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12 September 2008 |
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Stuttgart, Germany
Saturday 9/13 (9:00a- 12:30p)
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Jamaicans Campbell-Brown and Carter take 100m dashes in Zagreb |
10 September 2008 |
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Jamaican Olympic relay champion Nesta Carter and compatriot Veronica Campbell-Brown, the Olympic 200 gold medalist won the men's and women's100-metre dashes at the Zagreb Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Carter, the lead off runner on the Jamaican world record breaking team, clocked 10.23, while Campbell-Brown posted in 11.10 to take the women's race.
Meanwhile, American Dawn Harper, the unexpected 100-meter hurdles gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing, won in 12.65 seconds, beating Jamaican Delloreen Ennis-London by 0.05 seconds.
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Canada, who took bronze at the games, was third in 12.86, and silver medalist Sally McLellan of Australia was fourth. Read More
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Asafa Powell runs 9.82 in Reiti Grand Prix |
7 September 2008 |
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Jamaican former World record holder Asafa Powell ran away with the men's 100 meters dash in 9.82 seconds at Sunday's Rieti Grand Prix.
Powell ran faster in his semifinal heat on Sunday, clocking 9.77 — 0.08 seconds off the current world record of 9.69 set by fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt at last month's Beijing Olympics.
After seven races in five days I'm a little tired," Powell said. "Now, I'm going on vacation.
"The rivalry with Usain will resume in 2009, which will be an important year with the world championships, but who knows if he and I will have the same form as this year." Read More
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Marion Jones leaves Texas prison |
5 September 2008 |
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Former U.S. sprinter Marion Jones left a federal prison in Texas on Friday after serving a six-month sentence for lying to prosecutors about steroid use that helped her win five medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Jones, 32, left the minimum security facility in San Antonio, Texas, at 8 a.m. CDT (1300 GMT), a prison spokeswoman said. Read More
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Bolt chases down Powell to win Brussels 100m showdown |
5 September 2008 |
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Usain Bolt chased down countryman Asafa Powell to win the men's 100m in a remarkable 9.77 seconds in a -1.3 headwind to win at Friday's Memorial Van Damme meeting.
In fact, it was a Jamaican 1-2-3-4 sweep as Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, who with Bolt and Powell won gold in a world record time at the Olympics took third and fourth respectively.
Powell, as usual, got out to his familiar rocket start and looked to have the race in the bags after Bolt stumbled slightly after his early steps.
However, Bolt, the Olympic triple gold medallist, deciding not to end his season on a losing note, made his familiar move at the 60m mark to win the race by three-metres.
"Asafa is a really fast guy. I'm getting used to chasing him," Bolt said.
Powell finished second in a fast 9.83, with Carter taking third in 10.07 and Frater completing the sweep, at 10.08.
"I came out to run fast," Powell said. "Usain really put on the pressure." Read More
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Watch IAAF Rieti 2008 Grand Prix LIVE |
5 September 2008 |
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Rieti, Italy
Sunday, September 7 (3-5p EDT)
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Tyson Gay pulls out of Brussels 100m showdown |
4 September 2008 |
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World champion Tyson Gay will miss out on competing in one of the strongest 100 meters lineups ever assembled for a Golden League event after he withdrew from Friday's Memorial Van Damme meeting through injury.
The American was due to face triple Olympic sprint champion and world record holder Usain Bolt and fellow Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell, who ran the joint second-fastest 100 of all time on Tuesday, in front of a capacity 50,000 crowd.
But Gay said he did not want to risk further damage to the hamstring injury that dogged his Olympic bid last month in Beijing where he failed to reach the final.
"I will not make it on Friday. I really wanted to compete, but I can't race," Gay said after training on Thursday. Read More
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Powell sizzled to 9.72; Usain Bolts to 19.63 in Lausanne |
2 September 2008 |
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Jamaican speedster Asafa Powell equalled the second fastest 100-metres time of all-time when he clocked 9.72-seconds to win the men's dash at the Athletissima Grand Prix in Lausanne.
Powell winning matched the previous world record set in May by fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt, who lowered it to 9.69 at the Beijing Olympics.
