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Usain Bolt unlikely to challenge 400m WR until After 2012
Jamaican sprint sensation, the exciting Usain Bolt says he is unlikely to target Michael Johnson’s 400m world record until after his London 2012 mission.
American Johnson, world record holder is set at 43.18 seconds and he has suggested the Olympic and world 100m and 200m champion should change events.
However, Bolt said: “The 400m is painful! I think it is somewhere in the future but hopefully...
Trammell, Robles and Liu all through to 60m hurdles final
Terrence Trammell of USA in action of the men's 60m hurdles
Terrence Trammell showed he will be hard to beat in the men’s 60m hurdles after producing a sizzling 7.51 performance to leave the trailing defending champion Xiang Liu (7.68) of China at a distance.
Also this morning: Red-hot LaVerne Jones-Ferrette blasts into 60m final
The American got off to fast start and build on it right...
BW-Bank Meeting – Karlsruhe – IAAF Preivew
Ariane Friedrich’s return to the Europahalle and Saif Saeed Shaheen’s return to the indoor circuit will be just two of the eagerly anticipated highlights of Sunday’s BW-Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe.
or Friedrich, who has since become one of the most recognised and followed faces in German athletics, Karlsruhe will be her second outing of the season after her season debut in Hustopece,...
Ivan Ukhov opens season with 2.37m in Hustopece
Hustopece, Czech Republic – European indoor High Jump champion Ivan Ukhov opened his 2010 season in style with a 2.37m clearance to highlight the first leg of the 6th Moravian High Jump Tour in Hustopece on Saturday (23).
It was a one-man show by the 23-year-old Russian. He opened his competition at 2.20m with a warm up jump, and continued with first attempt clearances at 2.28m, 2.30m, and 2.32m.
After...
Bolt: ‘I’m trying to be a legend’
Ostrava, Czech Republic – Usain Bolt didn’t mince words when he was asked what he hoped to accomplish before his career on the track concluded.
“I’m trying to be a legend,” he said plainly. “So I’m working on being the greatest athlete ever.”
It wasn’t a boastful or off the cuff remark by the Jamaican, who at just 22 is already a triple Olympic...
Schrader and Dobrynska win Combined Events Challenge in Gotzis
Gotzis, Austria – Germany’s Michael Schrader sensationally won the 35th edition of the Hypo Meeting in Götzis with a new world seasonal best of 8522 points beating American Trey Hardee by just six points. Olympic champion Nataliya Dobrynska of Ukraine won the Heptathlon with 6558 points, the second best performance in the world this year.
Pascal Berenbruch completed a great day for...
