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Come train with me in Jamaica - Bolt |
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By David Riccio and Rebecca Wilson
The Sunday Telegraph
August 22nd 2010
FLOG yourself in Western Sydney over the off-season or fly to Jamaica to train with the world's greatest athlete, Usain Bolt?
It's hardly a tough call, but that's the decision facing Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne, who last week received an invitation to train alongside Bolt - the 100m and 200m Olympic champion and world record-holder.
An avid fan of the NRL - and Hayne - Bolt sent the invitation ahead
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Lapierre still undecided on Delhi CWG |
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Times of India17 th August, 2010
MELBOURNE: Australian long jumper Fabrice Lapierre's flip-flop on his participation in the Delhi Commonwealth Games continues and after initial reluctance followed by a confirmation, the world indoor champion says he will not take a final decision until next month.
The World Indoor Championships gold-medallist was initially reluctant to participate but was persuaded to confirm himself by Athletics Australia. But now he is back to being undecided.
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LAURA WHALER AT HOME IN ELITE COMPANY |
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COMPETITIVE EDGE HQ
August 18th, 2010
MAITLAND'S 100m sprint demon Laura Whaler proved a huge hit when she joined Australian one day cricket star Nathan Bracken and Australian Commonwealth Games athletes Dani Samuels and Hayley Butler at the Australia-India friendship festival at the Sydney Olympic
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STATEMENT FROM USAIN BOLT REGARDING AUSTRALIAN TOUR |
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Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, has reacted to rumours that he won't be touring Australia next month because of the injury that forced him to withdraw from October's Commonwealth Games by describing them as "false".
The Jamaican superstar has reaffirmed his commitment to travelling to Australia to attend - among a number of events - the Pirtek Athletic All Stars meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on September 15 to oversee the staging of the Gatorade Bolt, the quest
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The secrets of my success: Usain Bolt |
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By Chris Hall
Mail Online
14th August 2010
Born in Trelawny, Jamaica, Usain Bolt, 23, is the world's fastest man, holding the world records for the 100m, 200m and, with his team-mates, the 4x100m relay. As a child, his favoured sports were cricket and football, his pace helping him excel as a bowler and a winger.
True stardom came at the 2008 Olympics, when he became the first sprinter since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win three gold medals at one Games. The following year he broke his own records at the World Championships in Berlin, setting astonishing
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Flying Fabrice still up in the air |
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By Nick Walshaw
The Daily Telegraph
August 17th , 2010
AUSTRALIAN long jumper Fabrice Lapierre will not make a final decision on his Commonwealth Games availability until next month - when he competes at the Athletic All Stars meet in Sydney.
Speaking with The Daily Telegraph from Switzerland last night, Lapierre said he was desperate to clarify his Games position after weekend reports suggesting he could withdraw from the event were yesterday followed up by a press release from Athletics Australia insisting he would compete.
In the statement, AA head coach Eric Hollingsworth said Lapierre was "unequivocal in his plan to compete in New Delhi" while the jumper himself was quoted saying "[while] the
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Deledio in sprint challenge |
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By Daniel Lane
The Sunday Age
August 15, 2010
RICHMOND'S Brett Deledio will race rugby league speedsters Jarryd Hayne and Greg Inglis in the 100 metres to determine Australia's fastest footballer.
Deledio was handpicked by AFL fitness guru John Quinn for the race, which will take place at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on September 15.
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USAIN BOLT STILL COMING TO AUSTRALIA |
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Competitive Edge HQ
August 11, 2010
WHILE Jamaica's sprint king Usain Bolt announced overnight that injury would prevent him from competing in any of the remaining athletic meets around the world this year, Competitive Edge Athletic All Stars meet director Hayden Knowles confirmed the world's fastest man would still come to Australia to oversee the Gatorade Bolt - A 100m footy race to find out who is the fastest
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DANI – THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD |
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Competitive Edge HQ
August 9th 2010
Reigning world discus champion DANI SAMUELS is one of the superstars who’ll compete at the inaugural Competitive All Stars Athletic Event in Sydney on September 15. In this candid Q & A Samuels said she hoped the star-studded meet featuring world sprint champion USAIN BOLT would inspire Generation Next.
Q: Dani, thanks for your time. What does competing in the Competitive Edge All Stars mean to you as someone who has already competed at the
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Hayne v Inglis: that's a race to stop the nation |
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DANIEL LANE
August 8, 2010
The Sun-Herald
OLYMPIC sprinter Matt Shirvington wants organisers of next month's race to find footy's fastest man to pit Jarryd Hayne and Greg Inglis in a one-on-one duel that he says would capture national attention.
The Gatorade Bolt, set for September 15 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre, will find the fastest man out of rugby league, union, AFL and football.
