ADDIS ABEBA (October 2, 1999 9:30 a.m. EDT) -  Ethiopian runner Derartu
Tulu, the first African woman to win an Olympic gold when she took the
10,000m title during the 1992 Barcelona Games, will compete in the world
half marathon championships at Palermo, Sicily on
  Sunday, Ethopia's Athletics Federation announced Saturday.

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Lodge added to Half-marathon squad but  Thackery out ill, Paul Halford, 2/10/99

Britain's World Half-marathon Championship squad has been boosted by
  the inclusion of AAA's Half-marathon champion, Joanne Lodge.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991002lodge.htm
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  Sprint star announces Goodwill Games his swansong

  High-profile sprint star Michael Johnson has confirmed the  2001 Goodwill
Games being held in Brisbane will be his swansong.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991003110004_1.htm
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   Farmer expected to arrive in Perth

  Ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer is due to arrive in Perth  today, two
weeks ahead of schedule in his run around Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/10/item19991002140819_1.htm
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Results: Berowra Bush Bash 10km & 3km

Held Sunday 5th September 1999

The Berowra Bush Bash 10km run just gets bigger every year. Almost 500
competitors entered the combined field of 10k and 3k events, some from as
far afield as Melbourne. A carnival like atmosphere before the race masked
the serious attitude of the elite athletes who had no doubt been attracted
by the decent cash prizes on offer for the top four finishers in
the 10k event.

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Council's beach volleyball battle may end in court, Date: 29/09/99, By
ANDREW CLENNELL, Local Government Writer

Olympics organisers have warned Waverley Council against trying to break the
agreement allowing the Olympic beach volleyball to be held on Bondi Beach.

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Council seeks legal advice over ditching Olympic beach volleyball

  Waverley council in Sydney will seek further legal advice on the
consequences of opting out of its agreement to have the  Olympic volleyball
stadium at Bondi Beach.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990929074708_1.htm
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Paralympic Games to sell $16m in tickets, Date: 30/09/99, By MATTHEW MOORE,
Olympics Editor

Tickets for the Paralympic Games will go on sale next month with day passes
for all 14 sports priced at $15 for adults and $8 for children, seniors and
concession card holders.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/30/text/national14.html
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SOCOG told to see its way to printing braille booklets, Date: 01/10/99

Sydney's Olympic organisers have been told to try to provide a braille
version of the third-round ticket order book for a blind man by October 23.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9910/01/text/pageone14.html
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    Volkers appeals for return of computer

Swimming coach Scott Volkers says he would not ask any  questions if those
responsible for the theft of his computer decide to return it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990930035334_1.htm

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Aussie Olympic athletes to undergo  stringent drug tests

  Australian athletes will undergo stringent levels of drug testing  leading
up to next year's Olympic Games.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990929080249_1.htm
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Federation Games
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  KATHMANDU, Nepal (September 30, 1999 12:33 p.m. EDT) - India reigned
supreme on Thursday beating off a challenge from Sri Lanka to scoop 22 out
of the 35 gold medals up for grabs
  in the athletics section of the South Asian Federation Games (SAF).

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SOUTH ASIAN FEDERATION GAMES:  Athletics results

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SAF Games results

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India grabs five golds on 3rd day of SAF Games

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Szabo to wed her coach
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  BUCHAREST, Romania (September 30, 1999 12:28 p.m. EDT) - Romania's Gabriela
Szabo, who will  be crowned the best world athlete by the IAAF in November,
will marry her coach Zsolt
  Gyongyossy later this week.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500039801-500064548-50009531
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Moorcroft "upset" by reports,  Paul Halford, 1/10/99

David Moorcroft, Chief Executive of UK Athletics, has reacted strongly to
speculation concerning UK Sport's Annual Report on dope testing which  he
says have misled.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991001moorcroft.htm
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Mark Morgan - On the road to the top Paul Halford, 30/9/99

  Newport's Mark Morgan finished fifth in Sunday's Swansea Bay 10k - one
   of his poorer results in a season which has established him as one of the
   top road runners in the country.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990930morgan.htm
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The logo of the 2004 Olympic Games to be held in Athens has been created and
formally presented the IOC president.

  It depicts an olive branch, symbolic of the ancient Olympic Games, which
had its root in Greece and was conceived by British and Greek designers.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/991001brief.htm
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Inger Miller,    by Peter Gambaccini

At August's World Championships in Seville, Inger Miller won the gold medal
  in the 200 meters in 21.77 and the silver in the 100 in 10.79.

http://www.runnersworld.com/
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Doug Fry
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Kenyans go 1-2-3 in Toronto half-marathon
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  TORONTO (September 26, 1999 11:12 p.m. EDT) -  Godfrey Kiprotich keyed a
1-2-3 Kenyan sweep of the men's race Sunday in the Toronto Half-Marathon,
clocking 1 hour, 2 minutes, 55 seconds, over the flat Lake Shore Boulevard
course.

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Two world-best times set at Berlin Marathon
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Erik Kirschbaum

  BERLIN, Germany (September 27, 1999 12:13 p.m. EDT) - Two world-best times
have been set at the Berlin marathon in the last two years as runners
chasing a prize-bonus have been aided by an enthusiastic crowd and excellent
weather conditions.

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Loroupe accuses Kenyan federation of sexism
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  BERLIN, Germany (September 27, 1999 12:18 p.m. EDT) - Tegla Loroupe of
Kenya followed up her world best victory in the women's marathon on Sunday
with a stinging attack on Monday
  on the Kenyan athletics federation which she accused of being sexist.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500038541-500062516-50007499
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  S.Lankan hurdler Kulawansa reportedly makes harrassment accusations
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  COLOMBO (September 28, 1999 2:24 a.m. EDT) - A  second Sri Lankan woman
athlete has raised charges of harassment and wants to leave the country
following in the footsteps of controversial sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500038849-500063014-50007834
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   Edinburgh Marathon,    Espinosa wins Britain's second biggest marathon.

  28/9/99,  The Edinburgh Marathon was won by the pre-race favourite, Andres
Espinosa, in a time of 2 hours 14 minutes 37 seconds.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990928edinburgh.htm
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  Ramaala wins car for fastest ever time, Paul Halford

   28/9/99,  South Africa's Hendrick Ramaala ran the fastest road 10k time
ever in  Britain and earned himself a brand new 9.3 Saab Coupe worth Ł16,500
in the process.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990927swanseabay.htm
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IOC refers Atlanta report to Ethics Commission

   The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has referred a report outlining
possible improprieties in Atlanta's successful Olympics bid to its ethics
commission.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990928104718_1.htm
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Doug Fry
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Kenya's Loroupe shaves seconds off women's marathon record
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press, By ROY
KAMMERER

  BERLIN (September 26, 1999 11:09 a.m. EDT) - Tegla Loroupe broke the
women's world record in winning the Berlin Marathon Sunday, when she lowered
her own mark by four seconds in a highly
  orchestrated race with three pacemakers.

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BERLIN, Sept 26, 1999

Women:
1. Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) Two hours 20.43 seconds (world best time)
2. Marleen Renders (Belgium) 2:23.58
3. Svetlana Zakharovaa (Russia) 2:27.07
4. Malgorzata Sobanska (Poland) 2:27.28
5. Anila Nikiel (Poland) 2:29.25

Men:
1. Josephat Kiprono (Kenya) 2:06.44
2. Takayuki Inubushi (Japan) 2:06.57
3. Samson Kandie (Kenya) 2:08.34
4. Hicham Chatt (Morocco) 2:09.55
5. Henry Cherono (Kenya) 2:10.36

Top 10 at:--
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Public transport passed its greatest test, Date: 27/09/99, By JOSEPH KERR
and AAP

The Olympic Roads and Transport Authority said after the grand final that 80
per cent of the spectators had left the ground using public transport
without major incident.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/27/text/pageone3.html
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Venues handle 120,000, no sweat, Date: 27/09/99, By JOSEPH KERR

Stadium Australia passed a major test yesterday, with more than 120,000
people converging on Olympic Park for the rugby league grand final, plus
Games test events in hockey, archery and modern pentathlon.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/27/text/pageone4.html

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  Germany's Lukas wins ultra marathon tracing ancient route
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  SPARTA, Greece (September 25, 1999 1:10 p.m. EDT)  - Jens Lukas of Germany
was the big winner Saturday of the 154-mile run from Athens to Sparta.

