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Track legend Joyner-Kersee teaches young athletes in Elk Grove Village

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Oct 11, 2021 6:12 AM - Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee and several other Olympic track athteles visited Elk Grove Village on Sunday fto put on a clinic for young athletes.
The stories that stick with us: How a last-place runner inspired inspired a passion for track and field

By Dave Oberhelman
Oct 4, 2021 8:17 AM - For National Newspaper Week, we asked members of our staff which story really stuck with them for years and why. Reporter Dave Oberhelman says it was the story of a last-place finisher in a race that inspired his lifelong passion for track and field.
'Four Ferraris': Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Olympics

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 6, 2021 2:28 PM - There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in every distance race she enters.
2 coaches removed from Tokyo Olympics in Belarus case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Aug 6, 2021 9:35 AM - Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country.
Felix sets a record, wins bronze for 10th Olympic medal

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 6, 2021 9:33 AM - Allyson Felix finished third in the 400 meters Friday to win her 10th career medal and become the most-decorated woman in the history of Olympic track.
Felix runs for history, Americans seek more basketball gold

By JENNA FRYER
Aug 5, 2021 12:31 PM - Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Then stay up late to catch the U.S. men's basketball team play for the gold.
Belarus runner used quick thinking to avoid being sent home

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and DARIA LITVINOVA
Aug 5, 2021 11:41 AM - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who feared reprisals back home after publicly criticizing her coaches at the Tokyo Games used quick thinking to get help, using her phone to translate a plea and show it to Japanese police as she tried to avoid being forced onto a plane.
Belarus runner showed Japanese police plea for help on phone

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Aug 5, 2021 9:22 AM - A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who criticized her coaches at the Tokyo Games said Thursday that she showed police at the airport a translated plea for help on her phone as she tried to avoid being put on a plane back home.
Multi-event world champions have rough day at Tokyo Olympics

By JOHN PYEAP Sports Writer
Aug 4, 2021 2:52 PM - After injuring her lower right leg rounding the bend in the 200-meter event, heptathlon world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson found herself sitting on the track with medical staff rushing to her assistance, including one pushing a wheelchair.
Cherry and Norman face off in 400-meter final at Tokyo Games

By JENNA FRYER
Aug 4, 2021 2:52 PM - The action on Day 13 of the Tokyo Games will feature track and field, with medals in the men's 400-meter final, the men's and women's 4x100 relays and the women's 400 meters.

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