tarheelfanblog.com - 8/15/2008
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Former Tar Heel cross country/track star Shalane Flanagan won bronze in the Olympic 10,000 meters and also broke the American record with a time of 30:22.22. Just for some perspective on that, my personal best while running cross country at UNC Greensboro 15 years ago was 27:40 for 8000 meters. Granted that was a fairly pedestrian time among runners at the D1 level but still a decent clip. ...
Le Bullet Point de Olympic: Trust Us, Says FINA! —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
SPORTSbyBROOKS, in cooperation with King World Productions, Don King , and Viewers Like You, brings you the best and brightest of Beijing Olympic coverage while you were invading Cobb County in sympathy with your Eurasian brethren:
Michael Phelps continued his made-for-TV dive through the record books, gathering gold like Prospector Pete . In fact, his 100m butterfly win by .01 ...
American woman goes the distance —
SmackCaster SmackBlog
Shalane Flanagan took a bronze medal in the women’s 10,000 on Friday. It wasn’t expected and we’re posting it because of this comment: "That was the best women’s track race ever by an American," said Mary Wittenberg, CEO of the New York Road Runners. "It puts an exclamation point on how good Shalane is." Great story and a great effort.
