International Women’s Day Salutes Wyomia Tyus

International Women’s Day Salutes Wyomia Tyus

March 8, 2011 By Jimson Lee Leave a Comment

Share Today is March 8, which means we recognize International Women’s Day (IWD) around the world with 2011 being the 100th anniversary. This year, I want to recognize Wyomia Tyus. But first, a little history class (please, no Sister Mary Elephant jokes). Usain Bolt is famous for being super relaxed and dancing and playing to [...]

Filed Under: Commentary, Life & Culture, Olympic History, Track & Field, Videos Tagged With: Barbara Ferrell, Chi Cheng, Irena Szewinska, Raylene Boyle, Wyomia Tyus

Wyomia Tyus: The Famous Pre-Race Dance to Out-Psych Everyone

June 16, 2010 By Jimson Lee Leave a Comment

Share This is PART 1: The pre-race routine before getting into your starting blocks. PART 2: The pre-race routine getting into your starting blocks. Usain Bolt is famous for being super relaxed and dancing and playing to the crowd BEFORE he races. In fact, we saw Asafa Powell change his demeanor at the 2009 World [...]

Filed Under: Olympic History, Track & Field Tagged With: Barbara Ferrell, Carl Lewis, Chi Cheng, Irena Szewinska, Mexico 1968, pre-race routine, Raylene Boyle, Starting Blocks, Tokyo 1964, Usain Bolt, Wyomia Tyus

Chi Cheng – World’s Fastest Human

June 10, 2010 By Jimson Lee 6 Comments

Share Unless you were living in Southern California during the late 60’s or early 70’s, you’ve probably never heard of the name Chi Cheng until last month. The Women’s 100 yard WR is currently 10.0 or (10.10 FAT) held by Chi Cheng of Chinese Taipei back in 1970. Chinese Taipei is also commonly known as [...]

Filed Under: Olympic History, Track & Field Tagged With: 100 meters, 100mH, 200 meters, 400 meters, Chi Cheng, Edwin Moses, Elvira Barbashina, Heike Drechsler, Irena Szewinska, Jim Ryun, long jump, Maya Azarashvili, Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Sebastian Coe, Shelly Ann Fraser, Susanthika Jayasinghe, Zhanna Pintusevich-Block

International Women’s Day: Honoring Irena Szewinska

March 7, 2010 By Jimson Lee Leave a Comment

Share March 8 is International Women’s Day. It is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women’s Day is a national holiday! To honour this day, I will choose to write about Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) and [...]

Filed Under: Featured Story, Olympic History, Track & Field, Videos Tagged With: International Women's Day, Irena Szewinska, Mexico 1968