I went to the Penn Relays to see Asafa Powell run against Usain Bolt, the show down was the big motivator for me to go on a four hour road trip to PA from NJ. After seen the crowd going wild for Bolt as if I was in a Room type coliseum watching Spartacus killing some want to be gladiators, the atmosphere was very fiery as if nothing matters but the moment. One thing was clear and that was the absent... 

By Gary Smith Usain Bolt (R) and American Wallace Spearmon in the relay Usain Bolt will not be competing at Drake Relays this season, but the meet directors are hoping to have the world’s fastest man on board one day. Drake director Brian Brown said that there have been several positive conversation with the representatives of the Jamaican sprint sensation and claims that things are heading... 

Is there a cooler guy in athletics than Bernard Lagat? The US athlete regained the title he last won six years ago with a totally dominant display and after opening up a 10m lead on this well beaten rivals had the time midway down the home stretch to raise an arm in acknowledgment to the crowd. Beautiful. It may have been one of the most competitive races in the programme, but as soon as Lagat... 

Competing before an energized crowd of nearly 11,000, World champion Blanka Vlasic cleared 2.03m and made three solid attempts at a would-be World record of 2.09m at the Slobodna Dalmacija Women’s High Jump Meeting in her hometown of Split, Croatia on Sunday (21). “I’m very satisfied with the outcome because this time there was no excuse for a bad result,” said Vlasic, whose winning leap...