http://speedendurance.com/2007/09/12/video-of-2001-world-championships-200-meters/ Success in Track & Field ... and Life Tue, 22 May 2012 16:56:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://speedendurance.com/2007/09/12/video-of-2001-world-championships-200-meters/#comment-17718 Dwain Chambers on Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Stride Length and Stride Frequency | SpeedEndurance.com Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:13:53 +0000 http://speedendurance.com/2007/09/12/video-of-2001-world-championships-200-meters/#comment-17718 [...] In our judicial system, we are innocent until proven guilty. Sadly, our sport has become the other way around. You are presumed guilty if you suddenly break 10 seconds in a 100 meters. Or win an Olympic Gold medal in the 200 meters coming out of nowhere, then repeat again the following year at the World Championships. [...] [...] In our judicial system, we are innocent until proven guilty. Sadly, our sport has become the other way around. You are presumed guilty if you suddenly break 10 seconds in a 100 meters. Or win an Olympic Gold medal in the 200 meters coming out of nowhere, then repeat again the following year at the World Championships. [...]

]]> http://speedendurance.com/2007/09/12/video-of-2001-world-championships-200-meters/#comment-3390 Immense Pressure for Hometown Olympic Athletes - Liu Xiang of China | Speedendurance.com Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:18:44 +0000 http://speedendurance.com/2007/09/12/video-of-2001-world-championships-200-meters/#comment-3390 [...] Then there was the much ballyhooed hype with Konstantinos Kenteris who won the 200 meters at the same Olympics when Michael Johnson and Maurice Green both failed to make the finals at their respective USATF Trials. His chance to repeat as the 200 meter winner in front of his hometown Greece never materialized for reasons still under investigation, and I was 100% certain he would be the one to light the flame. POP QUIZ: Who lit the torch at these games? In 2001, Kenteris proved he was no fluke by winning the 200 meters at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. [...] [...] Then there was the much ballyhooed hype with Konstantinos Kenteris who won the 200 meters at the same Olympics when Michael Johnson and Maurice Green both failed to make the finals at their respective USATF Trials. His chance to repeat as the 200 meter winner in front of his hometown Greece never materialized for reasons still under investigation, and I was 100% certain he would be the one to light the flame. POP QUIZ: Who lit the torch at these games? In 2001, Kenteris proved he was no fluke by winning the 200 meters at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. [...]

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