Complete Team USA Olympic Games Roster For Rio

Sprinters Justin Gatlin, LaShawn Merritt, Allyson Felix and Tori Bowie, as well as Brittney Reese, Ashton Eaton, Jenny Simpson and Bernard Lagat, are all named in the U.S. team for the Rio Olympic Games next month.

Bernard Lagat makes 3000m win look easy

Is there a cooler guy in athletics than Bernard Lagat? The US athlete regained the title he last won six years ago with a totally dominant display and after opening up a 10m lead on this well beaten rivals had the time midway down the home stretch to raise an arm in acknowledgment to the…

Dayron Robles Remains Perfect In 2010

Olympic champion hurdler Dayron Robles remained perfect in four races this season at the Aviva Grand Prix on Saturday, while injury-hit Christian Olsson won his first triple jump competition in three years.

Complete Results – 103rd Millrose Games

Complete results from the 103rd Millrose Games in New York on Friday. Top athletes claiming victories at the meeting were Lisa Barber, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Bershawn Jackson, Terrence Trammell, Chelsea Johnson and American Bernard Lagat, who won a record eighth title in the meet’s signature event, the Wanamaker Mile in a time of 3:56.34. Top names…

World Class Hurdle Match-Ups Set For Boston Indoor Games

Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados, the reigning World Outdoor 110m hurdles champion, leads an all-star list of international hurdlers scheduled to compete at the 2010 Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Feb. 6, organizers announced today.   He will be joined in the men’s race by Ladji Docouré, a former World Outdoor Champion in the high hurdles. Brathwaite,…

Lagat – "He did a good job to drop me like that"

By Barbara Sampson, World-Track PARIS — Reigning world 1500m and 5000m champion Bernard Lagat admits to making a mistake during his 3000m clash with Kenenisa Bekele when he backed off in the early stages and was thoroughly routed at the AF Golden League meeting in Paris. The Kenyan-born American Lagat was anticipating a good match…