Despite his impressive performance, which was a personal best Powell was still stinging from his fifth place finish at Beijing.
"I'm very happy," Powell said. "It is a bit late, but I'm very happy after all that I have been through this year."
"He did well tonight and I congratulate him," Bolt said of Powell, who won the race over runner-up Walter Dix of the United States (9.92) and Jamaica's Nesta Carter (9.98). Read More
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Powell still searching for reasons for major championships flops |
2 September 2008 |
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Former 100-metres World record holder Asafa Powell is still puzzled as to why he is unable to deliver at major championships.
The Jamaican 2006 Commonwealth Games champion, arguable the most successful sprinter on the European circuit, has not been able to transfer those outstanding performances at the big stages.
Powell, in the last three major championships, was tipped has a strong favourite to win at least one gold medal, but has only managed to win a bronze medal, this coming at the World Championships in Osaka, last summer.
His latest disappointments came only weeks ago at the just concluded Beijing Olympics when he failed to medal in the 100m, after entering the event heavy favourite for a top three spot.
"I perform better in Grand Prix and Golden League races rather than in big championships, but I cannot explain the reasons," Powell said at the media conference for Tuesday's 2008 Athletissima meeting in Lausanne. Read More
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Bolt, not Phelps for Beijing individual performer |
1 September 2008 |
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Despite winning a record eight gold medals and getting all the attention of American television broadcasters, swimming super star Michael Phelps was not the best individual performer at the Beijing Olympics, according to the Denver Post newspaper.
Instead, Jamaican sprint phenomenon Usain Bolt was picked by the newspaper for his three world record gold medal performances in the 100, 200 metres and 4x100-metre relay.
"Usain Bolt, sprinter, Jamaica, best individual performance. Sorry, Michael Phelps," the paper said.
"With swimmers breaking 74 world records in 2008 — including 24 at these Olympics — we no longer are impressed with world swim records.
"But when Bolt breaks track's two sprint marks for the first sprint double in 24 years, then runs a leg on the sprint relay that breaks a third record, that grabs our attention," the Denver Post stated. Read More
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Asafa Powell wins 100m at Gateshead Grand Prix |
31 August 2008 |
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Former World record holder Asafa Powell, who anchored Jamaica's 4x100m team to a World record in Beijing, won the men's 100m in gloomy conditions at the Gateshead Grand Prix on Sunday.
Powell clocked 9.87-seconds on a wet track to take the event ahead of countryman and training partner Nesta Carter, the lead off man on the Jamaican record breaking squad, as Caribbean athletes swept the top four places.
Carter posted 10.13sec to finish second, while Trinidadian Marc Burns a finallist in Beijing, took third in 10.16 and St Kitts and Nevis' Kim Collins, 10.23.
In the women's 100m Jamaican Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser had to settle for second behind American Lauryn Williams, who the victory in 11.24secs.
Fraser, the last runner to leave the blocks, finished second in 11.29, Bahamian Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie was third in 11.42. Jamaica's Olympic silver medallist Sherone Simpson failed to duplicate that performance and finished last in 11.67. Read More
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Caribbean Olympic heroes target more success in Gateshead |
30 August 2008 |
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Several of the Caribbean Olympic heroes, including individual champions Shelly Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker, in addition to relay gold medallists Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, are set to resume their seasons at the Gateshead Grand Prix on Sunday. Read More
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30 August 2008 |
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Gateshead, UK
Sunday, August 31st (10a-1p EDT)
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Usain Bolt stars in Zurich |
29 August 2008 |
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Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt clocked 9.83-seconds in a -0.5 m/s to win the men's 100m dash at Friday's Weltklasse meeting in Zurich
Bolt once again dominated the race from start to finish, to cruise home ahead of American Olympic bronze medallist Walter Dix, at 9.99secs and Trinidadian Richard Thompson, who finished second in Beijing, be had to settle for third on Friday in 10.09.
Though Bolt continued his winning ways, he couldn't take advantage of Weltklasse organizers' bonus offer of $50,000 US and a kilogram bar of gold worth $27,000 if he broke the world record of 9.69 seconds he set in Beijing.
