Topic: LaShawn Merritt

IOC disappointed, but accept Merritt ruling: Rogge

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 117 days ago
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee is disappointed by the decision to allow 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt to run at the London 2012 Games -- and will seek an amendment to their overturned rules, president Jacques Rogge said on Friday.The IOC ...

Merritt's London 2012 doping appeal win was fair - lawyer

AFP Global Edition - 131 days ago
LaShawn Merritt's lawyer insisted on Thursday that the Olympic 400 metres champion's appeal victory against a London 2012 doping ban was a triumph for other suspended athletes who could now find their Olympic dreams reborn.The Court of Arbitration for ...

Merritt celebrates unexpected doping win

San Francisco Chronicle - 131 days ago
0 . LaShawn Merritt was pessimistic about the chances of defending his Olympic title in London. The 400-meter champion figured it would be ...

I'll now train harder than ever, says Merritt

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 131 days ago
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Olympic 400 meters champion LaShawn Merritt, cleared to run at the 2012 Games by a court ruling Thursday having previously been barred for doping, said he would pull out all the stops to succeed in London."I'll train hard ...

Factbox: Olympic 400 meters champion LaShawn

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 132 days ago
(Reuters) - Factbox on Olympic 400m champion LaShawn Merritt of the United States, who became eligible to compete in the 2012 London Olympics if he qualifies as a result of the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) ruling on Thursday against International ...

Merritt leads America to 10th straight relay title

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 166 days ago
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - LaShawn Merritt stormed down the final 100 meters to overhaul his Jamaican and South African rivals and win a 10th successive world 4x400 meters relay title for the United States on Friday.The Americans had trailed in third ...

James ruins Merritt's return

AFP American Edition - 168 days ago
Grenada teenager Kirani James produced a fantastic final sprint and desperate lunge at the line to snatch world 400m gold from defending champion LaShawn Merritt on Tuesday.Reigning Olympic champion Merritt, returning to the world stage after a doping ban for testing ...

Rudisha wins gold as Isinbayeva flops at Daegu athletics

AFP Global Edition - 168 days ago
David Rudisha eased to gold Tuesday in the world 800m, giving a stark reminder of Kenya's domination of distance events as Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva failed dismally in the women's pole vault.Elsewhere on a fast-paced night of action, Russian ...

CAS to rule on Olympic doping rule in September

San Francisco Chronicle - 251 days ago
0 . The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set a September target to rule on the legality of an International Olympic Committee anti-doping rule ...

Bonds, Ramirez, Armstrong, Clemens Just Tip of Sports Drugs Iceberg Says Ex-White House Drug Spokesman Robert Weiner

American Banking News - 297 days ago
Bonds, Ramirez, Armstrong, Clemens Just Tip of Sports Drugs Iceberg Says Ex-White House Drug Spokesman Robert Weiner. Apr. 24, 2011 (PR Newswire) -...