BERLIN — German sensation Ariane Friedrich handed Blanka Vlašic a defeat on a day when American Sanya Richards ran the fastest women’s 400m of the season in the opening IAAF Golden League meeting here at the Olympic stadium in Berlin Sunday afternoon. In a thrilling women’s High Jump competition, Friedrich produced the unexpected of 2.06m – A German outdoor record, world-leading... 

Two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown completed another sprint double victory. This time it was at a low-keyed meeting at the University of Central Florida in Clermont on Saturday. Campbell-Brown, who repeated her Athens Olympics 200m title when she raced to a 21.74 in Beijing last Summer, first won the women’s 100m in 11.04 seconds…..READ MORE  Read More »

By Gary Smith, World-Track NEW YORK — Jamaicans Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, two members of the MVP Track Club, commented that their below par performance at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York on Saturday was a result of some few heavy legs. Frater (10.15) and Carter (10.16) finished eight and ninth, respectively in the men’s 100-metres behind American Mike Rogers, who... 

Havana, Cuba – Twenty-year old Yordanis García improved his personal best by over 100 points to score a world leading 8496 points in winning the NACAC Combined Events Championships on Saturday (30) in Havana, his first international title since taking the World Youth gold in 2005. Team USA Beijing Olympic high jumper Sharon Day took the Heptathlon in another Cup record of 6063…..READ... 

When Usain Bolt broke the world record in the 100 meters a year ago in New York, he was still just another sprinter from Jamaica, making a case to his coach that this was the event for him. He was two months away from his force-of-nature performance in Beijing and life as an icon. Even though he will not line up for the Reebok Grand Prix meet at Icahn Stadium on Saturday, on the same track he covered... 

By Gary Smith for World-Track NEW YORK, USA – It’s almost one year since Usain Bolt ignited the sprinting world with his phenomenal performances in Beijing, but his accomplishments are still lingering in the minds of his fellow rivals.   He is getting his mind ready for a 200-metre outing at the Reebok Grand Prix here on Saturday, but American sprint star Tyson Gay can’t help... 

Asafa Powell is an enigma. As often as he delights by running fast when least expected, so often he dismays by running poorly when expectations are highest. That’s the image, at least. From the post-Olympic season of 2004 till the emergence of Usain Bolt in the last year, Powell was the man at 100 metres. He set the world record in 2005, briefly shared it with the now-discredited Justin Gatlin... 

New York, NY  – Three-time Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner has been added to the already impressive list of World and Olympic champions slated to compete at the Reebok Grand Prix. The Reebok Grand Prix is the fourth stop of USA Track & Field’s Visa Championship Series and will begin at 3:00pm on May 30, at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. Wariner, the 2004 Olympic... 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EUGENE — Last we counted, after 7 announced events in the Prefontaine Classic, eleven Beijing medal winners were in the fields. That total takes a significant jump with the addition of the two hurdles events in the Pre Classic on June 7th at Hayward Field.  It’s a clean sweep in the men’s 400 Hurdles, with 2-time gold medalist Angelo Taylor, silver... 

ROME — Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva, one of the greatest female athletes in history, is the winner of the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award for the second time, following her sensational gold medal winning performance in the Beijing Olympics. Isinbayeva received the most prestigious Award in sport from Laureus World Sports Academy members Sir Bobby Charlton, the England football...