Olympic Athletics Marathon

Lisa Weightman in Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-06-30T03:56:00.000-07:00

Weightman is a marathon contest in Australia, but use the shorter route to the coast for fine tuning before the Games. They smashed a 14-year-old Kylie RISK course record by over a minute to win in 32min 17sec from another London-bound star, triathlete Emma Moffatt (33.56).

"I do not expect that everyone is my best run ever," said Games marathon bronze medalist from 2010.

"My previous best time was 32:45, which I clocked about Launceston 10K two weeks ago at two PBS two weeks is amazing."

Patrick Tiernan, 17, of Toowoomba, won the men's in 30.34 whiles the Inverell Hugh Williams-another 10 seconds ago. Kenyan David Mandago is the favorite in Sunday's main event, winning the 42,195-kilometer marathon. Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets are available at Sport Ticket Exchange at lesser rates.

Japanese Runners in London Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-06-15T04:12:00.000-07:00

Japanese runners to say many twists and turns in a huge increase in the level of difficulty for the London Olympic marathon course, but the curves can give them an edge over the favorites in the race. The program is designed to get as many people as possible to London attractions including Buckingham Palace and Big Ben over. On 27 May, the 10-kilometer race was held in London, using parts of the Olympic marathon course.

"It was the hardest course I have ever run," said one Kentaro Nakamoto, Yaskawa Electric Corp., the eight has been running marathons. Japan in the race and the other marathoners who do not compete in the Olympic Games in London Arata Fujiwara were (Miki House Co.) and runners Risa Shigetomo (Tenmaya Co.), and Yoshimi Ozaki (Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co.) The marathon also several classes of curves are usually because the organizers to encourage the runners who want to set world records. Watch the athletes of Japan line in London Olympics; buy your Olympic Athletics Race Walk Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange.

Paul Tergat as Marathon Runner (II) and Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets

2012-05-30T03:59:00.000-07:00

Tergat won the New York City Marathon 6th November 2005 at the end of life through the Sprint Central Park in New York, which was attended by defending champion Hendrick Ramaala 2:09:29.90 2:09:30.22 priority too. In 2004, Athens Olympic marathon, Tergat missed his point of water and drank water supplied by the organizers. He used to drink water at room temperature; the organizers supplied cold water to Tergat cramps. He finished 10th. Tergat Baringo half marathon this year launched the creation of a professional race course, near his hometown.

A week ago, did the London Marathon April 23, 2006, Tergat with a calf muscle. Calling the violations "cruel", she had a high profile race; the long-awaited showdown with Haile Gebrselassie will be presented. The race was won by FelixLimo of Kenya.

Marílson You Dos Santos won in 2006. New York City Marathon, Tergat finished third, you made a motion, at 19 miles Tergat and did not a swerved, saying: "I am honest, I did not know exactly who was»: Tergat steadily closed the gap over the final five kilometers. The only point which is trust able for purchasing of Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets is Sport Ticket Exchange. You can buy Olympic Tickets especially Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at cheap rates.

Paul Tergat as Marathon Runner and Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets

2012-05-16T03:29:00.000-07:00

Tergat finished in his first three marathons second: London Marathon in 2001 and 2002 and 2001 Chicago Marathon. He continued marathoning two fourth places in Chicago London 2002 and 2003.

He set the world marathon record of 2:04:55, 28 September 2003 at the Berlin Marathon. The average rate OF0: 00:04:46 2:57 per mile or per kilometer. In his world record race, Tergat badly abraded his foot. He later said that he felt as if only his shoe fell Clock He also is a momentary wrong turn near the end. Tergat's compatriot Sammy Korir, a pacesetter in the race, almost got him: Korir second in2:04:56, the second fastest marathon performance in history. Tergat's world record was in 2007 by Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia broke. Kenyan Tergat's time until2009, when Duncan Kibet and 2 Kwambai placed winner as the Rotterdam Marathon in 2:04:27 post.

