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...Tour de France find themselves kicking their heels on the roadside after a doping row. Meanwhile the sport of kings - the polite name for British horse [an error occurred while processing this directive] racing - has been cast into turmoil by an alleged betting fraud and the arrest of Kieren Fallon, one of its most accomplished jockeys. And to what prosecutors and investigating committees maintain is systemic corruption can be added an outsize helping of low-level deceit that tends to be marked down as "gamesmanship." One British newspaper was so amused by the underhanded dealings on display in the World...
...athletes would feel. Apart from the commercial impact of low ratings in Europe and Asia, morning finals events could hurt the odds of world records. "It's the natural body cycle to be at its best in the afternoon after a day of preparation," says former Australian 1500m swimmer Kieren Perkins, who won gold in 1992 and 1996. "To compete at your best first thing in the morning is very difficult. It's certainly going to have an effect on the quality of performances." Not to mention that many viewers in Europe and Asia may be sleeping through them...
Betting on a Champion's Failure Kieren Fallon seemed to have the horse race all sewn up: he was 10 lengths ahead of second favorite Ballinger Ridge with less than half the distance to go in the March 2 betdirect.co.uk Median Auction Maiden Stakes. Then, to the astonishment of the punters at Lingfield Park, the six-time British champion jockey glanced over his shoulder and appeared to ease up - and the 8-11 favorite Rye passed him on the line. What had happened? The Sunday tabloid News of the World published a story alleging Fallon had predicted to its undercover...
...Australia's swimming-crazy fans screamed for gold and generously applauded the achievements of swimmers from all countries. That also helped bring in classic times and close races. "No matter what you've done in your career, the last eight days will never come close to it," said Australian Kieren Perkins, two-time Olympic 1,500-m freestyle champion. "Nothing can beat this venue...
...media crap! We do not have a strong enough team to beat the U.S." If he was trying to defuse things, the swimmers weren't cooperating. U.S. sprinter Gary Hall Jr. had said of the Australians that he and his teammates would "smash them like guitars." Aussie champ Kieren Perkins responded that he never listened to "drug cheats," a reference to Hall's 1998 suspension for marijuana...