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  Punishing, 152-mile footrace underway in Greece
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By DEREK
GATOPOULOS

  ATHENS, Greece (September 24, 1999 12:47 p.m. EDT) - Following the
footsteps of an ancient Greek messenger, 190 runners set out from the foot
of the Acropolis at dawn Friday on a
  punishing 152-mile journey from Athens to Sparta, nearly six times the
distance of a marathon.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500037460-500060645-50005786
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Race report also at:--

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990925spartathlon.htm
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It's a high five for the women with the lure of gold to come, Date: 14/09/99

Australia's women triathletes could virtually toss up among themselves for
the gold medal next year when the sport makes its Olympic debut in Sydney.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/14/text/sport6.html
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Samples should be kept say USOC, Paul Halford

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has suggested that blood and
urine samples used in drugs tests should thereafter be stored so it can be
examined when more accurate testing has been developed.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990924samples.htm
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Thorpe the Olympic champion stripped of his medals

Stripped of Olympic gold, Jim Thorpe did not live to see his hard-won medals
returned to his family

http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/99/09/19/stispsath02001.html?999
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(This item previously posted from a different source)

Defending champs Kagwe, Fiacconi lacing up for N.Y. Marathon

Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

NEW YORK (September 22, 1999 5:25 p.m. EDT ) - John Kagwe of Kenya and
Franca Fiacconi of Italy will defend their men's and women's titles in the
New York City Marathon Nov. 7

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500036757-500059391-50004569
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NIKE MELBOURNE TRACK CLUB MEDIA RELEASE

Cathy Freeman Luncheon
Date: October 8, 1999
Venue: Mayfair Room, Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
Time: 12 noon for 12.30pm

On October 8, OPTUS, in conjunction with NIKE Melbourne Track Club, will be
hosting a luncheon to celebrate Cathy Freeman's recent victory at the World
Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain.
  The luncheon will be hosted by renowned Channel Seven commentator and
presenter, Bruce McAvaney, and special guests will include Cathy Freeman,
Steve Moneghetti, Optus Southern Stars and a host of other NIKE Melbourne
Track Club athletes.
  To attend this luncheon, simply go to the NIKE Melbourne Track Club
Official website @ www.MelbourneTrackClub.com.au and print out an invitation
form.
  Return the completed invitation via fax to Shannon Whitfield 03 9639 7655
or email S.Whitfield@...
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Albion Park schoolgirl Jaclyn Kejda is proving to be one of the most
promising young cyclists in the country.  Jaclyn, 12, performed splendidly
at the recent NSW under 13 girls road championships in the Southern
Highlands taking first place in the time trial, criterium and road race.

http://www.illnews.com.au/tuesday/2001774.htm
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Relay team in the running

Illawarra Steelers SG Ball Cup under 17s relay team will race on grand final
day, Sunday, at Stadium Australia.

http://www.illnews.com.au/wednesday/2008008.htm
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Sport, This story appeared on page 51 of the edition on Thursday, 23
September 1999 (23Sep99)

Can Games weather the storm?

Thank the storm-bearing heavens this was a test event and not the Olympic
Games in 12 months time. Olympic organisers and a hardy crowd of about 2500
got a taste of what Sydney's sometimes fickle weather can do when an
electrical and hail storm disrupted the opening day of the Sydney
International Hockey Challenge at the Games venue.

http://www.illnews.com.au/thursday/2061038.htm
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Defending champs Kagwe, Fiacconi lacing up
  for N.Y. Marathon

  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  NEW YORK (September 22, 1999 5:25 p.m. EDT ) -  John Kagwe of Kenya and
Franca Fiacconi of Italy will defend their men's  and women's titles in the
New York City Marathon Nov. 7.

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23/9/99,    World record field

  A world record field of 103,748 lined up for a road race in Buenos Aires,
Argentina on Sunday.    The Carrefour 5 miles surpasses the previous record
of 102,000 at a race in Barcelona in 1992.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990923brief.htm#World record field
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McKiernan to switch back to the country, Paul Halford
23/9/99
Catherina McKiernan will revert to cross country to boost her chances in
next year's Olympic marathon.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990923mck.htm
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Wednesdat September 21, Berlin Marathon organizers hoping for another world
record

Little more than a year ago, Rotterdam in the  Netherlands was the site of
both the men's and
women's world records in the marathon.  If everything goes right this
Sunday, September 26th, Berlin,  Germany, could have that honor.

http://www.runnersworld.com/
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The Official Home Page of the Berlin Marathon

Advice:-- This site is in German, and in English

http://www.berlin-marathon.com/
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Doug Fry
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Big names to launch Brisbane's Goodwill Games
Wed, Sep 22 1999 12:12 PM AEST

International athletics star Michael Johnson, media magnate Ted Turner and
actress Jane Fonda, will be in Brisbane next month to officially launch the
Goodwill Games.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990922115117_1.htm
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Frenchman Girard to open on cross-Australia run Friday
Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press
PERTH, Australia (September 21, 1999 11:32 p.m. EDT ) - French
ultra-distance runner Serge Girard has arrived ready to embrace one of the
world's toughest athletic assignments - the 4,000 kilometer run (2,484
miles) across Australia.

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Cuban officials reportedly go after Canadian lab
Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

TORONTO (September 22, 1999 12:48 a.m. EDT ) - The director of the
Montreal-based antidoping lab where cocaine was discovered in the system of
high jumper Javier Sotomayor said Cuban sports officials are trying to
discredit the work of her lab in an effort to get the country's biggest
sport hero exonerated.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500036484-500058995-50004041
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Lorupe aims for world best, Paul Halford

22/9/99
Tegla Loroupe will line up wearing the number F219 on Sunday, which is an
indication of how fast the organisers hope she can run.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990922loroupe.htm
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Doug Fry

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Cubans won't back down from IAAF, suspend Sotomayor
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  MONTE CARLO, Monaco (September 20, 1999 4:02 p.m. EDT) - Cuban officials
again refused
  to suspend high jumper Javier Sotomayor Monday, contending that tampering
  led to his positive test  for cocaine at the Pan American Games.

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Khannouchi, Ndereba win Philadelphia Distance Run,  by David Block

More than 7000 runners were at the start of the Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia Distance Run - Monday, September 20, 1999

http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/1999/September/990920.html
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Track and Field News
Detailed World Championships results with splits you won't find anywhere else.

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/newsletter/0999/n23.html
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   U.S. Sub-4:00 Milers,  compiled by E. Garry Hill,   (as of August 10, 1999)

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/newsletter/features/ussub4s.html
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Another Mile Site: Runner's World Alphabetical List of U.S. Sub-4 Milers

http://www.runnersworld.com/stats/mileusa.html
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Regards
Doug Fry

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For Running in Canberra

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Freeman off the track for a run up the aisle, Date: 20/09/99, By JACQUELIN
MAGNAY

So who is Sandy Bodecker, the American who has whisked Cathy Freeman off the
running track and sent her bolting down the aisle instead?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/20/text/national23.html
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Olympics ticket allocations delayed, Date: 20/09/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY and
MARK METHERELL

Australians will have to wait another three weeks to find out if they have
secured Olympics tickets.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/20/text/national24.html
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Fun run as Paralympic countdown begins, Date: 20/09/99

A Cambodian landmine victim in his racing wheelchair races passed the
Independence Monument in Phnom Penhn yesterday, competing in a fun run to
mark the one-year countdown to the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic games.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/20/text/world11.html

Story Picture at:--
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Don't jail drug cheats: Kelly , Date: 20/09/99

