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This Forum was created to divert traffic from Current Events at the height of the BALCO scandal. It comes and goes as "needed"; it's back to being locked.
I'm a ME, not an EE. But, give me a few minutes...I'll see if I can decipher it based on my early EE training
I've seen the hatred on this board for East Europeans, particularly coming from posters in 2 countries (mine not included). Don't think that hatred for the US seen in many quarters isn't also directed at the East Europeans, Russia in particular. This is a georacialpolitical world we live in, and it permeats everything. Anyone who thinks differently has their head in the sand.
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Then on the other hand, I wouldn't be too surprised if some Chinese showed rather exceptional, sudden improvement at the Games. Having talked with a few guys here and there who have been on the circuit, they were of the opinion that politics is involved in some cases of enforcement and/or non-enforcement, with certain countries let off the hook and others generally having to take a body shot when caught. They felt that, yikes, US sprinters "might' be catching breaks here and there, and a percentage of E. Africans also, along with runners from smaller countries being let slide rather than the larger ones (mainly European) that you would expect to have influence and thus be able to skate when it comes to testing. If these guys were right, then it isn't only about money. I'm not behind the scenes, so who knows? Maybe Scully and Mulder should look into it.
I wasn't at all implying that I think the Russian team should be banned. I was just asking the question of where the tipping point for such an action against any country would be.
If we assume a political motivation, it need not be on the
international level. It could well be more of an IAAF internal thing.
It is not uncommon for organisations (including governments,
companies, and sport organisations) or the people on top of the
organisations to handle matters so as to get ``their way'' done,
putting fairness and similar concepts aside.
In this case, it is conceivable that a decision was made to have the,
presumably, guilty russians excluded from the OG, no matter what. (Yes,
similar childish sounding decisions are not uncommon.) According to
one article, a protest by the russians has to be treated within two
months; thus, the timing was chosen so this could be done after the
games---without violating the rules. (Many other explanations and
combinations are possible.)
Consider similarly the discussions around this years FOT, the scandals
and allegations around the volley ball equivalent of the IAAF (I do not
rembember its name), or the absurd behaviour of the swedish wrestling
federation concerning Ida-Theres Karlsson.
Now, I am _not_ saying that there is anything similar going on. I am
just pointing to the importance of _internal_ politics, as a
potentially greater source of ``odd behaviour'' than global politics.
I tend to agree with you on this one, Imaginative. This could very well be a case of political-correctness within the upper echelon of the IAAF biased against the Russians; i.e., the desire to prevent them from spoiling the chances of the upstart African women. It stinks to high heaven in my book.
We know all problems cycling is facing, in weightlifting all athletes qualified from Bulgaria to OG were banned and now this with several russian athletes.
I mentioned doping is a WorldWide problem and unfortunately I start to believe that any outstanding performance from anyone has an high probability of being "dirty".
I may be wrong, but I don't believe the Bulgairan team were banned per se....11 or 12 athletes failed doping tests and as a result, the Bulgarian federation decided to keep the entire team out of the olympics?!
The Bulgarian fed seemed disgusted and were apologetic, a similar stance would be nice from the Russians. Ultimately, 7 (that we know of) athletes tampered with their tests and their automatic response involves blame as opposed to shame?
Similarly, the Greeks, the fathers of the Olympic games think it''s fine to send Thanou (who only had the B standard, thus there was no real pressure) despite the fact that she is a national, and world wide disgrace? You'd think, somewhere, somebody from these nations would understand damage control and try to protect their other athletes by condeming the cheats...otherwise they ALL get tarnished with the same brush.
This is of course a very interesting scenario and shows that some of the initiatives that were discussed at the 2006 IAAF Anti Doping Congress held in Lausanne, are coming to fruition.
