Former 10,000-meter world champion Moses Tanui was injured and former world championship runner David Lelei killed in an auto accident on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, the Daily Nation newspaper reported Wednesday. Tanui sustained serious leg and chest injuries and was rushed to Nairobi Hospital, where the newspaper described his condition as being āoutā¦
European champion Dwain Chambers ran the fastest 60 meters this year at the British trials Saturday to qualify for the world indoor championships. Chambers, who won silver at the world indoors two years ago, clocked 6.50 seconds in Sheffield as he prepares for next monthās event in Doha, Qatar. The 31-year-old Chambers says he isā¦
Video of Usain Bolt speaking about running at the adidas Grand Prix in New York City on 12 June. Bolt, the triple Olympic and World champion (100, 200, 4Ć100) and World record holder will race over the 100m dash in New York, and it will be his first competition in the United States since heā¦
Laverne Jones-Ferrette of the US Virgin Islands and American Lolo Jones were among the big winners at Sundayās BW-Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe.
On 20th February 2010, at The Aviva Grand Prix in Birminghamās NIA, UKA will be taking the high jump to a new level. In addition to a full schedule of world class athletics, the Aviva Grand Prix will host a new competition: āExtreme High Jumpā.
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.Ā Ā He will be joined in the menās race by Ladji DocourĆ©, a former World Outdoor Champion in the high hurdles. Brathwaite,ā¦
Justin Gatlin is learning how to sprint again, a fact that has little to do with the Americanās four-year absence from athletics under a doping ban. With a new coach and a new philosophy on running, the former Olympic and world champion is working hard to get back to top speed. āEverything I learned Iā¦
Finlandās 30-year-old Osku Torro took a surprise High Jump victory indoors in Wuppertal, Germany, setting a world season lead with a 2.32m performance which not only added 5 centimetres to his outright personal best (2.27 outdoors, 2007 / 2.26 indoors, 2006) but improved the Finnish record by one centimetre. Torro, had a clean jumping cardā¦
Valerie Vili will defend her world indoor shot put title at the World Indoor Championships in Doha Qatar in March, Athletics New Zealand (ANZ) said. The Olympic and World outdoor champion won the indoor title in Valencia in 2008 with a New Zealand and Oceania record of 20.19m, beating Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus by 45ā¦
By Gary Smith, World-Track KINGSTON, Jamaica ā Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Omar Brown has not ruled out defending his 200 metres title at the New Delhi Games in India next year. Brown, who won the title in close finish with Stephan Buckland of Mauritius and fellow countryman Chris Williams at the 2006 event in Melbourne,ā¦
Press Release ā "I hope there will be a big crowd, because we are really going to make it a great show and a thrilling competition." Says Adam Nelson, the American world champion, (2005), Olympic silver medalist, (2004) and title defender in DN Galan Big Shot that will take place in KungstrƤdgĆ„rden, in the centreā¦
EUGENE ā Sprinter Tyson Gay proved that he is healthy and ready to go with wind-assisted 9.75 seconds 100metres run on the opening day of the U.S. Championships here at Hayward Field Thursday.
