Marion Jones: From gaining to returning Glory

Before October 2007 this name 'Marion Jones' was like everything for track and field athletes. This athlete was roll model for almost every track and field athlete. And this was so because She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.How confident she was at that Olympic in Sidney that she announced that she is expecting to win all five medals in her five competition events.

What happen after that is very disappointing for 'Marion Jones''s followers. Her supporters supporting through all these events badly surprised by this news. On October 2007 Marion Jones admitted that she used performance-enhancing drugs and accepted 2 years suspension. With this event jones also announced her retirement from track and field on October 5, 2007.

This event also raised question mark on the anti doping body of international Olympic association. this also raised question on Olympic event itself. although Olympic association is claiming that anti doping technology is now improved very much.The United States Anti-Doping Agency stated that the sanction "also requires disqualification of all her competitive results obtained after September 1, 2000, and forfeiture of all medals, results, points and prizes".

Usain Bolt from cricket to track and field

Usain Bolt the name needs no introduction after Beijing Olympic 2008 Games. But only a few people know that in his childhood Usain Bolt was interested in cricket and he came in athletics after his cricket coach advised him for that.

Bolt was born in Sherwood content, a small town in Trelawny in Jamaica. According to Usain Bolt, he was fascinated about sports from his childhood. Bolt spent his time in playing cricket in his early age . He attended Waldensia Primary School and this was the place where for the first time his sprinting skills surfaced and by the age of 12 years Bolt had become the fastest runner of his school in 100 meter distance. But he didn't started focusing running as a career then.



Later he attended William Knob Memorial High School . This was the place where his cricket coach amused by his running potential requested him to join 'track and field' events . This was the turning point in his career as after this bolt coached by Pablo McNeil a former 100 meter Olympic athlete and Dwayne Barrett. They encouraged him to implement his potential and energy in strengthening his athletic abilities.


McNeil and Usain Bolt enjoyed a very positive partnership. Usain Bolt won his first high school championship medal in 2001. Although Bolt occasionally frustrated McNeil by his lack of concentration in training and funny jokes.

Usain bolt as a achiever

One among the top sprinters in the list of Jamaicans Usain Bolt is the only to hold the records for the various different titles in his name. Credited with three gold in the recent Beijing Olympic, he has in his name three world records. A sprinter of short distances he is a very powerful gentleman. He is the only individual to have completed the 100 meters in just 9.69sec., a world record being credited on 16th of August 2008 at Beijing Olympics. He also has a world record in his name for the 200 mts., title the distance which he completed in just 19.30 secs., that too also in the Beijing Olympics. The relay competition for 4*100 mts. was completed by his effort in just 37.10 secs., for that also he was provided with a gold medal.
A son of grocery shop runner, in his early days he used to play just either cricket or football. Bolt himself also believes that he was involved in just games and nothing else in his young days. He later joined a primary and all age school where he realized himself as a potential athlete. At age of just 12 he was the fastest runner of the school. According to Bolt it was his cricket coach who advised him to try for the track and field events. In later stages he proved himself a potential runner.

Record Brokers

There had always been moments when we noticed world records all through-out in many games and sports. These sports were not always in so much recognition but they actually came in recognition with the start of the sequences of braking the world records by these out-standing players. Most of these record breaking players are still showing their out-standing performances even today. Some of them are Yelena Isinbayeva, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Sachin Tendulkar, Viswanathan Anand, Roger Federer, Lewis Hamilton. The struggle always do not start with a easy move, it takes a tough courage to move on the struggling path for long. The life story of these outstanding players reveal their way they moved and the struggling conditions they faced, all such conditions which were not so easy to be faced by other players of any order. Still being in such situations they were been able to prove themselves.
At the time they started their events they were not aware that in any way possible they will be able to brake the world records, but all they blame or give recognition to is their situations coming in front of them, which they feels gave them the necessary power to face the world and the harsh situations. What's the most interesting of these people is that they never turned their back to the harsh situations coming in front of them. Even when they were at the top, they did not moved back and kept on moving, broke various records, even the world records; even after then they did not stopped and kept on moving to brake their own records.  Yelena Isinbayeva herself broke her own world record in the event of Pole Volt not just twice/ thrice but nearly 22 times. It is even much more interesting that her struggle for her records is still going on.

Will Bolt cover it in 9:50 sec.?

