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Usain Bolt does it again
Monte Carlo :: Monaco | 1 day ago
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Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt has been named the Male World Athlete of the year for the second consecutive year. The 23-year-old Olympic triple medalist received his 2009 award last night at a ceremony where 24-year-old American Sanya Richards took...
Tags: Usain Bolt, Powell, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Richards, Athletics in Jamaica, Tyson Gay, Sanya Richards, Sprint, Human Interest, allnews, Asafa Powell, 100 metres, Yelena Isinbayeva, Sprinters
Jacob rules 400m race
Suva :: Fiji Islands | 3 days ago
Credibility Waqanivalu of Suva ruled supreme as he took out the Under-13 boy's 400m finals yesterday. Last year, the young Lakeba lad took top honours in the 100 and 200m and 4x100m relay events as an Under-12 competitor. His coach and former national sprint champion...
Tags: JACOB Waqanivalu, Fiji Islands, Suva, Running, Sprint, allnews
Bolt, Richards are top athletes
Monte Carlo :: Monaco | 3 days ago
Credibility German Gustav Schwenk rewarded as the top athletics journalist, rewarded for his 62 years of athletics journalism after having made his debut in the trade on October 16, 1947. There were six journalists shortlisted for the award that recognizes global...
Tags: Usain Bolt, United States, Sanya Richards, Tyson Gay, IAAF Diamond League, Monaco, Monte Carlo, Kenenisa Bekele, Asafa Powell, Yelena Isinbayeva, IAAF Golden League, IAAF World Athlete of the Year, allnews, 200 metres, Athletics in Jamaica, Sprint, World Championships in Athletics, Sprinters, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, IAAF Super Grand Prix, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF World Athletics Tour, 100 metres, Bolt, Blanka Vlaￅﾡiￄﾇ
Swimmers' health needs more attention (NZPA)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 4 days ago
Credibility More attention needs to be paid to the health and well-being of participants in ocean swimming racing, says a lifesaving boss. The warning from Geoff Barry, Surf Life Saving New Zealand chief executive, follows the fourth death of a swimmer taking part...
Tags: world cup, teamed pursuiters, ocean swim, Melbourne, Marc Ryan, Auckland, New Zealand, swim race, swim event, world championship, Underwater diving, Wetsuit, Open water swimming, Lifeguard, Triathlon, Surf lifesaving, Diving equipment, Sports clothing, Swimming, Disaster Accident, Human Interest, allnews, Richard Dawkins, Alison Shanks, Track cycling, Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Southern Scenic Route, Hisense Arena, Dayle, Team pursuit, Velodromes, Invercargill
Cycle sprinters fire up on final day
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 5 days ago
Credibility Shane Perkins went within 0.001 of a second of his personal-best time when he qualified fastest for the sprint. He then progressed strongly through the qualifying rounds to reach Saturday night's semi-finals at Hi sense Arena, in the final session of...
Tags: Hisense Arena, world cup, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Shane Perkins, Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Guo Shuang, Track cycling, Anna Meares, Keirin, allnews, Repechage, Azizulhasni Awang, Josiah Ng
Gay and Richards claim Jesse Owens honours
Berlin :: Germany | 5 days ago
Credibility Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards claimed Jesse Owens awards for the second time on Thursday as the United States's top track and field athletes. Gay, winner of the award in 2007, has been overshadowed by Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt but improved...
Tags: Sanya Richards, Jesse Owens, owens award, Germany, Berlin, Usain Bolt, 100 metres, 200 metres, Tyson Gay, Human Interest, allnews, Social Issues, Sprint, Sprinters, Athletics in Jamaica
Golden girl 'back in town'
Manchester :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility Cheshire cat, Anna Meares summed up the meaning of her gold medal win in the women's sprint last night: ''I'm back in town,'' she declared...In their first duel last night Meares got herself into the ideal position, in the inside sprinter's lane, and...
Tags: Anna Meares, United Kingdom, Manchester, Sprint, Natallia Tsylinskaya, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Guo Shuang, allnews
Team pursuiters narrowly miss gold medal ride
Melbourne :: Australia | 5 days ago
Credibility The 2008 Olympic bronze medallists will instead rideoff for bronze against the powerful Denmark combination while hosts Australia meet Olympic champions Great Britain in the ride for gold. The New Zealand were only 4/10ths of a second off a place in the...
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Individual pursuit, Track cycling, allnews, Sprint, Jesse Sergent, Wendy Houvenaghel, Alison Shanks
Sprint at $4? It's inching closer
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility Credit Suisse analyst Jonathan Chaplin created quite a buzz in Sprint shares Monday when he boosted his rating on the hometown company to outperform from neutral and set a 12-to-18-month price target of $6 a share...The stock -- while not exactly taking...
Tags: Jonathan Chaplin, Sprint, Kansas City
Chambers hails Bolt as 'special'
Kingston :: Jamaica | 7 days ago
Credibility His 'Project Bolt' in tatters, British sprinter Dwain Chambers has been spending time these days hailing the exploits of Usain Bolt. The 31-year-old Chambers finished sixth in the 100 metres at the World Championships in Berlin, where the Jamaican sprint...
Tags: Usain Bolt, Berlin, Jamaica, Kingston, Sprint, Bolt, Dwain Chambers, 100 metres
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