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Former Barton runner Gay misses medal by 0.01 seconds
Eyewitness SportsThe word most used to describe former Barton and current US sprinter Tyson Gay after the 100 M finals in London, "inconsolable." Gay missed out on a medal by .01 seconds in what many were calling one of the most competitive Olympic finals in recent...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Usain Bolt, BBC, Track and Field
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2012 Olympics: Sunday's Scores
BASKETBALL Women Group A Czech Republic 82, Angola 47 United States 114, China 66 Turkey 70, Croatia 65 Group B France 65, Russia 54 Australia 72, Canada 63 Brazil 78, Britain 66 HANDBALL Women Group A Brazil 29, Angola 26...Tags: Jimmy Watkins, Francena McCorory, Venus Williams, Awards and Prizes, Sanya Richards-Ross
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Born too late
Change of SubjectAccording to a chart in today's Tribune, the 7th place finisher in the Olympic 100-meter race (last except for Asafa Powell, who pulled up lame) would have had the gold-medal time in 1984 and every Olympics prior to that except...... -
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), IAAF Diamond League, Florida Gators, Track and Field, Joe Williams
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Former Gator Jeff Demps to compete in Olympic relay
Jeff Demps, the former Groveland South Lake and University of Florida track and football star, will compete in the Olympics Friday. Demps will be running the lead leg in the preliminaries of the 4x100-meter relay, his agent Nohemy Baltodano said. "I was...
Tags: Trell Kimmons, Ryan Bailey (track and field), Florida Gators, Darvis Patton, Justin Gatlin
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Paralympics Have Gained Respect And Support
The Hartford CourantWhen Paul Nitz made his first Paralympic team 20 years ago, he had to pay his own way to Barcelona. "When I made the team, their next statement was like, 'All right, now you've got to cut us a check for $2,000,' " Nitz said. "I was like, 'What if I don't...Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Greenwich, Andrew Johnson, Amputation, Stamford
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Former Gator Jeff Demps earns silver medal
Jeff Demps, the former Florida Gator and Groveland South Lake standout, earned his first Olympic medal. Demps did not run in the finals of the 4x100-meter relay, but the American team placed second. As a result, Demps was awarded a silver medal for...
Tags: Trell Kimmons, Ryan Bailey (track and field), Awards and Prizes, Justin Gatlin
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Usain Bolt adds 400-meter relay to his legend
LONDON -- Usain Bolt charmed the world during the Olympics and won his third gold medal Saturday by anchoring a world-record 400-meter relay performance, but still he was denied one prize. It was a modest request. All he wanted was the yellow baton he...Tags: Caster Semenya, Ryan Bailey (track and field), Francena McCorory, Awards and Prizes, Sanya Richards-Ross
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Former Barton Sprinters wrap up Olympics with Silver
Eyewitness SportsFormer Barton Community College Sprinters Veronica Campbell-Brown and Tyson Gay each wrapping up the Olympics, by winning Silver in the 4X100 relays for their perspective countries. Campbell-Brown, running for Jamaica, won silver in the women's 4x100...Tags: Jamaica, Track and Field
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