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Career of Paul Tergat and Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets (II)

2012-05-09T08:21:00.000-07:00

He has had an intense rivalry with his friend Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia. In the Olympic Games 10,000m finals of both 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2000 Sydney Olympics, he was defeated by Gebrselassie by slim margins. In 2000, the margin of victory was only nine hundredths of a second. Tergat finished second to Gebrselassie in the 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics at 10,000 m, and finished third in the 1995 version of that race, behind Gebrselassie and Moroccan Khalid Skah.

On the track, Tergat broke Gebrselassie's 10,000 meter world record on August 22, 1997 in Brussels with a time 26:27.85 minutes. The record was broken again by Gebrselassie in 1998 (time 26:22.75), but Tergat's time remains a Kenyan record (as of 2009). On the road, Tergat broke the half marathon world record on April 4, 1998 in Milan by running in 59:17 minutes. The previous record, 59:47 minutes was set by Moses Tanui in 1993. Tergat's world record was broken in 2005 by Samuel Wanjiru, another Kenyan.

When Tergat raced Gebrselassie in the London Marathon in 2002, it was Tergat who beat Gebrselassie; Tergat was in second place behind then world record holder Khalid Khannouchi. The three runners raced again in the 2007 version with Tergat being the only one of them to finish. The only point which is trust able for purchasing of Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets is Sport Ticket Exchange. You can buy Olympic Tickets especially Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at cheap rates.

Career of Paul Tergat and Olympic Athletics marathon Tickets

2012-04-28T02:05:00.001-07:00

Tergat won five straight IAAF World Cross Country Championships titles, 1995 to 1999, which was a record. Says Tergat, "Cross country is what I always liked most. It was my world, my passion. Before the IAAF introduced the short course in 1998, all the world class athletes from 1500 m to the marathon were in the same race."

He won the Lisbon Half Marathon 2000 setting a new course record and personal best of 59.06, both still current in 2008. He won the race again in 2005. Tergat's achievements also include 5 victories in the traditional Saint Silvester Road Race, the most important event in Latin American street racing. He holds the record for the present 15 km distance, which he established in 1995. His performances in the Saint Silvester race have earned him celebrity status in Brazil.

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Early Life of -Paul Tergat and Olympic Athletics marathon Tickets

2012-04-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Paul Tergat was born on June 17, 1969 in Riwo, Baringo District, in Kenya's Rift Valley Province. He attended Riwo Primary school and later joined Kapkawa Boys High School. Unlike many athletes, Tergat realized his talent after graduating high school.

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Paul Tergat and Olympic Athletics marathon Tickets

2012-04-16T06:50:00.000-07:00

Paul Kibii Tergat was born June on 17, 1969. He is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time. Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many titles and set several world records on the track, in cross country, and on the road. Nicknamed the "Gentleman," Tergat is extremely hard-working and self-motivated. He lives and trains in Ngong, near Nairobi.

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World Records of Mizuki Noguchi and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-04-11T01:12:00.001-07:00

On September 25, 2005 Noguchi won the Berlin Marathon, which was her first big competition since winning the gold medal in Athens over a year ago. Four years ago, the Berlin Marathon was won by Naoko Takahashi, the Japanese runner who took the Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000. Takahashi's remarkable win in 2001 in Berlin marked the first time in history that a woman ran sub-2:20, clocking in at 2 hours, 19 minutes and 46 seconds. Noguchi improved on Takahashi's time by more than half-a minute, winning the 2005 Marathon in 2:19:12. Noguchi's time set three new records: the Berlin Marathon course record, the Japanese record, and the Asian record.