Athletes caught using performance-enhancing drugs at the Sydney Olympics
should not be jailed over what was essentially fraud, Federal Sports
Minister Jackie Kelly said yesterday.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/20/text/sport9.html
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Ethiopia, South Africa nearly sweep marathon events at All-Africa Games
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  JOHANNESBURG (September 19, 1999 10:36 a.m. EDT) - Ethiopia and South
Africa dominated the  men's and women's marathons run over a tough, hilly
course at the All Africa Games in
  Johannesburg on Sunday, filling five of the six medal positions.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500035461-500057273-50002414
5-0,00.html
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  Decastar meeting results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  TALENCE, France (September 19, 1999 1:18 p.m. EDT) - Results at the
Descastar athletics   meeting on Sunday:

  http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500035498-500057318-5000246
25-0,00.html
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  UK Athletics deny Christie's loophole claim
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  LONDON (September 19, 1999 10:32 a.m. EDT ) -  British athletics chiefs on
Sunday played down a claim that veteran sprint star Linford Christie only
escaped a drugs ban because of a technical loophole.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500035460-500057272-50002412
6-0,00.html
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Cuban sports officials: Sotomayor a victim of 'colossal lie'
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By ANITA
SNOW, Associated Press Writer

  HAVANA (September 18, 1999 12:40 a.m. EDT) -  Cuban sports officials on
Friday refused a request by the world governing  body of track and field to
suspend Olympic champion Javier Sotomayor for a  positive drug test.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500035074-500056580-50001637
6-0,00.html
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  Cuba considers Sotomayor innocent, defies,  IAAF demand for suspension
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  HAVANA (September 17, 1999 2:18 p.m. EDT) - Cuba,  brushing aside
exhortations from the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF),
said Friday it considered high jumper Javier Sotomayor innocent of doping
charges and would not ban him.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034840-500056149-50001393
1-0,00.html
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IAAF to review Sotomayor's case

  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media
  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  MONTE-CARLO (September 17, 1999 9:55 a.m. EDT)  - The doping case against
high jump world record holder Javier Sotomayo will be examined when the
executive council of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF)
meets at its Monaco headquarters Nov. 18-19, an IAAF spokesman said Friday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034731-500055985-50001242
4-0,00.html
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Kathrine Switzer, a pioneer in women's fitness since 1967, when she became
the first woman to
officially enter the Boston Marathon, is once again blazing a trail with the
very first running and walking programme designed specifically for women
over forty. Now every woman can benefit from Kathrine's highly personal,
motivational, and step-by-step advice.

http://www.coolrunning.co.nz/switzer/synopsis.html
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

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Malaysian mountain race offers rugged  7.8-mile challenge
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (September 18, 1999 10:45 a.m. EDT) - Competitors
lined up Saturday to take on one of the world's most grueling athletics
events - the 15th World Mountain Running Trophy.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500035099-500056626-50001858
3-0,00.html
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Ethopia's Wami wins African 10,000-meter title
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 17, 1999 7:49 p.m. EDT) - Ethiopia's
Gete Wami added the All Africa Games 10,000-meter title to her world cross
country championship resume and her World Championships 10,000-meter title
Friday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034981-500056383-50001534
5-0,00.html
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Barber in second as Dvorak leads,Paul Halford, 19/9/99

Eunice Barber began determined not to complete the heptathlon but finished
the first day of the final event of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge in
second place, just four points off the lead.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990919talence.htm
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Officials threaten to strike, Paul Halford, 18/9/99

There was a near disaster in at the All Africa Games yesterday when
athletics officials in the Johannesburg Stadium threatened to strike 10
minutes before the start of Thursday's evening session after realising that
they would receive no payment.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990918officials.htm
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IAAF ask for suspensions of Ottey and Sotomayor,  Paul Halford, 18/9/99

The IAAF have urged the athletics bodies of Jamaica and Cuba to suspend
Merlene Ottey and Javier Sotomayor following their positive drugs tests.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990918suspend.htm
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This story appeared on page 85 of the edition on Friday, 17 September 1999
(17Sep99)

Ghanian runner stuns over 100m

JOHANNESBURG.- Ghana's Leo Myles-Mills upstaged Frankie Fredericks and Francis
Obikwelu to win the men's 100m at the All Africa Games in 9.99 seconds
yesterday.

http://www.illnews.com.au/
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  Australia immigration plans fast entry for Olympians
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  SYDNEY, Australia (September 15, 1999 12:53 p.m. EDT) - Special electronic
visas will be used to ensure more than 50,000 Olympic officials and athletes
have a trouble-free entry into Australia, Immigration Minister Philip
Ruddock said Wednesday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93498-148280-1048894-0,00.html
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Working out the right mix, By Lisa M. Giannone,  SPECIAL TO THE EXAMINER

The level and output of female physical activity has increased rapidly  over
the last few years. Not only are more women's teams and individual female
athletes gaining attention and acknowledgment but the population of women,
in general, has raised its fitness quotient.

http://www.examiner.com/990919/0919giannone.html
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(NOTE:-- Posted to Oztrack by Graham Thomas, 19/9/99, and posted here for
those who subscribe to Cool Running Webwatch, but not to Oztrack - Doug Fry)

AUSTRALIAN runner Cathy Freeman was staying at a salubrious San Francisco
hotel last night before her marriage to Sandy Bodecker.
It is understood the 26-year-old athlete will marry Mr Bodecker at a simple
ceremony in the Californian city early today.
Freeman and Mr Bodecker, 46, a Nike executive, were maintaining a low
profile last night.
Freeman's mother, Cecilia Barber, and sprinting legend Raelene Boyle were
also staying at The Fairmont, built in 1907 and one of San Francisco's
best-known landmarks.
Neither Freeman nor her fiance were answering calls last night.
They had hoped to keep the wedding secret, but it is unclear why they chose
San Francisco.
Mr Bodecker's late father spent much of his life in the hilly city, but Mr
Bodecker lives in Portland, Oregon.
Mr Bodecker met the Australian sprinter two years ago when she became a Nike
client.

From www.news.com.au
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
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6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

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  Change to Sydney schedule boosts Jones'  5-gold bid
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  MONTE CARLO (September 15, 1999 11:18 a.m. EDT) - Sprinter Marion Jones got
a big boost to her bid for five golds at the Sydney Olympics on Wednesday
when the International Amateur
  Athletics Federation (IAAF) finally approved the athletics program for the
Sydney Games.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93462-148217-1047948-0,00.html
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  Johnson, Jones to benefit from Sydney track  schedule
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
STEPHEN WILSON
  AP Sports Writer

  LONDON (September 15, 1999 9:09 p.m. EDT) -  Michael Johnson will get a
chance to replicate his historic sprint double in  Sydney next year, and
Marion Jones will be able to chase a record five gold  medals.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034152-500055002-50000257
1-0,00.html
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  Sydney track finals schedule
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  MONTE CARLO, Monaco (September 15, 1999 9:14 p.m. EDT) - The schedule of
track and field finals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics under the timetable
approved by the IAAF and Sydney
  organizers (all distances in meters unless noted otherwise):

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034157-500055010-50000258
3-0,00.html
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  Greene takes 100 meters at Super Track and Field
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By K.P.
HONG

  TOKYO, Japan (September 15, 1999 5:42 p.m. EDT) -  Maurice Greene won the
men's 100 meters at the 12th annual Super Track and Field Meet Wednesday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93458-148208-1047921-0,00.html

Results at
http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034068-500054848-50000067
3-0,00.html
http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034410-500055414-50000717
6-0,00.html
http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93452-148198-1047829-0,00.html
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  British panel investigates spate of nandrolone  cases
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
STEPHEN WILSON

  LONDON (September 16, 1999 7:27 p.m. EDT) - A  panel of British scientists
is looking to see whether contaminated meat and unlicensed food supplements
could be responsible for the high number of positive tests for the steroid
nandrolone.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034585-500055714-50000926
4-0,00.html
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Ottey's 2nd sample fails performance-enhancing drug test
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  KINGSTON (September 15, 1999 7:37 p.m. EDT) -  Former world champion
Merlene Ottey will probably face a hearing in late  November after the
Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association said her second  urine sample had
confirmed a positive dope test.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034108-500054929-50000224
8-0,00.html
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  IAAF asks for provisional suspensions of  Ottay, Sotomayor
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
STEPHEN WILSON

  LONDON (September 16, 1999 7:21 p.m. EDT) - The  world governing body of
track and field pleaded with the Cuban and  Jamaican federations Thursday to
provisionally suspend Javier Sotomayor and  Merlene Ottey after testing
positive in their drug tests.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034581-500055702-50000923
3-0,00.html
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  Report on Atlanta Olympics bid delivered to Congress
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By DAVID
PACE

