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World-lead for Jamaican Schoolboy Michael O’Hara
Young Jamaican sprinter Michael O’Hara clocked a World Youth-leading 10.29secs at the February 8 Camperdown Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston and sounded the alarm for a sizzling showdown in the Class One boys (ages16 to 19) 100 and 200m at the island’s national Boys and Girls Athletics Championships (Champs) next month. O’Hara, the…
Read MoreVeterans Post World Leads at Glasgow International
Age did not stop veterans Bernard Lagat, Chris Brown and Kim Collins from putting on sterling performances at the Sainsbury’s International in Glasgow, Scotland today. All three registered world-leading times and indicated that they will be forces to be reckoned with should they compete at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland from March 7…
Read MoreNew York City High Schools Bring Heat to 2014 Indoor Season
On the New York sports calendar, indoor track and field is listed as a winter event. However, New York City and surrounding areas high schools are supplying much heat as this sport gets underway in the middle of winter. Fans attending meets at the New Balance Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan are in…
Read MoreTeens Headline Mid-Distance Battle at Millrose Games
NEW YORK — The men’s sprints won’t be the only buzz at the Millrose Games on Feb. 15. The women’s 800-meter run will feature three of the fastest teenagers in the world battling for supremacy in this middle-distance event. Americans Ajee’ Wilson and Mary Cain will square off with Iceland’s Anita Hinriksdottir in a showdown…
Read MoreFrater, Americans for Millrose Clash
NEW YORK — Jamaica’s two-time Olympic and World Championship relay gold medalist Michael Frater returns to international competition, when he runs the 60-meter dash at the Millrose Games in New York on February 15. The 31-year-old Frater, who won global 4x100m gold in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 and an individual silver in the 100m…
Read MoreCuba’s Ortega Defects; Eyes USA
Missing Cuban hurdler Orlando Ortega has surfaced in Europe. According to an August 27 Associated Press (AP) report, the 22-year-old athlete has turned up in Italy, where he is staying with friends in an effort to defect to the USA. Ranked as the number two sprint hurdler in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island, Ortega disappeared after…
Read MoreGordon Wins, but Culson Takes Big Prize
Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) Moscow World 400m hurdles gold medalist Jehue Gordon topped off his 2013 season by striking gold at the Belgacom Van Damme Memorial IAAF Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium Friday, Sept. 6. In doing so, the national champion and record holder defeated Omar Cisneros of Cuba and Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson.…
Read MoreBolt, Fraser-Pryce among 20 Short-listed for IAAF Award
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has short-listed ten male and ten female athletes for the 2013 World Athlete of the Year award. The candidates have been selected by an IAAF panel of athletics experts, who include representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF. The female short-listers are: Valerie Adams (New Zealand),…
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