Christian Cantwell News

Dylan Armstrong has a long time to think about a short distance. The native of Kamloops, B.C., missed out on an Olympic bronze medal by one centimetre Friday during the Beijing Olympicsa mena s shot put final.

In the northern hemisphere, autumn beckons. The long, hot days of summer have faded and the cool air of the night is brisk, though welcome.

Canadian Gary Reed added another strong result to close out the 2009 track and field season on Saturday, finishing second in the 800 metres at the World Athletics Final in Greece.

Kamloops' Gary Reed won silver in the 800 metres race at an international track meet in Greece on Saturday.

Team USA stars Allyson Felix, LaShawn Merritt, Sanya Richards, Christian Cantwell, Brittney Reese, Tyson Gay, Bernard Lagat, Dwight Phillips and Kerron Clement will lead a strong contingent of Americans at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final September 12-13 at Thessaloniki, Greece.

Polish track-and-field athletes returned with an unprecedented eight medals from the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin Aug.

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 ZAGREB: Croatia's Blanka Vlasic reproduced her world championships-winning form in front of her home crowd by dominating the women's high jump in the Zagreb Grand Prix meeting here on Monday.

WELLINGTON: Banned marathon runner Liza Hunter-Galvan will be ineligible for selection for New Zealand at the 2012 London Olympics, officials said yesterday.

David Laut, who won a bronze medal for the United States in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was shot to death after confronting intruders outside his California home, authorities said Saturday.

Seventeen Big 12 track & field representatives placed in the top eight in the finals of the 2009 IAAF World Championships, highlighted by 12 total medals including eight gold.

A The fastest man in the world has reduced the men's sprints into two categories: his race against the record books and everyone else's race for silver medals.

Usain Bolt was less on top of the world, more on a different planet last night after smashing his own 100 metres world record in Berlin.

U.S. shotputter Christian Cantwell, the Olympic silver medalist, traded up to gold in Berlin to win his first outdoor global title.

Turns out, Usain Bolt can be beaten after all -- in a ho-hum second-round heat, when he's clowning around with the runner next to him and shutting down that effortless stride nearly 40 meters short of the finish.

Former Missouri Tiger and Olympic silver medalist Christian Cantwell won the shot put World Championship at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Berlin after tossing 22.03 meters in his fifth attempt Saturday.

BERLIN: Kenya's Linet Masai ended Ethiopia's 10-year domination of the women's World 10,000 metres title when Meselech Melkamu celebrated too early and was caught on the line in a thrilling final on Saturday.

Christian Cantwell was pumped - and why shouldn't be? America's greatest shotputter had just won the world championship by beating Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski.

Olympic champion Valeriy Borchin of Russia won the first gold of the world championships in the men's 20km walk while Kenya's Linet Masai broke Enthiopia's 10-year dominance in the women's 10,000 meters with a thrilling win here on Saturday.

Christian Cantwell of the United States won the shot put title at the world championships Saturday, beating Olympic champion Tomasz Majewski.

Turns out, Usain Bolt can be beaten after all - in a ho-hum second-round heat, when he's clowning around with the runner next to him and shutting down that effortless stride nearly 40 meters short of the finish.