News Source: Taiwan News
| about 1 year ago
Tyson Gay came close to being America's biggest laughingstock in his heat at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday, before ending the day as America's fastest man...Instead, he just might get some TV time for tying for the fourth-fastest...
News Source: Miami Herald
| about 1 year ago
Olympic team by the length of one of Gail Devers' famous fingernails, edging Devers for third place in the 100-meter dash by .01 seconds. On Saturday, Williams stretched, dipped and nudged every fiber of her 5-foot, 3 ¼-inch frame across the finish...
News Source: Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| about 1 year ago
Tyson Gay approaches the finish line Saturday to set an American record in the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 9.77 seconds...Ore. — Instead of America's Biggest Laughingstock, Tyson Gay can call himself America's Fastest Man. Gay broke Maurice...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| about 1 year ago
Or the doubly unspeakable bad luck of both calves cramping at once. Going out fast in the early rounds and having nothing left at the end...Olympic track and field trials, the margin between making the team and watching the Beijing Games from the...
News Source: Omaha World-Herald
| about 1 year ago
Former Husker and three-time Big 12 champion Kayla Wilkinson advanced to the finals of the women's javelin on Saturday at the U.S...Olympic Team, Wilkinson will have to finish in first place with the 'B' standard of 183-8 or finish in the top three...
News Source: Gulf Daily News
| about 1 year ago
Former collegiate champion Marshevet Hooker ran an eye-popping but wind-assisted 10.76 seconds to lead the women's 100 metres qualifying on the opening day of the American Olympic trials yesterday. No woman has run faster under any conditions since...