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| Merlene
is improving every day |
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Ljubljana,
August 14
 Merlene
ran at a meeting
in Ljubljana
today just to test her improvement. She performed very well in
two 100 m races at the stadium that's been her training base
for almost two years now.
In
the first, qualifying race she ran 11.25
while she "exploded"
in her final race, though there were no real rivals in the
field. She ran a fantastic time: 11.00
with a +1,3 wind,
proving that she's well on her way to the Olympic medal.
As
her coach Mr. Srdjan
Djordjevic
told us today, Merlene is already prepared well enough to run
some 11.80
and today's result couldn't be a better proof of his words.
Merlene
Ottey will continue to train in Ljubljana over the next
ten days and run in two or three more international
competitions later this month.
Her statement after her 2 races in Ljubljana:
"After
my good race in Zurich last Friday, I wanted to test my form and fitness at
this small meeting here at my training base in Ljubljana. I am happy
with my progress and I am looking forward to faster times against world
class competition later this month and in Sydney."
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| Roman
is a happy father |
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Roman Kejzar, our
long distance runner and Slovenian representative in
Marathon at Sydney Olympics is a happy father ...
... his lovely wife Mateja gave
birth to their daughter Sara today morning.
Roman is thus the only married
athlete in our track & field team and the only
father. |
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| Our
Team for Sydney |
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Ljubljana,
August 11
Our
National Track & Field Team for the Sydney Olympic games
as proposed today by our Olympic Committee - the team is not
verified by our Executive Board (final decision is expected on
August 21):
| Athlete |
Sex |
Coach |
Discipline |
| Anja
Valant |
F |
Borut
Bilac |
triple
jump |
| Gregor
Cankar |
M |
Srdjan
Djordjevic |
long
jump |
| Alenka
Bikar |
F |
Jure
Kastelic |
200
m |
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| Roman
Kejzar |
M |
Borut
Podgornik |
marathon
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| Helena
Javornik |
F |
Borut
Podgornik |
1.500
m & 5.000
m |
| Eufemija
Storga |
F |
Lovro
Umek |
javelin |
| Primoz
Kozmus |
M |
Vlado
Kevo |
hammer
throw |
| B.
Langerholc |
F |
D.
Vuckovic |
800
m-? |
4
x 400 m |
| Jolanda
Ceplak |
F |
Tomo
Popetru |
800
m-? |
4
x 400 m |
| Sasa
Prokofjev |
F |
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|
4
x 400 m |
| Meta
Macus |
F |
Ico
Gergov |
|
4
x 400 m |
| Matija
Sestak |
M |
Slavko
Crne |
400
m-? |
4
x 400 m |
| Boštjan
Horvat |
M |
|
200
m-? |
4
x 400 m |
| Jože
Vrtacic |
M |
|
|
4
x 400 m |
| Sergej
Salamon |
M |
|
|
4
x 400 m |
| Urban
Acman |
M |
Srdjan
Djordjevic |
|
4
x 100 m |
| Matic
Osovnikar |
M |
Albert
Soba |
|
4
x 100 m |
| Matic
Sustersic |
M |
Albert
Soba |
|
4
x 100 m |
| Bostjan
Fridrih |
M |
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|
4
x 100 m |
| Brigita
Bukovec |
F |
Jure
Kastelic |
100
m hurdles |
| Igor
Primc |
M |
|
discus |
| Some
athletes are still expected to reconfirm their
individual Olympic entry standards by September 11 if
they are to compete individually as well (Brigita
Langerholc,
Matija
Sestak),
while Brigita
Bukovec
and Igor
Primc
haven't met their entry standards yet, but are also
expected to do so on time. |
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Come back for a
History!!! |
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She
did it! At 40 years (and exactly 3 moths) of age she ran her
best 100 m of the season - 11.06 was her time and she took
third place, just after Marion Jones and Inger Miller!
Can
you imagine Olympic finals without Merlene Ottey? No way! |
| Merlene
Ottey at Weltklasse in Zürich |
Zurich/Ljubliana,
August 6, 2000
Here
is the newest info on Merlene Ottey's schedule. The news was
just released by her manager Mr. Daniel P, Zimmermann:
 In her
preparation for her sixth Olympic Games in Sydney, Merlene
Ottey will compete in the 100 meters at the Weltklasse meet
in Zurich, Switzerland on August 11,
2000.
