Blog Posts on teddy tamgho

London Olympics Preview: The Triple Jump by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Jun 3, 2012The triple jump features contenders from both ends of the age spectrum. Established stars will be pitted against young and equally talented upstarts. The event will also feature Britain’s top hopes for Olympic glory. Photo from Nigel Chadwick W...

TDYSTAR (Teddy Tamgho) – Joyeux Noël by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on May 23, 2012I must admit that I was quick to pillory Teddy Tamgho when I learned about his 12-month suspension. Tamgho figured in a brawl with a 19-year old female athlete at a training camp in Southern France. The details over the internet were scant. From the...

A Long Shot: Asian Hopes at the Daegu World Championships by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Jul 31, 2011The Daegu World Athletics Championships is just around the corner. South Korea will play host to the most prestigious gathering track & field athletes after the Olympic Games, the third time for an Asian country to do so. Sprinter Usain Bolt, in...

“Fraternite” by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 10, 2011The following clip exemplifies the solid performance of the French athletics team at the recently concluded European Indoor Athletics Championships in Bercy. The preliminaries of the men’s 400m dash were underway. The pole vaulting duo of Renau...

Tamgho leaps 17.91m in Aubiere by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Feb 19, 2011French triple jump sensation Teddy Tamgho rewrote his 11-month old world indoor record yesterday in Aubiere. The 21-year old leaped 17.91m in the 4th round, improving his old mark by 1 cm. Tamgho, now trained by long jumping legend Ivan Pedroso, hard...

“What is your profession?” by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Dec 18, 2010Whilst watching the pre-game analysis from last night’s Azkals game, the haughty Star Sports analyst made an interestingly poignant observation. He pointed out that most of the Filipinos, save for a handful of Fil-foreigners, are part-time foot...