  WASHINGTON (September 15, 1999 9:12 p.m. EDT)-  Organizers of the 1996
Atlanta Olympics gave a House investigating panel  Wednesday a revised
report on the bidding practices they used to win the  games.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034156-500055008-50000258
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LOOKING GOOD, By Sue Paget, Webposted Sept 9 1999

   Pat Farmer and his team continue to stay ahead of the original run
schedule as they make their way down the Western Australia coast

http://www.patfarmer.com/newsroom/

Photo of Pat farmer and Jim White near Parliament House, Canberra, on the
day, Pat started his around Australia Run

http://www.geocities.com/~ewen/a_patjim.jpg
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From rec.running:--- Ron wrote:

  I will be relocating to Atlanta in September from Michigan. We have
  outstanding web based access to our sport in Michigan thru
  Runmichigan.com et al. My question is this.. Where can I look on the
  web to get outstanding Atlanta (Georgia) race and running information.
  Fired up about the move but the running in Michigan was fantastic.. I
  can only hope the same for Atlanta.

http://www.atlantasportsmag.com/
http://carol.surfsouth.com/~runner/run.html/
http://activeUSA.com/Southeast.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~SMcAdam/trails/index.html
http://shell.surfsouth.com/~runner/
http://www.nps.gov/kemo/index.htm
http://www.serve.com/bike/georgia/trails/
http://www.atlantatrackclub.org/
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  Paula Radcliffe to make half marathon debut,   Paul Halford,
17/9/99

  Paula Radcliffe will make her half marathon debut at the Great North Run on
10th October.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990917radcliffe.htm
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14/9/99,  Britain may not host the World Championships until 2007 despite
earlier
  indications that London's bid for the 2005 event was to be met with approval.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990914london.htm
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

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SOCOG offers ticket refund, Date: 17/09/99

Sydney Olympic organisers have agreed to refund money paid for tickets to
any disgruntled patrons caught in the sweeping changes to the Olympic track
and field schedule.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national19.html

and

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990916071338_1.htm
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Rent-watchers urge legal protection, Date: 17/09/99, By MATTHEW MOORE,
Olympics Editor

Legislation was needed to protect renters from adverse effects of the
Olympic Games, despite Government claims to the contrary, a rent expert
employed by the NSW Government said yesterday.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national20.html
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Organisers 'ignoring the Sydneysiders who live below the poverty line',
Date: 17/09/99

Olympic organisers are failing Sydney's poor by ignoring the negative social
impact of the Games, according to a damning assessment by a 6,000-member
strong community group.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national21.html
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Olympics security shuffle, Date: 17/09/99, By DAMIEN MURPHY

With just a year left before the Olympic Games, one of the Federal
Government's key Olympic security co-ordinators has resigned.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national22.html
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No silver lining in gold from bronzed, Date: 17/09/99, By GREG ROBERTS

And after the Olympic Games? Where do the crowds go once the tumult and the
shouting have died? To the Great Barrier Reef.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national23.html
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Now Atlanta faces ethics quiz, Date: 17/09/99

The International Olympic Committee will request details of any
improprieties during Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Games and refer any serious
cases to its ethics panel for possible action.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/national24.html
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Thorpe calls for world ban on China , Date: 17/09/99, SWIMMING by JACQUELIN
MAGNAY

Superstar Ian Thorpe says swimming's world governing body FINA should think
seriously about banning China from the sport, including its participation in
next year's Sydney Olympics following a new spate of drug controversies.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/17/text/sport1.html

and

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990916214018_1.htm
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Cheap flights to escape Games may be pie in sky, Date: 16/09/99, By ANTHONY
DENNIS

Sydneysiders expecting to book cheap air fares for overseas holidays to get
away from the Olympics have been warned by tourism officials not to gamble
on bargains.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/16/text/pageone14.html
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Cathy's fans spared as Games finals shuffled, Date: 16/09/99, By JACQUELIN
MAGNAY

If you booked to see Cathy Freeman in the Olympics final of the 400m
hurdles, you're in luck. But if you've paid to watch the Moroccan superstar,
Hicham El Guerrouj, running in the 1,500m final, the news is not so good.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/16/text/pageone11.html
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Mosman Little Athletics

Club Patron:-- Herb Elliott

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/mosman/index.shtml
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Auckland Marathon 24 October 1999
The 1999 BMW Auckland Marathon and Half Marathon, Sunday 24 October

  It's one of the major glamour events on the New Zealand sporting calendar.

http://www.bmw.co.nz/bmw_cgi/?d=pulse_marathon
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  Unprecedented wealth has not turned Szabo's head
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
RADU TIMOFTE

  BUCHAREST (September 16, 1999 10:06 p.m. EDT) -  Calculated and incisive on
the track, Gabriela Szabo remains modest and  unassuming away from the
sporting arena.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034651-500055837-50000975
1-0,00.html
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South Africa's Sepeng takes bronze in 800 meters
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  JOHANNESBURG (September 16, 1999 7:24 p.m. EDT) - World silver medallist
Hezekiel Sepeng of South Africa,  hampered by a left hamstring strain, could
only claim bronze in the All Africa
  Games (AAG) 800m here on Thursday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034583-500055710-50000925
4-0,00.html
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  Da Costa enters Great North Run  half-marathon
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  LONDON (September 16, 1999 12:52 p.m. EDT) -  Ronaldo da Costa, Brazil's
world marathon record holder, will take part in the  Great North Run
half-marathon on October 10.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,500034412-500055416-50000718
4-0,00.html
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  September 16th
  Athletics body pressures ban on stars

  Athletics' governing body, the International Amateur Athletic Federation
(IAAF), has called on the Cuban and Jamaican athletic federations to ban
high jumper Javier Sotomayor and sprinter Merlene Ottey following positive
drug tests.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990917122556_1.htm
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16th September 1999
FINA urged to step-up Chinese drug tests

  The president of Australian Swimming has called on world governing body
FINA to increase drug testing in China following more positive drug tests.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990916162442_1.htm

and

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990916122937_1.htm

and

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990915233243_1.htm
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Ottey fails second drug test

   Former world 200 metres champion Merlene Ottey, who failed  a dope test
last month, has also tested positive on her second  sample.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990916070838_1.htm
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

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One year out from the Games finds a saner Sydney, Date: 15/09/99, By ANTHONY
DENNIS

From atop AMP Tower, as it's now known, a few metres beneath the massive
metal sculptures of athletes suspended from the structure in all manner of
contortions along with the huge display screen pumping out Olympics
propaganda day and night, Sydney in its hazy splendour stretches out before you.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/15/text/pageone14.html
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Gosper 'wrong on tickets', Date: 15/09/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY, Olympics Writer

The International Olympic Committee's second most senior official
contradicted Australia's Mr Kevan Gosper over the athletics ticketing fiasco
yesterday by saying that SOCOG never had final approval to go ahead with its
ticket launch.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/15/text/pageone15.html
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Dispute resolved over Olympics athletics schedule

  The dispute over the track and field schedule for next year's  Olympics has
been resolved with no changes to the timing of Cathy Freeman's favourite
event, the 400 metres.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990915101509_1.htm
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  IOC approves compromise on  athletics schedule for Sydney Games

  The Olympics Minister, Michael Knight, says the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) has approved the athletics schedule  for next year's Games
and the final of the women's 400 metres, where Cathy Freeman is favourite,
will not change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990915085209_1.htm
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IOC refutes SOCOG's athletics tickets claims

  International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice president Dick  Pound says the
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic   Games (SOCOG) took a risk in
selling athletics tickets before
  the schedule was formally approved.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990914130437_1.htm
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  Dispute over Olympic athletics schedule soon to be resolved

It appears the dispute over the schedule for track and field  events at the
Sydney Olympics may be nearing a resolution.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990914063244_1.htm
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  Maroney completes historic swim

   Australia's Susie Maroney has completed her swim from Jamaica to Cuba to
become the first person to do so.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990915094230_1.htm
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  IAAF ratifies Dragila pole vault world record
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 APonline

