Red-hot Powell, Dibaba lead the stars in Rieti on Sunday
Rieti, Italy - The return of Asafa Powell to the track where he ran his 9.74 secs World record last year and a World record attempt in the women’s 5000m by Ethiopian long distance running star Tirunesh Dibaba will be in the spotlight at the 38th edition of the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix meeting scheduled for Sunday 7 September, one of the two Italian legs o... (more)
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Dayron Robles looking forward to World Athletics Final
After becoming Olympic champion in Beijing, Dayron Robles has resumed his busy European schedule with two races in Switzerland, including his sixth sub 13-second run of the year in Zurich.
With three races to go before ending his most successful season ever, the 21-year-old World record holder from Cuba found some free time to update the IAAF website read... (more)
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Chanelle Price leads Lady Vols at Belmont Opener
NASHVILLE -- Chanelle Price was expected to make an immediate impact as a middle distance star on the University of Tennessee track & field team. The Lady Vol freshman showed on Friday evening in her collegiate debut that she has the tools also to be a difference-maker in cross country, finishing as UT’s top runner at the Belmont Opener.
Price, a ... (more)
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Jelimo becomes a millionaire in Brussels; Bolt 9.77sec
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Brussels, Belgium - Pamela Jelimo secured the $1 Million ÅF Golden League Jackpot outright, as Blanka Vlasic’s hopes of at least a share of the prize fell at the sixth and final stage of the ÅF Golden League 2008, the Belgacom Memorial Van Damme, which was played out in front of... (more)
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Bolt (9.77 seconds) overtakes Powell (9.83) in Brussels
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Usain Bolt battled the cold and a headwind, and was forced to come from behind to beat Asafa Powell in 9.77 seconds Friday in the 100 meters at the Van Damme Memorial.
Running into 1.3 meter-per-second headwind, the Olympic champion had a bad start and immediately saw Powell shoot ahead of him. In his last race of the season, however, n... (more)
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Marion Jones released from Texas federal prison
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- 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.
A federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman said Jones, 32, was released at 9 a.m. ET Friday from a halfway house in San Antonio af... (more)
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Barringer not sure whether she will run this fall
It would be hard for any other University of Colorado student to top Jenny Barringer's summer travels.
During her working vacation in China, the CU senior participated in the opening ceremonies at the Bird's Nest, had her picture taken with president George W. Bush and former president George H.W. Bush, chatted with the First Lady, ate dinner with Redeem Te... (more)
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Duck Men Sweep Top Six Spots, Women Take Top Two at Pre’s Trail Run
EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon men’s team swept the top six spots while the Oregon women claimed the top two places in the season-opening Pre’s Trail Run before an enthusiastic crowd Thursday evening at Alton Baker Park.
“It was good to get out and run in front of a great crowd who came out ... (more)
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Bucknam era begins at Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The 2008 Arkansas Razorback men’s cross country season will begin this weekend with a home meet in Fayetteville. The Hogs, Missouri Southern and Oklahoma will compete in the Arkansas Dual at 7 p.m. Friday night at Fayetteville’s Agri Park.
Running in the four-mile race for Arkansas will be seniors Scott MacPherson and ... (more)
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Tyson Gay Gay pulls out of Bolt-Powell showdown
BRUSSELS: World champion Tyson Gay has pulled out of Friday's eagerly-awaited Golden League 100m showdown with Olympic champion, and world record holder, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, organiser Wilfried Meert said.
After training on Thursday, American Gay, who has been dogged by hamstring troubles which sabotaged his Olympic Games dream in Beijing where he ... (more)
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Powell – “maybe I’m just a guy for the circuit”
Brussels, Belgium - Meeting Director Wilfried Meert succinctly summed up the stature of the guest star when opening today’s press conference ahead of tomorrow night’s finale of the ÅF Golden League 2008, the 32nd edition of the Memorial Van Damme meeting (Fri 5 Sep).
“I am pleased to introduce a loyal customer of the Memorial Va... (more)
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Not dreading end-of-season fatigue, Willis is ready for Brussels
Brussels – The travelling Willis family of five is down to two but don’t expect the man for whom the tour group was built to be the weaker for its dispersal here tomorrow. Nick Willis has already achieved his goal this season - an Olympic 1500m medal - but now he wants more.
Striking back against the domination of his event by African-born athle... (more)
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Adoration for Bolt, Hellebaut and Gevaert; Jelimo and Vlasic focus on $1 Million in Brussels
Brussels, Belgium - The Belgacom Memorial Van Damme, the finale of the ÅF Golden League 2008, takes place in the Belgian capital on Friday 5 September 2008. The meeting will focus on Beijing achievements, a notable retirement, and of course the last stage of the ÅF Golden League $1 Million Jackpot.
A capacity audience of 47,000 spectators in the... (more)
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Dibaba to challenge 5000m record on Sunday
Ethiopia’s Olympic hero Tirunesh Dibaba will take on her own world 5000m record in the Italian town of Rieti on Sunday, reports Spikesmag.com.
A spokesman for her agent said, "It will be a serious attempt at improving the time she ran in Oslo earlier this year. Rieti is a wonderful place for mid and long distance running. Many world records... (more)
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Women's individual defending champ favored, but Stanford's title run likely to end
Come the afternoon of November 24 in Terre Haute, Ind., there is likely to be a three-peat women's cross country champion. And just as likely that another three-peat championship run will end.
