Articles filed under Track and Field
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Who faster? Nobody as Bolt elevates his game on biggest stagesAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN - Posters around the city show Usain Bolt with an astonished look on his face, his hands held high in triumph as he flies across the finish line. Under the image ...
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Americans disqualified from 400 relayAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN - No fumbling of the baton this time. No final, either. Soon after turning in the fastest time in the men's 400-meter relay Friday, the Americans were disqualifie...
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Nigerian hurdler caught doping at worldsAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Nigerian hurdler Amaka Ogoegbunam tested positive for steroids and was suspended for the rest of the world championships. She is the second athlete to fail a d...
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Another Bolt burst nets another world recordAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN - Teeth clenched, Usain Bolt grimaced as he churned toward the finish line, hoping to coax a fraction more out of his 6-foot-5 frame. The big, yellow numbers flas...
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Runner's father, grandmother dismiss gender uproarAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- A day after winning her first 800-meter world title amid a gender-test controversy, the father of South African teenager Caster Semenya dismissed speculation h...
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Bolt gets gold, another record in 200 at worldsAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Usain Bolt startled the world again. The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds Thursday, yet another world record. Gritti...
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Is S. African woman runner really a man?Aug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- South Africa's track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to co...
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Jamaica's Fraser sprints to gold in 100Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN - Shelly-Ann Fraser closed her eyes as she crossed the finish line, almost afraid to open them back up and glance at the Olympic Stadium scoreboard. As if she had...
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As Bolt breaks another record, is he near a limit?Aug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Once the gun sounds, Usain Bolt seems to test the very limits of the race -- the human race. The Jamaican sprinting sensation put on another amazing performanc...
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Bolt on breaking the 200 record: 'I doubt' itAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Barely an hour after shattering his 100-meter world record for a first world title, Usain Bolt was stretching and jogging at the Olympic Stadium. After all, on...