Blog Posts on world championships
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Liu Xiang’s 刘翔 Hurdling Warm-up Routine by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 26, 2012Routine is important for a hurdler. In an event where one is required to take the same number of steps (more or less, 35 in each race), hurdlers are creatures of habit. To the novice hurdler, a close look at Liu Xiang’s 刘翔 routine is an eye...
Andrew Pozzi: The Demolition Man by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 11, 2012The way Britain’s Andrew Pozzi cleared the final barrier was one for the books. Hurdling coaches always emphasize aggressiveness. But perhaps the exuberant Pozzi was a bit too harsh on the tenth hurdle! Pozzi pummels the last hurdle! (Photo fr...
Istanbul World Indoor Championships: 60m Hurdles Heats Wrap-up by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 10, 2012I’ve missed the morning session of Day 2 of the ongoing World Indoor Championships in Istanbul because I had athletics training. Luckily, the clips of the first two heats have already been uploaded to Youtube. With Dayron Robles pulling out of...
Istanbul 2012: 60m Hurdles Heats Wrap-up by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 10, 2012I’ve missed the morning session of Day 2 of the ongoing World Indoor Championships in Istanbul because I had athletics training. Luckily, the clips of the first two heats have already been uploaded to Youtube. With Dayron Robles pulling out of...
Sally Pearson vs. Susanna Kallur by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Mar 6, 2012The women’s 100m hurdles (0.838m) features comparably shorter hurdles than its men’s equivalent, the 110m high hurdles (1.067m). Hence, a gifted sprinter could get away with glaring technical flaws in women’s event, according to Coa...
French Athletics Commentators Rock! by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Sep 12, 2011As a hardcore athletics junkie, I satiate most of my track & field cravings through Youtube. Aside from the times when Eurosport Asia airs the Diamond League or a high-level European meet, I have to settle for clips uploaded on the popular video...
“Christophe Lemaitre, retour des championnats du monde 2011 et rentrée universitaire!” by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Sep 12, 2011With three European titles and two medals from the Daegu World Championships, it is fascinating to think that Christophe Lemaitre is just a youngster. At twenty-one years old, the Frenchman had just begun his university studies, days after his ground...
Track Beauty of the Week: Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Настасся Мірончык-Іванова by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Sep 10, 2011Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Настасся Мірончык-Іванова is this week’s track beauty! The Belorussian long jumper had a stellar junior career. As a youngster, she won a silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. A...
Gutted: Thoughts on the Daegu 2011 Men’s 4x100m Relay by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Sep 5, 2011The Men’s 4x100m relay was bizarre, to say the least. At the last baton exchange, Darvis Patton (USA) clipped the elbow of the massive Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (GBR). The Doc lost his balance and fell to the track, rolling over to the adjacent la...
Track Beauty of the Week: Sally Pearson by hurdler49: Hurdles, Track & Field and Sports on Sep 4, 2011Sally Pearson nee McClellan is this week’s track beauty! Last night’s events immortalized the Australian amongst the sprint hurdling elite. Prior to Daegu, Pearson was having a stellar season – her most successful to date. She had r...