It was said at the time in Lausanne, that the IAAF intended to use much more intelligence based approach to its Anti Doping strategy in order to try to protect clean athletes. What this meant among other things, was that they were targetting "known" or "suspected" trouble spots, countries and athletes, with more out of competition controls and perhaps with more frequency. As an example, following the issues with some of the Hungarian Throwers in Athens, they were carrying out more OOC tests on Hungarian throwers, and some countries suspected of EPO use or Blood Doping also came under heavy scrutiny ( and it could be said that some traditional strong Middle Distance countries have not been so strong in the last 18 months...).
The were also encouraging athletes and coaches with suspicions to come forward, and they would look at these concerns and perhaps carry out more OOC tests in these areas. ALso counties without a recognised OOC Testing programme were also focussed on, as can be seen in the overview of the 3000+ tests thatthe IAAF carried out in 2007, as countries such as Jamaica and even Russia, had their major athletes tested more frequently than the athletes from say USA and UK, where a more extensive OOC testing programme is in effect.
The other major new area of investigation that they discussed at this conference was the use of information gathered from previous tests as an indication of doping infringements, rather than the result form just one sample. For example, while all tests conducted at an accredited lab are carried out anonymously, they wanted to introduce a system where previous test results from the same athlete could be used to look for anomilies. If a test for a particular athlete showed a Testosterone/Epitestosterone ratio of greater than 4:1 (indication of positive test), or perhaps only 2:1, but previous tests had never been greater than 1:1, then this was in itself evidence of doping, and so would result in a positive test.
Similarly, they may conduct a carbon isotope assay on a sample that showed less than 4:1 ratio, but indicated the presence of exogenous testosterone, and therefore result in a positive test. In the past, this secondary testing was very rarely used, but is now being used as a matter of course, and therfore can show eveidence of doping even though the Test:Epi ratio did not give a positive indication.
DNA can be obtained from a number of sources, and can be used to ensure that a particular sample actually came from the person that is was meant to have come from. Going back to the Katrin Krabbe tests, the training partners were not banned for testing positive sample, but rather for manipulation of the testing procedure, when it was discovered that the three (I believe) athletes urine samples that were taken in South Africa, were shown to come from one and the same person, and so could not have come from (at least two) of the athletes in question. They had provided clean samples that had come from someone that was not using drugs, and they had presumably catheterised themselves and introduced that clean urine into their own bladders, or used a vessel to hold the clean urine, so that they would give the impression of providing a sample to the doping officers, when in fact it was not their own urine. This is exactly why UNANNOUNCED OUT OF COMPETITION TESTING is so important to catch cheaters....
I would suggest that in this case, the IAAF had some questions about the authenticity in some of the samples obtained last year (2007) on a number of athletes, and started to compare samples from different dates from the same athletes, and perhaps to compare DNA in each sample to ensure that they were coming from the same person. If there were any anomalies, then these would have to be investigated further and perhaps more tests were compared for these same athletes. If the DNA in two or more tests from (supposedly) the same person was shown to be different, then there were certainly questions to be answered, and I would suggest that this was when the Rissian Federation was informed in June.
A this is a new anti doping practice, then the testing merthodology would have to be proved, double checked and validated by independent scientists before the IAAF could move forward from a legal perspective and try to use this as a demonstration of Doping. Remember that Tim Montgomery never actually failed a test, but was banned upon the testimony of others, that proved to a satisfactory degee to CAS that a Doping Infraction had taken place, and Montgomery banned.
With the science proven and the IAAF / WADA ./ CAS Lawyers happy that it would stand up in court, then the next natural step was to obtain another sample, and certain DNA sample from the Athletes in question, andthe Russian Championships would be the ideal location as they should all be there, so Gabrielle Dolle was dispatched to get the definitive DNA samples. Once these were checked against the questionable tests from 2007, and discrepancies would give clear indication of manipulation of the Anti Doping procedures, and allow for the athletes in question to be suspended imediately.
I think that the timing is good...the Russian Champs were late, just before the cut-off date for Olympic Entries, and after the IOC Testing protocol comes into effect. I am sure that the Russians would have entered a fourth (reserve) athlete where available, so these reserves could appear in Beijing, but inthe 800/1500m this may be more of a problem as a number of athletes are effected, and only one reserve per event would be entered.
