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Lead Stories: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Richards, Carter, Lagat
win in Zurich

Posted September 7th, 2007 at 7:27 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The 2006 IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Sanya Richards is now the only American alive in the hunt for the Golden League Jackpot after winning the women’s 400 meters Friday at the fourth meeting of the six fixture series, the Weltklasse Zürich in Switzerland. Athletes must win at all six meetings of the IAAF […]

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Team USA women’s 4×100m quartet qualifies for final

Posted September 1st, 2007 at 3:00 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

Team USA’s women’s 4×100m relay squad looked solid during Saturday morning’s qualifying round at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Nagai Stadium.
Women’s 100m bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter (Long Beach, Calif.) ran a strong lead leg for Team USA before handing the baton to 2007 Pan Am Games 100m and 4×100m relay […]

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Veronica Campbell Takes Women’s 100m Gold

Posted August 27th, 2007 at 9:27 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

In a photo finish, Lauryn Williams lost her world championship title in the women’s 100m Dash to Veronica Campbell of Jamaica.
Williams got off to a great start, leading Veronica Campbell by about a meter. Campbell slowly gained on Williams in the last third of the race, and finally caught her right at […]

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America’s Felix to focus on 200m at World Champs

Posted August 23rd, 2007 at 7:00 AM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Reigning women’s 200m world champion Allyson Felix will focus on the 200m at the World Championships in Osaka, choosing to forgo the 100m.
Mechelle Lewis (Fort Washington, Md.) will assume her 100m spot on the roster, where she is joined by 2003 world champion Torri Edwards, 2005world champion Lauryn Williams and USA Outdoor third-place finisher Carmelita […]

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The Golden League continues at Meeting Gaz de France in Paris

Posted July 6th, 2007 at 12:45 PM by Jamal Walker

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

The women’s 400 meters and men’s 400m hurdles will be the most anticipated events at the second event of the IAAF Golden League, the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis in France. The IAAF Golden League 2007 offers a $1 Million Jackpot, which represents international athletics’ biggest annual payday. Athletes must win at all six […]

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Cantwell takes men’s Visa Championship at Indoors

Posted February 25th, 2007 at 7:32 PM by Martin Kennedy

Section: News & Results, Track & Field

Christian Cantwell put an exclamation point on his indoor season Saturday at the 2007 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.
The #2 world-ranked shot putter with the farthest throw in the world this year easily won the men’s Visa Championship as the athlete with the […]

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