Penn Relays USA v The World Roster, Live Streaming Information

Published on April 25, 2016 |

Thirty-four U.S. athletes will compete in six relay events at the Penn Relays Carnival on Saturday, April 30 at Franklin Field during USA vs. the World, which will be broadcast live on NBCSN with on-demand coverage on USATF.TV.

Bolt, Fraser-Pryce win IAAF Athletes of the Year Awards

Published on November 17, 2013 |

MONACO — Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were chosen world athletes of the year on Saturday.

Nancy Rotich and Hillary Kipkogei Yego win Athens Marathon

Published on November 10, 2013 |

ATHENS, Greece — Hillary Kipkogei Yego led a Kenyan sweep of the top four places at the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday, and countrywoman Nancy Rotich won the women’s race. Yego completed the hilly course in 2 hours, 13 minutes, 50 seconds — 42 seconds ahead of Dickson Kimeli. David Kipkorir Rutoh was third in…

Jamaica’s Maurice Smith Pulls Out Of Commonwealth Games

Published on September 23, 2010 |

Maurice Smith, one of Jamaica’s few medal favourites for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, has withdrawn from the team days before the team is scheduled to depart for the Games. Smith, a decathlon silver medallist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, reportedly informed members of Jamaica’s management team yesterday after-noon…

Slowly Does It For Superstar-Free Jamaica

Published on September 19, 2010 |

Jamaica could have had the fastest man in history in their sprint squad at the Commonwealth Games next month. Instead, they will have someone by the name of Slowly.

Christophe Lemaitre Wins 100m Dash in Kawasaki

Published on September 19, 2010 |

Triple European champion Christophe Lemaitre’s victory in the 100m and Blanka Vlasic’s dominating performance in the High Jump were the key highlights at the 23rd Super Track and Field meet at Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on Sunday (19). In the featured men’s field event, 2007 World champion Tero Pitkamaki prevailed over Japan’s Yukifumi Murakami, the…

Steve Hooker Misses Vault Map In England But If Fine

Published on September 19, 2010 |

Steve Hooker had a close shave in his final meet before the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic champion missing the mat in a leap in northern England.

Australian Commonwealth Games Champ John Steffensen Pulls Out

Published on September 19, 2010 |

Australian Commonwealth Games team chef de mission Steve Moneghetti admits extroverted and controversial runner John Steffensen will be missed in Delhi.

Comments: The Doping Secrets Never To Be Revealed

Published on September 19, 2010 |

A lack of IOC commitment meant Sydney was ”a Games that had drug users who were not caught”, writes David Sygall. Somewhere, possibly now at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland, a file containing the coded identities of seven drug cheats from the Sydney Olympic Games is secretly kept from the public….

Australian Craig Mottram Beats Field In UK Race

Published on September 19, 2010 |

Craig Mottram sent national selectors a clear reminder of what Australia will be missing at next month’s Commonwealth Games by storming to victory at the Great North City Games. The former world championships bronze medallist powered away from the field in a two-mile race on the banks of the River Tyne in Newcastle in the…

Jamaican Sprinter Nesta Carter Delighted With Season

Published on September 5, 2010 |

Jamaican Nesta Carter, returned home on Friday after a successful 2010 season which saw him becoming the world’s fourth fastest man ever over 100 metres. The Olympic gold medallist lowered his previous personal best time of 9.91seconds by a staggering 0.13s – to set a new mark of 9.78secs – during the course of the…

Changes: IAAF World Championships in Daegu Could Benefit Jamaica

Published on September 5, 2010 |

Jamaica could close next year’s IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea in a blaze of glory and a world record after a change in the schedule of the event which sees the women’s and men’s 4x100m relays ending the nine-day meet. The new schedule, which was first released in April and amended last month,…