I am glad that some of these initiatives seem to be working now.
Sorry for the long post...
But unless Balakhnichev is flat-out lying, Gabrielle Dolle didn't go to the Russian championships in Kazan to collect the DNA samples. He went to Moscow, about 400 miles (644 km) away from Kazan. I suspect that he could've found six out of seven in Moscow almost anytime.
I kind of doubt that these gals are innocent victims, but the timing on this is clearly intended to keep 'em out of Beijing without a hearing of any sort. So while we're gonna have to wait and see if the science will really stand up in court, the punishment has already been imposed. And I can't say that I'm very comfortable with the judge-jury-executioner combination involved here.
Power of media. Things are not seen the same by all people. We all saw Thanou and Kederis as the bad guys. That was the way the world media portrayed, besides it made a great story. Many Greeks have had drummed into them and read a hundred times that the athletes never failed a test, that t was all a misunderstanding etc. Much the same way other countries may judge the role of Linford Christie or the return to the team of Christine Ohourugu and Mark Richardson, they may never have had full information. People support Thanou in Greece and it would be a harsh reality for the public if she were dumped by the federation.
Besides I wouldn't treat Thanou any harsher than Blonska, Cherry etc, they all brought out sport into disrepute.
Whatever surreptitious affairs may be concealed in this case, all I can say at this point is thank God for Pamela Jelimo, Tirunesh Dibaba and Meserat Defar. They ought to be able to deal with any Chi-bots that pop up out of holes in the track. Hey, there's a video game concept to market in Africa.....
Well, nationalism is a problem. Even I would probably be less inclined to
give a foreigner a second chance than a countryman. However, when
comparing different athletes, their demeanor should be considered:
Thanou, Kenteris, and Jones behaved outrageously, others stepped up
and took their punishment as adults. Blonska seems to have been more
of an adult (to my limited knowledge---possibly, her surrounding
behaviour was simply too invisible in the press). Correspondingly, I
would be more inclined to allow Blonska a second chance than Thanou.
(Notwithstanding that I would have been more at ease, had Blonska's
post-suspension results been weaker.)
I only have a question:
Since the female urine or swab testers are looking at the female athlete when they collect the sample how is it possible for the athlete to alter the sample???????
From what I heard they are literary looking at the genitalia when the athlete is peeing in the bottle. Or am I wrong??????
How would it be possible for a female to run with a "bag of clean urine" inside her??? or to have it inside all the time to be ready for out of competition doping tests?
" Hei Sergey wait a second before going to the Cinema tonight, let me put that clean human urine inside of me, you never know........"
No bag is needed as the bladder is the receptacle for the clean urine. Normally you cauterize a bladder to allow urine to come out but it can be reversed too. I assume the strategy is to fill up with clean urine if there is any chance of being tested. Certainly before a race.
With regard to out of competition testing I'm not sure how they do it. How long would they need to fill up the bladder? Possibly they get prior warning of out of competition testing?
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Unless they've changed the rules, world weighlifting federation bans any country from international weightlifting comps if the country has had three positives in a year.
Medvedev just made a speech yesterday about ending corruption... police corruption, that is. I believe he only has one speech per year of this kind (he:s new in office), so he:ll have to pull another angle with athletics.
Not quite. The tests have to be in international competition and there has been provision to pay a fine to the IWF rather than serve the suspension. Now that's the way to encourage a cash strapped organisation to hold the line........
It:s getting better by the hour:
The Russian media alleged the seven samples had been manipulated by a western company.
http://www.reuters.com/article/olympics ... 7220080801
The funniest bit about that article is in that the furore and frenzy about all of this, the media claims "FIVE OF OUR GOLDS HAVE BEEN FLUSHED DOWN THE DRAIN"- ignoring the fact that even if all of them HAD been able to win every event they entered, as 3 of them are entered in the 1500m, they could have only won four in the FIRST PLACE
What a ridiculous load of hogwash. Ban the sorry lot of them...
