STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s former Olympic and reigning heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft is doubtful for the World Championships in Berlin after injuring her leg competing in the Long Jump in a low-key meeting at Karlskrona on Tuesday.
By Mellissa Henry for World-Track BERLIN — National champion and World leader Ariane Friedrich heads the list of athletes selected on Tuesday to represent Germany at next month IAAF World Championships. Friedrich, who set a new German record of 2.06 metres last month at the IAAF Golden League meeting in Berlin – the same venue…
The time table for the Golden Gala – IAAF Golden League Meeting in Rome, Italy on Friday, 10 July.
By Gary Smith, World-Track LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Olympic champion Usain Bolt says there will be joking around once the gun goes off for his 200m race at the Athletissima meeting here in Lausanne Tuesday evening. The Jamaican world record holder has not raced very much this season and went all-out only once in a wind-aided…
Complete results from the Central American and Caribbean Athletics Championships (CAC) in at Havana’s Estadio Panamericano.
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LONDON — Beijing Olympic Games 400m hurdles bronze medallist Tasha Danvers says she is disappointed with missing the World Championships, but insisted it is only for the best. Danvers injured her right hamstring a month ago and was hoping to recover in time to compete in Berlin. But after consulting with UKA chief medical officer…
Complete results from the Meeting de Atletismo Madrid 2009 meeting in Madrid, Spain on Saturday, Jul 04, 2009.
By Huram Hung, World-Track SHANGHAI, China — Former 110m hurdles Olympic champion Liu Xiang of China will make a return to action at a low key meet, but will not take part in the World Championships, according to his coach. Liu, who limped off the track with a hamstring injury without even clearing a single…
London – Usain Bolt, winner of the sprint double at last Summer’s Beijing Olympics in world record times, believes with hard work and dedication he can run sub-9.6. Four days after saying American Tyson Gay is not good enough to break his 100m word record of 9.69 secs, Bolt believes he is good enough to…
By Gary Smith, World-Track Tirunesh Dibaba, the Ethiopian World and Olympic 5000m and 10000m champion has withdrawn from Friday’s Bislett Games with an injury. Dibaba was down to compete in the women’s 5000 metres race, but aggravated a minor leg injury during a speed training session on Tuesday and will not make the trip. "I…
By Glen Andrews, World-Track LONDON — Dwain Chambers says if he is to defeat world record holder Usain Bolt over the 100 metres he will have to improve on his stride length. After closely accessing the blueprint of the Jamaican who experts say covers the distance win 41 strides, Chambers now thinks there are some…
