Athletics - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/athletics/ Athletics - Latest Popular Stories powered by Instablogs Community. http://www.instablogs.com/site-img/insta-slogo.gif Instablogs Community http://www.instablogs.com/athletics/ en-us Instascript 2.0 http://www.instablogs.com Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Modern man is weak and slow http://jeremyt.instablogs.com/entry/modern-man-is-weak-and-slow-2009-10-20/ http://jeremyt.instablogs.com/entry/modern-man-is-weak-and-slow-2009-10-20/ Jeremy Taylor

Filed under: Happy Hour Hero, Science Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. An Australian anthropologist has claimed that today’s human is far weaker and less athletic than our ancestors. By analyzing 20,000-year-old...

]]> Filed under: Happy Hour Hero, Science Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. An Australian anthropologist has claimed that today’s human is far weaker and less athletic than our ancestors. By analyzing 20,000-year-old fossilized footpr

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000 Lifestyleanthropologyathleticsneanderthals 2060: The year when no new sports record shall be set http://subhankar.instablogs.com/entry/2060-the-year-when-no-new-sports-record-shall-be-set/ http://subhankar.instablogs.com/entry/2060-the-year-when-no-new-sports-record-shall-be-set/ Subhankar

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....the countdown has begun for 2060 when scientists in France say no more sports record will be created or broken. If experts at France’s biomedical and epidemiological institute of...

]]> Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....the countdown has begun for 2060 when scientists in France say no more sports record will be created or broken. If experts at France’s biomedical and epidemiological institute of sport,...

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:43:51 +0000 Olimpic GamesIrmesFranceAthletics Marion Jones sentenced six-months of jail! http://arpita.instablogs.com/entry/marion-jones-sentenced-six-months-of-jail/ http://arpita.instablogs.com/entry/marion-jones-sentenced-six-months-of-jail/ Arpita Mukherjee

Here is another story of an Olympian athlete’s fall from grace. American athlete Marion Jones had been sentenced by an US District Judge to six months of imprisonment for lying about steroid use and involvement in a fraud case. Jones, the...

]]> Here is another story of an Olympian athlete’s fall from grace. American athlete Marion Jones had been sentenced by an US District Judge to six months of imprisonment for lying about steroid use and involvement in a fraud case. Jones, the 2000...

]]> Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:19:59 +0000 Marion Jonesdrug abuseSydney Olympicsathletics Can China dislodge the US from the top of the medals table in Beijing Olympics? http://debate.instablogs.com/entry/can-china-dislodge-the-us-from-the-top-of-the-medals-table-in-beijing-olympics/ http://debate.instablogs.com/entry/can-china-dislodge-the-us-from-the-top-of-the-medals-table-in-beijing-olympics/ View Point

China unveiled the nation’s biggest-ever Olympic team yesterday. The top athletes of the 639-member squad pledged ‘glory to the motherland’ in the Beijing Games. The incredibly strong team has home-field advantage and it’d not be surprising...

]]> China unveiled the nation’s biggest-ever Olympic team yesterday. The top athletes of the 639-member squad pledged ‘glory to the motherland’ in the Beijing Games. The incredibly strong team has home-field advantage and it’d not be surprising if...

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:34:01 +0000 ChinaUSBeijing Olympics One rule for all! http://silverfox.instablogs.com/entry/one-rule-for-all/ http://silverfox.instablogs.com/entry/one-rule-for-all/ Stephen Morris

The Dwaine Chambers saga rumbles on. The UK athletics authorities are putting themselves in the path of a legal steamtrain that could potentially end in disaster. It would seem to me that any athlete who is proved to have been using...

]]> The Dwaine Chambers saga rumbles on. The UK athletics authorities are putting themselves in the path of a legal steamtrain that could potentially end in disaster.

It would seem to me that any athlete who is proved to have been using performance...

]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:22:22 +0000 Sportslawhealth and fitnessUnited Kingdom Canada gears up for IAAF World Championships http://saurav.instablogs.com/entry/canada-gears-up-for-iaaf-world-championships/ http://saurav.instablogs.com/entry/canada-gears-up-for-iaaf-world-championships/ Saurabh

Canada has revealed its team members to compete in the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics to be held at Osaka, Japan - listed from August 25 to September 2. Tyler Christoper and Perdita Felicien have been entrusted the pride to lead...

]]> Canada has revealed its team members to compete in the 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics to be held at Osaka, Japan - listed from August 25 to September 2. Tyler Christoper and Perdita Felicien have been entrusted the pride to lead Canada’s...

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:08:49 +0000 AthleticsCanadaOsakaPerdita Felicien Athletics (EIC): Gardener nail fourth gold, regains will http://bharat.instablogs.com/entry/athleticseic-gardener-nail-fourth-gold-regains-will/ http://bharat.instablogs.com/entry/athleticseic-gardener-nail-fourth-gold-regains-will/ Bharat

Down with back spasms and flu, beginning to the indoor season had just been depressing for the Brit. He was doubtful over his career and being available for the European Indoor Championships (EIC) - but destiny had something better in...

]]> Down with back spasms and flu, beginning to the indoor season had just been depressing for the Brit. He was doubtful over his career and being available for the European Indoor Championships (EIC) - but destiny had something better in store....

]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:09:19 +0000 European Indoor ChampionshipsJason GardenerBritainAthletics Marion Jones Quits for '06: Career in Jeopardy http://bharat.instablogs.com/entry/marion-jones-quits-for-06-career-in-jeopardy/ http://bharat.instablogs.com/entry/marion-jones-quits-for-06-career-in-jeopardy/ Bharat

It’s all heart breaks for the Americans... And most importantly it is heart breaking for all Marian Jones fans. The American sprinter had been selected in the US squad for the IAAF World Cup in Athens... After her name was cleared from the...

]]> It’s all heart breaks for the Americans... And most importantly it is heart breaking for all Marian Jones fans.

The American sprinter had been selected in the US squad for the IAAF World Cup in Athens... After her name was cleared from the doping...

]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:16:46 +0000 Marian JonesAmericaIAAF World CupAthletics The Virginia Beach Adventure Fest http://kanchan.instablogs.com/entry/the-virginia-beach-adventure-fest/ http://kanchan.instablogs.com/entry/the-virginia-beach-adventure-fest/ Kanchan

Event: The Kraken Challenge Three events, the Sea & Sand Adventure Race, the Bear of the Beach Trail Run, and the Metr-O Orienteering Race will be combined to make this difficult challenge. Each smaller race will be allotted 33% weightage...

]]> Event: The Kraken Challenge

Three events, the Sea & Sand Adventure Race, the Bear of the Beach Trail Run, and the Metr-O Orienteering Race will be combined to make this difficult challenge. Each smaller race will be allotted 33% weightage for...

]]> Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:09:20 +0000 KayakingAthleticsRaceChallenge