Does this mean the Russians' performances between Osaka and now will be annulled?
Will Gelete Burka get indoor 1500 meter WR for a race she placed 3rd in?
Could you say the Valencia race was a "mixed race"? Burka was kind of paced until the end...
According to this article, it was the Bulgarian Federation themselves.....but, well they may have pre -empted the inevitable?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic ... 477827.stm
Either way, the manner in which the Bulgarian fed handled this, portraying anger and disappointment towards the athletes with a view to clean things up, well, surely Russia should be employing similar tactics?
Soboleva Says She's Shocked By Doping Results
Finally the truth comes out. I have no doubt they are shocked they got caught.
Marlow, you wanna bet what happens next?
Someone:s neighbour-to-a-neighbour-to-a-neighbour-to-a-Western State:s oil supply gets turned off as a Russian protest
(or those visa applications for the 2013 champs suddenly - and mysteriously - get delayed, or, worse, lost for a group of friendlies travelling on through).
Russia won:t appeal the seven temporary bans until after Beijing:
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Soboleva is the world:s fastest athlete at two distances, the reigning world indoor champion and the world indoor record-holder.
News flash: IOC may decide to impose sanctions on Russia
http://www.theage.com.au/news/latest-ne ... 35147.html
Sure Epelle, I understand the reasoning, and also...Soboleva is quite aesthetically pleasing!
Thanks for the additional information. Things get more and more interesting!
I haven't read anything about any "new" super-duper tests. All I've seen so far is changes in testing and enforcement policy. It may be that they hadn't done any DNA verification of the samples prior to this time, but the DNA testing itself is hardly a revolutionary breakthrough.
The sequence of events, as they've been put forth so far is this:
There's a lot that we don't know about the testing procedures involved here. It's not too hard to come up with scenarios that would put the results into question. Now I'll state that I personally doubt very much that these seven gals are innocent victims in all this. They probably did exactly what they're being accused of. Nevertheless, I think the Russians have some very legitimate complaints about the way the IAAF is handling the situation. Whether the IAAF's accusations will stand up in court or not is completely unproven, but the punishment is already being imposed without a hearing of any sort whatsoever. Hearings on suspensions of this nature are required "within two months", but the outcome of these are completely moot in this situation.
The IAAF/WADA/whoever-did-the-testing could certainly have collected the direct DNA samples earlier. And as far as that goes, it doesn't appear that the outcome of these final tests has any logical bearing on the suspensions. Whether it was the earlier samples or the later that had come from unknown surrogates, the "charge" is tampering with the tests, so which of the two had been tampered with is immaterial. It's completely obvious that the timing of all this was deliberately intended to keep these athletes out of the Olympics, and to prevent the Russians from replacing them, regardless of whether or not the charges can be made to stick.
I'm seeing all sorts of huzzahs and back-slapping here, but I wonder if you'd all feel the same way if the names were changed? Christine Ohruogu missed three OOC tests. Suppose the IAAF said yesterday: "That's suspicious, so we're suspending her. But don't worry, she can defend herself against the charges in September." Bernard Legat failed a test for EPO, but got the results overturned in court. If the IAAF announced that this was suspicious, and suspended him "temporarily", would you all still be happy?
Bottom line: Do you really feel that the cops should be allowed to do whatever they want, as long as they're catching some of the bad guys?
I did not mean to imply it was revolutionary, but DNA testing is not one of WADA's normal tests as far as I know. And its not just the price of the tests (about $250, so it's not an extortionate price). More tests means sending out more testers, I assume they are not voluntary.
i think we know exactly what happened with regard to the tests. They did DNA tests on the urine samples (effectively a DNA fingerprint). They then did the same on the cheek swab sample. If the swab fingerprint does not match the urine fingerprint they must have tampered with the sample.