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Mizuki Noguchi in 2004 Olympic champion

2012-04-07T08:04:00.000-07:00

On 22 August 2004 Noguchi won the marathon in the 2004 Athens Olympics, against a field which included world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, and the 2003 world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya. The race over the Classic course had begun with temperatures exceeding 95-degree (35°C) and a leading pack of 12 stayed together through halfway in 1 hour 14 minutes. Noguchi made her move on the tough uphill section between the 25-kilometer and 30-kilometer marks. When she reached the 30-kilometer sign, after running the previous 5 kilometers in just under 17 minutes, she had a 26-second lead on Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia and a 32-second lead on Radcliffe, Heading into the streets of downtown Athens, Noguchi held off Catherine Ndereba, who closed the gap over the final 5 kilometers but could not make up the difference. Noguchi won in 2 hours 26 minutes 20 seconds. Ndereba finished 12 seconds behind Noguchi. Deena Kastor of the United States took the bronze at 2:27:20.

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Early Carrier of Mizuki Noguchi and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-04-04T03:32:00.002-07:00

Noguchi was born in Kanagawa, but grew up in Ise in Ise city in Mie. She started competing in track and field during her first year of middle school. While attending Ujiyamada Commercial High School, she entered the national high school track meet and competed in the 3000 m and the long-distance relay.

In 1997 she was hired by Wacoal, a maker of women's clothing, as part of their "Spark Angels" program of sponsored women athletes. However, in October of the following year the director, Nobuyuki Fujita, left over differences with the company. He took with him a coach and a few athletes, including Noguchi. While she was receiving unemployment benefits for a short time, she remained active athletically. In February 1999, Fujita and all his followers were hired by globally, a commodity futures firm.

Noguchi began 1999 by winning individual and team gold at the Asian Cross Country Championships, but after winning the Inuyama half marathon, she was inspired to concentrate her efforts on that event. She was ranked second in the world that year, and in 2001 she won in the all-Japan corporate league. With a string of victories, she became known as "Queen of the Half Marathon". Continuing through the Miyazaki Women's Road Race competition in January 2004, she competed in 24 half marathons, and won 14 of them. Only twice was she beaten by another Japanese athlete.

In March 2002 she entered her first full marathon, the Nagoya International Women's Marathon, and won. In January 2003 she won the Osaka International Women's Marathon with a time of 2 hours 21 minutes 18 seconds, the second-fastest on record for Japan. She also won a silver medal in the World Championships in Paris that year. The only point which is trust able for purchasing of Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets is Sport Ticket Exchange. You can buy Olympic Tickets especially Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at cheap rates.

Mizuki Noguchi and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-03-31T04:23:00.000-07:00

Mizuki Noguchi was born on July 3, 1978. She is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance and set two world records in 2005. Initially starting out as a track and cross country athlete, her first major success was becoming the Asian cross country champion at age 21. She soon switched to road running, however, focusing on the half marathon.

She won the individual and team silver medals at the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won a second team silver with a fourth place finish at the same competition in 2000. A switch to the marathon event demonstrated her talents further: she won the Nagoya and Osaka Women's Marathons, and took the silver medal in the marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Her good form continued and she became the Olympic champion in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

She won the Berlin Marathon the following year, setting world records at 25 km and 30 km along the way, and finishing with a personal best of 2:19:12 a new Asian record for the distance. The 25K world record was beaten by Mary Keitany of Kenya in 2010, which ran the distance in 1:19:53 hours. Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Noguchi had set the second fastest time in the world for the previous year. However, she was ruled out of all competitions after tests revealed that she had fatigue and a muscular back problem.

She missed the Olympics and the whole of the 2009 and 2010 seasons as a result. She returned in November 2011 with a fifth place finish at the Zevenheuvelenloop. She tried to gain a spot on the 2012 Olympic team, but her run of 2:25:33 hours left her in sixth at the Nagoya Marathon. Now for Olympic 2012, Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets are being sold at Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you all sorts of Olympic Tickets including Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets at very cheap prices.

Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai and Olympics Athletics Marathon

2012-03-28T07:22:00.001-07:00

Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai was born on October 12, 1984. He is a long distance runner from Kenya, who specializes in marathons. He is the sixth fastest man ever over the 42.195 km distance.

