Elaine Thompson Completes Sprint Double in Rio Olympics

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson became the world’s fastest woman this year and the first since 1988 to win the sprint double at the Olympics, when she raced to victory in a high-profile 200m rematch last night in Rio de Janeiro. The 24-yr-old Thompson took the 100m title Saturday night (13th) in 10.71secs and returned with solid…

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Bolt Saw van Niekerk’s 400m World Record Coming

Twenty-five minutes before Usain Bolt became the first man to win the 100m consecutively over three Olympic Games, South Africa’s quarter-miler and 2015 World Champion Wayde van Niekerk destroyed the 17-year-old 400m world record set at 43.18secs by Michael Johnson in Spain in 1992. van Niekerk entered the race as one of three main title…

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Kendra Harrison Breaks 28-yr-old Sprint Hurdles World Record

The look on Kendra Harrison’s face after winning the 100m hurdles at the Diamond League meeting in London yesterday (July 22) was priceless. Her usually emotionless facial expression slowly transformed into a smile as her countrywoman Nia Ali hugged her and directed her attention to the giant TV screen that showed her winning time of 12.20…

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Jamaica Trials: Fraser-Pryce Struggles, Campbell-Brown Sizzles

Veteran world track star, Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) is set to steal the spotlight in the women’s sprints at this week’s Jamaica Nationals, to select Jamaica’s team to the Rio Olympics later this summer. VCB, 33, has long been Jamaica’s sprint standard-bearer, and has won 45 international medals, making her one of the most important athletes…

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Fraser-Pryce Withdraws from Shanghai DL with Toe Injury

The anticipated clash of three Jamaican women at Saturday’s IAAF Shanghai Diamond League in China has been watered down as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has cancelled her participation because of a “minor toe injury” for which she is receiving treatment. According to a release from meet organizers, she is expected to be fit “on a short notice.”…

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Richards-Ross Runs Final Penn Relays Race

Five days after announcing on social media that she will retire after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, American quarter-miler Sanya Richards-Ross ran her final Penn Relays race Saturday (30th) in the US city of Philadelphia, anchoring her team to victory and speaking through tears at a post-race press conference. “This is my last…

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