KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reigning Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce ran the quickest time of the semi-finals for the women’s 100m at the Jamaica Championships on Friday. The 2008 Beijing champion clocked 11.02 seconds to win the first semis ahead of Sheri-Ann Brooks, who came home in 11.18, those were the only two to progress to the final from that heat. Veronica Campbell-Brown was next... 

SHANGHAI, China — Asafa Powell will take on a very strong men’s 100 metres dash field at the Samsung Diamond League Meet in Shanghai on Saturday. The Jamaican former world record holder was beaten by American Justin Gatlin in his opening race of the season, but clocked a very quick 9.88 seconds, the fourth fastest this season and by far the quickest in this field. Already recovered from... 

DAEGU, Korea — World champion Kirani James cruised to victory on his outdoor debut in the 400-metres at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting – IAAF World Challenge Meet – in Daegu, Korea on Wednesday. Cruising James Untouched The Grenadian star quarter-miler pulled away from the field with over 100m left in the race and then opened up a huge gap on his way to setting a new meeting... 

Justin Gatlin ran away with the men’s 200 metres dash title at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational here in Gainesville, FL on Saturday. Full Results From Tom Jones Memorial Invitational The American was way off Walter Dix’s track record of 19.69secs, but was comfortably home in 20.11secs – beating Martina Churandy from the Netherlands Antilles who clocked 20.42 for second place. Florida’s... 

By Steve Campbell, World-Track BERLIN — It seems as if the commanding performances in both the 100 metres and 4x100m relay by Shelly Ann Fraser was not enough to satisfy some of the Jamaican followers, who apparently criticized the sprinter for showing up late to celebrate the relay victory with her team-mates. Fraser ran a towering second leg that set up an easy victory for the Jamaican women’s...