Even the sprinters, sooner or later, have to deal with a race which is a bit longer than a field lap. This weekend it was the Danish athlete Stina Troest’s turn, specialized in the 400hs, who ran a 13.3 km race arriving at [ Read More ]
Archive of category ‘Velocità’
Last night Usain Bolt put around his neck the eight olympic gold medal winning the 200m final in Rio running in 19”78. Now the only missing piece for the legendary third olympic triple: the gold with the 4x100m relay. A race full [ Read More ]
The great day has arrived: the men 100m final; of course, the most awaited athlete will be Usain Bolt. Old athlete? According to some yes, according to Linford Christie, great 100m athlete, surely not. The ex-Olympic champion, during a recent interview, lauded the Jamaican [ Read More ]
Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have arrived: yesterday night, at Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, known as Maracanà, the opening ceremony of the Games took place with the ex-soccer player Pelè ready to light the Olympic Torch. One of the most applauded stars of XXXI Olympics [ Read More ]
Olympic Games in Rio are closer and closer and the support for the best athletes are beginning to bite. What about Usain Bolt’s fans? Since some days, they can support the fastest man in the world by using the Boltmoji, [ Read More ]
New event, new National Record set by the German Julian Reus. After the NR established this season on 100m in 10”03, the sprinter succeeded in further bettering himself. Yesterday, Reus took part in a meeting in Mannheim and, flying on the finishing [ Read More ]
”He’s injured, gets a medical pass, that’s what his country does. Our country doesn’t do that”. These are Justin Gatlin’s words at the agency press American Press about the possibility of Usain Bolt to compete in the Olympic Games: in fact, because of an [ Read More ]
The South African, Akani Simbine, run really fast during the Gyulai Istvan Memorial, a meeting that took place on the 18th of July in Székesfehérvár, Hungary; in fact, the sprinter set the new National Record for 100m, beating Asafa Powell and Mike Rodgers. Asafa [ Read More ]
The Trials, organised in Eugene (USA) to define the United States team that will participate in the Olympic Games in Rio, ended on the 10th. Among the participants, there was Allyson Felix, who did not succeed in doubling 200m and 400m. In fact, [ Read More ]