Possibly they could have taken the swabs earlier, or processed them faster, who knows? All I know is that it is better they are not running and depriving other athletes of their medal cermony experience.
With regard to EPO there is no comparison. That test is much more subjective than a DNA fingerprint. The urine and swab fingerprints either match or they don't. The only defense would be that the samples have been switched (as opposed to the normal defense that the samples were not stored correctly). Even then, there may well be other evidence that builds on the case. Possibly those athletes with the same coach all have a urine sample with the same fingerprint (speculation on my part). Unless the athletes are closely related this would be highly unlikely.
I find it hard to believe that these suspensions would have been brought at this time with subpar evidence. So yes, better these athletes do not run, regardless of the timing.
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I think as bruce notes
The whole point of the IAAF springing the suspension on them as this late date, was to prevent alternate entires? I may be wrong, and indeed, often am.
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Stock car racing has always fascinated me. The movies Thunder Road (1958) and Days of Thunder (1990) have a cherished place in my heart, as do historic stock car racing films from the '50s through the '80s. My love for the sport is not a new thing; it spans my childhood days at dirt-track fairground races to more recent times in my professional career, in the pits at the Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis, in modern race shops and at pit crew training and practice sessions.
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The jack man is still looking for the jack—it's not where he left it after the last pit stop. The gas man finds one full gas can and another leftover from the last pit stop that's still half full. That's all they're able to put into the car since escalating fuel prices have caused the team owners to clamp down on the gas budget. The gas man soon notices that the fuel is going into the fuel cell much slower because the catch can probe is broken and the fuel cell vent is closed. After a quick search, the jack man finds the jack behind a stack of old tires and sprints to the racecar only to trip going over the pit wall. A bit dizzy (but not suffering any debilitating injuries), he jacks up the left side of the car and waits.
The tire changers on the right side of the car have successfully removed all of the lug nuts and are waiting for the jack man to do his thing. Realizing that something is wrong, the jack man tells the "stupid" tire changer to come back to the other side of the car and get these tires off. A brief argument ensues and the jack man decides it's probably best to do the right side tires first. So, he begrudgingly drops the jack and ambles over to the other side of the car, slams the jack down and jacks up the car. Now that the right side tires are finally off, the tire carrier notices that the new right front tire is flat, tosses it over the wall and grabs another. The rear changer flawlessly indexes the new rear tire—and the changer tightens five lug nuts in a record 1.2 seconds! They high-five and pass the race gun to the front tire changer.
The front changer finally gets a good tire on the car and drives home the four lug nuts (he knows there should be five but the inspector doesn't notice one is missing). By this time, the fuel is in the car. The windshield and grille have been cleaned, and the left side tire change is begun as the jack man laments, "I told you we should have done the left side first!" As luck would have it, though, the second race gun appears from the bottom of the toolbox and is in the capable hands of the rear tire changer. Five lug nuts come off each of the front and rear wheels without a hitch. The jack man, however, is struggling with the jack—it won't go up! It's stuck. He yells to someone to toss him the big hammer, whereupon he beats the tar out of the jack and it finally begins to work. Unfortunately, the racecar is too close to the wall and the jack handle hits the wall with each pump. After a heated exchange between the jack man and the driver who "put that stupid car too close to the wall," the jack man gets the car raised up enough with 20 to 30 pumps—that's a record 15 seconds!
Two left-side tires off, two new tires on, the jack drops the car and it stalls! The entire pit crew scowls at the driver who is feverishly trying to start the vehicle. At this instant, the driver, crew chief and engineers decide why the racecar is handling so poorly and announce the plan to make a chassis adjustment. Since the gas man is available, the engineer passes the wrench to him and the crew chief announces "two rounds of wedge down on the right side." After swapping wrenches to get the right one, the gas man begins making the adjustment only to hear from the pit box "No! No! Turn it the other way, dummy."
