Some people are just starting their break from 2010 and for some, like Usain Bolt, the road to Daegu, Korea is beginning. In fact, three years of championship events, 2011 World Champs, London 2012, and World Champs 2013. That is longer than many elite athletes careers at the top!                    Usain Bolt running the 300 metres in Ostrava, photo by PhotoRun.net

Usain Bolt just told the IAAF that he is excited about beginning his training once again!

EME NEWS (OCT 26,
2010)

USAIN
IN FULL TRAINING

KINGSTON (JAM): Usain Bolt continues in his
training which started on first Monday of October. He confirmed for IAAF that
he now feels totally healthy and plans to try to defend his Berlin titles in Daegu next summer.
“Training has started and the good news is that I am 100% healthy and am
completely over my back and Achilles problems from the summer. I am really
enjoying training at the moment. For the first time in my career I was looking
forward to getting back into training before my end of season break was over. I
am looking forward to defending my 100 and 200 metres titles at the
2011 IAAF World Championships titles in Korea and so I know the importance
of putting in the work required. Coach Glen Mills is also aware of that
(smile)…he is putting on the pressure from early, but so far so good,” IAAF
quoted the fastest man on earth.

TUNE
AND DIBABA AIMING FOR COURSE RECORD

FRANKFURT
(GER): The amazing development of recent years seems set to continue in Sunday’s
Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon. With 18 men featuring personal bests of sub
2:10 and eight of them having run faster than 2:07:15 last year’s world-class
course record from Gilbert Kirwa (Kenya/2:06:14) will be targeted. If weather
conditions are fine the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon could well see its first
sub 2:06 time. The event is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. While organisers had
released names of the men’s elite field earlier the women runners have now been
announced. In contrast to the men the women did not quite live up to
expectations in the past few years. This is why a much stronger field has been
signed for Sunday. The aim is to finally break the five year-old course record
set by Russia’s Alevtina Biktimirova (2:25:12). Five runners have been entered
with personal bests of sub 2:26. Among them are Ethiopians Dire Tune and Mare
Dibaba. Tune has a personal best of 2:24:40 and was the winner of the Boston
Marathon in 2008. Just recently she won the silver medal in the IAAF World Half
Marathon Championships. Dibaba ran a great marathon debut in Rome, where she finished third with 2:25:38
in March this year. Earlier she had improved Tune’s national half marathon
record to 67:13 minutes. Two Kenyans – defending champion Agnes Kiprop (PB: 2:26:22)
and Caroline Kilel (2:25:24) – plus Hilda Kibet (Netherlands/2:30:33) could do
very well as well. Meanwhile European champion Zivile Balciunaite had to
withdraw due to illness and former world record holder and world champion
Catherine Ndereba can not run because of a foot injury. Organizers are
informing in a release.

AWARDS
FOR MALACHOWSKI AND WLODARCZYK

WARSZAWA (POL): Polish athletes
of the Year 2010 are discus European champion Piotr Malachowski (1276 points)
and hammer world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk (1050). That is the result of
the 41st edition of the poll organised by Sport newspaper and Polish federation
PZLA. The best athletes are recieving Golden Spikes. Both winners defended
their last year titles. In women order second pole vaulter Anna Rogowska (592)
and third heptathlete Karolina Tyminska (520). In men situation it was more
tougher with more European top perfomers second shot putter Tomasz Majewski
(1220) and third 800 m
gold medalist Marcin Lewandowski (992). In the Olympic Center of John Paul II
in Warszawa more awards for jumper Anna Jagaciak (newcomer of the year) and
Witold Suski (coach of the year, Malachowski).

ARTSIUKH
WILL RETURN WORLD JUNIOR GOLD

MONTE CARLO (MON): IAAF confirmed current
doping cases in its latest newsletter. Named are both Jamaicans 400 m runner Bobby-Gaye
Wilkins (two years ban from World Indoor Championships in Doha) until April 8, 2012 and sprinter
Shelly-Ann Fraser (six months) until January 7, 2011. Another top case is the
ban for Belarus 400 m
hurdler Katsiaryna Artsiukh who initially won the world junior championships in
Moncton in July but after this race was positive and is banned until August 11,
2012. The title will now go to Russian Vera Rudakova, silver to US Evonne
Britton and bronze for Japanese Shiori Miki.

OTHER NEWS

MONTE CARLO (MON): In total 16 marathons have
been awarded the IAAF Gold Label Road Race, the highest-level certification in
the world for road races, for the year 2011. In 2010, there were 14 races which got
the Gold Label, the new ones are the marathons in Prague
and Rome. From
this 16 races seven are in Europe, six in Asia and three in USA.

