Topic: Angelo Taylor
Reigning world champion Jessica Ennis found herself trailing American rival Hyleas Fountain after the opening two events of the heptathlon at the world championships on Monday.Fountain, the Olympic silver medallist denied the chance to compete at the 2009 Berlin worlds because ...
Walter Dix will get two world title shots at Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt after wrapping up a sprint double at the US athletics championships with a 200m triumph on Sunday.Dix, a double bronze medallist at the 2008 Olympics, won the ...
DOHA (Reuters) - Jamaica's Asafa Powell recovered from a poor start to take the plaudits in the men's 100 meters at the opening Diamond League meet in steamy Qatar on Friday.The former world record holder, who will face Olympic and ...
Defending champions the United States booked their berth in the final of the 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships after winning their heat here on Saturday.Just minutes after seeing the US women's 4x100m relay team crash out, the quartet ...
Shawn Crawford blew away the competition to win the 200m title at the US athletics championships on Sunday, punching his World Championships ticket with a wind-assisted 19.73sec. "That's the fastest my body has ever moved in its lifetime, so I ...
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Former world champion Dwight Phillips became the joint fifth-best long jump performer of all time when he leaped 8.74 meters at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix athletics meeting Sunday.Phillips, the 2003 and 2005 world title winner, outdistanced ...
Olympic gold medallist LaShawn Merritt improved on his fastest time of the season, by winning the 200 metres at the Adidas Track Classic at the Home Depot Center.Merritt, who won Olympic 400m gold in the Beijing Games, breezed to victory in ...
CARSON, California (Reuters) - World champions Bernard Lagat and Jeremy Wariner shared the limelight with Olympic 400 meter gold medalist LaShawn Merritt, after easing to comfortable victories at the Adidas Track Classic on Saturday.Kenyan-born Lagat coasted home in the men's 1 ...
Clement's 400 hurdles time, fastest of year, scratched from world list because of hurdle gaffeKerron Clement ran what would have been the fastest time of the outdoor season in the 400 hurdles Saturday night, but his time was wiped out because ...
CARSON, California (Reuters) - World champion Kerron Clement surged to victory in a controversial 400 meter hurdles at the Adidas Track Classic on Saturday, a race that left Olympic Games gold medalist Angelo Taylor fuming.Clement, who claimed the silver medal in Beijing ...