Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar and a Houston endocrinologist who had treated athletes belonging to the Portland-based training group, have been banned for four years for doping violations. The decision was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and begins immediately. It is the result of a four-year investigation.…
These are precarious times to be an athlete, particularly if your trade involves hurling yourself through the sky as high or as far as is humanly possible. After next week’s World Athletics Championships in Doha, the IAAF will announce its new revamped Diamond League for 2020 with the aim of…
Pole vault ace Holly Bradshaw says she is not using being dropped by Nike as a motivation. Instead she revealed her quest for Olympic glory is fuelled by a love for her sport – not fame or money. Sports clothing giant Nike dropped the Euxton athlete earlier this year after…
CORNWALL international pole vaulter Molly Caudery has been named on the British Athletics’ Futures Programme for 2018-2019. A total of 26 athletes have been selected for the Olympic Futures Programme, with 24 chosen for the Paralympic Futures Programme. The programme, supported by Nike, aims to highlight athletes that have the…
FAYETTEVILLE — There was an Olympic flavor to the women’s pole vault Saturday at the Tyson Invitational. Two 2016 Olympians — Arkansas Razorbacks junior Lexi Jacobus for the United States and Nike professional Alysha Newman for Canada — highlighted the competition at the Randal Tyson Center. Newman, who competed at…
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games have come and gone, and they were historic for U.S. track and field–particularly, for the distance squads, but the Americans were dominant in the sprints and field categories, as well. After intently watching every session of Olympic track and field, a few thoughts crossed my mind. Somewhere between Emma Coburn perfectly placing her…
On July 4, Sam Kendricks celebrated America’s birthday by qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Track & Field team in Eugene, Oregon. With the pole vault event not beginning in Rio de Janeiro until Aug. 13, he had plenty of time to kill. Though a professional vaulter does not waste time. After a…
SPORTSWEAR giant Nike has been let off the hook by the UK’s advertising watchdog following a controversial tweet by Wigan-based athlete Holly Bleasdale. Pole vault star Holly posted on her Twitter site in support of Roger Federer during his Wimbledon final win over Andy Murray last Sunday week, linking it…
