With the Olympic Rowing finals around the corner, Bob has interviewed British junior coach David Blackham to find out his thoughts on the emergence of a strong Chinese team, the weather conditions and the chance of the British rowers. Here is what he had to say, before heading out to see the Games for himself:
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Olympic Rowing Interview – David Blackham
Posted in Athletes, Beijing, Drugs, Guest Posts, Preparation, The Games, tagged 2008 Olympics, Beijing Olympics, chinese rowing, coxless fours, olympic gold, olympic rowing, rowing, Zac Purchase on 15 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Will Dwain Chambers Make Beijing?
Posted in Athletes, Drugs, Legacy, Protests, The Games, Track and Field, tagged 100m, athletics, Drugs, dwain chambers, olympic ban, olympic drugs, olympic qualifiers, olympics, performance enhancing drugs, thg on 8 June 2008 | 4 Comments »
In the BBC Olympic blog Adrian Warner revealed on Friday that key figures in Athens “think Dwain Chambers has a good chance of winning his drugs appeal against the British Olympic Association and making it to the Beijing Games”.
Drugs is an issue that has come to overshadow track and field athletics (amongst other sports of [...]