Justin Galtin Continues to Steamroll the 100m Competition

American Olympic bronze medalist and World silver medalist Justin Gatlin remained on his unbeaten course, when he won the 100m dash Tuesday in a world-leading 9.86secs (-0.4 m/s) in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Gatlin was entered into the line-up after Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt withdrew from the meet, explaining that he was behind in…

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High Jumpers Steal the Show in New York

One Diamond League and five New York meet records as well as five world-leading times were established amid fickle winds at the adidas Grand Prix in New York Saturday as the season continued its march into summer. In addition, a host of season and personal bests were registered across all disciplines. Early in the day,…

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Some Stars Find Going Tough at Prefontaine Classic

Quarter-mile stars LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James battled their way to the finish line; Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde upstaged two sprint hurdles favorites and sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a disappointing eighth in the 200m, all on Saturday, the second and final day of the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon. Merritt, the 2013 Moscow World Championships, entered…

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Kenya Sets Second World Record at World Relays

NASSAU, Bahamas – The two-day inaugural World Relays ended here today with the presentation of the Golden Baton to the USA for the best overall team competing in the ten finals, amassing 60 points for five victories: the men’s 4x400m, the women’s 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m and 4x800m. They picked up additional points in the men’s…

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2014 Edwin Allen Girls Team: One of History’s Best

At the April 2014 Penn Relays in the US city Philadelphia, Edwin Allen High School from Clarendon, Jamaica demonstrated why they are one of history’s best. The blue-and-white-uniformed girls entered the Championship of America 4x800m relay as favorites after running an impressive 9mins, 09.23secs in their heat. With that time, they seem certain of a…

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Should Bailey-Cole Run The 400m?

He has often been described as the carbon copy of his training partner, the storied Usain Bolt, but aside from long, gangly limbs, there is no comparison between the two. Bolt is an inch taller at 6′ 5″ and a whopping 24 pounds heavier. Bolt hails from northwest Jamaica, Falmouth, Trelawny. The protagonist is from…

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Tyson Gay Gets Reduced Ban of One-Year

US sprinter Tyson Gay was given a one-year suspension for testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid in 2013, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Friday. According to a USADA release, “Gay, 31, tested positive for the presence of an exogenous androgenic anabolic steroid and/or its metabolites, which was confirmed by CIR (GC/C/IRMS) analysis, as…

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