Initially running in half marathons, he made his debut over the full distance in 2007 and won his first race later that year at the Amsterdam Marathon. He was fourth at both the 2008 and 2009 London Marathons, but managed to reach the podium at the 2009 World Championships, claiming the silver medal. His 2010 racing saw him finish as runner-up twice at the London and New York City Marathons. At the 2011 London Marathon he won on his fourth attempt with a course record and personal best time of 2:04:40.

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Cardiac Health in Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-03-26T06:16:00.000-07:00

A study published in 1996 found that the risk of having a fatal heart attack during, or in the period 24 hours after a marathon, was approximately 1 in 50,000 over an athlete's racing career which the authors characterized as an "extremely small" risk. The paper went on to say that since the risk was so small, cardiac screening programs for marathons were not warranted. However, this study was not an attempt to assess the overall benefit or risk to cardiac health of marathon running.

In 2006, a study of 60 non-elite marathon participants tested runners for certain proteins which indicate heart damage or dysfunction after they had completed the marathon, and gave them ultrasound scans before and after the race. The study revealed that, in that sample of 60 people, runners who had done less than 35 miles per week of training before the race were most likely to show some heart damage or dysfunction, while runners who had done more than 45 miles per week of training beforehand showed few or no heart problems.

According to a study presented in 2010, running a marathon can result in decreased function of more than half the segments in the heart's main pumping chamber, but other parts of the heart will take over. Full recovery is reached within three months or less. The fitter the runner the less the effect. Now for Olympic 2012, Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets are being sold at Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you all sorts of Olympic Tickets including Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets at very cheap prices.

Chen Rong and Olympic Athletics marathon

2012-03-23T03:20:00.000-07:00

Chen Rong was born on 18 May 1988 in Hebei. She is a female Chinese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Her first major victory in the marathon came in 2007, when she won at the Beijing International Marathon, setting a personal best time of 2:27:05 she won the Xiamen International Marathon in 2009 with a time of 2:29:52. Chen took her first win at the Dalian Marathon in 2010, completing the distance in 2:30:09. She was the runner-up at the Beijing Marathon later that year, making it a Chinese 1–2 with race winner Wang Jiali.

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Xiamen International Marathon and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-03-19T09:11:00.000-07:00

Since 2003, Xiamen International Marathon has been held annually for nine consecutive years. It is deemed as IAAF Gold Label Road Race for consecutively four years. Every January, the first medal of marathon race around the world is awarded here. The race has become a golden name card, showing its splendor to the whole world.

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Niagara Falls International Marathon and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-03-17T02:30:00.001-07:00

The Niagara Falls International Marathon celebrated its inaugural running in 1974. The race was known as the Skylon Marathon. Beginning during the first wave of the North American running boom, it quickly became a favorite as it was, and still is, the only marathon in the world that starts in one country and finishes in another… a destination marathon that crosses an international border, providing the runners with an experience of a lifetime.

Accra International Marathon and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-03-14T02:25:00.000-07:00

The Accra International Marathon is an annual marathon event held in Accra, the capital of Ghana. As well as the full marathon, it also stages a half marathon. The race starts in the beach town of Pram pram, continues through the port city of Tema before finishing at the popular La Pleasure Beach Hotel. Many international runners also join to participate. The 2010 race will be staged on 26 September and will be the fourth Accra International Marathon to be held.

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Athletics Marathon (Glycogen and "the wall")

2012-03-12T03:00:00.000-07:00

Carbohydrates that a person eats are converted by the liver and muscles into glycogen for storage. Glycogen burns rapidly to provide quick energy. Runners can store about 8 MJ or 2,000 kcal worth of glycogen in their bodies, enough for about 30 km/18–20 miles of running.