World 100m champion Usain Bolt will be trackside, but
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Players to race |
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SPRINTS
ADRIAN PROSZENKO
May 16th, 2010-08-05
The Sun-Herald
A sprint to determine rugby league's fastest man will be the centrepiece of a Sydney Olympic Park athletics meet celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the 2000 Olympics. The Sydney Olympic Park Authority has approved the event, tentatively called the Competitive Edge All Stars Athletic Challenge, to be held on Wednesday, September 15. World champion discus thrower Dani Samuels, national
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DJ, hang with Warney, meet girls, run 100m -- Look out Sydney, here comes Usain Bolt |
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DAVID RICCIO
The Sunday Telegraph
July 11th, 2010-08-05
"I'm itching to get there, man." The world's fastest man is on his way to Sydney, and Usain Bolt won't just be racing to the finish line to pocket $1 million for coming. The Jamaican superstar is planning a wild week during his first visit to Australia.
The electrifying 23-year-old wants to catch up with his sporting heroes, former
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A red hot race for the times --- Exclusive: Sydney to host Steffensen v Clark |
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NICK WALSHAW
The Daily Telegraph
July 30th, 2010
JOHN Steffensen once broke into Homebush Athletic Centre for the chance to train alongside his idol, 1984 Olympian Darren Clark. Next month, the close mates plan to create history at the same venue.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal Steffensen and Clark -- two champion 400m runners
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Bolt has the word on Hayne barrier |
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EXCLUSIVE
DAVID RICCIO
The Daily Telegraph
July 12, 2010
HE ONCE told Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo to stop acting like a wuss.
Now Usain Bolt, the world's greatest athlete, has offered advice to under-pressure Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne.
Ahead of the Eels' must-win clash with the Cowboys at Parramatta Stadium tonight, Bolt's words of wisdom could be just the sermon that ignites Daniel Anderson's troubled season.
Hayne returns to the Eels' No. 1 jumper tonight for the first time since Anderson's
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Sprint star backs hot Hayne |
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League
May 30, 2010. The Sun-Herald
THE DASHERS Adrian Proszenko and Daniel Lane
OLYMPIC sprinter Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, now a Manly Sea Eagles board member, has weighed in to the "fastest man in league" debate by nominating a dreaded Eel - Jarryd Hayne - as the best of the NRL's speed breed.
The topic has become one of the code's most heated debates since The Sun-Herald revealed the race would be a feature event at Sydney's Athletic Centre on September 15. Gainsford-Taylor, who was the 1995 world 200m indoor champion, said despite belonging to her club's arch rivals, Hayne deserved to be the race favourite because, apart from his ability to generate power and "fly", his running technique ticked all the right boxes.
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Get set for greatest race of all |
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Nick Walshaw
The Daily Telegraph. June 4th, 2010.
He's known as the game's most natural sprinter but Greg Inglis hadn't worn a pair of running shoes in his life, until last night, Nick Walshaw reports
GREG Inglis was barefoot the last time he raced over 100m.
"Yep, Year 9 at Macksville High,'' the Kangaroo superstar laughs. "We had a school carnival and I think I might've won that day. I know I definitely ran without shoes because that's the only way I've ever done it . . . never worn a pair of running spikes in my life.''
Widely regarded as the most naturally fluent sprinter in rugby league, Inglis has officially been granted lane one for a blockbuster dash that will finally end all water cooler, cyberspace and front bar debate over exactly who boasts the tag of NRL's Fastest Man.
Arriving in Sydney late yesterday for tonight's match against Parramatta, the Melbourne centre put on his first pair of spikes, practised his starts and later spent an hour touring the world-class Sydney Olympic Park facilities where he will be competing in September as part of the Competitive Edge Athletic All Stars meet.
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Bolt from the blue - Million-dollar bid to have world's fastest man race NRL stars |
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David Riccio
The Sunday Telegraph. June 20, 2010
HE HAS offered advice to footballing royalty Cristiano Ronaldo, trained with Manchester United and idolises former Australian Test cricketer Matthew Hayden.
But Olympic champion Usain Bolt has never raced Parramatta fullback Jarryd Hayne or Melbourne superstars Greg Inglis and Billy Slater.
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Flash may be left behind the blocks |
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Luke Turgeon
The Daily Telegraph. June 22nd, 2010
HE IS being hailed the fastest man in the NRL but flying Titans winger Kevin "Flash'' Gordon may not get the chance to back up the hype.
Gordon has been installed as the hot favourite for the highly-anticipated showdown at Sydney Olympic Park on September 15 to determine once and for all who is the quickest NRL player over 100m.
But he is yet to be approached by event organisers, and the Titans refuse to guarantee they will let him race at the meet, which falls in between the first and second week of the NRL finals series.
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Fabrice the flyer shows his leaps are not flukes |
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Athletics - Daniel Lane
The Sun-Herald. June 13th, 2010
TEN years ago the talented young athletes who took results to the world's media during the Sydney Olympics were ordered into an office and berated for neglecting their duty as they celebrated Cathy Freeman's historic victory in the 400m.
Among them was Fabrice Lapierre - the high-flying long jumper taking
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