Topic: Walter Dix

No 800m world mark for Rudisha

Kenyan David Rudisha failed Saturday in his quest to set a new world record at the meeting in Rieti but did manage to set a best time for the season in clocking 1min 41.33sec in the 800m, off his own mark ...
Slow starts don't necessarily make for last place finishes.. . Six days and a slow start later, Usain Bolt finally won gold at the world...

Jamaican Bolt wins men's 200m world title

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the men's 200 meters title at the world championships on Saturday in a time of 19.40 seconds.American Walter Dix was second in 19.7 and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre finished third ...

Bolt qualifies fastest for 200m semis

Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt qualified fastest for the 200m semi-finals on day 7 as he attempts to put the misery of his world championships 100m disqualification behind him.World record holder Bolt showed no signs of nerves as he prepared for ...

Bolt all business on return to Daegu track

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - A chastened Usain Bolt returned to the world championships and Deagu Stadium on Friday morning resolutely focused on just one thing, reaching the semi-finals of the 200 meters.The flamboyant fastest man in the world could be forgiven ...

Blake wins 100m gold after Bolt disqualified

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Yohan Blake of Jamaica won the men's 100 meters world title on Sunday after Usain Bolt was disqualified after a false start.Blake took the gold in a time of 9.92 seconds ahead of American Walter ...

Forgotten man Dix ready to rock Bolt's world in Daegu

LONDON (Reuters) - Walter Dix said Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt could "definitely be beaten" at the global championships in South Korea after easing to victory in the 200 meters on the second day of the London Diamond League meeting Saturday.Dix ...

'Blade Runner' Pistorius qualifies for worlds

Double amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has qualified for next month's World Championships after clocking 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres at a meeting here on Tuesday.The South African, known as the "Blade Runner," who runs with carbon fibre ...

Dix eager for chance to bring down Bolt at worlds

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Olympic double bronze medalist Walter Dix does not buy the talk that America, without Tyson Gay, will have no answer for Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell at next month's world championships.U.S. championship victories ...

US athletics team boasts mix of youth, experience

Tyson Gay may be missing, but Walter Dix believes he can take up the slack for USA sprinting at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.Gay's injury withdrawal, before the semi-finals of the 100m, rocked the US athletics championships ...