Somalia Olympics News

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Who's surging now? 6 Jul 2008 10:13 GMT
... surge while al-Qaida grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Algeria. "Americans have their eye off ... headline: "Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic Trials." See, the trouble is, the American ...
• Rupp does it - makes Beijing with second-place showing in 10,000 6 Jul 2008 08:14 GMT
... after earning a trip to the Beijing Olympics. He took second Friday night in the ... his third appearance in the Olympics. From Somalia, he attended the University of Arizona and ...
Bar again set just too high for Menchville graduate 6 Jul 2008 06:16 GMT
... Keith Moffatt barely misses qualifying for the Olympic high jump. EUGENE, ORE. - — When ... place in this three-is-everything event. So while Somalia-born Arizona graduate Abdi Abdirahman (27:41.89), Oregon prodigy ...
Goucher upset despite double success at US Olympic trials 6 Jul 2008 05:32 GMT
... men’s 10,000 meters final at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, ... the event ahead of seven faster runners. Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman won in 27:41.89 with Oregon ...
Goucher qualifies for second Olympic event 6 Jul 2008 03:51 GMT
... the event ahead of seven faster runners. Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman won in 27:41.89 with Oregon ... meters but otherwise there are no problems. Olympic champion Shawn Crawford led qualifying in 20.18 ...

For a Wife and a Husband, a Win and a Loss 6 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
... not make the final in the 2004 Olympic trials. “It was everything,” Goucher said of ... a new citizen. Abdirahman was born in Somalia but has lived in Arizona since his ...
Menchville grad Moffatt barely misses Olympic high-jump berth. 6 Jul 2008 01:14 GMT
... Menchville grad Moffatt barely misses Olympic high-jump berth. Just like four years ago, ... place in this three-is-everything event. So while Somalia-born Arizona graduate Abdi Abdirahman (27:41.89), Oregon prodigy ...
Big names breeze into quarter-finals 6 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT
... Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix and reigning Olympic champion Shawn Crawford breezed into the 200 ... to all secure berths in today's final. Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman won the 10,000 final in ...
Flying to Beijing: Victory for Abdi 5 Jul 2008 08:57 GMT
... Six weeks earlier at the U.S. men's Olympic trials marathon, the challenges mounted. Attempting to ... and his family moved to Tucson from Somalia and he became a U.S. citizen in ...
Torres brothers chase the American dream 5 Jul 2008 07:36 GMT
... the three places on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. "Even though I was running a ... going to make it.'' Abdirahman, 31, a Somali �migr�, made his third U.S. Olympic team ...
Goucher upset despite double success 5 Jul 2008 07:33 GMT
... for a second event at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday, but her joy was ... the event ahead of seven faster runners. Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman won in 27:41.89 with Oregon ...
Athletes Gay, Felix and Crawford advance with ease in 200 5 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT
... golden double next month at the Beijing Olympics, avoided making the same blunder he had ... and did not kill myself," Lomong said. Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman won the 10,000 final in ...
Akron's Moore eases into 200 semis; Ashland's Kruger wins hammer throw 5 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... in today's quarterfinal round at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. She was 16th ... won by Abdi Abdirahman, a native of Somalia, who sailed across the finish with a ...
Akron's Moore eases into 200 semis; Ashland's Kruger wins hammer throw at OIympic Trials 5 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... in today's quarterfinal round at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. She was 16th ... won by Abdi Abdirahman, a native of Somalia, who sailed across the finish with a ...
At Trials, One Goucher Is in, and One is Out 5 Jul 2008 07:27 GMT
... husband, Adam Goucher, fail to make the Olympic team in the 10,000. So despite making ... new American citizen. Abdirahman was born in Somalia but has lived in Arizona since his ...
Nelson, Bauhs run in today's 10,000 4 Jul 2008 15:29 GMT
... on the track today at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials he brings confidence ... the favorite. Abdirahman was originally born in Somalia, but gained U.S. citizenship in 2000 and ...
Backlash over Henry Morgentaler's induction; Colombian troops rescue hostages 3 Jul 2008 14:57 GMT
... and economic growth. Canadian insurgent killed in Somalia: report: Abdullah Ali Afrah, who was also ... to NDP : U of W hosts Olympic trials : This why I hate the ...
Concentrated fighting breaks out in Somalia 3 Jul 2008 01:18 GMT
... New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) India's Sania Mirza and ... in women's doubles event of the Beijing Olympics as the International Tennis Federation included the ...
Lagat celebrates his status as an American Olympian 2 Jul 2008 23:32 GMT
... Bernard Lagat has run twice in the Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 2000 and ... (Sudan), Leonel Manzano (Mexico) and Said Ahmed (Somalia). "The Olympics are the biggest meet," Lagat ...