It was the Beijing Olympic during which Usain Bolt proved himself to be the fastest athlete on the earth. He broke three world records. One in 100 mts., other in 200 mts. and another inn 400 mts. relay. He broke all the records created by Asafa Powel, Tyson Gay. According to his coach Usain Bolt is the only capacitive athlete who can complete the 100 mts. on the racing tack in even less than 9.69sec. The stated time out here is his personal world record in this Olympics. Accordingly all around the world people feel that the Jamaicans are the only people who are capable of breaking the world records. Even in this recent Olympics we noticed that not only the men group but also the women group are among the powerful-est groups to evenly brake the records. With his amazing capabilities he is receiving responses from all around the world. Recently he has got a chance to show himself in front of the British lackluster sprinters ! He is highly capable of changing the state of mind of many people who believes that the world records can not be broken. Hope that he will be able to make it again.

MARATHON AT DELHI : And lagging in India!

We know that every year we have Marathon at Delhi and so the very same is occurring this year also. Co-sponsored by Airtel and named as 'Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2008'. No one would ever want only champions to participate or the residents of Delhi only but they would like to see some real talented marathon runners also. Each year we see promoters from Bollywood, politics and other fields coming forward to promote such athletics events among common people of our nation and that of Delhi, but its unfortunate to say that there is no talented competitor from our nation, among the Indians. You would find hardly any award for a Indian except the best organizer. India the country where millions of people live, in such a vast country there is not even a single person who can get award or being rewarded for the performance been made in such field events. China the top rank country in population hides a majority of players. Its players has cleared in Olympics with 52 gold medals in various fields and India knew only cricket as youngsters watches it and think that only cricket can rule other sports in our nation.

In Olympics we got one gold in individual event and 2 silver and 1 bronze. Is this the talent of India? where a piece of medal in boxing, shooting, tennis and nothing in hand of others. If we look towards ruler areas there we find a lot of people who are good runner and they run on sandy
and plateau type of land with very ease and fast pace, once they be brought to the tracks the best will come out of them, and that's is a truth.
An intelligent and most recognized person said that if someone wants India to shine in the world of sports than we must start seeing the talent in ruler areas, as the person who live in the lap of nature can do better physical workouts than those who are used to of materialistic things ,there are some other facts which shows how essay to say that we need talent and how difficult to achieve it. Some such facts are;
[1]AWARENESS
Children who live in ruler areas do not new the way of entering in tournament and if someone ever wanted to go there, finds no supports or girders. Simply they do not knew or do not understand what is the reputation of an international player? and how much they are going to get from all this? In fact very few of us know that this time prize money is increasing for the Delhi marathon champions.
[2]COMPETITION
There is large number of competitive environment which can be found in urban areas as all of youngsters play for reputation and wills to win at all the competitions and after than doors are shut downed for others no matter how talented they are.
[3]CORRUPTION
A large chain of unseen faces with a large bale of money are present in every society. If some one can give money than his future is safe other wise it is good to stay at home.


In all such situations if Delhi marathon will happen what we will going to achieve? There is only one thing that can overcome the present situation and that is that the whole Delhi come forward in sport spirit. Majority of people come on road supporting such International athletes. On November 9 we accept a lot from Kenya and Rawanda and last time winner Dieudonne Disi. We are waiting for the response with passion and energy and expect the same from everyone.

Doping during Athletic events

Being a Athlete from the days of school, i was well aware of, what the doping really is? What harmful effects it can cause on the body and the consequences which can arise because of such commitments. Practice for events and schooling was so co-ordinated that i was unable to give much time to this research topic of my interest. Days keep on going passed and one day.......

I saw Marion Jones on TV. She was crying and was making commits that she had used steroids in Olympic events to win the race. The very same race for which she was awarded and honored. That very event made me realize that using steroids not only hurts the body, mind and all others who loves and cares for you but it also creates a ghost in mind that if some-one had tried to stop us or we ourself had not made an attempt to be involved in such activity what could have happened? It all would have required a little extra hard work so as to win the game and nothing else. An Athlete might also feel a loss of time, money, health, pride, self-esteem and even a courage of facing the world.

DOPING is not a recent activity, it is something which existed from before. During the early days horses were given alcohol, later beer and similar things were given by their owners so as to increase their performance in races. Human used these energy adding products in the later stages. One athlete consumed a small glass of beer during his Marathon run, and he found himself energized and see the impact he won the race. Its believed that since then started the use of steroids. And further looking the athletic events are the most affected ones from these doping cases. Each year the Medical Commission of International Olympic committee and evenly WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) decides to terminate doping from all sort of sports but it is hardly capable of doing so through-out the world.

Evenly looking at the recent Olympics three cases of doping were found. All which were from two events viz., Kayak double (k2) 1000 meter event and from hammer throwing. This is not a silly explanation that must be made, its the truth that no athlete from himself or herself tries to involve in such activities, its the side support which they get from either their friends or coaches; all letting them engaged and later they think that they will leave it at the time of events. But when they tries to leave it in later stages they are hardly capable in doing so. It is a self thinking and practicing approach of a player or athlete which makes him/her famous. Its not a night game that you took medicines and things will be all right ever.