And
here is what Merlene had said about her expectations:
"I
am very happy to return to the most prestigious meet on the
Grand Prix circuit and test my fitness after an intense
three week training period. I am looking forward to
run against the best in the world at the Letzigrund
stadium and would like to thank Res Bruegger and his crew
for welcoming me there. It will be a great thrill to
say goodbye to all my Swiss fans that have supported me
during the last two decades."
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| Primoz
Kozmus set new national record again |
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Ljubljana,
August 5
Our
national record holder in hammer throw, young Primoz
 Kozmus
improved his national record for the second time within 5
days.
On
August
1,
in Zagreb,
Croatia he improved his previous record set only a fortnight
ago in Poland, and moved it to a new mark at 74,85
m.
But he felt he could do it even better.
And
he was right - today at a meeting in Hungary he did it. His
new record mark is now at 76,84
m,
which means that he also met his Olympic entry standard.
When
a week ago he said he could be throwing the hammer up to some 77
m,
there were few who believed him. |
| Merlene's
schedule of competition |
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Zürich,
Ljubljana, August 4
According
to latest information received yesterday from her manager Mr.
Zimmermann, we can expect the newest schedule of Merlene's
competitions to be published within few days. |
| Our
National Track & Field Team for Sydney |
| Ljubljana,
August 4
The
Presidnecy of our National Athletic Federation confirmed the
list of 18 athletes that will represent Slovenia at Sydney
Olympics:
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Alenka
Bikar - 100 in 200 m
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Helena
Javornik - 1.500 in 5.000 m
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Anja
Valant - triple jump
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Eufemija
Storga - javelin
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Roman
Kejzar - marathon
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Gregor
Cankar - long jump
-
men's
relay 4 x 100 m (candidates are: Bostjan Fridrih, Matic
Sustersic, Urban Acman, Matic Osovnikar, Tilen Gartner in
Rok Predanic)
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men's
relay 4 x 400 m (candidates are: Matija Sestak, Bostjan Horvat,
Sergej Salamun in Joze Vrtacic)
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women's
relay 4 x 400 m (Brigita Langerholc, Jolanda Ceplak, Meta
Macus in Sasa Prokofjev)
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Brigita
Langerholc - 800 m
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Matija
Sestak - 400 m
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Bostjan
Horvat - 200 m
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Igor
Primc - discus
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Jolanda
Ceplak - 800 m
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Saša
Prokofjev - 100 m
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Primoz
Kozmus - hammer
Of
course, there is also Brigita
Bukovec
as our only medal defender form Atlanta 1996 and she is
expected to be given a special treatment, though she also has
to confirm her Olympic entry standard (13.10) for her
discipline - 100 m hurdles. Her own statement is well known
already and she herself will decide whther to perform in
Sydney or not.
Final
decisions on our National Team are expected on August 21
-
meanwhile all the athletes, mentioned above have enough time
to prepare and to reconfirm their standards. |
| Brigita
is going to run in Sydney |
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Ljubljana,
July 27
After
yesterday's successful come back at the international
meeting in Trieste, Italy, Brigita came out with her final
decision today. After having discussed and reconsidered
her
situation with her coach Jure
Kastelic,
Brigita
decided to go to Sydney Olympics.
 Her
decision has been well thought over over the night and
today's morning and doesn't
mean that she is definitely going to compete at the Olympics.
One should be aware that Brigita is very responsible person
and she said a few hours ago she will only compete if by the
end of August she feels confident enough to run at least 12.80
seconds.
Her
coach however, is already confident enough in Brigita and
has no doubt whatsoever that she'll soon be capable of
reconfirming her Olympic entry standard (which is 13.10
seconds), if not earlier than by August
21.
Brigita
started her intensive training session today at Ljubljana
stadium and will continue to work in Ljubljana for another 3
days. After that, on Monday she travels to Koper,
where she and her good friend, our fastest female athlete,
national champion and record holder at 100 m and 200 m, Alenka
Bikar
(also coached by Jure Kastelic) will remain for some 10 days.
Brigita's
today's decision besides a fundamental change of her
training also means that she'll have to test her
capabilities at an appropriate competition. She plans to run
at
some 4 races in August
and by the end of the next month she also plans to run at
some GP meetings. |
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