Track and Field...Junior Worlds winding down in Beijing

[wolff]

Beijing 2006

So far, no doping busts.

Down year for the USA, but this MF kicked ass. And to think, he'll be walking around the world in a white shirt and black tie for 2 years, before shooting for the 2012 Olympics.

It's amazing what these 17 year olds go through. One week, Eugene, OR....next week Beijing, China(BTW, what an arm pit of the planet this place is).

This kid from Kenya won the 800M. His dad won a silver at Mexico City in '68(an Olympics that is etched in my memory for various reasons...).

I'm assuming this Estonia kid is high on life, not juice, after taking a double in the shot and discus. AMAZING at the Junior Worlds!!

Edited August 20, 2006 by wolff

[wolff]

USA goes 1, 2, 1, 1 in the 4x100 and 4x400 M & W sprint relays to kick ass on the final day.

USA 4x100

Thank god high school track is over for these guys...time to

play some football.. Most of the USA mens 4x100 and 4x400

will be suiting up for their HS FB team, or SC, ND, Ohio State, etc. this fall!!!

Chris Carter was a MF stud for the good 'ol USA!! And , being a Morman, I'm sure he was drug free.

Thank god this meet was not held in France...LMAO

Final medal count...

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 KENYA 6 6 3 15

2 PR OF CHINA 5 5 7 17

3 UNITED STATES 4 5 2 11

4 RUSSIA 4 3 3 10

5 ESTONIA 4 0 0 4

6 JAMAICA 2 1 5 8

7 ETHIOPIA 2 1 1 4

8 AUSTRALIA 2 0 1 3

9 BULGARIA 2 0 0 2

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2 0 0 2

11 GERMANY 1 2 2 5

12 FRANCE 1 2 0 3

13 ROMANIA 1 1 1 3

14 GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. 1 0 4 5

15 POLAND 1 0 1 2

16 ARGENTINA 1 0 0 1

CROATIA 1 0 0 1

MOLDOVA 1 0 0 1

NETHERLANDS 1 0 0 1

SOUTH AFRICA 1 0 0 1

UZBEKISTAN 1 0 0 1

22 CANADA 0 2 0 2

NORWAY 0 2 0 2

24 UKRAINE 0 1 5 6

25 BAHRAIN 0 1 2 3

26 BRAZIL 0 1 0 1

CUBA 0 1 0 1

ECUADOR 0 1 0 1

EGYPT 0 1 0 1

FINLAND 0 1 0 1

HUNGARY 0 1 0 1

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 0 1 0 1

ISRAEL 0 1 0 1

MOROCCO 0 1 0 1

NIGERIA 0 1 0 1

SAUDI ARABIA 0 1 0 1

SLOVENIA 0 1 0 1

38 JAPAN 0 0 2 2

39 GREECE 0 0 1 1

KAZAKHSTAN 0 0 1 1

NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1 1

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 0 0 1 1

SUDAN 0 0 1 1

UGANDA 0 0 1 1

Hats off to Long Beach Poly, CA High School and the State of Cali.

Nuff said.

Oh, thanks to all the US institutions that subsidize these great kids!!!