Texas Tech's Sally Kipyego could stake her claim as the greatest female NCAA cross country champ with her third straight individual title at the LaVern Gibson Champio... (more)
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Vlasic vs. Jelimo for Golden Jackpot
BRUSSELS, Belgium: High jumper Blanka Vlasic and 800 runner Pamela Jelimo face off at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday to win the Golden League's million-dollar jackpot, the richest prize in athletics.
Usain Bolt already has three of the biggest trophies this year because of his triple Olympic gold and world record feat in Beijing and will be looking t... (more)
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Michigan's Ron Warhurst announces men's coaching change
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan men's track and field head coach Ron Warhurst announced he will be moving associate head coach Fred LaPlante into the head coaching position for men's track and field while Warhurst himself will move into the associate role. Warhurst will remain the head coach of the men's cross country team, where he is serving his... (more)
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Premier attraction - Bolt vs Gay vs Powell in Brussels
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Brussels, Belgium - For the first time ever, the world’s three pre-eminent sprinters Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, will meet in the same 100m race when the Belgacom Memorial Van Damme meeting, the finale of the ÅF Golden League 2008, takes place in the Belgian capital on Friday 5... (more)
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Silver medallist Richard Thompson gets four-day party
Sprint star Richard Thompson and his fellow Trinidad & Tobago Olympic silver medallists will finally return home on monday - to a four-day party sanctioned by the Caribbean island's Prime Minister.
“We congratulate our valiant men and women in Beijing and we look forward to their triumphant return home,” said the PM, Patrick Manning.
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Columbia cross country teams looking for a boost
The Columbia cross-country teams have been sharpening their racing spikes as the fall gets underway. This season provides unique challenges for the Lions, who will not only face the Ivy League, but also some of their own runners competing in different colors.
The men’s team welcomes 16 new athletes this season. The new group boasts a large distance co... (more)
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2009 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships return to Florida
One of the premier Southeastern Conference sporting events is returning to Gainesville.
The 2009 SEC Outdoor Track & Field championships will be hosted by UF on May 14-17 at the Percy Beard Track. It is the first time since 1998 the Gators have hosted the event. Coach Mike Holloway is proud to have the event return to Gainesvillle, especially at... (more)
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Abilene Christian hires new head cross country coach
Just four days before the first meet of the 2008 season, the Abilene Christian University men's and women's cross country teams have a new head coach.
ACU head track and field coach Don D. Hood announced Tuesday that Sam Burroughs has been chosen to lead the cross country program.
Burroughs spent the past three years as head cross country coach at Iona Col... (more)
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Oregon to open season at Pre’s Trail Run on Thursday
EUGENE, Ore. – Two Olympians and 11 All-Americans will be present as the defending NCAA Champion men’s team and national runner-up women’s team open their 2008 cross country seasons with the Pre’s Trail Run Thursday at Alton Baker Park. The women will run against Oregon State and Portland State at 6 p.m., while the Men of Oregon and P... (more)
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Bolt eyes 100m record against fastest field ever in Brussels
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Three-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt will run the 100 meters in the fastest field ever assembled Friday, seeking to break the world record for the third time this season.
At the Van Damme Memorial, the Olympic champion will face Asafa Powell, the former record-holder who matched the second-fastest 100 of all time on Tuesday,... (more)
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Oliver defeats Robles in Lausanne
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Led by David Oliver in the men's 110m hurdles, Americans won a pair of events and placed in several more Tuesday at the prestigious Athletissima 2008 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meet is part of the IAAF's Super Grand Prix series.
In men's competition, Olympic bronze medalis... (more)
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Jamaica's Asafa Powell runs the second fastest 100m in history
Jamaica's Asafa Powell ran the second fastest 100m in history at the Athletissima Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Powell clocked 9.72 seconds to equal the old world record set by compatriot Usain Bolt in New York last May.
Bolt, who won the 200m in Lausanne in a time of 19.63, set the 100m world record of 9.69 in Beijing last month.
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While ‘Bekele's cat’ is away the others can play in Brussels
Monte-Carlo - When in Beijing last month Kenenisa Bekele became the sixth man in history to complete a 5000m and 10,000m Olympic gold medal double, in the process retaining his 10,000m title, there was no longer any doubting the preeminence of the 26-year-old Ethiopian maestro in the recent history of the longest Olympic track distances.
The reigning three-... (more)
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Two Jamaican hurdlers implicated in steroid ring
Two members of the 2008 Jamaican Olympic track team received shipments of performance-enhancing drugs through an Internet distribution network, according to documents obtained by SI.
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Carney, Steffens win USA 20 km titles
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - James Carney (Eugene, Ore.) took charge early on his way to his second USA title of 2008, winning the USA 20 km Championships in 59:11. In the women's race, Jill Steffens (Athens, Ga.) overtook Elva Dryer (Gunnison Colo.) just after the 12 mile mark to win... (more)
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New UA track coach Bucknam embracing Hogs’ glorious past
Seems newcomers taking command of the established approach their new program's old traditions with varying degrees of disinterest, disdain and delight.
At least one of the Razorbacks' raft of new commanders, men's track coach / cross country coach Chris Bucknam, truly seems delighted with a capital D. He acts delighted what Arkansas has been and is and not... (more)
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