Veronica Campbell of Jamaica in the 100m Jamaica’s two-time Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women’s 100 meters at the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday. Campbell-Brown clocked 11.02 seconds for her first win in the 100 this season. Japan’s Chisato Fukushima was second at a distant 11.27 with Australia’s Melissa Breen third in 11.47. Campbell-Brown,... 

By Gary Smith Usain Bolt anchors the Jamaican Gold team to victory (Photo: TrackAlerts.com) CORRECTION TO BOLT’S TIME WHICH WAS 8.79SECS AND 8.71SECS AS WAS PREVIOUS REPORTED Usain Bolt’s Jamaican Gold 4x100m relay team was on fire at the at the Franklin Field Stadium on Saturday, but he too left his own individual mark on the track. The triple world record holder in the 100m, 200m and... 

By Gary Smith Usain Bolt anchors the Jamaican Gold team to victory (Photo: TrackAlerts.com) Usain Bolt’s Jamaican Gold 4x100m relay team was on fire at the at the Franklin Field Stadium on Saturday, but he too left his own individual mark on the track. The triple world record holder in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m – produced a scorching 8.79seconds on his anchor leg for the track club which... 

By Miranda Mitchell Triple Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt anchored the Jamaican Gold team to stunning 37.90secs to win the USA vs World 4x100m relay. The time was a new Penn Relays record – removing the old mark of 37.92 set last year by the Americans. Bolt raced with Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake and Marvin Anderson. The Jamaicans defeated USA Blue who came home in 38.33secs, with USA... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track STOCKHOLM — A handful of match-ups and a host of world beaters are set to highlight Friday’s DN Gala Super Grand Prix meeting at the Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium. Leading the way in the sprint events are world-leaders Kerron Stewart of Jamaica and American Tyson Gay, who each will be hoping for another dominant performance similar to the ones they slammed... 

Olympic champions Usain Bolt, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker head a strong Jamaican team selected to represent the nation at next month’s IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. The team also includes sprinters Kerron Stewart, who leads the world over 100m on the women’s side with a spanking 10.75seconds, Asafa Powell, who is back on form,... 

Bressanone/Brixen, Italy – The IAAF World Youth Championships have nurtured many of today’s contemporary athletics stars. Some, like Usain Bolt, went home with a gold medal hung around their necks, but certainly not all of them were stars of the show on their first appearance at a global championship. Nevertheless, competing at the Championships was a formative experience for the likes... 

By Gary Smith, World-Track EUGENE — Former world record holder Asafa Powell and world sprint double champion Tyson Gay could face each other over 100-metres at the Sunday’s Prefontaine Classic, to be held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Powell is already confirmed to race at the meeting and according meeting director Tom Jordan, Gay, fresh from his stunning 19.58 second at the Reebok... 

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