By Gary Smith Usain Bolt says his Racers Track Club – who ran as Jamaica Gold – well came prepared to win at the Penn Relays. The sprint sensation said he and his team-mates were well focused on winning at the Franklin Field Stadium on Saturday and they did just that – proving that the […]
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Felix Limo ready to come back to better times
PRESS RELEASE – VIENNA CITY MARATHON ON SUNDAY A year ago organisiers of the Vienna City Marathon made headlines by staging a unique debutants’ only elite race. While the experiment worked well there had never been a doubt that Vienna would return to common procedures in 2010. Sunday’s 27th edition of Austria’s biggest athletics event […]
Usain Bolt to run at Penn Relays
World sprint double and relay world record holder Usain Bolt, will compete at the Penn Relays as part of the USA vs. the World event April 24, USA Track and Field announced Thursday. The Jamaican sprint ace is scheduled to compete in the men’s 4×100 relay and event he ran on the third leg when […]
Britain's Phillips Idowu pulls out of World Indoors
Great Britain’s World triple jump gold medal winner Phillips Idowu has withdrawn from the World Indoor Championships in Doha later this week. The 31-year-old, who won World Championship gold outdoors in Berlin last summer, made the decision for personal reasons following the birth of his second child last week. Idowu said: “I am gutted not […]
British boss Charles van Commenee predicts medal success in Doha
Charles van Commenee refuses to name specific colours, but firmly believes there is a great chance the Aviva Great Britain team will return from next weekend’s World Indoor Championships with at least five medals. UK Athletics’ dynamic head coach is highly confident Dwain Chambers, Jessica Ennis, Phillips Idowu, Jenny Meadows and the men’s 4×400 metres […]