BEIJING (AP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made it another Jamaican night at the Bird’s Nest, sprinting to the 100-meter gold for a record-tying third time — a feat that matches teammate Usain Bolt. Like Bolt, Fraser-Pryce came into the championships with two Olympic and two world titles in the 100. And after Bolt ran to his […]
BEIJING (AP) — After Usain Bolt set the record for most gold medals at the world championships, Allyson Felix got started Monday in a bid to join him at nine. With her usual effortless grace, Felix coasted into the semifinals of the 400 meters, her mind focused on getting her first gold in the one-lap […]
BEIJING (AP) — He set world records, won Olympic gold medals, danced on the track and made the sprint game feel fun again. One thing Usain Bolt cannot do, he insists, is serve as the lone savior for track and field. “I can’t do it by myself,” Bolt said Thursday. Back in Beijing, where he […]
LONDON (AP) — The entire U.S. men’s sprint relay team was stripped of its silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday as a result of Tyson Gay’s doping case. The International Olympic Committee notified the U.S. Olympic Committee by letter that the 4×100 relay team has been disqualified and all the medals withdrawn. […]
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan marathoner Rita Jeptoo will have to wait up to three more months to learn the outcome of the hearing into her positive doping test. Athletics Kenya requested more time for further investigation after the three-time Boston Marathon champion and two-time Chicago Marathon winner appeared at a hearing Thursday. Jeptoo could […]
Olympic high jumper and track and field legend Charles Austin celebrates a birthday today. Austin is the current American and Olympic record holder in the high jump category and a two-time world champion. Born in 1967 in Bay City, Texas, Austin was raised in the town of Van Vleck as the youngest of 10 […]
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Even before stepping on the track, Usain Bolt caused a stir at the Commonwealth Games. A day after mingling with British royalty at the Glasgow athletes’ village, Bolt scrambled Wednesday to deny that he made derogatory comments about the so-called “Friendly Games.” The Jamaican sprint star, who is only competing in […]
Well dang! You certainly don’t see this every day. We’re talking a woman 8 months pregnant running a track meet. Hello! That’s exactly what Alysia Montano, 28. The Olympian sprinter ran in an 800 meter race on Thursday, coming in at 2 minutes, 32.13 seconds during a qualifying heat in Sacramento. Montano, a five-time USA […]
St. Louis, MO — USA Track & Field (USATF) and The Hershey Company announce the launch of a national youth activity initiative as part of a new, seven-year partnership that features “Run Jump Throw,” an educational and learning program developed by USATF and Hershey. The new program will introduce kids ages 7 through 12 to […]
Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner Kersee is one of the greatest athletes of our time, and now that she’s retired from track and field she wants to help others reach their goals. She’s part of the The Boys and Girls Clubs National Kid’s Day, which is actually not just for kids at all. It’s a […]
American 100-meter record holder Tyson Gay, who had promoted himself as a clean athlete, tested positive for a banned substance and said he will pull out of the world championships next month in Moscow. Gay wouldn’t reveal the substance in a phone conversation from Amsterdam on Sunday, but he said he was notified by the […]
