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Watch Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt in Rome
Justin Gatlin beat six-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt in a 100-meter race on Thursday at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meet. Gatlin finished in 9.94 seconds, 0.01 second ahead of Bolt. Bolt, a Jamaican, suffered a minor hamstring injury...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Track and Field, Usain Bolt, Rome (Italy), Tiger Woods
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Gatlin beats Bolt in 100 meters
ROME -- Olympic champion Usain Bolt was beaten by Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting on Thursday. American Gatlin, bronze medalist at the London Games, ran 9.94 seconds to beat a sluggish-looking Bolt by 0....
Tags: BBC, Usain Bolt, Rome (Italy), Justin Gatlin
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Richards-Ross to make 2013 debut at Prefontaine Classic
The Orange County RegisterEUGENE, Ore. When Olympic champion quarter-miler Sanya Richards-Ross went in for surgery to repair her right big toe last September she figured she would be back in plenty of time for the 2013 outdoor season. "I thought two months (of rehab), three...Tags: Sanya Richards-Ross, Fort Lauderdale, Adidas AG, Mo Farah, Hayward Field
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For U.S. high hurdler Merritt, a big step forward
At age 27, after six unremarkable years on the international track circuit, everything came together for Aries Merritt in 2012. A better diet that made him leaner. No injuries for the first time he can recall. The experience necessary to flow instead...
Tags: Track and Field, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Aries Merritt
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Jager sets U.S. record in steeplechase
It didn't take long for Evan Jager to prove he really belongs in the steeplechase. In his first international race - and just the fifth of his career - in the event, the Jacobs High School grad broke the U.S. record at Friday night's Diamond League...
Tags: Track and Field, Philip Hersh, Sports, Horse and Harness Racing
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A moment spent on running's hallowed ground
OXFORD, England – At the London Diamond League track meet July 13, ten of the 11 finishers in the men’s mile run broke four minutes. The only rare thing now about that time is how few chances elite international athletes get to run the mile...
Tags: Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony, Track and Field, University of Oxford, London Theatre, 2012 Summer Olympics
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Track and field heats up in a hurry
LONDON -- The sound of thousands of voices singing "God Save the Queen" was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph ofBritain'sJessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or prosthetic leg...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Tyson Gay, Bryshon Nellum, Justin Gatlin, Will Claye
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Former UF star Jeff Demps added to U.S. Olympic team
Jeff Demps got the wake-up call of his life. He was asleep at 7 a.m. Tuesday when his phone rang and he was told he had been added to the USA Olympic track and field team as a member of the 4 x 100-meter relay pool. "I was halfway asleep. It didn't...
Tags: Ryan Bailey (water polo), Track and Field, College Sports, Tyson Gay, Joe Williams
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