Swimming's micro-scandal came last week after South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh was asked by reporters about an underwater video that showed him using three underwater "dolphin" kicks at the start of a breaststroke race.
Free hats and flags were given out by the first teams to arrive and soon a sea of green hats added to the colour of the Waterfront, which provided an idyllic backdrop for the start of the race between 100 riders over a 1, 349.9km course.
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Back in 1998, my parents had been anchored off that very seawall before heading south for Norfolk and the start of the Caribbean 1500, a rather laid back ocean race from the Chesapeake Bay to the Virgin Islands.
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Warren Gatland will hope Rees is available for the Six Nations as the Wales coach will already be without wings Shane Williams and George North for the start of the campaign while Lee Byrne and Stephen Jones both face a race against time to be fit.
Loeb came into the race seeking to extend his perfect five-race winning streak at the start of the season, but a puncture on stage 11 proved fatal to his hopes, losing him a minute which he was unable to claw back.
City Hall officials and the marathon's organizers discussed a number of alternatives, including holding a 10-mile run in Manhattan and moving the traditional start of the race out of Staten Island.
Shortly before a horn signaled the start of the race, Chaoui slid into the starting line for the 5K, decked out in fluorescent pink leg sleeves and a turkey hat.
It soon became obvious that a decision to start the year with an updated version of a car that was first slated to race in 2003 was a major error.
The Ospreys responded at the start of the second half when Richard Fussell made a break on the outside and found Owen to race in under the posts.
So why not start with a 10K race instead of the half-marathon?
"It's a great way to start the last race of the year, " said the German.
Webber was punished for colliding with Brawn's Rubens Barrichello at the start but was in a class of his own to dominate the race despite his handicap.
In the first Irish Superbike race of the day, Laverty was a start-to-finish winner with Neill seeing off Donald in a thrilling battle for second place, then Pearson, Brian McCormack and Alistair Seeley completing the top six.
Jakes, meanwhile, was a little salty that the start-and-stop nature of the race hurt his chances of winning an IndyCar event for the first time.
The opening race of the final night of the Olympic athletics programme had a cagey start, with Russian Natalya Yevdokimova leading the runners through the first lap in 64 seconds.
Thanks to the emergence of technical standards, the winner of a race is likely not only to take all the spoils, but also to start new technological contests with an advantage.
This is a marathon race, with some 200 or so teams at the start comprised of NYU students, faculty and alums competing over seven-plus months in one of three lanes: new, social and technology ventures.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Mushers and their dogs took a leisurely jaunt through Anchorage on Saturday in the ceremonial start of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
But those who study race relations in Britain believe that the Lawrence inquiry may provide the chance of a new start.
Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button will start from fourth after he enjoyed a much improved qualifying performance, having struggled for much of the season after winning the opening race of the season.
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