The 800m event 2002
The 800m event for 2002 saw a group of 5 Kenyan athletes make their presence felt on the International Race circuit, by winning the A and B events at a number of the European meetings through the...
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2003 saw the World Championships in Paris as the ‘premiere’ event of the season. This event in itself produced a massive shock when the much unheralded Saïd-Guerni Djabir of Algeria, blasted past Yuriy...
View ArticleThe 800m event All Time Best List
As mentioned, the Women’s 800m record will have stood for 30 years in July 2012. This is under the name of the Czech powerhouse, Jarmila Kratochvílová, with 1:53.28 Maria Mutola who for a long time was...
View ArticleThe Art of 800m Running
The 800m has moved into the realms of the long sprint. Today’s 800m athlete will need to be a 45/46 second 400m athlete, who needs to feel comfortable going through the 1st 400m of the 2 lap race close...
View ArticleThe 800m event – All Time Best
The 800m event is being seen more as an extended sprint nowadays, than a middle distance race. The World’s elite, now cover the first 400m close to 50 seconds and it is a matter of time before it...
View ArticleBorzakovskiy puts Helsinki on agenda
Last Thursday marked the 31st birthday of Russia’s 2004 Olympic Games 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy and he used the occasion to announce that he will be bidding to win over two laps of the track at...
View ArticleBorzakovskiy awaits Cheboksary 2015
In his illustrious career, Yuriy Borzakovskiy has created a reputation for being the most extraordinary of distance runners because of the manner in which he times his final sprint to perfection. It is...
View ArticleSavinova ponders defeat
Considering how unbeatable Mariya Savinova has been for the last three years it was something of a surprise to see her eclipsed so comprehensively in the 800m in Moscow. Silver can hardly be viewed as...
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