Articles filed under Track and Field
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IAAF set to rule whether double amputee is eligible for Beijing OlympicsJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- The IAAF was expected to announce Monday whether double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius is eligible to race in the Beijing Olympics. The Internat...
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Marion Jones gets six months in prison for lying to investigatorsJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Marion Jones was sentenced Friday to six months in prison for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, despite beseeching the judge that ...
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Jones loses Olympic medalsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Don't look for Marion Jones' name in the Olympic record books any more. As far as the IOC is concerned, her five-medal performance at the 2000 ...
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IOC strips Marion Jones of 5 medals for dopingDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- The IOC formally stripped Marion Jones of her five Olympic medals Wednesday, wiping her name from the record books following her admission that ...
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Willert in soccer spotlight; Wheeling sets Hall of Fame dateDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Grand Valley State University has been on an NCAA Division II sports high. The Allendale, Mich., school reached the semifinals of the Division II football tournament, fi...
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Huntley's Marzejon headed to Michigan StateNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Gerry Marzejon did nothing to influence his daughter Coryn's college decision. He didn't have to. Coryn Marzejon, one of the most celebrated girls track stars in area hi...
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Hard to detect, easy to use, HGH still stumps anti-doping forcesNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- There isn't much stopping cheaters from using human growth hormone these days. In the minds of many experts, it has become the most insidious...
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Jones' titles, records dating to 2000 wiped out by IAAFNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Her career in disgrace and a prison sentence possibly looming, Marion Jones can longer even take solace in seeing her name beside her greatest fea...
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It couldn't happen to a nicer guyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - When Wheaton Warrenville South boys track and field coach Ken Helberg was inducted into the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006, it...
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Defeated Mexico presidential candidate is marathon cheaterOct 09, 2007 11:00 pm - After a humiliating defeat in Mexico's presidential election last year, Roberto Madrazo appeared to be back on top: He'd won the men's age-55 category in the Sept. 30 Be...