TULSA
(USA):
US media are informing that the offseason for WNBA rookie (and former
sprinter/jumper) Marion Jones has been anything but typical. After completing
the season with the Tulsa Shock, Jones has celebrated her 35th birthday, will
be releasing a book and is the subject of an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary next
week. The book, “On the Right Track” and the documentary “Press Pause” give a
glimpse that few have ever seen into the life of Jones.

MONTE CARLO
(MON): The 1:01:40 half marathon runner Rachid Ghanmouni recieved IAAF approval
to change from Morocco to France. He will
be eligible to represent in athletics his new country since October 22 in 2012.

ADDIS ABABA
(ETH): Ethisport informs that the desecrated tombstone of Ethiopia’s
greatest athlete Abebe Bikila was finally restored and officially unveiled in
the presence of his family members and friends. In March 2007, a group of unknown
individuals entered the Joseph Cemetery and desecrated the tombstones of the
two-time Olympic marathon winner Abebe Bikila and that of his partner and Mexico Olympic
gold medalist Mamo Wolde. There are no words as to when Mamo Wolde’s tombstone
will be restored.

LONDON (GBR): After having her hopes of
winning the London Marathon destroyed by the volcanic ash cloud Mara Yamauchi
is taking no chances for the ING New York City Marathon next month. Informs
insidethegames. Yamauchi, who won the NYC Half-Marathon in the spring, added:
“Hopefully this time there won’t be any volcanic ash clouds to deal with, but
you never know – something else might come up. With the assistance of New York
Road Runners officials, Yamauchi and her husband and coach Shige are leaving
their training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to fly to Newark, New Jersey,
where they will stay overnight at the airport before taking a train down to
nearby Princeton, New Jersey tomorrow.

INDIANAPOLIS (USA): After the
ban of Ramon Clay the USATF informs that two-time Olympian Darvis “Doc” Patton
has been named the 2002 USA Outdoor 200m champion following the October 22
announcement by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that the winner of
that race, Ramon Clay, has received a doping suspension and been stripped of
his title.

LONDON (GBR): British 100 m world junior and youth
champion Jodie Williams said will remain focused on junior competition in 2011.
The only exception could European Indoor Championships in Paris in March. Already this year her
performances were worth of senior Euro event in Barcelona
but she preffered World juniors in Canada. With Estonia hosting the European Junior
Championships Williams plans to travel there.

MOSCOW
(RUS): Journalist Aleksandr Gorbenko has been named vice-mayor of Moscow who will be
responsible among other issues also for sports. He was general director of
Rosiyskaya Gazeta.

FUKUOKA (JPN): Brett Larner
informs on his blog that on Sunday the 2004 Olympic marathon gold medalist
Mizuki Noguchi made a comeback from injury troubles that have plagued her since
her withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, running her first race in 2 years and
5 months at the 6-stage, 42.195
km West Japan Jitsugyodan Women’s Ekiden in Fukuoka
prefecture. Noguchi placed 5th on the 10.5 km Third Stage, running a credible time of
34:15. Noguchi ran like a bouncing rubber ball, looking as strong and resilient
as she used to be. “Before I ran I was half nervous and half looking forward to
it,” she told reporters. “But once I started running I forgot everything about
the long blank spot in my life.” She is now looking at running a half marathon.
Looking toward the London Olympics Noguchi says, “I have never given up on the
next Olympics. This was a good start. I’ll keep running until my legs break
down permanently.”

LISBON (POR): Iberoamerican 10 000 m championships on
the track will return in the 2011. It will be staged in Spain on April 2, either in Huelva
or in Punta Umbria.

RESULTS

KIROVOHRAD (UKR, Oct 23-24):
Former European CC winner Tetyana Holovchenko won another national terrain
title at 8 km
(29:55). Viktoriya Pohoryelska was the best in the U23 category (30:21). She
also won the 4 km
title the day before in her age category (14:18) and was faster than best
senior woman Hana Pyeshkova (14:39). Volodymyr Kyts was the best in the senior
men 4 km
(12:23) and Ihor Heletiy in the 10
km (31:22).

GEORGETOWN (GUY, Oct 24): Guayana´s best
runner Cleveland Forde the 10
km road race here in 32:44 and women winner was
Brazilian Antonia Lins da Silva (37:46). It was first race of South American
road race circuit, next will be on Saturday in Paramaribo, Surinam.

BARUERI (BRA, Oct 24):
Brazilian World Championships 2011 50 km walk trial was won by Jose Alessandro
Baggio in 4:02:36 ahead of national record holder Mario Jose dos Santos
4:03:30.