"It was good, but my start was not too good," Bolt said. "I concentrated on winning and as I'm starting to get a cold I was not able to think about any faster time." Read More
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Usain Bolt was on track for 9.52 in Beijing |
29 August 2008 |
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Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills believes the Jamaican sprint marvel was on track to run 9.52 seconds in the 100 metres at the Beijing Olympics, had he not eased up to celebrate at the finish.
Bolt clocked 9.69 seconds to win gold in a world record-breaking performance but slowed to celebrate the phenomenal win 10 metres before the finish.
“Bolt’s first 60 metres was very good. I was told that with an all-out finish after the opening 60 metres, Usain was projected to run a 9.52,” Mills told reporters ahead of today’s Weltklasse Golden League meeting in Zurich, Wednesday evening.
“I haven’t seen the complete biomechanical report from Beijing yet, but I can say that Usain had a good start by his own standard.”
Meanwhile, any doubts as to whether Bolt would continue to run the 100 metres after his incredible season this year were put to rest by Mills.
“This is only his first year of running the 100 metres, his first year with serious work in the event,” said Mills.
“In two more years he should be peaking at this distance and by then I am certain he will be down to there (9.50 or faster).” Read More
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Bahamian Williams-Darling to quit track and field |
29 August 2008 |
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Bahamian quarter-miler, Tonique Williams-Darling, says she is retiring from track and field, less than a week after watching her reign as Olympic champion end in Beijing, China.
Williams-Darling has been absent from the track since September 2006 and several reports had suggested that she was on the verge of quitting the sports. The 32-year-old, however, played down those remarks in July, stating that she was eyeing a 2009 return.
But speaking to a local newspaper this week, the 2004 Athens Olympic gold medallist, confessed that she had been considering the decision for while.
"It has been several things," Williams-Darling explained in the Nassau Guardian. "Prior to just sitting down and watching the games for these last couple of weeks, there has been several things that had happened in the last two years that kind of signal to me that things were changing and moving in a different direction.
"First the separation from my coach who has been very instrumental in my career, moving to a different state with my husband (Dennis) as he begins his coaching career and with my pregnancy earlier in the year, those were the kind of things that had my career slow down right before the Olympics." Read More
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Campbell-Brown says Flo-Jo's records out of reach |
27 August 2008 |
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Reigning Olympic 200-metre champion Veronica Campbell-Brown believes female sprinters will continue to play second fiddle to the men until someone gets close to or breaks Florence Griffith-Joyner's world records.
Before a capacity crowd at the Bird's Nest Stadium last week, the Jamaican ran her heart out to clock a personal best of 21.74 seconds and defend her Olympic half-lap title, but was still a long way off the 20-year-old world record.
Her fellow countryman Usain Bolt was the highlight of the Olympics, blazing the track to set new world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres events.
"It's a touchy subject, but if I should be honest, I really believe men get more attention in this sport," Campbell told the broadcast media here. "It's based on the fact that the world record in the 100m and 200m for men is reachable.
"For me, my PRs (personal records) are 10.85 and 21.74, which I just accomplished here and I only ran that once. It is hard for me to even think about the world record." Read More
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Gay or not, Bolt couldn't have been stopped |
27 August 2008 |
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Former World and Olympic champion Linford Christie says double Olympic champion and world record-holder Usain Bolt would have still won the sprint double even if American champion Tyson Gay had been fully fit.
Gay won the sprint double at the World Championships in Osaka, last year but an injury at the United States trials in early July sidelined him and forced him to enter the Olympics without a single competitive race under his belt, and with lingering questions over his fitness.
"Gay is a good athlete and he would have pushed Bolt hard," said Christie, the only man to have held the Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth 100m titles simultaneously.
"But I don't think he would have beaten him, considering what Bolt achieved with such an ease. He was on a different planet altogether." Read More
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Make doping a crime, says Lewis
6 May 2008
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Olympic legend Carl Lewis has called on governments around the world to make the use of banned substances in sport a criminal offence.
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