Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayevaat the Golden Gala in Rome PHOTO/James Davis/Allsports Pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva is taking an indefinite break but insists she will try for a third straight Olympic gold medal at London in 2012. The Russian world-record holder has been considering resting since leaving the world indoor championships last month in Qatar without a medal. “A break... 

Sanya Richards of USA celebrates after winning the women's 400m at the Weltklasse Golden League athletics meeting in the new Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Mark Matthews/Allsports/SPK) The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) is being flooded with requests by athletes looking to participate at this year’s Jamaica International Invitational track and field meeting. The... 

Russian Yelena Isinbayeva after breaking her own world record in the women Pole Vault final at the 10th IAAF World Athletics Championships on August 12, 2005 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Mark Lee/Allsports) Four of the superstars of the sport of track & field Athletics, Kenenisa Bekele, Yelena Isinbayeva, Tyson Gay, and Sanya Richards, will compete in the 36th annual Prefontaine Classic on Saturday,... 

Russian Yelena Isinbayeva (Photo by Mark Lee/Allsports) Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva easily won the Moscow invitational meeting with a season’s best 4.85 metres on Sunday but failed to better her own indoor world record. The Russian, attempting to set her 28th world record both indoor and outdoor but the first on home soil, twice failed to clear the bar at 5.01 before missing... 

Cuban Dayon Robles celebrates as he crosses the finishing line to win the men's 110m Hurdles at the Weltklasse Golden League athletics meeting in the new Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Mark Matthews/Allsports/SPK) Dayron Robles says he’s ready to return to competition next week, the Cuban’s first meet since pulling out of the world championships last summer in... 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt races home to win the 200m at the Brussels Golden League PHOTO/Allsports The 2010 season is set to be a special year for athletics in the UK, with a calendar packed full of potential great performances and hopefully some new records to celebrate. The season kicks off at Glasgow’s Kelvin Hall, where the team vs team format is certain to generate an electric atmosphere... 

Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia celebrates his winning run in the Rock-N-Roll Marathon in Tempe, Arizona on January 15, 2006. (Photo by Glen Andrews/SPK/Allsports) Haile Gebrselassie completed a hat-trick of Dubai Marathon victories on Friday but the Ethiopian’s hopes of setting a new world record were dashed by a bad back. The world champion crossed the finish line in a time of 2:06:09, 14 seconds... 

Jamaica's Usain Bolt races home to win the 200m at the Brussels Golden League PHOTO/Allsports NEW YORK – In a bid to remain viable in the recession, PepsiCo Inc. has sought and gotten the input of track & field king Usain Bolt’s input to revamp their struggling Gatorade brand. PepsiCo, in a statement on Tuesday, said they would next spring launch the “G Series,” which was developed...