LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Usain Bolt promised that he would do something special and he certainly did not disappoint after the world record holder blasted to another dominant performance to win the Olympic 100m gold medal on Sunday night. The world record holder set a new Olympic record and the second fastest 100m time ever at 9.63 seconds to win the gold medal and defended his title from Beijing. Bolt’s... 

Two reigning World champions and a pair of reigning Olympic champions will headline the Osaka Grand Prix on Saturday, the second IAAF World Challenge meeting of 2010. Leading the field in the women’s 100m will be Jamaica’s two-time Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown. Earlier this year, Campbell-Brown won the World indoor title in the 60m in Doha, and outdoors has run 22.32 in the 200m. Christian... 

American World 100m silver medallist Tyson Gay, who is scheduled to run the 400 metres at tomorrow’s seventh staging of the Jamaica International Invitational, is hoping to challenge Usain Bolt’s 200m record of 19.19 seconds later this season. “I hope that my 400m relates to my 200m dropping down and I think that’s the key,” Gay told journalists during a one-hour teleconference... 

Sprint ace Tyson Gay will bid to smash the long standing world best for the 200metres on a straight track at the Manchester CityGames on May 16. The 28-year-old world 100m silver medallist will be watched by current holder Tommie Smith, whose record of 19.5seconds was achieved 44 years ago on a cinder track in San Jose, Texas. “Given the advantage of no bend and the surface is a vast improvement... 

World Athlete of the Year Usain Bolt, and another four IAAF Diamond League Ambassadors have been announced by the organisers of Athletissima for the meeting which will take place in Lausanne’s Pontaise stadium on 8 July. Joining him will be his fellow national representative, Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica, the Olympic and World 100m champion, will face World silver medallist Kerron Stewart in the... 

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in action Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will get an early look at the 2011 World Championships site when he runs in the men’s 100 metres in Daegu, South Korea, on May 19. The race will be the Bolt’s first 100m of the season as well as his first visit to South Korea. It will precede Bolt’s previously announced 200 metres at the... 

By Gary Smith Great Britain's Christine OhuruoguGreat Britain’s Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu will race against fellow countrywoman and world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis over 150m at the Manchester Great City Games next month. Last year Ohuruogu, who won gold at the Beijing Games in the quarter-mile, finished second to Bahamian Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie. “The Great City... 

Steve Hooker and Lolo Jones will compete at the adidas Grand Prix. American hurdler Lolo Jones in action Olympic and World champion pole vaulter Steve Hooker of Australia and Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones of the United States will compete in a star-studded lineup at the adidas Grand Prix on Saturday, June 12, organizers announced Thursday. The adidas Grand Prix, held at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s... 

Felix Limo of Kenya in action in the 2006 London Marathon. PHOTO/photorun.net/Victah SailerThe Vienna City Marathon, which will be staged for the 27th time on 18th April, could well see the best quality men’s race in its history. Eight runners have been signed with personal bests of sub 2:10. The fastest of this group is the fastest marathoner ever entered into the Vienna City Marathon: Felix Limo... 

Newly crowned world indoor champions Bernard Lagat of the United States and Jessica Ennis of Great Britain as well as American record-holder Hyleas Fountain will ride the wave of their recent successes when they compete at the adidas Grand Prix on June 12, organizers announced Thursday. The adidas Grand Prix, held at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, will be the fifth stop on the inaugural 14-meet,...