By now the pit crew is beat. They sit on the pit wall, waiting for instructions on what to do next. The crew chief looks up from his computer, sees what's happening and yells at the crew to "drop your tools, get off your rears and push the car to get it started!" As the crew pushes the racecar down pit road, it finally starts and makes it back on the track—a 2-minute, 45-second pit stop successfully completed. (Successful? "The car's back on the track isn't it?") The crew throws their tools, hoses and gloves in a pile and promptly goes on break.
One lap later, the driver brings the racecar down pit road again—this time with dangerously loose front wheels. After a faster than normal tire change (once the pit crew had returned from their break) the car gets back in the race. Alas, it runs out of gas 10 laps before the end of the race and posts a solid last-place finish. After the noise of the race dies down, someone notices that the air hose to the front tire changer's race gun had been leaking. Apparently when the flat tire was tossed over the wall, the rim hit the hose causing, a deep gash.
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Why don't we see auto racing pit stops that look like this example? Because such a team CANNOT compete, no matter how good the racecar, no matter how experienced the driver, no matter how much money is thrown at the team!
In auto racing, much like a capital-intensive business, what makes a competitive team—a winning team—is when everything works together flawlessly. In other words, the equipment, tools, team members, work processes (methods and procedures) and leadership all are focused on common goals.As a business, a team will win or lose together. It simply can't be competitive with high-performing machinery and less-than-stellar maintenance. It just doesn't work that way—at the race track or in an industrial environment.
My sincerest apologies to my friends in NASCAR racing, drivers, crew chiefs, pit crew coaches and pit crew members. You and I know pit stops do not, cannot and will not happen like the hypothetical one described here. Aren't you glad? Sadly, we see a lot of similarities between this imaginary pit stop and how planned/preventive maintenance is carried out in some of our plants and facilities in America—and we wonder why we are struggling to compete. MT
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The first half of the game saw a fired up Jacksonville team take a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jordan Terry.
While Guntersville was able to get down within striking distance several times, the Lady Eagles were able to clear the ball out and keep the ball on the Guntersville side during most of the half.
In the second half, Guntersville was awarded their first goal on an own-goal by the Lady Eagles. On a corner kick the ball was deflected into the goal by one of the Lady Eagles and Guntersville had tied up the score.
A few moments later Guntersville scored on another strange play. On what was an apparent penalty, at least to many of the Lady Eagles who saw what happened and stopped play, the penalty was never whistled and Guntersville continued play, taking the ball down and scoring on a kick by Anna Tully.
While Jacksonville had some chances to score, the Guntersville defense kept the ball away from their goal to go on and win the game.
For the Lady Eagles, it was a disappointing way for a 16-3-1 season to end. The Lady Eagles in the final state poll had been ranked No.4.
Senior Sharon Osterbind commented on the game saying, "We lost a little energy in the second half and had some calls I didn't agree with and I think that changed people's attitudes a bit."
Head Coach Sam Cain agreed that the let down in the second half might have been psychological. "I think the second half they got better organized than we did and started making better passes. We sort of got disconnected.
"After their first goal we started thinking too much. Their second goal we had been fouled and they carried on and scored and that right there just got us in a funk. It was more psychological; we lost our head for a moment."
While the loss was tough to take it didn't erase an awesome season for Jacksonville. Senior Sharon Osterbind, who will be taking her game to the next level playing soccer for UAB next year, led the team with 44 goals and 18 assists.
Virginia Poe also had an outstanding season with 37 goals and 17 assists.
Goalie Mattison Lowery had 112 saves; seven shutouts and averaged only 1.1 goals against per game.
Coach Cain had nothing but praise for his soccer team. "Our girls maintained a spirit of excellence from the first practice until the last game of the season and always strived to be excellent in every aspect of their lives. I am so proud of the heart and soul that each and every one of them displayed this season. The commitment and sacrifices they had to make over the last four months resulted in them being acknowledged as one of the best soccer teams to ever play at Jacksonville High School."
Jacksonville says goodbye to five seniors who have all been instrumental in the Lady Eagles success. "The seniors were great leaders and role models for all of our underclassmen," said Cain.