Many runners report that running becomes noticeably more difficult at that point. When glycogen runs low, the body must then obtain energy by burning stored fat, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue and is said to "hit the wall". The aim of training for the marathon, according to many coaches, is to maximize the limited glycogen available so that the fatigue of the "wall" is not as dramatic. This is accomplished in part by utilizing a higher percentage of energy from burned fat even during the early phase of the race, thus conserving glycogen.

After an Athletics Marathon Race

2012-03-07T06:23:00.000-08:00

Marathon participation may result in various medical, musculoskeletal, and dermatological complaints. Delayed onset muscle soreness(DOMS) is a common condition affecting runners during the first week following a marathon. Various types of mild exercise or massagehave been recommended to alleviate pain secondary to DOMS. Dermatological issues frequently include "jogger's nipple", "jogger's toe", and blisters.

The immune system is reportedly suppressed for a short time. Changes to the blood chemistry may lead physicians to mistakenly diagnose heart malfunction.

After long training runs and the marathon itself, consuming carbohydrates to replace glycogen stores and protein to aid muscle recovery is commonly recommended. In addition, soaking the lower half of the body for 20 minutes or so in cold or ice water may force blood through the leg muscles to speed recovery. Now for Olympic 2012,Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets are being sold at Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you all sorts of Olympic Tickets including Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets at very cheap prices.

Training for Athletics Marathon

2012-03-06T02:09:00.000-08:00

The long run is an important element in marathon training. Recreational runners commonly try to reach a maximum of about 20 miles in their longest weekly run and a total of about 40 miles a week when training for the marathon, but wide variability exists in practice and in recommendations. More experienced marathoners may run a longer distance during the week. Greater weekly training mileages can offer greater results in terms of distance and endurance, but also carry a greater risk of training injury. Most male elite marathon runners will have weekly mileages of over 100 miles.

Many training programs last a minimum of five or six months, with a gradual increase in the distance run and finally, for recovery, a period oftapering in the weeks preceding the race. For beginners wishing to merely finish a marathon, a minimum of four months of running four days a week is recommended. Many trainers recommend a weekly increase in mileage of no more than 10%. It is also often advised to maintain a consistent running program for six weeks or so before beginning a marathon training program, to allow the body to adapt to the new stresses. The marathon training program itself would suppose variation between hard and easy training, with a periodization of the general plan.

Running at Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-02-29T06:41:00.002-08:00

Most participants do not run a marathon to win. More important for most runners is their personal finish time and their placement within their specific gender and age group, though some runners just want to finish. Strategies for completing a marathon include running the whole distance and a run-walk strategy. In 2005, the average marathon time in the U.S. was 4 hours 32 minutes 8 seconds for men, 5 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds for women.

A goal many runners aim for is to break certain time barriers. For example, recreational first-timers often try to run the marathon under four hours; more competitive runners may attempt to finish under three hours. Other benchmarks are the qualifying times for major marathons. The Boston Marathon, the oldest marathon in the United States, requires a qualifying time for all non-professional runners. The New York City Marathon also requires a qualifying time for guaranteed entry, at a pace slightly faster than Boston's.

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Olympic Athletics Marathon between Multiple Marathons (II)

2012-02-28T02:55:00.000-08:00

In Europe a goal among some people is to run the greatest number of marathon races overall in one's lifetime. There is something called the 100-club, for example. To qualify one must have run 100 races.

Other goals are to attempt to run marathons on a series of consecutive weekends Richard Worley on 159 weekends or to run the most marathons during a particular year or the most in a lifetime. A pioneer in running multiple marathons was Sy Mah of Toledo, Ohio, who ran 524 before he died in 1988. As of 30 June 2007, Horst Preisler of Germany had successfully completed 1214 marathons plus 347 ultramarathons, a total of 1561 events at marathon distance or longer. Sigrid Eichner, Christian Hottas and Hans-Joachim Meyer have also all completed over 1000 marathons each. Norm Frank of the United States is credited with 945 marathons.

