LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Usain Bolt promised that he would do something special and he certainly did not disappoint after the world record holder blasted to another dominant performance to win the Olympic 100m gold medal on Sunday night. The world record holder set a new Olympic record and the second fastest 100m time ever at 9.63 seconds to win the gold medal and defended his title from Beijing. Bolt’s... 

Veronica Campbell of Jamaica in the 100m Jamaica’s two-time Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 100 meters at the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday. Campbell-Brown clocked 11.02 seconds for her first win in the 100 this season. Japan’s Chisato Fukushima was second at a distant 11.27 with Australia’s Melissa Breen third in 11.47. Campbell-Brown,... 

America Lolo Jones all smiles after winning in Doha World Indoor Now, how long does it take one to learn a lesson? Ask Lolo Jones and she would tell you ‘a little over two hours’. After her near-to-catastrophic run in this afternoon’s semi-final when she qualified by virtue of just one hundredth of a second, Jones finally struck the perfect race. One she had been waiting for since her dramatic... 

This preview of the men’s events at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Doha, Qatar (12-14 March) is based on entry information received by the IAAF but before the official start lists have been decided. In a wide open event USA’s former World Junior 100m champion Ivory Williams is among the lead medal contenders following his world season leading 6.49 sec to secure the US Indoor... 

Britain’s golden girl Jessica Ennis believes she is in the best possible shape to win the World Indoor pentathlon title in Doha next Saturday despite a setback in her preparations with a foot injury. Ennis is under no illusions that despite her own brilliant form she faces an even tougher test of her multi-event skills than she encountered when storming to her world heptathlon victory in Berlin... 

Video of Usain Bolt speaking about running at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on 12 June. Bolt, the triple Olympic and World champion (100, 200, 4×100) and World record holder will race over the 100m dash in New York, and it will be his first competition in the United States since he set his first world record of 9.72seconds to break Asafa Powell’s previous mark at the same venue... 

Mo Farah of Great Britain and Ukraine’s Sergiy Lebid, the silver and bronze medallists at Sunday’s European XC championships will have a rematch up at the 35th edition of the BOclassic on New Year’s eve. In the women’s race, Aniko Kalovics, the 2006 winner will be racing in Bolzano. The 35th edition of the BOclassic will be celebrated this New Year’s Eve run with Lebid and Farah,... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track American legendary Michael Johnson believes Usain Bolt, who set world records at both the Olympic Games in Beijing, last summer and the Berlin World Championships in August should slow down now. Usain Bolt races home to win the 200m at the Brussels Golden League Running his very first full season in both the 100m and 200m last year, Bolt set a 9.69seconds world record... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell with the Jamaican flag after the men's 100m at the Berlin World Championships Jamaican sprint star Asafa Powell believes his fellow countryman Usain Bolt did his homework to improve his starts this past season. Despite his sluggish starts throughout the 2008 season, Bolt ran unmatched, as he only suffered one defeat at the hands of Powell,... 

"I just blew my mind and blew the world’s mind." – Usain Bolt. On the commute home from work the other day I happened to stumble across the celebrity gossip section of a free London paper. There looking quite the cool cat was a picture of Usain Bolt donning a leather jacket and some comedy sunglasses rocking out in a Mayfair night spot. With an apparent dance-off with Chelsea...