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General news
Lose the Ipod or lose the race!
15 runners in the United States were disqualified from their race due to them wearing ipods. It is against USA Road Racing rules to use any headphones during a race for safety reasons. Runners in the Marin Memorial Day 10k were given lots of warning before the race organisers said.
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Johnson returns Olympic Gold Medal
Michael Johnson returned his last Olympic medal this week when his relay teammate admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. Antonia Pettigrew admitted taking drugs he got from disgraced coach Trevor Graham. Johnson who won 3 medals at the Sydney Olympic games in 2000 said he would be returning his medal as "it doesn't belong to me, so I will be returning it to the IOC (International Olympic Committee) because I don't want it. It was not won fairly. I am deeply disappointed and saddened." It is unclear if Nigeria will be awarded the Gold medal instead of the Americans as Pettigrew did not fail any drugs test. Pettigrew was also a member of the American 4x 400m team that beat Great Britain at the 1997 World Championships in Athens.
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Chambers not to appeal against Olympic ban
Disgraced British sprinter Dwain Chambers has ruled out taking the British Olympic Association to court over his Olympic ban. Chambers who ran the 100m in 10.25 secs this week was banned from competing in any Olympic games. Until this week Britain was the only country in the world to automatically banning any athlete who fails a drugs test. China has just rushed through new legislation that bans any athlete caught cheating with a life time ban in any competition (not just the Olympics).
Performance update
New 100m world record- Usain Bolt 9.72
Incase you missed it there was a new 100m world record this week by Jamaican Usain Bolt who ran 9.72 at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City. Bolt smashed Olympic favourite Asafa Powell in front of 70,000 crowd. Usain who still believes his best event is 200m is now thinking about doubling up in Bejing.
Kenyan youngster is surprise 800m favourite.
Pamela Johnson has surprised everyone by running the quickest 800m time by a mile. She just missed out on the world record running 1 minute 54 secs this week. She is only 19 years old and is now favourite for the 800m Olympic title.
Heartbreak for Ennis
British Heptathlete Jessica Ennis (ranked 4th in the World) has been ruled out of competing in Beijing due to breaking her ankle. The 22 year old was a big medal hope as reigning Olympic Champion Caroline Kluft is going to focus on the long jump.
Video of the week:
The race of the week has to be Usain Bol's new 100m world record. Note the conditions were not perfect as it had rained in New York earlier in the evening. This could possibly mean Usain could go even faster and most likely in London coming soon!
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usain Bolt, what an apt name as he bolted out there didn't he! rocket or what! With regards to athletes who take drugs, they deserve thier rewards in my opinion, its old fashioned cheating whichever way you dress it up, of course we will never actually know how many ahve taken drugs and timed then around the tests so it doesn't show up. And our girls? Sad about Jessica Ennis, she must be heartbroken.