The news media will be swamped with athletics news during the two weeks of the Sydney Olympic games, especially the second week when the athletics action takes place. Regrettably we can expect much of it to be shallow and uninformed content. But fear not, using the web we can get the kind of detailed information and insider commentary that participants in the sport really need.
We were not planning to put Olympics Results on the Cool Running site, but as no one has come forward with a simple summary of NZers athletics performances we will maintain an update of NZ results in our results section. For more detail we provide this links page which links directly to the best sources of news and information. The pages linked here are monitored daily, and the 'award level reflects our assessment of their interest level to New Zealand athletics fans. If you spot a good quality site for athletics news please share it by email to links@coolrunning.co.nz.
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Sydney.Olympic.Org http://www.sydney.olympic.org/ |
The official SOCOG guide to the Olympics | Live news, excellent live scoreboard, photos & results, start lists with detailed athlete database. |  |
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Sydney Morning Herald http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/ |
SMH guide to the olympics | News & results from ground zero. Text-based live updates. | |
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NBC Olympics http://www.nbcolympics.com/ |
Multimedia publication from the NBC empire | News, event descriptions (inc 3d maps), excellent photo gallery, & interviews inc. audio | |
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IAAF http://www.iaaf.org/ |
Official site of the world governing body for athletics | Topical news (all countries), athlete details, qualifying standards, world records. |  |
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NZ Herald Olympics http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympics/ |
New Zealand Herald coverage | General news, NZ news, event news & articles | |
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Stuff Olympics http://www.stuff.co.nz/ |
Independent Newspapers coverage | Topical News, NZ squad news, profiles | |
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One Olympics http://www.oneolympics.nzoom.com/ |
TV one & official NZOC site | NZ-oriented news, photo gallery is a highligh |  |
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Athletics New Zealand http://www.athletics.org.nz/ |
Official site of NZ governing body for athletics | News of NZ athletes, athlete profiles, national records | |
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Medal Tally http://www.medaltally.com/ |
Medals Per Million | Guide to medals per head of population! Also event schedule & IOC policies | |
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Olympic Coordination Authority http://www.oca.nsw.gov.au/ |
NSW Government site | Engineering details of facilities (inc. virtual tours) | |
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Not the Sydney Olympics http://www.silly2000.com/ |
Excellent spoof site | |
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Lords of the Rings http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/news/ |
Check out the Swedish bid's database of IOC members | |
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Samaranch Swords http://www.clearlight.com/~jtrosen/ |
Tony Kornheiser - thanks for Atlanta | |
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Anti-Olympics Alliance http://www.cat.org.au/aoa/ |
Negative impact of the Games in Sydney | |
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Sydney Independent Media Centre http://sydney.indymedia.org/ |
Reporting from the seamy side | |
