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Jake Stein.. the injury.. his future.. The pride in inspiring future stars
World youth champion, Jake Stein has an unbelievable commitment to one day being the best all round athlete (decathlete) in the world. He also has an unbelievable commitment to promoting the sport he loves. The mission of Competitive Edge & the Athletic Allstars is to inspire & entertain. Jake's commitment to this is clearly evident here and performing on this day turned out for the worst but in the long run, for his sport and for future champions in that crowd was worth every ounce of energy he put into it.. and now into the rehab!... thanks everyone for your concern and support
Jarryd Hayne talks of his time as a young athlete
Jarryd Hayne talks of his time as a young athlete, his greatest memory of it at the NSW L.A's state relays. Some overlay vision includes some of his time spent around the 1st Competitive Edge - Pirtek Athletic Allstars event and it's Gatorade Bolt quest for Australia's fastest footballer. Getting tips from the greatest sprinter of all time Usain Bolt and training with World indoor long jump champion and Athletic Allstar crew member Fabrice Lapierre. The Competitive Edge team of Athletic Allstars, it's ambassador Jarryd Hayne and their major sponsor Pirtek are big supporters of Little Athletics and the many benefits it has for young children plus being a great foundation for all sports.
Inside the training camp
With just one day to go until discus thrower Dani Samuels kicks off Australia's World Championship campaign in Daegu, Korea, we caught up with her coach Denis Knowles to see how preparations are going.
It is the pair's third World Championship meet together and Knowles says all signs are positive as the 23-year-old looks to defend her 2009 title.
"The preparation is very similar to that of 2009," Knowles said.
"Why change a formula that has won three world titles?
"We always look to improve but the fundamentals of our plan and those that work don't change, the most crucial thing is Dani's desire and her daily work ethic, the commitment to the plan and the way she applies herself is like no other"
Knowles admits that there is a weight of expectation on Dani's shoulders, but is adamant she has the composure and experience to perform under pressure.
"I think she calls upon her experience and trusts that she has done everything possible," he said.
"She turns nerves into a positive emotion that can excite and help her find the optimum point of arousal required to perform."
Dani has been selective in her competition choice this year and will be fully fit for tomorrow's event.
She currently sits sixth in the IAAF Diamond League race, but knows a positive result in Daegu will hold her in goof stead for the 2012 London Olympics.
Coach Knowles says Dani will execute her usual plan and is not focused on the performance of her competitors.
"There is no mention at all about any other thrower by me or Dani," Knowles added.
"If other throwers are training at the same time, we don't even watch them throw."
A packed stadium awaits Dani when she heads into the arena wearing the green and gold.
It is a scene that Denis has been on hand to see from when Dani was still at a very young age, making her first senior international debut as a 17 year old.
He speaks about her achievements with immense pride.
"I love this part of the journey, all her hard work and sacrifice now turns into enjoyment, when Dani puts on that green and gold she just lifts, relaxes and enjoys the moment"
But if there is anything we have learnt from her rise to the top, it is that she will give the fans something to cheer about.
Turner wins footy's fastest man race
Published: 7:27AM Thursday September 16, 2010
Source: ONE Sport
Wallaby winger Lachie Turner is officially the fastest footballer across the Tasman after running the Gatorade Bolt 100m in 11.10 seconds to beat a quality field of NRL and A-League rivals.
The Wallabies flyer won $20,000 for his efforts at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre with 100 metre world record holder Usain Bolt looking on, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Turner beat home fellow rugby union winger John Grant (11.15) with
Usain Bolt will be the star attraction at the Gatorade Bolt event in Sydney.
Sydney may be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 2000 Olympics, but there's another event that will leave spectators in awe.
The fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, arrived in Australia on Monday for a whirlwind promotional tour, which includes taking place in the Gatorade Bolt.
The Jamaican speedster gained a back injury at the back end of international
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 6:55 AM Source: BigPond Sport
Wallabies flyer Lachie Turner capped off an 'incredible' couple of weeks by winning the Gatorade Bolt 100 metre sprint of the footy codes at Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday evening.
Test winger Turner (11.10sec) just held out his Eastwood rugby clubmate John Grant (11.15s) and Parramatta's rugby league superstar fullback Jarryd Hayne (11.20s) in a thrilling three-man battle for the $20,000 first prize.
It was an exciting end to a day which was earlier crowded by controversy
Wallaby winger Lachie Turner named footy's fastest man after 100m race
• By Nick Walshaw • From: The Daily Telegraph • September 16, 2010 12:00AM
Footy's fastest man...Wallaby winger Lachie Turner is in front of Josh Morris and Ben Barba on his way to the finish line. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph NEW Brisbane recruit Greg Inglis noticed it the moment they first hit the track for an afternoon practice session. "Yeah, just the little things Lachie Turner was doing," the Kangaroo centre said.
"The way he practised his starts, the way he stretched and hydrated over
Banned from the Gatorade Bolt challegne ... Essendon's Courtenay Dempsey Picture: Michael Klein Source: The Daily Telegraph
ESSENDON star Courtenay Dempsey has been banned from contesting the Gatorade Bolt - with the AFL threatening to fine him $20,000 if he takes the track.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal Dempsey - who has been training for a fortnight -
From mozzie nets to tinned salmon, world discus champion Dani Samuels is taking no chances as she strives to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in Delhi next month.
