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Oliver Named Athlete of the Week
INDIANAPOLIS - 2008 Olympic Games bronze medalist David Oliver has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week for the second time this month for his American record-setting performance in the 110m hurdles at the Samsung IAAF Diamond League Meeting Areva.
Stinson's Record 10K Finish Tops Team USA Performances on Day Two of IAAF World Junior Championships
MONCTON, CANADA -- Texas high schooler Parker Stinson turned in the best finish ever by an American in the men's 10,000-meters Tuesday, crushing his lifetime best by more than a minute to take sixth in 29:32.23 at the IAAF World Junior Championships. The previous best finish was seventh by Tom Paskus in 1986.
Sacramento to Host 2010 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships
INDIANAPOLIS - Twelve Olympians and 113 reigning world champions are among the 1,400 competitors entered at the 2010 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships July 22-25 at the A.G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of Sacramento State University in Sacramento, Calif.
Oliver Powers Through to New American Record
INDIANAPOLIS - 2010 USA Outdoors champion David Oliver set the American record in the men's 110m hurdles Friday night in Paris at the Samsung IAAF Diamond League Meeting Areva.
Bolt vs. Powell Tops Stellar List of Electrifying Face-Offs in Paris - Preview - Samsung Diamond League
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Paris, France – There’ll be no shortage of tantalising head-to-heads when the Samsung Diamond League lands in the French capital on Friday for the Meeting Areva, but the one most likely to invoke images of last night’s spectacular Bastille Day fireworks will come in the 100m where Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell square off for the first time this season.
Andrey Mikhnevich in Top Shape: 22.09m!
by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder
The key, for a top athlete, whatever the sport, is to be in shape and ready to compete when a Championship arrives. We are relearning this lesson as the European Championships get closer and closer ( July 26-August 1, 2010, Barcelona, Spain).
Track Athletes Nominated for ESPY awards
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Cantwell and Ambassador Vili’s ‘Big Shot’ in Stockholm - Samsung Diamond League
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Stockholm, Sweden – The DN Galan ‘Big Shot’ is bigger than ever. For the 3rd consecutive year Stockholm’s DN Galan – Samsung Diamond League (6 August 2010), will organize their Shot Put competitions, called the ‘Big Shot’, in the picturesque downtown city square of “Kungsträdgården”, one day before the main meeting takes place in the 1912 Olympic stadium.
Team USA Dominates Medal Count at NACAC U23
MIRAMAR, Fla. - Team USA picked up 31 more medals on Sunday to bring the total to a record 74 medals as action concluded on Sunday at the 2010 NACAC Under-23 Track & Field Championships, held at Ansin Sports Complex, in Miramar, Florida.
Gay Blasts by Powell & Allen Johnson Announces Retirement at Gateshead
INDIANAPOLIS - In his first 100m competition of the year, American record holder Tyson Gay used an impressive finishing burst in passing former world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica in winning the men's 100m Saturday at the Aviva British Grand Prix in Gateshead, England.