In 2010, Stefaan Engels, a Belgian, set out to run the marathon distance every day of the year. Because of an injury he had to resort to a handbike near the end of January 2010. However, on 5 February he was fully recovered and decided to reset the counter back to zero. On 30 March he broke the existing record of Ricardo Abad Martínez, from Spain, who completed 150 marathons in 150 consecutive days in 2009. As of 5 February 2011, Engels had run 365 marathon distances in as many days.

Some runners compete to run the same marathons for the most consecutive years. For example, Johnny Kelley completed 61 Boston Marathons. Four runners, dubbed the "ground pounders" Will Brown, Matthew Jaffe, Alfred Richmond, and Mel Williams have completed all 35 US Marine Corps Marathons.

Olympic Athletics Marathon between Multiple Marathons

2012-02-25T01:37:00.000-08:00

As marathon running has become more popular, some athletes have undertaken to setting goals involving the running of a series of marathons.

Over 350 individuals have completed a marathon in each state of the United States plus Washington, D.C. and some have done it as many as eight times. Beverly Paquin, a 22-year old nurse from Iowa, was the youngest woman to run a marathon in all 50 states. A few weeks later, Morgan Cummings became the youngest woman to complete a marathon in all 50 states and DC. In 2004, Chuck Bryant of Miami, Florida, who lost his right leg below the knee, became the first amputee to finish this circuit. Bryant has completed a total of 59 marathons on his prosthesis. Twenty-seven people have run a marathon on each of the seven continents, and 31 people have run a marathon in each of the Canadian provinces. In 1980, in what was termed the Marathon of Hope, Terry Fox, who had lost a leg to cancer and so ran with one artificial leg, attained 5,373 kilometres of his proposed cross-Canada cancer fundraising run, thus maintaining an average of over 37 kilometres close to the planned marathon distance, for each of 143 consecutive days.

On 25 September 2011, Patrick Finney of Grapevine, Texas became the first person with multiple sclerosis to have finished a marathon in each state of the United States. In 2004, "the disease had left him unable to walk. But unwilling to endure a life of infirmity, Finney managed to regain his ability to balance on two feet, to walk and eventually to run through extensive rehabilitation therapy and new medications."

In 2003 British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. He completed this feat despite suffering from a heart attack and undergoing a double heart bypass operation just four months before. Now for Olympic 2012,Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets are being sold at Sport Ticket Exchange. Sport Ticket Exchange offers you all sorts of Olympic Tickets including Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets at very cheap prices.

Shelly Pryce and Olympic Athletics Marathon

2012-01-21T07:12:00.001-08:00

Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce was born on December 27, 1986. She is a Jamaican sprinter, who specializes in the 100 m. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser is the reigning Olympic champion over 100 m, clocking a time of 10.78. The 2009 World 100 m champion, she is only the second female sprinter to hold both World and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously after Gail Devers, and is tied with Christine Arron as the fourth fastest woman in history over 100 m. She attended the Woolmer’s High School for Girls and represented her school in many athletic occasions.

Fraser, who trained for the Olympics with teammate Asafa Powell, became the first Jamaican woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100 m sprint. In her first round heat, she placed first in a time of 11.35 to advance to the second round. She then improved her time to 11.06 seconds, finishing first in her heat. In the semifinals Fraser again finished in front, outsprinting Kerron Stewart and Muna Lee in 11.00 seconds.

In the final, Jamaican sprinters finished in the top three positions in the race, with a photographic tie for second place by Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Both women were awarded silver medals; no bronze medal was awarded. Fraser's time of 10.78 seconds was a personal best and 0.20 seconds faster than her Jamaican teammates. Fraser's Olympic time was the second-fastest 100 m ever recorded by a Jamaican woman, a mere 0.04 seconds (1/25 of a second) shy of Merlene Ottey's 10.74 records.

Together with Sheri Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Fraser also took part in the 4 x 100 m relay. In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay's time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Simpson and Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.

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