  MONTE CARLO, Monaco (September 13, 1999 3:44 p.m. EDT) - American pole
vaulter Stacy Dragila has received officially recognition as a world
record-holder.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,92760-147032-1035524-0,00.html
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  ALL AFRICA GAMES: Fredericks plans to  run at Games
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 13, 1999 3:06 p.m. EDT) - Namibia
sprinter Frank Fredericks gave the thumbs up to his All Africa Games (AAG)
participation on Monday, saying he is over the worst of the back problem
which forced him out of the world championships.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,92741-147009-1035269-0,00.html
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   Greene, Jackson aim to finish season on winning note
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  TOKYO, Japan (September 14, 1999 1:27 p.m. EDT) -  Despite several notable
withdrawals, 100-meters world record holder Maurice 'The Phenomenon' Greene
and Colin Jackson, the 110m hurdles world champion, are out to end their
seasons on a winning note on Wednesday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93098-147596-1041708-0,00.html
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ALL AFRICA GAMES: Fredericks qualifies for 100-meter semis
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 14, 1999 1:29 p.m. EDT) - Namibia's
Frank Fredericks motored into the semi-finals of the 100-meter at the All
Africa Games on Tuesday with no sign
  of the back trouble which forced him out of last month's world championships.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,93100-147599-1041774-0,00.html
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From rec.running newsgroup:--

Troy McCallister <tmacrun@...> wrote:
: Does anyone have the Bill Dellinger book on running?  It had specific
: workouts, for various distances.  It also had specific workouts, for
: certain time goals.  Does anyone remember the name of this book?  It was
: probably written in the mid 80's.

: Troy

"Competitive Runner's Training Book" by Bill Dellinger and Bill Freeman?
--
  Oleg
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NZ 100km Championships

Rotorua, NZ 4 Sep 1999


   1    Mark Bright           7h 51.24     1st    SM    ANZ Champ
   2    Wynnie Cosgrove       8h 29.37     1st    VW    ANZ Champ

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1999030.shtml
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

Cool Running Webwatch:---
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Olympic hockey surface a 'B-grade pitch', says Charlesworth , Date: 13/09/99

Hockeyroos coach Ric Charlesworth has intensified his attack on the state of
the playing surface to be used at the Olympic hockey stadium, claiming his
world champion team would be disadvantaged by the "B-grade" pitch.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/13/text/sport20.html
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  Import restrictions placed on performance drug

   The Federal Government has introduced new controls on imports of the drug
Erythropoietin, or EPO, to curb its use by athletes ahead of next year's
Olympics.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990913140852_1.htm
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  Aussie women take top three spots in triathlon champs

   Australian women have filled the top five placings in the World  Triathlon
Championships in Montreal, Canada, with Loretta  Harrop winning the gold medal.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990913092455_1.htm
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IAAF Grand Prix Results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  MUNICH, Germany (September 12, 1999 3:55 p.m. EDT) - Results Saturday of
the IAAF Grand Prix final (race  distances in meters):

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,92319-146330-1028337-0,00.html
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Dashes for cash can't draw crowds at Grand  Prix final
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
PATRICK VIGNAL

  MUNICH (September 12, 1999 12:03 p.m. EDT) -  Gabriela Szabo and Bernard
Barmasai grabbed large checks for winning the  overall Grand Prix titles
Saturday but the season's finale had little to offer  besides cash.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,92235-146194-1027026-0,00.html
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  1999 NSW All Schools Championships
                 (formerly the MOOVE Games) incorporating the selection
trials for the
                       2000 Pacific Schools Games and a qualifying meet for the
                             1999 Australian All Schools Championships
                           Sydney International Athletic Centre, Homebush
                                       8-10 October 1999
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

Cool Running Webwatch:---
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Spotlight focusing on Aboriginal Freeman for  Sydney Games
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By TONY
HARPER

  SYDNEY, Australia (September 11, 1999 4:07 p.m. EDT) - Win or lose, Cathy
Freeman will probably draw some of the biggest attention at the 2000 Games.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91973-145688-1022733-0,00.html
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Track & Field Pictures (This URL Appeared in a previous Webwatch Bulletin)

http://www.sportserver.com/newsroom/sports/oth/1995/oth/trk/arts/pix.html
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Grand Prix final results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  MUNICH (September 11, 1999 10:05 a.m. EDT) -  Leading results from the
athletics Grand Prix final on Saturday:

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91849-145498-1021301-0,00.html
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Barmasai ends turbulent season with Grand  Prix win
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  MUNICH, Germany (September 11, 1999 10:07 a.m. EDT) - Bernard Barmasai's
successful and controversial season  ended lucratively on Saturday when he
claimed the 3,000 meters steeplechase  at the Grand Prix final.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91851-145501-1021311-0,00.html
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  Szabo, Barmasai win Grand Prix titles
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service, By
PATRICK VIGNAL

  MUNICH, Germany (September 11, 1999 2:35 p.m. EDT) - Gabriela Szabo's
fairy-tale year and Bernard Barmasai's  turbulent season ended with
lucrative wins on Saturday when the Romanian
  blonde and the Kenyan steeplechaser claimed the overall Grand Prix titles.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91944-145637-1022440-0,00.html
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  Szabo makes history with 3,000-meter win
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By NESHA
STARCEVIC,   Associated Press Writer

  MUNICH, Germany (September 11, 1999 7:26 p.m. EDT) - Gabriela Szabo and
Bernard Barmasai captured the  overall titles and earned $250,000 each by
winning their events Saturday at
  the IAAF Grand Prix Final.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,92047-145819-1023742-0,00.html
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At The Annual Veterans Half Marathon today in Canberra, Maryann Busteed and
Trevor Jacobs were the best WAVA rated male and female, Maryann winning the
50 Years age group and Trevor winning the 45 Years age group.

The Overall winner of the event was Trevor Jacobs in 75:28 giving a WAVA
grading of 86.29%, Maryann's time was 99:12 giving a WAVA grading of 76.56%.

John Bakker is the only person now to have completed all Veterans Half
Marathons in Canberra.

Records to fall on the day were by Michael Freer, M70  1:45.49, and Gwen
Gleeson W70 2:42.03.
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Doug Fry

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__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

Cool Running Webwatch:---
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In her comeback race, Sonia O'Sullivan beat Australian (male) record holder
5,000m record-holder Lee Troop over 5k!

Full story at:---

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/running.htm
specifically at :---
http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990910osullivan.htm
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Sydney organizers blame IAAF for schedule
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  SYDNEY, Australia (September 9, 1999 4:25 p.m. EDT)  - Organizers for the
Sydney Olympic Games have accused the world  governing athletics body of
holding an inflated view of its own importance in  the current row over the
track and field timetable.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91218-144399-1010755-0,00.html
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Overall Grand Prix standings
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  MUNICH, Germany (September 10, 1999 11:00 a.m. EDT) - Leading overall
athletics Grand Prix standings ahead of  Saturday's final:

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91519-144946-1015751-0,00.html
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Szabo may break $1-million prize money  barrier
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Patrick Vignal

  MUNICH, Germany (September 10, 1999 11:04 a.m. EDT) - Gabriela Szabo could
become the first athlete to earn  more than $1-million in prize money in one
season if she wins at Saturday's
  Grand Prix final.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91520-144947-1015772-0,00.html
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  Ngeny eyes another world record, this time in  1,500 meters
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  MUNICH, Germany (September 10, 1999 12:14 p.m. EDT) - Kenyan prodigy Noah
Ngeny will make a bid for the  1500-meter world record Saturday at the IAAF
Grand Prix Final at Munich's
  Olympic Stadium.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,91551-144995-1016230-0,00.html
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One Dane's fame game, Date: 11/09/99, By DARREN PRENDERGAST

Strolling through the streets of Sydney, Camilla Andersen could be mistaken
for a Danish backpacker enjoying anonymity in a crowd. For the 26-year-old,
such a scene is rare. Back home in Denmark she is public property.