The 22-year-old Sydney-sider completed her competitive preparations for the Games by winning a three-woman event at Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday night.
Samuels threw 61.90m to beat America's Olympic champion Stephanie Brown-Trafton
Faumuina third in Commonwealth Games warm-up event
Two-time Commonwealth discus champion Beatrice Faumuina hardly needed reminding, but she gained another insight into how difficult it will be to scale the podium in New Delhi at a celebrity athletics meet in Sydney tonight.
Heading into her fifth Games, the 35-year-old was arguably the odd competitor out alongside Australia’s reigning world champion Dani Samuels and gold medallist at the Beijing Olympic, American Stephanie Brown-Trafton.
Faumuina, who won the 1997 world title in Athens when Samuels was aged nine,
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest human, says he wants to secure legend status by retaining all of his world and Olympic sprint titles.
The Jamaican superstar, who is currently visiting Australia, holds the world and Olympic 100m and 200m titles and owns the existing 100m world record of 9.58 seconds.
Bolt isn't going to next month's Commonwealth Games, because it clashes with
And just like that, with an outstretched right hand and a Jamaican drawl, the fastest man ever born was introduced to the closest thing we have to athletic purity, Kangaroo ace Greg Inglis.
Truly, this was one of those unique sporting moments where, from somewhere beyond the balcony of Star City Casino's Astral Bar, you almost expected the heavens to explode in a cacophony of thunder, fireworks and galloping hoofs provided by those Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Here, after all, was the greatest NRL athlete on the planet finally shaking hands with greatest athlete, well, anywhere ... ever.
"Sorry 'bout the weather, eh," Inglis shrugged, motioning towards dark clouds beyond the Harbour Bridge. "It should be better tomorrow though. Hopefully we can give you something better."
Indeed, Sydneysiders everywhere are being, ahem, struck down by "Lightning" as the world's fastest man prepares for tonight's blockbuster Athletic Allstars meet at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre at Homebush Bay.
Not only is the Olympic champion anchoring a team in the celebrity relay event, he's also lending his name to the Gatorade Bolt - a race where Inglis and fellow flyers like Jarryd Hayne, Josh Morris and Wallaby Lachie Turner will compete to determine Australia's fastest footballer. Bolt is here to promote the new Gatorade sports drink of the same name.
Auburn RSL has offered $20,000 to the winner, or roughly $1818 per second.
Not a bad earn when you consider salary cap types can't touch a cent, eh, GI?
"Oh, I dunno about that," the new Brisbane recruit laughed.
"Obviously, I'd love to win the event and, if that's the case, some of that cheque will definitely be going to a women's refuge in Redfern. Some for the kids in the area too.
"Because the whole point of this event is to have some fun. To inspire young people.
"But you know, I've never run in spikes before. Never even used starter's blocks.
"I've heard Haynsey and Nath Gardner have been doing secret training too, so maybe the cash will be going to them."
Bolt already has a firm opinion about Inglis and rugby league. "They are crazy - no helmets," he said. "Could you imagine being in front of that [Inglis] and trying to stop him? Crazy sport, mon."
Billed as the Twenty20 of Australian athletics, the Allstars meet will start with a 7pm red carpet arrival by Bolt and involve appearances by top Aussie athletes like Dani Samuels, Fabrice Lapierre, Tamsyn Lewis and John Steffensen.
THE fastest man in the world Usain Bolt has touched down in Sydney and may even stretch out his famous legs at tomorrow night's Athletics Allstars meet at Sydney Olympic Park.
The man who can cover 100m in 9.58 seconds will not run at top speed again this year, after calling an early end to his international competition season because of a back injury.
But Bolt suggested on his arrival at Sydney Airport yesterday that he might run the anchor leg of a celebrity 4 X 100m
The catwalks of Australian Fashion Week might seem a world away from the Athletics Centre at Sydney Olympic Park, but for TuThe catwalks of Australian Fashion Week might seem a world away from the Athletics Centre at Sydney Olympic Park, but for Turramurra teenager Amy Pejkovic, the two are closer than you’d think. “It can be strange to go from high-end brands to Little Athletics crop tops, but generally it’s pretty good,” she said. “The sport keeps me fit for modelling and the modelling gives me a better profile for sport. It puts me out there for both of them.” At 17, she already juggles a burgeoning modelling career, appearing in Russh, Cleo and Marie Claire
Lewis takes matriarch role but London's still calling
Daniel Lane September 15, 2010
TAMSYN LEWIS doesn't care if, at the age of 32, she sounds like a mother hen when she extols the virtues of sprinter Laura Whaler.
"She's a wonderful prospect and could be the next big thing for Australian athletics," said Lewis of the 23-year-old from Maitland, who was overlooked for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. "Laura is a talented runner, she is articulate, she's
SYDNEY (AP) — Usain Bolt has arrived in Sydney on a promotional visit on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 2000 Olympics.
The world record holder in both the 100- and 200-meters will participate in a coaching clinic with the fastest football players in Australia on Wednesday.
He hopes to run in a relay in an exhibition event at Sydney's Olympic Park, but is not expected
