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Big duel ahead for Bolt and Powell
The path to success? "Run faster than the other!" It is THE event of this years Bislett Games: The 100m men’s sprint and the big Jamaican duel Usain Bolt vs. Asafa Powell - the World’s fastest man against the one with the most runs under 10 seconds. For the two of them the sprint will be a key event on their road to the London 2012 Olympics.
Javelin’s two best ready to compete
Thorkildsen and de Zordo duel each other at the Bislett Games There’s not just one big duel to follow at this years Bislett Games – next to Bolt vs. Powell there’s Thorkildsen vs. de Zordo. With three Olympic Gold medals and various Championships medals the 30-year old Andreas Thorkildsen is by far the best javelin thrower of our time. But the six year younger Matthias de Zordo is not only the reigning World Champion he’s also advancing to be Thorkildsens’ biggest competitor.
Bolt attends "Race Against Malaria" in Oslo
It wasn’t quite like the Justin Bieber-hype Oslo experienced last Wednesday but there was some hype for sure the moment Usain Bolt climbed out of his black van at point 17:50 at Karl Johans Gaten. His tight schedule before the Bislett Games allowed just a short stop at this years edition of the “Race Against Malaria” but the fastest man alive made sure he made the most out of it – for the charity runners and for the hundreds of spectators waiting along Karl Johans Gate.
Sally Pearson ready to go
Sally Pearson: “I’m still in a daze but ready to go!” She suffered through 29 hours on planes and crossed half the world to come to Norway but hurdles super-star Sally Pearson nevertheless seems in good spirits during the press conference at the Thon Hotel Opera on Tuesday.
Bolt and Powell train at Bislett
Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell tried out the Bislett track on Monday to prepare for the great race on Thursday.
2012 the Year of Thorkildsen
In 2012 Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen will have just one focus retaining his Olympic gold medal in the javelin and therefore achieving “legendry” status by winning three consecutive Olympics. Although his motivation is London, Thorkildsen will want a bold showing in the upcoming ExxonMobil Bislett Games to reaffirm his confidence for later in the year. After a purposely slow start to his competitive season, Thorkildsen showed recently in Ostrava that he is rounding into very good form and that really big throws are imminent. In the past one of the venues where he has excelled is at Oslo’s Bislett stadium where he recorded his personal best throw of 91.59m!
Bolt has arrived in Oslo
"I will run my best and give the audience what they came here for" The world´s fastest man arrived in Oslo Sunday night to participate in the ExxonMobil Bislett Games. At the Gardermoen airport, he got a lot of attention from the media. They met a confident Bolt who looked forward to running at Bislett.
Triple Jump rivalry extends to Bislett
A competitive triple jump rivalry that commenced in London late last season and extended to the World Championships in Daegu last year , between British veteran Phillips Idowu and the young American Christian Taylor will be reignited at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo on June 7th.
Shot Put - When Continents Collide
The men’s Shot Put at this year’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games is shaping as an intriguing contest at many different levels. Not only will it be a competition involving the biggest and the best throwers on the planet featuring Europe’s finest against the cream of America’s Shot Put talent but it will also be a struggle between the techniques favoured by the leading throwers from both continents.
Dream Mile: A Bislett Tradition!
Once again the focus of world middle distance running will turn to Oslo on the 7th of June for the ExxonMobil Bislett Games and it’s traditional “Dream Mile”, a key ingredient of the Samsung Diamond League.