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Bekele storms to Olympic double

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Kenyan wins Olympic men's marathon
Aug. 23   Beijing
  Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history to win an Olympic marathon

  Beijing
  Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele crushed the opposition as he cruised to 5,000m gold, adding to the 10,000m title he won eight days ago
 Bekele sprinted to a new Olympic record time of 12 min 57.82 sec to beat Kenyans Kipchoge and Cheruiyot Soi
Aug. 21   Beijing Relay disasters hit U.S. Olympic track team
  Both U.S. sprint relay squads exited the Olympics after blunders on the final changeovers
Aug. 20   Beijing Bolt claims 200m gold with record
  21-year-old Jamaica's Usain Bolt added the 200m crown to his Olympic 100m title in an incredible new record time of 19.30 seconds
Aug. 19   Beijing Ramzi wins 1500m for Bahrain's first gold  Rashid Ramzi raced clear to grab glory in the men's 1,500 meters and give Bahrain their first-ever Olympic gold medal   Beijing Russian Silnov wins high jump gold  Andrey Silnov won the men's high jump at the Olympics by clearing 2.34 meters without a miss to secure the gold, before failing 3 times at 2.42 Aug. 17   Beijing Fraser heads Jamaican in women's 100m  Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women's 100 meters at the Olympics 24 hours after Bolt's record-setting victory in the men's event Aug. 16   Beijing Bolt surges to gold in new record
  Usain Bolt glided to 9.69, a new world record, as he produced a stunning run in the Olympic 100m final. He was well clear at 60m


year 2007 Top ^

Sep.2   Japan   Lagat grabs unique double for U.S.
  Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat completed the first 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter winning double in track and field world championship history Sep.1   Japan U.S. relay win secures Gay treble  The U.S. won a hotly contested 4x100 meters relay fina, securing Tyson Gay's third gold medal of the Osaka world championships Aug.30   Japan Gay powers to Osaka sprint double Map of OSAKA Japan  Tyson Gay sprinted into the history books as he completed the world 100-200 meters double in emphatic fashion in Osaka Aug.27   Japan Campbell wins gold in sprint drama  Veronica Campbell won the 100 m title following a blanket finish to the final and chaotic scenes at the world championships Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle   Japan Gay blazes to world 100m title win   Tyson Gay blazed down the track in 9.85 seconds to claim the world title in Osaka, beating world record-holder Asafa Powell into third

year 2000 Top ^

Michael Johnson wins 6th gold medal



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