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Five to Watch in 2015
NEW YORK –There was a plethora of outstanding performances at the New York Grand Prix, held at the Icahn Stadium, Randall’s Island, on Saturday, 13 June. Indeed, all of the commotion over the East River was punctuated by the only undefeated global champion ever – the incomparable Usain Bolt. However, on this occasion, he got…
Read MoreAsafa Powell Rises Again To Take Jamaica Title
KINGSTON – Asafa Powell, the howling favorite to capture the 100m title at the 2015 Jamaica National Trials, lived up to expectation when he clocked 9.84secs in Kingston last night (26). Running with a 0.9mps wind behind him, the former 100m world holder, who has a new approach to finishing his races, defeated contenders Nickel…
Read MoreUsain Bolt Will Be Ready For The World Championships
Usain Bolt is more than a familiar name to the world that track fans in the last seven years have associated with stellar performances every time the man who owns that name steps on the track. In that light, many today are critical of his performances when he doesn’t run a mind-boggling time. Though some…
Read MoreDisappointed Bolt a Bit Worried about His Race Execution
Olympic and World records holder Usain Bolt pulled in a massive throng to see him run inside the tiny Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, New York Saturday (13). For although the men’s 200m, in which he was listed to compete was not a Diamond Race event in the IAAF Grand Prix series, it was clearly the…
Read MoreMurielle Ahoure One up on Veronica Campbell-Brown in Oslo
Double Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown did not get the season best (SB) time (sub-11secs) and perhaps the perfect execution she hoped for as she headed into the IAAF Diamond League series in Oslo Thursday, June 11, where she competed in the 100m dash with co-world leader Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast in the…
Read MoreThe ‘Next Generation’ for New York Grand Prix Today
Sharika Nelvis, Aleec Harris, Tori Bowie, Jehue Gordon, Tony McQuay, and Jasmin Stowers are all set to compete at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on 13 June. The six rising young stars will join Ajeé Wilson in giving a close-up look at the future of the sport. Wilson, 20 and a native…
Read MoreMore Stars Added to New York Grand Prix Lineup
Reigning Olympic gold medalists Jenn Suhr and Sally Pearson lead the latest addition of top athletes headed to the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on June 13. Suhr, the World Indoor record-holder and 15-time U.S. champion, has returned from a foot injury that forced her to withdraw from the USATF Indoor Championships this last…
Read MoreFraser-Pryce Edges out Ahoure, But Both are Joint Leaders
Jamaica’s World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce zoomed to the fastest time in the world this year of 10.81secs (1.7m/s) in winning the women’s 100m Diamond League race at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon Saturday. Running only her second 100m race since the season began, the 28-yr-old sprint queen left the blocks with…
Read MoreUSA’s Jasmin Stowers Makes Big Statement in Kingston
Jasmin Stowers burst onto the international stage with a personal best of 12.40secs at the 2015 Drake Relays. Just over two weeks later on Saturday, May 9, she announced herself as a true World Championship hopeful by lowering her world-leading time in winning the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2015 Jamaican Invitational International. Stowers, a…
Read MoreAsafa Powell Wins Big in Kingston: World Leading 9.84
Jamaica’s former world record holder Asafa Powell roared back to his winning ways when he blazed the track to win over American Ryan Bailey and Jamaican Nesta Carter at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston Saturday night (9th). Having won his first individual race of the season last weekend in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe,…
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