Worshipped like a goddess for her exploits on a handball court, Andersen is
regarded as one of the best women handballers in the world, and lucrative
sponsorship contracts and advertising campaigns ensure her face and name are
readily recognisable.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/11/text/sport19.html
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The articles contains a remark that Dave Taylor is planning
a double crossing of the Simpson Desert next summer.

http://www.illnews.com.au/friday/2059663.htm
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Report - NSW South Coast Primary

A date for your diary - the weekend of November 27 and 28 when the AMP
Towards 2000 Olympic memorabilia exhibition will be at Beaton Park with a
host of exciting Olympic games exhibits.

http://www.illnews.com.au/tiser/2049042.htm
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

Cool Running Webwatch:---
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  Malawian athletes injured in bus crash
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 8, 1999 10:25 a.m. EDT) - Several
Malawian athletes were injured when their bus  crashed in Zimbabwe on the
way to the All Africa Games, the South African  Press Association (SAPA)
reported on Wednesday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90724-143628-1001007-0,00.html
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El Guerrouj plans to extend range to 5,000  metres
   Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Patrick Vignal

  BERLIN, Germany (September 8, 1999 10:28 a.m. EDT)  - Hicham El Guerrouj
has plans to rule the record books from the 1,500 to  the 5,000 meters.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90726-143631-1001060-0,00.html
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  Cuban 800 meters star Quirot gives birth to  daughter
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  HAVANA (September 8, 1999 7:21 p.m. EDT) - Cuban  athlete Ana Fidelia
Quirot, who recovered from severe burns to win two 800  meters world
championship gold medals in 1995 and 1997, became a mother  Wednesday.

  http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90922-143920-1004614-0,00.html
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  ISTAF Results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  BERLIN, Germany - Results Tuesday at the ISTAF athletics meet, the final of
  the Golden League series (September 7, 1999 7:16 p.m. EDT)

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90525-143270-997167-0,00.html
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  Green ditches 100 meters to focus on 200 in  Berlin
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  BERLIN (September 6, 1999 12:50 p.m. EDT) - Triple  world champion Maurice
Greene won't participate in the 100 meters at  Tuesday's Golden League
meeting and will only run in the 200 meters, he  announced Monday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90093-142552-991589-0,00.html
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  Long jumper May split on whether to retire
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  ROME (September 5, 1999 7:12 p.m. EDT) - Italian  Fiona May, the former
world champion long jumper, is facing a 50/50  decision as to whether she
would quit athletics following her controversial  defeat in Seville last
month, she said Sunday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89820-142113-988928-0,00.html
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Perseverance pays dividends for Babakova
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
PHIL MINSHULL

  SEVILLE (August 29, 1999 7:10 p.m. EDT ) - Two years  ago in Athens,
failing to clear a bar set at 1.99 meters cost Inga Babakova the  world
women's high jump gold medal.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,87300-137930-960585-0,00.html
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Ticket muddle: SOCOG was warned, Date: 08/09/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY,
Olympics Writer

Sydney Olympics organisers were warned repeatedly not to release
track-and-field tickets but did so to help balance their finances, according
to a spokesman for the International Amateur Athletic Federation.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/08/text/pageone17.html
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Christie drug case goes to IAAF, Date: 08/09/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY

British sprinter Linford Christie has escaped an immediate lengthy
suspension, being cleared in his third drugs controversy following an
investigation into his positive drug test to the banned steroid nandrolone.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/08/text/sport13.html
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Lucky catch nets Danes for the Games, Date: 08/09/99, By DARREN PRENDERGAST

Two years ago, Janni Bach arrived in Australia from Denmark with her
husband, Peter, and logged onto the Internet in search of some friends.
Little did she know that search would help kick-start her international
handball career.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/08/text/sport14.html
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First Tassie, then Gay Games, Date: 08/09/99

Adelaide 2000 is locked into place, the Sydney Festival did not want her and
nor, it turns out, did she want them, which leaves festival queen Robyn
Archer free to enthuse about her next two projects: Tasmania 2001 and 2003,
and the 2002 Sydney Gay Games.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/08/text/features8.html
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Games ticket row in 'hands of the gods', Date: 09/09/99, By JACQUELIN
MAGNAY, Olympics Writer

SOCOG vice-president John Coates admitted track-and-field ticket allocations
were "in the hands of the gods" yesterday as he accused the International
Amateur Athletic Federation of using the debacle to snare a greater share of
world television rights.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/09/text/national5.html
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Christie angry he was pursued over drugs

Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie says athletics' governing body, the
IAAF, should spend its money on improving its drug-testing procedures rather
than pursuing him.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990907191342_1.htm
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  El Guerrouj takes three seconds from 2000m record, Paul Halford

  Hicham El Guerrouj lowered the 2000m world record to 4:44.79, slicing three
seconds from Noureddine Morceli's 1995 mark.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990908elg.htm
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IAAF put athletes' health before Olympic ticket sales, Paul Halford,  9/9/99

The IAAF has made a statement indicating that they may be altering the
schedule set by the Sydney Olympic Games Organising Committee (SOCOG).

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990909sydney.htm
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Thousands run in charity 10k's in London and Cardiff, Paul Halford, 7/9/99

  Thousands of club and fun runners ran in two of the country's largest races
on Sunday in the capitals of England and Wales respectively.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990907charity.htm
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With a national under-16 race walking title to his credit, Jared Tallent is
already planning on representing Australia at the Pan Pacific School  Games
next year.

  Story Published Tuesday, 7 September 1999, By Joshua Conn

http://www.thecourier.com.au/thecourier/story.asp?story=2212
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Ticket crisis looms over Olympic athletics, From ANN, , 8sep99

MONACO: Sydney faces an Olympic Games ticket crisis after the International
Amateur
Athletic Federation said here overnight it had not approved the program
officially and it
was therefore not valid.

http://sport.news.com.au/news/oly998.htm
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The doctor prescribes Games chaos, By Olympics writer JOHN LEHMANN, 4sep99

LESS than five hours before Primo Nebiolo's foot soldiers were due to fly
out of Sydney
five weeks ago, they dropped their bombshell.

http://sport.news.com.au/news/4400991.htm
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  On your marks ,  Join the race to see history in the making ,  By SOPHIE
TEDMANSON

  FOR many Australians wishing to secure a ticket  to the Sydney Olympics,
the next few days will  most likely be spent sitting on the couch in the
lounge room with a cup of tea in one hand, a pen  in the other and a
calculator and a large orange  form on a nearby coffee table.

http://sport.news.com.au/olympics/ticketmags/ticket_sunday/ticket03.htm
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Ticket plan hits another hurdle, By NATASHA BITA, 8sep99

THE Sydney Olympics athletics schedule was thrown into further disarray
today by the
International Amateur Athletics Federation.

The federation released an official statement that it had not approved the
program and
therefore it was not valid.

http://sport.news.com.au/news/413840e.htm
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Games ticket-holders may miss stars, By JOHN LEHMANN and CLAIRE HARVEY, 3sep99

AUSTRALIANS who bought Olympics athletics tickets are in danger of not
seeing the
champions of their choice, such as Cathy Freeman, competing in the 2000 Games.

http://sport.news.com.au/news/4400193.htm
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Freebies
  Not every Olympic event carries a ticket price.
  Here's a rundown on what you can see for free.

http://sport.news.com.au/olympics/ticketmags/ticket_sunday/ticket08.htm
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El Guerrouj smashes world record for 2000 meters    by Patrick Merle

   Before more than 50,000 spectators in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Stadium,
both Gabriela Szabo and Wilson Kipketer, the two remaining contenders,
concluded their winning streak with the last, but not least, seventh triumph
in the final leg of the 1999 edition of the Golden League.

http://www.runnersworld.com/
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

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The story of John Gilmour: a 2:38 Marathoner at Age 60

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/editorials/1999e006.shtml
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Serge Girard Attempting Trans-Australia record 6 September 1999

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1999028.shtml
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SOCOG to insist on Freeman schedule, Date: 06/09/99, By JACQUELIN MAGNAY,
Olympics Writer

Sydney Games officials will draw up a compromise athletics program to put to
international officials in a bid to resolve the dispute that threatens to
derail the ticketing process.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/06/text/national1.html
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Athlete bus plans 'not good enough', Date: 06/09/99

Olympic transport organisers have been told their plans for moving athletes
between training venues and the athletes' village are inadequate.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/06/text/national2.html
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UK clears Christie of drug taking

  Former Olympic sprint champion   Linford Christie has been cleared of
taking drugs by UK Athletics - Britain's ruling athletics body.

