World champion Yohan Blake won the men’s 100m dash at Tuesday’s Spitzenleichtathletik meet (EA Classic) at the Stadium Allmand in Luzern. Blake, who beat world record holder and reigning Olympic Games champion Usain Bolt in both sprint events at the Jamaica track and field trials last month clocked 9.85 seconds to take the event. The star of the night, got away to a good start and then... 

Title favourite Adam Gemili was amongst the quickest qualifiers in the men’s 100 metres on the opening day of the World Junior Championships in Barcelona on Tuesday morning. The Great Britain star, who has the fastest personal best in the field – clocked 10.37 seconds to win his heat comfortably and says he still has a lot in his reserve. “Today i didn’t give my best because... 

PARIS (Sporting Alert) — World Record holder David Rudisha predicted a fast time and that he did to win the men’s 800m at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday. The Kenya superstar clocked a storming meeting record and world-leading time of 1:41.54 to lowered his own world-leading mark of 1:41.74 with his winning run that separated him by over four-seconds from the field. There... 

EUGENE, Ore. — Allyson Felix set a new personal best of 21.69 to win the women’s 200m at the U.S. Olympic trials to pick the team for the London Games on Saturday. The two-time world champion flashed off the corner and took the lead into the straightaway to batter a very strong field to become the third fastest American ever over the dis “I am so happy to be on this team,” said... 

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Sporting Alert) — World champion Yohan Blake leads the list of high-profiled sprinters heading into the semi-finals of the men’s 100 metres dash at the Jamaica National Championships on Thursday. Blake posted 10.00 seconds to win his heat over young star Kemar Bailey-Cole, who ran 10.12 secs for second and former national champion Oshane Bailey, who took third in 10.26. World... 

EUGENE, Oregon (Sporting Alert) -– Justin Gatlin was the fastest qualifier from the heats in the men’s 100 metres at the U.S. Olympic Games trials at Hayward Field on Saturday. The 2004 Olympic Games champion clocked 9.90 seconds to win his heat in the quickest time on the evening and defeated World Indoor finalist Trell Kimmons (10.11). Also moving into the semis is American record holder... 

EDMONTON, Canada — Jamaicans Yohan Blake and Sheri-Ann Brooks won sprint events as several meet records fell at the Donovan Bailey Invitational in Edmonton, Canada on Saturday. Blake, won the men’s 100 metres in 10.05 seconds, bettering American Trell Kimmons (10.11) and Jamaican Lerone Clarke (10.13). Blake will now turns his attention the Jamaica Olympic trials where he will face the... 

NEW YORK — A fast time was promised but not even David Rudisha himself was expecting such fast time to win the men’s 800m race at the adidas Grand Prix – IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York on Saturday. The Kenyan World record holder and world champion said at his press conference that he was hoping to run in the 1:42 range, but stunned his competition once again – this... 

NEW YORK — American sprinter Tyson Gay opened his season with an impressive 10.00 seconds performance to win the “B” race of the men’s 100 metres dash at the adidas Grand Prix – an IAAF Diamond League meeting in New York on Saturday. Gay, who has been bothered by injuries, which forced him to do hip surgery last season, ran his time in a -1.5 m/s headwind. The performance... 

ROME (Sporting Alert) — Usain Bolt delivered a spanking 9.76 seconds (-0.1 m/s) world-leading time to hammer a solid field and win the men’s 100m dash at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder got away first time and kept moving away from the field as the race went on to take down fellow countryman Asafa Powell, who race 9.91secs for second...