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| May.9 |
London |
Disable man finishes marathon
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| Apr.20 |
Boston |
Ethiopia's Merga wins Boston Marathon
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| Sep.28 |
Berlin |
Gebrselassie breaks own marathon record
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| Sep.13 |
Germany |
Czech sets new javelin record
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Beijing |
'Blade Runner' claims 2nd Paralympic gold
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| May.9 |
 London |
Disable man finishes marathon British soldier Phil Packer was told a year ago that he would never walk again. He completed the race 13 days after it started
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| Apr.20 |
 Boston |
 Ethiopia's Merga wins Boston Marathon Deriba Merga won 113th Boston Marathon ahead of Kenyan Daniel Rono and Ryan Hall of America
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| Sep.28 |
 Berlin |
 Gebrselassie breaks own marathon record Ethiopian distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record for the marathon for the second successive year
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| Sep.13 |
Germany |
 Czech sets new javelin record Barbora Spotakova set a new world record in the women's javelin with a throw of 72.28 meters at the World Athletics Fina
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 Beijing |
 'Blade Runner' claims 2nd Paralympic gold Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius of South Africa won his second gold medal at the Paralympic Games
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| Aug.23 |
Beijing |
 Kenyan wins Olympic men's marathon Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history to win an Olympic marathon
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Beijing |
Bekele storms to Olympic double| 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 mi... | |
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| Aug.22 |
Beijing |
 Bolt grabs third gold and record| Usain Bolt made a 3rd world record after Jamaica claimed men's 4x100m relay gold by a huge margin to set a new benchmark of 37.10 | |
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| 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
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| 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
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Beijing |
Silver medalist Blonska fails drug test Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her medal in the Olympic heptathlon
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| 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
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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...
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| Aug.17 |
Beijing |
Fraser heads Jamaican in women's 100m
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| Aug.16 |
Greece |
Greek star Halkia tests positive
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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 | |
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| Jul.31 |
Monaco |
7 Russians suspended in doping scandal
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| Jul.22 |
Sweden |
Powell beats world's fastest man
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| Jun.1 |
 New York |
Jamaica's Bolt is world's fastest man Usain Bolt set a new 100 meters world record of 9.72 seconds at an international meeting, trimming 0.02 second off the previous record
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| May.16 |
South Africa |
'Blade Runner' wins Olympic appeal
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| Apr.13 |
India |
Marathon-boy coach murdered
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London |
Record as Lel wins a 3rd London Marathon
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| Jan.11 |
New York |
Jones is sentenced to six months
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| Dec.12 |
Switzerland |
IOC strips Jones of Olympic medals
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| Nov.23 |
Monaco |
Jones banned for two years by IAAF
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| Oct.5 |
New York |
Jones pleads guilty in drug case Athlete Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to lying about her steroid use to investigators, which could see her jailed and stripped of her meda...
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| Oct.4 |
USA |
Jones admits steroids use
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| Sep.30 |
Berlin |
Gebrselassie breaks Marathon record
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| Sep.9 |
 Italy |
Powell sets new 100m world record  Map of Rieti Italy| Jamaican set a new men's record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, beating his old mark of 9.77 set in Athens in June 2005. The 24-year-old dominated the race ahead... | |
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| Sep.2 |
Japan |
Lagat grabs unique double for U.S.
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| 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
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| Aug.30 |
Japan |
Gay powers to Osaka sprint double |
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| Aug.27 |
Japan |
Campbell wins gold in sprint drama |
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| Aug.26 |
Japan |
Gay blazes to world 100m title win |
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| Jul.29 |
New York |
Gatlin admits to failed drugs test World and Olympic 100 meters champion said he had failed a drugs test after a relay race in Kansas City in April
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| Aug.13 |
Finland |
Dibaba completes a unique double
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| Jun.14 |
Greece |
Powell breaks world 100m record
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| Aug.29 |
Greece |
El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles
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Greece |
Spectator bundled marathon lider
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| Aug.28 |
Greece |
United States Retains Both 4x400 Titles
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Greece |
China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track
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Greece |
British Stun U.S. in Sprint Relay
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Crawford stormed to victory in 200m
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| Aug.22 |
 Greece |
Gatlin guns to 100m glory Justin Gatlin ran 9.85 seconds to take a brilliant gold in one of the greatest sprint races of all time
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Greece |
Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold
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| Aug.12 |
Greece |
Stars hurt in crash Olympic stars Kederis and Thanou have been injured in a road accident and taken to hospital
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| Nov.2 |
New York |
7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days
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| Sep.28 |
Berlin |
Tergat sets marathon record
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| Aug.28 |
France |
White completes sprint double
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| Aug.25 |
France |
Collins crowned sprint king
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| Aug.24 |
France |
Bekele leads Ethiopian romp
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| Aug.6 |
Canada |
Ukrainian beats Jones in 100-meter |
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| Oct.1 |
 Sydney |
Michael Johnson wins 6th gold medal| Track star wraps up his Olympic career with relay victory | |
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Sydney |
Jones runs her total to 5 Sprint star comes home with 3 gold, 2 bronze
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| Sep.30 |
Sydney |
Kenyans dominant in distance events |
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