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Kenyan star streaks past world record

   Noah Ngeny of Kenya has broken the 18-year-old world  record for the men's
1000 m

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UK Athletics clears Christie of Nandrolone  charges
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  LONDON (September 6, 1999 4:49 p.m. EDT) - British  track authorities
exonerated Linford Christie, the 1992 Olympic 100-meter  champion, from drug
charges Monday but he still must await a final ruling by  track and field's
world governing body.

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  Linford Christie profile
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  LONDON (September 6, 1999 10:59 a.m. EDT) -  Factfile on former Olympic 100
metres champion Linford Christie who was  cleared of doping by UK Athletics
on Monday.

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Szabo, Kipketer close in on $1 million jackpot
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By ROY
KAMMERER
  Associated Press Writer

  BERLIN (September 6, 1999 1:58 p.m. EDT) - Gabriela  Szabo and Wilson
Kipketer have an added incentive to win at the ISTAF  track and field meet
on Tuesday.

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North Korea celebrates Song-ok's marathon win
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  TOKYO (September 5, 1999 10:27 a.m. EDT) - A gold  medal brought home to
North Korea by world marathon champion Jong  Song-ok has prompted massive
celebrations in the Stalinist state, where  sports heroes have been few and
far between.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89684-141890-987778-0,00.html
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World gold marathoner gets car, flat from  N.Korean leader
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  TOKYO (September 6, 1999 11:27 a.m. EDT) - North  Korean supreme leader Kim
Jong-Il gave a car and an apartment Monday to  a woman marathon runner who
brought the cash-strapped nation its first-ever  world athletics gold,
according to official reports from Pyongyang Monday.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,90042-142481-991342-0,00.html
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Kenya's Ngeny shatters 18-year world record for 1,000 meters
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,
  By HOWARD FENDRICH

  RIETI, Italy (September 5, 1999 12:07 p.m. EDT ) -  Noah Ngeny broke the
world record for the men's 1,000 meters Sunday at  the Rieti Grand Prix II
meet with a time of 2 minutes, 11.96 seconds to erase  a mark that had stood
for 18 years.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89701-141919-987960-0,00.html
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From recrunning newsgroup:---
>Ngeny Breaks 18-Year-Old Mark For 1,000 Meters
>Updated 2:12 PM ET September 5, 1999, By HOWARD FENDRICH , Associated Press
Writer

>Paced perfectly by countryman David Kiptoo on a sunny afternoon, Ngeny glided
>around the track nestled in majestic mountains northeast of Rome in 2
>minutes, 11.96 seconds.

>That broke former great Sebastian Coe's mark of 2:12.18, set at Oslo, Norway,
>on July 11, 1981 - when Ngeny was 2 years old.

>Ngeny persuaded meet organizers on Thursday to add the rarely contested 1,000
>to the schedule, and he earned a $25,000 bonus by bettering the record.

>In July, Ngeny set the pace as El Guerrouj broke the world record for the
>mile at Rome. Ngeny also pushed the Moroccan to a record for the 1,500 at
>Rome in July 1998. The two also engaged in a thrilling duel in the 1,500 at
>the World Championships, with El Guerrouj taking the gold.

>Kiptoo led Ngeny through the first 400 meters in 49.66, nearly 1.5 seconds
>under Coe's pace, and they were 2 seconds faster than Coe was through 600.
>After Kiptoo dropped out, with 300 meters left, Ngeny slowed somewhat, but a
>powerful finish carried him to the record.

>"I asked Kiptoo to run very fast for the first 400 meters, and when that went
>well, I knew I was on for the world record," said Ngeny, who took a slow
>victory lap, waving to the capacity crowd of nearly 7,000 at Raul Guidobaldi
>Stadium.
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Regards
Doug Fry
__________________________________________________________
Doug Fry
dfry@...
6288 6439 (h)
6283 2130 (w)
0408 02 1939 (mobile)

http://www.coolrunning.com.au

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Fischer takes job  SYDNEY: Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer accepted
the post as mayor of the athletes' village at next year's Paralympics after
his wife convinced him it
  wouldn't break his pledge for a more relaxed life. Fischer, 53, resigned as
John  Howard's deputy in June to spend more time with his wife Judy and two
young sons, who'll live with him in the village throughout the Paralympic
Games from October 18-29.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport2/sbrief.shtml
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Saturday, 4 September, 1999 , Knight's fight is for few changes

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport2/sport2.shtml
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Son of IOC official indicted in New York, By Gail Appleson, REUTERS

The son of a powerful South Korean member of the International Olympic
Committee has been indicted on federal fraud charges, becoming the second
person to face criminal charges stemming from  the Salt Lake City Olympics
bribery scandal, prosecutors said  Thursday.

http://eXaminer.com/990903/0903ioc.html
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  Sprint champ Christie appears at drugs hearing
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  LONDON(September 3, 1999 12:11 p.m. EDT) -  Britain's former world and
Olympic sprint champion, Linford Christie,  appeared before a disciplinary
hearing on Friday following his failed drugs test.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89033-140693-980921-0,00.html
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Christie likely to learn drug case outcome  next week
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  LONDON (September 4, 1999 12:24 p.m. EDT) -  Linford Christie faced a
disciplinary panel on a drug charge and will likely be  told the outcome
next week.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89421-141396-984970-0,00.html
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  Greene, Devers winners at U.S.-Britain  Challenge
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
STEPHEN WADE

  GLASGOW, Scotland (September 4, 1999 12:20 p.m. EDT) - Maurice Greene,
"totally tired" from his triple-gold  performance at the World Championships
a week ago, won a relatively slow
  100 meters at 10.16 seconds Saturday at the U.S.-Britain Challenge meet.

http://www.sportserver.com/generic/story/0,1673,89418-141392-984955-0,00.html
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U.S.-Great Britain athletics results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  GLASGOW (September 4, 1999 2:07 p.m. EDT ) -  Selected results from the
athletics international between Great Britain and the  United States here on
Saturday:

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Johnson, May, Ngeny to highlight Rieti  Grand Prix II
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
HOWARD FENDRICH
  Associated Press Writer

  RIETI, Italy (September 4, 1999 12:22 p.m. EDT) -  Michael Johnson comes to
this town nestled in the mountains to close his  season. Fiona May might be
heading here to close her career.

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Van Damme Results
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (September 4, 1999 12:23 p.m. EDT) - Results Friday from
the Van Damme Memorial athletics meet (all race distances in meters):

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It looks like the Gold Coast Marathon Results for 1999, are now searchable
from the web site.

http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au/cgibin/entries.cgi
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This story appeared on page 43 of the SOUTH edition on Wednesday, 1
September 1999 (1Sep99)

KJs take silver in road relay

Following on from the great success of local teams in the State Road Relay
Titles at Cordeaux Dam four weeks ago, some more impressive performances
were witnessed at the NSW Long Course Relay Championships on Sunday, August 22.

http://www.illnews.com.au/tiser/2064701.htm
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Games tickets row: 'You were warned', Date: 04/09/99, By MATTHEW MOORE,
Olympics Editor

Sydney Olympic organisers gave adequate warning of possible changes to the
athletics program and there will be no refunds, the Olympics Minister, Mr
Knight, insisted yesterday as he sought to quell mounting anger over
threatened changes.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/04/text/pageone6.html
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SOCOG jumped the gun on tickets, Date: 04/09/99, By MICHAEL EVANS, Olympics
Reporter

More than six months before Olympic Games tickets went on sale, organisers
gave assurances that negotiations with athletics officials would be
finalised before the ballot.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/04/text/pageone7.html
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Athletics supremo who plays hardball, Date: 04/09/99

Athletics is unquestionably the jewel in the Olympics crown and, as its
boss, Dr Primo Nebiolo wields extraordinary influence.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/04/text/pageone8.html
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Athletes keep million dollar bonus in sight

Wilson Kipketer and Gabriela Szabo stayed in the hunt for the million dollar
Golden League bonus at the Grand Prix athletics  meeting in Brussels by
winning the 800 metres and 3,000
metres respectively.