"The work ethic and values these young ladies were able to demonstrate on and off the field was key to our teams success."
Osterbind, captain, has been playing for the Lady Eagles for six years. She has been named First –Team All-County six years, has been named All-State and Calhoun County Player of the Year. Osterbind also played on the North/South All-Star soccer team.
Osterbind has the distinction of being one of only five players in the state of Alabama to earn a Division I scholarship this year.
Kaila Green, captain, has also played for six years and has been named All-County for all six years.
Allison Judge, another senior captain, has been playing soccer for two years. Class valedictorian, Judge will be attending Millsaps College where she will play on the soccer team.
Seniors Natalie Gunter and Kenyatta Ervin played for the Lady Eagles for two years.


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India secure Super Eights place after Raina ton
Suresh Rania smashed a brilliant century from just 59 balls to help India become the first team to secure a place in the Super Eights group stage thanks to a 14 run victory over South Africa at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia.
Rania made the South Africans suffer by scoring a wonderful century after he was caught off a no ball in the 4th over to leave the Proteas with a run chase of 187.
The young Indian became just the third player to score a Twenty20 international century reaching the landmark from just 59 balls, his innings included 9 fours and 5 sixes.
South Africas run chase almost got off to an explosive start after Yusuf Pathan nearly pulled off a stunning diving catch to dismiss Jacque Kallis but the fielder couldnt get his finger tips around the balls.
Chasing such a big total mean the Proteas had to attack from the first ball but Kallis and Loots Bosman struggled against the spin of Harbhajan Singh who opened the bowling for India.
After suffering a slow start the South Africa lost Bosman (8) in the 4th over after he was caught by Piyush Chawla after he chased a wide delivery by Yusuf Pathan.
With the pressure building Bosman tried to smash Pathan through the covers but he was only able to Chawla who took the easy chance to leave South Africa 21-1.
Kallis was joined at the crease by skipper Graeme Smith but the big hitting pair struggled to score as India took all of the pace off the ball which made scoring boundaries on a painfully slow out field all impossible.
Although the South Africans progress mirrored that of the Indian innings Rainas acceleration at the end of the innings meant the Proteas were behind the required run rate.
Smith started to break the shackles with a couple of big sixes but Kallis in comparison was finding the conditions tricky as he reached his half century from a pedestrian 45 balls.
Slowly the Proteas started to gain so momentum thanks to Kallis who finally broke out of his slump by smashing Harbhajan Singh for consecutive sixes in the 14th over.
India bounced back though to halt the Proteas progress by running out Smith (36) in the very next over to leave South Africa 128-2. Kallis (73) followed his skipper back to the dugout 6 balls later after he was dismissed by Chawla.
With the lose of Smith and Kallis the Proteas now needed another 59 runs from just 21 delivers and it left Albie Morkel and AB de Villiers needing a miracle to claim the victory.
Although de Villiers smashed two big sixes to thrill the crowd India held on to record a comprehensive victory as they cruised into the Super Eights. Defeat for the Proteas means theyll go into Wednesday games against Afghanistan needing a victory to progress.
Having been put into bat India got off to a shaky start, from the very first ball of the game Dinesh Karthik could have been ran out after Murali Vijay turned down a quick single which left Karthik almost in the same crease at Vijay.
Although the ball was well fielded by AB de Villiers he threw the ball to the wrong end giving Karthik enough time to get back into his crease.
Despite the major let off South Africa struck back with the very next ball to dismiss Vijay (0) who caught by MS Dhoni to give Rory Kleinveldt the big break through.
Karthik and Raina responded to the loss of Vijay by slowly building a partnership of 28, the pair were clearly struggerling on the slow wicket riding their luck at times as Raina was brilliantly caught by Kleinveldt but Albie Morkel had over stepped the mark and a no ball was called.
