Event Reports/Preview

  • Flash Interviews: 4x400 m Relay Men Final

    Gold - UNITED STATES, USA Angelo TAYLOR: "We got the gold you cannot ask for more. I think I ran my leg pretty well, although I must admit it was already my fifth race here. So I was rellay tired. ...
  • Flash Interviews: 4x400 m Relay Women Final

    Gold - UNITED STATES, USA Sanya RICHARDS: We've run the fastest time in 14 years and I'm very proud of it. It was just about team USA. Track and field is so individual that I'm very proud we've ...
  • Flash Interviews: High Jump Women Final

    Gold - Blanka VLAŠIC, CRO I'm just relieved, I wanted it so bad. Now I'm in a state of shock, I don't realize. I'm tired after this. I was the favourite, so had to deal with a lot of pressure. ...
  • Flash Interviews: Javelin Men Final

    Gold - Tero PITKÄMÄKI, FIN The party at home in Finland will be pretty big. That was my dream, to win the gold medal. Our team did not win a medal here until today so in javelin was the last ...
  • Flash Interviews: 1500 m Women Final

    Gold - Maryam Yusuf JAMAL, BRN I had planned that if it was too fast, I would kick with 300 metres or 400 to go, but as it happened, when the Russian took the lead, it was perfect for me to kick ...
  • Flash Interviews: 800 m Men Final

    Gold - Alfred Kirwa YEGO, KEN Until now, I can't believe I'm the one who won it! I was expecting the race to be very tough because everybody was going for victory. As we went through the first ...
  • Flash Interviews: 5000 m Men Final

    Gold - Bernard LAGAT, USA This double means a lot to me. The story I was following was the one by Hicham El Guerrouj in Athens. I wanted to do the same, because he inspired me. He is wonderful man ...
  • Flash Interviews: Marathon Women Final

    Gold - Catherine NDEREBA, KEN I guess it was the toughest marathon of my career. It was so hot. Some people said after I did not win in Athens or Helsinki that Catherine is finished. But I showed ...
  • Flash Interviews: Men's Pole Vault Final

    Gold - Brad WALKER, USA First attempts are always a huge deal in the finals. If you can make it that puts also lot of pressure on the other competitors. Of course I was not sure as other guys ...
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