By Gary Smith, World-Track LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Tuesday’s Athletissima 2009 IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting in Lausanne will present the ideal sprinting match ups for some of the top medal prospects at the World Championships in Berlin next month. Barring there are no withdrawals, fans will get to see an early head-to-head clash between sprint champions from Jamaica and those from the... 

Oslo, Norway – Like nearly everyone else in Oslo’s famous Bislett stadium, Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart hadn’t ever seen such torrential rain at an athletics meeting. What made her almost unique was that she was ready to revel in the conditions. She eventually won the 100m at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Oslo, the second leg of the six-meeting ÅF Golden League 2009, in... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track [cincopa 10489727] OSLO, Norway — The rain came and went as did the challengers of Sanya Richards, who proved she is now the one to beat in the event in Berlin, with another remarkable performance that thrilled the gathering here. Sanya Richards continued her fantastic run this season at Friday’s Bislett Games – IAAF Golden League Meeting – with... 

KINGSTON – Shelly Ann Fraser blasted to an outstanding world-leading 10.88seconds, running into a -1.5m/s head wind to take the women’s 100m title at the Jamaica Championships on Saturday. The Olympic champion got home in front of Kerron Stewart, who finished second in 10.93 and Commonwealth Games champion Sheri Ann Brooks, third in 11.16. Usain Bolt won the men’s race in 9.86second,... 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – International cricket is on this weekend at Sabina Park, but, especially with Beijing fever still simmering, it is the National Stadium where most thoughts will be trained, with the most passionate sports lovers taking in both. There has been talk of this or that athlete – leave the superstar Bolt out of it – not being in good nick and Berlin will be an anti climax.... 

By Mellissa Henry, AAP, World-Track PARIS — Great British and European number one sprinter this season, Dwain Chambers and Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart registered 100-metres wins in cold conditions at the Alma Athletics meeting in Montreuil – Eastern Paris, on Thursday. Chambers, the disgrace sprinter for using a banned substance in 2003, ran home in 10.17 seconds to win at the low-key... 

EUGENE — Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart and American Carmelita Jeter, the two fastest women over 100-metres this year will put their win streaks on the line when they come face-to-face at Sunday’s 35th annual Prefontaine Classic meeting at Hayward Field. Stewart and Jeter, the only sub-11 seconds female sprinters already this year, have both turned in impressive performances. The Olympic...