Articles filed under Track and Field
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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 ...
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U.S. trials ready to resumeJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - EUGENE, Ore. - Sanya Richards had extensive plans over the two-day break at the U.S. track trials - watch movies at the hotel, get plenty of massages and possibly take a...
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Gatlin expected to appeal rulingJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge in Florida that prohibits him from competing in this weekend's U.S. Olympic tr...
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Judge denies sprinter Gatlin's requestJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A federal judge now says sprinter Justin Gatlin cannot compete in this weekend's U.S. Olympic track and field trials. The decision reversed his earlie...
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IOC says Gatlin not welcomeJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin must go to Switzerland if he wants to compete in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee says Gatlin, whose four-year doping ban recen...