ATHS: Six months on from Sydney, Perec still silent

AAP Sports News (Australia);  March 2, 2001 ;     616 words ......Cathy Freeman. Perec's close friend...France, and I don't know where she was...said she did not know where, or even if, Perec wanted to train...but we need to know if she plans to...friends seem to know of Perec's whereabouts or...

Defending Champion Perec Mysteriously Leaves Games

The Washington Post;  September 21, 2000 ;     403 words ...The runner ran away. Marie-Jose Perec of France, the two-time defending Olympic...her event, claiming she was threatened. Perec bolted town a day before the competition...boarded a plane for Europe. A spokeswoman for Perec said the runner was frightened by an encounter...

Rivals Freeman and Perec Return to What They Do BestIn The Arena

International Herald Tribune;  December 21, 2001 ;     700+ words ......shaped, Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. That is where Marie-Jose Perec recently resumed training after a long layoff. Freeman and Perec. Or as the old pecking order had it: Perec and Freeman. They remain oceans apart in location and attitude, but...

Perec seconds the motion

The Boston Globe;  August 2, 1996 ;     389 words ......me to explain. I'm sorry, I'm so emotional right now." Perec had waited until after winning the 400 meters Monday to...Ottey actually had a short lead coming off the turn, but Perec took over with about 10 meters to go. The times for Perec and Ottey were actually a little slower than what they...was my ...

Perec gets her own double She is second woman to win both 200 and 400

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 2, 1996 ;     345 words ......without getting recognized. I think it's going to get worse." Perec scoffed at the notion that her accomplishment was diminished...200 shortly after the women's event. "No, not at all," Perec said. "I don't think I was overshadowed by Michael Johnson...in. "As you can see, there are a lot of people in here," ...

Oly: I ll be back, says Perec

AAP General News (Australia);  September 23, 2000 ;     576 words ......from the Games. Her agent, Annick Avierinos, told AFP that Perec was headed for her home in the French capital to rest...Monday. The only sign of the now-aborted showdown between Perec and Freeman was Perec's name and number, 1761, still on the electronic board...time of the final, all trace will be ...

ATHS: Perec ducks clash with Freeman over 400m

AAP Sports News (Australia);  June 27, 2000 ;     382 words ......Switzerland on Wednesday week. But Perec has now decided to run only...feels certain of beating her. Perec had initially planned to make...that won't prevent my return," Perec said. "I want to run and I'm in a hurry to know where I am, but at the same...difficult." Earlier this year, Perec ...

Oly: French unsure whether Perec on the move

AAP General News (Australia);  September 12, 2000 ;     268 words ......News (Australia) 09-12-2000 Oly: French unsure whether Perec on the move SYDNEY, Sept 12 AAP - French officials were unsure today whether Cathy Freeman's arch rival Marie-Jose Perec was preparing to flee her city hotel for more secure confines in the Olympic village. There were suggestions Perec was ...

ATHS: Perec still not back training after Olympic debacle

AAP Sports News (Australia);  December 15, 2000 ;     248 words ......Sports News (Australia) 12-15-2000 ATHS: Perec still not back training after Olympic debacle...agent of French athletics star Marie-Jose Perec has denied press reports in France that...returned to training. Annick Avierinos said Perec, who mysteriously walked out of the Sydney...

Ath: Perec and Freeman end four-year wait to forget Sydney

AAP General News (Australia);  August 24, 2004 ;     700+ words ......one of these days we would sit down and talk like this." Perec admitted she had tried to see Freeman at last year's world...tried to see each other, but it wasn't possible," said Perec, who admitted that she could have perhaps approached her...proportions that it was just unbearable." The images of Perec ...

Cruella de Perec's 101 recriminations

Scotland on Sunday;  September 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ......one of the greatest runners of the past decade. Instead, Perec plumped for the downright crazy path of claiming she was...having initially pretended to deliver a package. When Perec threatened to call police, the would-be assailant reportedly...existed, surely the obvious response would have been for ...

Oly: Perec says she "cracked under pressure" of press

AAP General News (Australia);  September 22, 2000 ;     536 words ......was very moved," Buffet's spokesman said. "Marie-Jose Perec explained that she had cracked under the pressure of the...would explain herself in a few days, after she has rested." Perec's anticipated showdown in the 400 metres final with Australian...best ones," Carrard told a regular IOC news conference. ...

Ath: Perec flees Australia after threat Freeman showdown off

AAP General News (Australia);  September 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ......police spokesman told AAP. The manager of the hotel where Perec was staying said staff at the hotel were unaware of any...stayed in the Athlete's village," one source told AAP. Perec angered her French team-mates by refusing to join them...hotel, emerging only to train or to do a little shopping. Perec ...

OLYMPIC GAMES: ATLHLETICS - The French `Gazelle' who crashed to earth...

The Independent - London;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ...SHE SAID she wanted to be alone. Now Marie-Jose Perec finds the world in her face after a turn of events worthy...perhaps. Cathy Freeman, the Australian challenger for Perec's Olympic 400m title, is operating under an enormous burden...Frenchwoman, rather than the Aborigine, who has gone walkabout. Perec's ...

Ath: Perec says she would ve run faster than Freeman s time

AAP General News (Australia);  September 29, 2000 ;     616 words ......General News (Australia) 09-29-2000 Ath: Perec says she would ve run faster than Freeman...Sept 27 AAP - French track star Marie-Jose Perec today admitted she fled Sydney because...left the country last week. At the time, Perec said she had left Australia in fear, claiming...