Articles filed under Track and Field
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Suburban sports stars follow dreams to BeijingAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The assignment from MacArthur Junior High track coach Greg Fedyski for one of his star runners, Jorge Torres, was pretty straightforward: Write down your goals. Conside...
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Olympic double dip for U.S. sprinter DixAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - DALIAN, China - Walter Dix looks at the sprints differently than most of his competition. "Sometimes, the fastest guy doesn't win," he said Tuesday at the U.S. track tea...
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U.S. sprinter Dix taking an Olympic double dipAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - DALIAN, China - Walter Dix looks at the sprints differently than most of his competition. "Sometimes, the fastest guy doesn't win," he said Tuesday at the U.S. track tea...
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Wheeling High School grad chasing Olympic dreamsAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - A restless, uneasy feeling is just what Jorge Torres wants right now. One where his stomach is churning because Torres' competitive fires are burning. It's how the 1999 ...
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Here's to really appreciating Mr. CampbellJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - My brother ran cross country in high school, so I would try it, too. And since he was always talking about Mr. Campbell, who was clearly a mentor to him, I figured I cou...
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Track boss to Bush: Don't commute Jones' sentenceJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The new leader at USA Track and Field sent a letter to President Bush asking him to deny Marion Jones' request to commute her six-month prison sentence for...
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Marion Jones asks for sentence to be commutedJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Disgraced Olympic track star Marion Jones has asked President Bush to commute her six-month prison sentence for lying to federal agents about her use of pe...
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Pistorius fails to make South African relay teamJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius will not compete for South Africa against able-bodied athletes at the Beijing Olympics after failing...
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Top U.S. sprinter injured, out of 200Jul 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Tyson Gay accelerated through the first curve. Then he started flying. Not in the figurative sense, but in an all-too-real way - a shocking sprawl to the ground that cos...
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He's running for more than just a countryJul 04, 2008 11:00 pm - I was born with Spina Bifida. I am not a double amputee like South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was born without two fibulas and had to have his legs amputated ...