Although the no ball would be costly the Proteas did strike back to dismiss Karthik in the next over after he was caught by Graeme Smith to leave India 32-2 after 5.3.
With Karthik back in the dugout Yuvraj Singh joined the reprieved Raina at the crease and the pair responded to the loss of the early wickets by building the foundations of an important contribution.
While the normally explosive Yuvraj played the perfect supporting roles scoring a run a ball Raina attacked the South African bowlers dispatching them around the ground.
Raina continued his excellent form from the last months Indian Premier League to reach his half century in the 14th over before Yuvraj (37) was dismissed by Kleinveldt to leave India 120-3.
Despite the loss of Yuvraj, Raina continued his brilliant innings. Supported by Yusuf Pathan the young Indian blasted 18 runs of Kleinveldt in the 17th as India was threatned to run up a big total.
Pathan (11) was dismissed by Dale Styen in the 18th over but there was still time for Raina to complete a well deserved century by smashing Morkel for a huge six over midwicket in the last over.
Rainas innings came to and end off the very next delivery after he was caught be AB de Villiers but the damaged had already been done as Raina scored an extra 96 runs after the no ball catch to punish South Africa who conceded 50 runs off the last 3 overs as India reached 186-5.
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Following Saturday's victory over Stanford, an uncannily optimistic Dana Altman gave everything but a guarantee that Artis would return Thursday against state-rival Oregon State and he appears to be right. While Altman didn't come out and say it, the point was certainly made when the Oregon coach detailed a "pitch count" Artis would likely receive Thursday, saying "they'd take it really slow" in bringing him back.
"We're going to have a set number [of minutes]," Atlman said. "I'm not sure what that's going to be. I'm going to sit down the with the trainers and doctors before the game and kind of like a pitch count and see where it is."
Artis practiced with the team Monday, for the first time in over a month, but was limited to individual drills.
"You couldn't see much [Monday] when he practiced with us, just because he hasn't been playing in a while," said teammate E.J. Singler. "It's just going to take him a while to get back in his groove. We're just happy that he's with us again and I hope his turnaround is quick."
Oregon (22-6, 11-4) was 6-0 in Pac-12 play prior to the foot injury, during that span he averaged just over ten points per contest, but more importantly was 10-18 from three point-range in his last five games.
How much did the Ducks miss Artis, following his last action on Jan. 23 versus Washington State?
With Artis, the Ducks had averaged 72.8 points per game, shot 44.8 percent from the field, 39.5 percent from deep and turned it over just over 12 times per conference game. Without him, the scoring dropped to 64.3, they shot 42.4 percent, 23.8 percent from deep and threw the ball around an average of nearly 16 times per game.
Never was his absence more apparent than in the Ducks four conference losses. In defeats at Stanford, at California and home losses to Colorado and Cal, the Ducks scored just 51 points per game and shot a putrid 35.7 percent from the field.
With limited minutes to start while Artis recovers and reestablishes himself with his teammates, Altman anticipates using both Artis and junior Johnathan Loyd, who has stepped into Artis' role, for major point guard minutes.
"I think he and Johnny are a really good combination. I think they compliment each other very well and so Johnny will still have to play a major role, for a few weeks anyway," he said.
Altman anticipates his availability to increase up until the Pac-12 tournament when he hopes to have Artis back at close to 100 percent.
"If we can gradually bring him back this week and then two games next week, I think by conference tournament we're looking like he's pretty much back. That's a number of practices and three games. We're hoping that by the conference tournament he's full speed."
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BRETHREN, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. Those who formerly became priests took their office without an oath, but this one was addressed with an oath, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'Thou art a priest for ever."' This makes Jesus the surety of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever. Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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After a promising opening weekend, the Tigers took their talents to the Tarheel State, playing in a tournament hosted by Wake Forest and then hosting two games at the US Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C. Mizzou won its first game of the road trip, a dominant 15-3 decision over Radford, but stumbled the rest of the way by dropping its final four contests. Still, the trip didn't lack in highlights- this week's extra nine.
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