| El Himer, Masai nab wins in Le Mans
I'm now looking forward to the French Championships (2 March in Laval, with the aim to match Noël Tijou's record of seven titles) but my preparation is geared toward a Marathon in April, either on 6th (Paris) or 13 (Rotterdam or London). The Le Mans race is profiled for 5000 and 10,000m runners. I hope to set the qualification standard for Olympic Games." His personal best stands at 2:06.48 since 2003 while 2:10:30 is required to be selected. “Last year was tainted by injuries, so since I'm self-coached I did some modifications in my training and I'm cautious about the reaction of my body," explained the 33-year-old. “I'm targeting a time around 2:08-2:07 in April." Bernard Kiplagat, 19, struggled to join Le Mans as he came from the north of Kenya on Friday via London after an eight hour car trip and finally arrived in France the day before the race.
Fitting the female form:Do new prosthetic knees for women really make ...
Dr. Thomas Hoerner, wearing a surgical mask and gown, slipped a metal prosthetic piece over the end of his female patient's thigh bone during a knee-replacement procedure last month. It fit nicely. "A woman's femur tends to be narrower," he said, pointing out how this new implant, made specifically for women, fits the bone without sticking out at the edges. A traditional implant, used in men and women, would have been slightly wider for the same length, he said, maybe even a little wider than her bone. Doctors have known for years that women's knees are different from men's. Women's knees are narrower, they attach at a slightly different angle, and they are more prone to injury. Now the business world is catching on. As scientists learn more about the biomechanics of women's bodies, companies are using the information to market everything from women's mountain bikes to women's knee braces.
The Audacity of Hopelessness
Nader has always been my favorite. But this time I'm voting for Obama. I'm impressed with his get-it-done "mean machine". I laughed when Hillary belated learned about Texas' nutty primary-caucus allocation of delegates. I knew about it weeks before she did, and I'm sure the Obama campaign had informed themselves about it long before. If each of them runs a presidency the way they run campaigns, it's obvious which one of them we're better off with. kathyodat .
NY horses and carriage under animal cruelty cloud
A New York City tourist attraction, the carriage horses lined up at Central Park, may soon become a thing of the past if the City Council adopts a proposal to ban it as a tradition cruel to animals. Council member Tony Avella, a Democrat, introduced the bill in mid-December and Council President Christine Quinn has yet to include it on the board's agenda on an unspecified date, said Mr Avella's press office. The Horse and Carriage Association of New York representing carriage horse owners has the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who considers the quaint transport an integral part of the Big Apple's tourist appeal. All decked out in plastic flowers for new year festivities, some 70 carriage horses did a brisk trade as they parade non-stop up and down the streets of the city.
Mission recovery: Injured Iraq vet focuses on future
The rocket-propelled grenade that exploded about 13 inches from Spc. Kevin Spangler's face shortened his Army career.But the blast that almost killed the 21-year-old soldier, leaving him deaf in his left ear, failed to make a dent in his cheerful spirit or vibrant sense of humor.An Alaska native who settled in Shelbyville after marrying an Army buddy's sister, Spangler received a medical discharge in June.Spangler, now 23, considered staying in the Army but decided to return to civilian life because his handicap might put other soldiers in danger."I didn't want to be a liability," said Spangler, now 23. "If there was another attack, and I didn't hear something, someone might be hurt because I didn't hear."Spangler had been in Iraq just six weeks when an insurgent took aim at him from a nearby rooftop.A member of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Spangler was serving as top gunner on a Humvee in a small town northwest of Baghdad on Feb.
Man On Bicycle Hit Crossing Beach Boulevard
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A vehicle heading west on Beach Boulevard in front of the KMart tried to avoid a bus that was either slowing or stopping in the right lane when it struck a man on a bicycle, according to police. The driver hit the man as the bike was crossing Beach Boulevard in front the bus. The adult man on the bicycle was not wearing a helmet, police said. .
Phelps dunks all competition
So here we are, at the end of another year in which the world's most famous bicycle race turned into the Tour de Farce because of doping.
And the greatest female star in recent track and field history, Marion Jones, confessed to being a fraud whose achievements owed to doping.
And most of France's top middle-distance runners were implicated in or charged with doping.
.
|