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Kipketer, Szabo move closer to big payout
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
PATRICK VIGNAL

  BRUSSELS (September 3, 1999 5:44 p.m. EDT) -  Wilson Kipketer and Gabriela
Szabo moved tantalisingly close to a $1 million  jackpot by winning their
penultimate races in the Golden League series in style  on Friday.

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Devers, Greene headline Britain-U.S.  Challenge track meet
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By
STEPHEN WADE  AP Sports Writer

  GLASGOW, Scotland (September 3, 1999 5:49 p.m. EDT) - Let the party begin.

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Johnson promises to "let loose" in the  200-meter
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By RAF
CASERT

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (September 3, 1999 12:09 p.m. EDT) - Although Maurice
Greene won the 200 meters at the  world championships, Michael Johnson is
intent on proving he is still the
  fastest at that distance.

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Johnson wins 200-meter event at Brussels  Golden League
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  BRUSSELS (September 3, 1999 5:47 p.m. EDT) -  Michael Johnson, making his
first appearance since breaking the 400-meter  world record at the world
championships, was a comfortable winner over 200  meters at the Brussels
Golden League meeting on Friday.

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Doug Fry
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Mark Spitz gives the IOC a gold medal-winning spray, Date: 02/09/99, By
JACQUELIN MAGNAY

Legendary Olympic champion Mark Spitz timed the moment well, as ever.

Standing in the newly proclaimed Mark Spitz Avenue, which will run right
through the heart of the Olympic Athletes' Village at Newington, and
positioned alongside a squirming Olympics Minister, Michael Knight, Spitz
delivered a passionate performance that was worthy of a gold medal.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/9909/02/text/sport9.html
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Cathy Freeman out of running for the  year

Four hundred metres world   champion Cathy Freeman will not  race again this
year after pulling out  of a meet in Switzerland on Wednesday night.

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World Two-Up Championships underway

  The World Two-up Championships are underway in   Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990902130455_1.htm

(It's not only Running here)
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Jones pulls out of Van Damme meet with aching back
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Associated Press,  By RAF
CASERT

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (September 1, 1999 8:42 p.m. EDT) - Injured Marion Jones
made an expected withdrawal  from the Van Damme track meet and the Golden
League's $1 million jackpot
  became a two-way contest between distance runners Wilson Kipketer and
Gabriela Szabo.

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Agent says Marion Jones' season is over
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Gene Cherry

  RALEIGH, N.C. (September 1, 1999 9:36 a.m. EDT) -  Marion Jones, who won
the 100 meters title at last month's world  championships, is still
suffering from back spasms and will not compete again  this season, her
agent said on Wednesday.

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and

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  Barmasai says he was misunderstood
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  LONDON (September 2, 1999 11:06 a.m. EDT ) -  Kenya's Bernard Barmasai,
barred from a million dollar jackpot for saying he  had asked a compatriot
to let him win a race, said on Thursday he had been  misunderstood and
denied seeking help.

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  Kipketer and Szabo get closer to golden  jackpot
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Patrick Vignal

  BRUSSELS, Belgium (September 2, 1999 11:10 a.m. EDT) - With their
confidence boosted by gold  medal triumphs  in the heat of Seville, Wilson
Kipketer and Gabriela Szabo enter the last
  stretch of their hunt for the $1-million Golden League jackpot.

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Wake Forest coach steps down in protest of  wife's firing
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (September 2, 1999 9:12 p.m. EDT) - John Goodridge,
men's track and cross country coach  at Wake Forest for 15 years, resigned
Thursday in protest of the dismissal of  his wife, women's coach Francie
Goodridge.

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Track & Field Photo Gallery
Copyright © 1998 Nando Media

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This story appeared on page 42 of the edition on Monday, 30 August 1999
(30Aug99)

Swede runs a brave race

http://www.illnews.com.au/monday
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This story appeared on page 42 of the edition on Monday, 30 August 1999
(30Aug99)

Currey spears fifth place

SEVILLE.- Wollongong's Louise Currey overcame a slow start to claim fifth in
the javelin at
the World Championships yesterday.

http://www.illnews.com.au/monday
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This story appeared on page 87 of the edition on Saturday, 28 August 1999
(28Aug99)

Johnson delivers yet again , 400m world record

http://www.illnews.com.au
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This story appeared on page 45 of the edition on Thursday, 2 September 1999
(2Sep99)

Taylor tackles last run before Sahara , By MIKE GANDON

Lake Heights ultra marathon runner Dave Taylor will have his last charity
run starting on
Wednesday, September 8, before his Simpson Desert challenge in the summer of
2000-2001.

The three-day charity run will leave from Warrawong Primary School at 10.45am.

It will be the third year of the annual three-day run which over the past
two years has raised in excess of $26,000 for charity.

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The Legends of the Track" return for round three Paul Halford, 3/9/99

  The serious action will be suspended for a short while on Saturday at
Glasgow's CGU Challenge while the "Legends of the Track" put in their final
appearance of the season in the Masters 100m.

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/990903legends.htm
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Seville report - 29 August 1999, By Matthew Brown, Evening session

From an english point of view

http://www.athletics-online.co.uk/sev29.txt
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Results: Noosa Half Marathon, Held 29nd August 1999 at Noosa, Queensland

http://www.coolrunning.com.au/results/1999r077.shtml

Full results at:
http://www.noosatri.com.au/Noosa%20Half/results.html
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A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity

        "Whether you're an athlete, an Olympian or weekend walker,
         the Samsung Olympic Fun Run/ Walk is all about participation.
         And Samsung is donating money to the Australian Olympic Team
         for every person who participates.
         So join me on Saturday 11 September 1999 at Homebush Bay
         for the Samsung Olympic Fun Run and we will be running
         together for the Australian Olympic  Team."

            Herb Elliott - Olympic Gold Medallist and Event Patron for
                   the Samsung Olympic Fun Run


http://www.virtualimpact.com.au/samsung/index.html
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Gebreselassie out of Africa Games
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service

  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (August 31, 1999 12:22 p.m. EDT) - Haile
Gebreselassie said on Tuesday he would miss next  month's All Africa Games
in Johannesburg because of injuries he suffered
  while retaining his 10,000 meters world title in Seville.

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Kenya chief blasts athletes for poor world championship showing

  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
Matthew Bigg

  NAIROBI, Kenya (August 31, 1999 12:29 p.m. EDT) -  Kenya's athletcis chief
criticized its athletes saying they performed poorly at the world
championships because they put cash rewards ahead of the national interest.

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Medal winners at World Championships
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Associated Press

  SEVILLE, Spain (August 30, 1999 10:10 a.m. EDT) -
  The medalists at the IAAF World Championships (race distances in meters):

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Jones agony, Johnson's ecstasy define championships
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media, Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press,  By
ERSKINE McCULLOUGH

  SEVILLE (August 29, 1999 9:58 p.m. EDT) - The agony of sprint queen Marion
Jones lying postrate on the track and the ecstasy of Michael Johnson as he
ran the greatest 400 meters in history seared their imprint on the 7th World
Athletics championships which ended here on
  Sunday.

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1 September 1999,  IOC recommends drug history 'passports' for athletes

  An International Olympic Committee (IOC) panel has  recommended athletes be
given "health passports" which detail their history of drug testing as part
a crackdown against cheats.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/moreSport/1999/09/item19990901115425_1.htm
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Sat 28 Aug 1999  Saxby-Junna takes surprise bronze  in Seville.

   Australia's Kerry Saxby-Junna has won bronze in the women's 20-kilometres
walk at the World Athletics Championships in  Spain.

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World Track and Field Championships medals table

  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Agence France-Press

  SEVILLE, Spain (August 29, 1999 7:16 p.m. EDT) -  Medal tables at
conclusion of seventh World Athletics Championships here  Sunday (gold,
silver, bronze, total):

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Euphoric victory persuades Anton to keep options open
  Copyright © 1999 Nando Media,  Copyright © 1999 Reuters News Service,  By
PHIL MINSHULL

  SEVILLE (August 29, 1999 6:52 p.m. EDT) - In the  euphoria of his Seville
world championships marathon victory, Abel Anton has  been persuaded to keep
his retirement options open.

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Cross Country Club of Dallas Home Page

http://www.cccd.org/
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Doug Fry
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