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43 min ago | The Age

America's next generation of speed

In a neighbourhood park, Cameron Burrell performed a series of bounding drills as a team of youth basketball players arrived for a hill-climbing workout.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympic Track And Field, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympics

4 hrs ago | The Star Online

MSSM meet: 15 records in five days augur well for M'sian athletics

KUANTAN: The future of athletics in the country looks bright as 15 records were broken in the five-day National Schools Athletics Cham-pionships which ended here on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

Fri May 24, 2013

The Independent

Phillips Idowu starts long road back

Phillips Idowu will return to competition in New York today for the first time since failing to qualify for last summer's Olympic triple jump final.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Phillips Idowu, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Eilish Mccolgan, Shara Proctor, Holly Bleasdale, Christian Taylor

Wall Street Journal

The Exercise Equivalent of a Cheeseburger?

Over the last few months, during the endurance-athletics off-season, something extraordinary happened: The line began to blur between the health effects of running marathons and eating cheeseburgers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Triathlon, Outdoor Recreation

Examiner.com

David Rudisha set to defend 800m world record at adidas Grand Prix

David Rudisha, the reigning 800m Olympic gold medalist, is a modest, soft-spoken man, so much so that reporters can barely hear him at press conferences when he talks.

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Related Topix: Olympic Track And Field, Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Nesta Carter, Blanka Vlasic, Tyson Gay, Veronica Campbell-Brown

BBC News

Rutherford eyes sprinting chance

Live on Saturday from 13:00 BST on BBC One & live coverage of the 10km race on Sunday from 10:00 on BBC Two.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympic, Greg Rutherford, Summer Olympics, Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu, Sebastian Bayer, Mo Farah

This is Wiltshire

ATHLETICS: Danny's on the pace

TROWBRIDGE sprint star Danny Talbot is hoping he's on the right track for this summer's major competitions after a pleasing start to his new outdoor season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Tyson Gay, Summer Olympics, James Ellington

Gazetteandherald.co.uk

ATHLETICS: Californian success opens up Bishop's world bid

DAVE Bishop flew back to Chippenham this week after ending his latest spell in America with a superb 1500m in Los Angeles, writes KEVIN FAHEY.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

The Guardian

Perri Shakes-Drayton: 'I'm hoping to be the greatest runner ever'

The multiple-medal winning sprinter on psyching up to music, why there are no shortcuts to success - and how she wouldn't say no to a Ferrero Rocher Do you remember your first ever race? How old were you, and how did you fare? It probably would have been at primary school on sports day or in the playground.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Perri Shakes-Drayton, Summer Olympics

IcLanarkshire

Virgin Media named Games partner

Sir Richard Branson's company joins Dell, AG Barr, Trespass and others as an official sponsor of the event next July.

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Related Topix: Sports, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Mo Farah

Scotsman.com

Glasgow 2014: Virgin Media in Commonwealth deal

Richard BRanson's Virgin Media has been announced as a partner for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.

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Related Topix: Sports, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Mo Farah

Thu May 23, 2013

WTOP-FM Washington

Richard-Ross makes plans for Rio Games and beyond

The Olympic champion runner had received a call from the president of the University of Texas, her alma mater, saying student groups had selected her to deliver the commencement address.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Christine Ohuruogu, Summer Olympic, Aaron Ross, NFL Players

Xinhuanet

Trial date for murder case against "Blade Runner" yet to be fixed: authority

The trial for the murder case against the Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius would be postponed for further investigation, the National Prosecuting Authority announced on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Oscar Pistorius, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

Yahoo!

Athletics - Jackson looking to banish a

Race walker Johanna Jackson is in no hurry to get back to the track but admits she will be back better than ever as she looks to blow her London 2012 disappointment away.

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Related Topix: Sports, Johanna Jackson, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic

The Gleaner

Rewriting history

The United States' Sanya Richards celebrates winning the gold medal as Jamaica's silver medal winner, Shericka Williams, looks on after the women's 400m final at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin last August.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sanya Richards, Sports, Olympics, Shericka Williams, Summer Olympics, Dorian Scott, Sanya Richards-Ross, Errol Nolan, Damar Forbes

Eastern Daily Press

Elliot brings national class to Norfolk athletics championships

Hot prospect Elliot Holland has been tipped by his coach to light up this weekend's Norfolk athletics championships.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Chronicle Live

North Eastern fears unfounded as entries stay on track

This weekend's North Eastern Counties Track and Field Championships have attracted nearly 800 entries, much to the relief of championship secreatary Keith Willshire This weekend's North Eastern Counties Track and Field Championships have attracted nearly 800 entries, much to the relief of championship secreatary Keith Willshire.

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Related Topix: Sports, Jessica Ennis, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Track And Field, Laura Weightman

Warrington Guardian

A record breaker

In only her third race over 3,000m, the Warrington Athletics Club starlet smashed Heather Timmins' seven-year high with the 9mins 48.62secs she clocked in the under 17s race in the Trafford Grand Prix at Longford Stadium.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Spiked Up, Pysched Up

Des Moines 2013 Power Rankings #3: Getting To Crunch Time

It's crunch time. With all the early and mid season races complete, we now have a good sense of who's fit and who's not.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Billy Nelson, Sports, Andrew Wheating, Lopez Lomong, Olympics, Shannon Rowbury, Galen Rupp, Summer Olympics, Nick Symmonds

Sherwoodgazette.com

With injuries behind him, Crouser calls the shots - Thursday, 23 May 2013 11:00

The last time Crouser set foot in the historic home of the University of Oregon track and field, he was watching from the sidelines, injured and unable to compete in the U.S. Olympic trials last July.

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Related Topix: Sports, Reese Hoffa, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Track And Field

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35