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Supporters and opponents of the 2010 Winter Olympics are trying to ensure that their messages reach local students Poring over a ream of papers inside a cafA© at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library, Nat Marshik can easily pass for a student doing weekend research.

There's an apartment in this city that's been stripped of a Canadian flag. But the red and white nylon went to a very good home Sunday night, draped around the shoulders of a delighted runner named Gary Reed.

The statue of Harry Jerome in Stanley Park. Photograph by: Ian Smith, Vancouver Sun "Toronto says track is back.

Canada's Gary Reed finished fourth in the semifinal heat of the men's 800-metre event Friday and will not advance to Saturdays final.

Newly-crowned world 1500m champion Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain moved closer to repeating his father Billy Konchellah's feat of winning the world 800m crown when he qualified for the final here on Friday.

It was a successful weekend for Canadian Track and Field as Gary Reed captured silver at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece.

This is the way to end a season. Gary Reed of Victoria overcame the bitter disappointment of failing to make the final of the 2009 world track and field championships last month in Berlin by taking the silver medal in the 800 metres yesterday at the World Athletics Final Meet in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Tyson Gay clocked 9.88 in his last major race of the season to beat Asafa Powell in the 100 metres while Canadian Gary Reed collected silver in the 800m Saturday at the World Athletics Final.

Double world and Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele added the only major prize missing from his already impressive collection of accolades when he secured a share of the $1 million F Golden League Jackpot as the six-meet series concluded here tonight with the Memorial Van Damme.

Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep posted a career-best time en route to a silver medal in the 100-metre hurdles, while teammate Gary Reed raced to bronze in the 800 metres at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday.

The 2009 International Association of Athletics Federation's 2009 Golden League Series comes to a close tomorrow with the sixth and final meet, the Memorial Van Damme held in honour of Ivo Van Damme, the top 800 metre runner in the history of Belgian athletics.

Geoff Harris crossed the line and raised a tired arm in victory. If there were times over the past few weeks when the Halifax runner wondered whether his battle for a berth on the Nova Scotia team for the Canada Summer Games was worth all the frustration, that moment made it crystal clear.

Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds made it safely through the first round of the 800 meters Thursday at the IAAF World Championships.

Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt stormed to his second world title of the week Thursday in Berlin and collected another world record with an extraordinary triumph in the 200 metres.

Canada's Gary Reed didn't win it a medal in Berlin at this year's world track and field championships.

Not since the 2004 Olympics in Athens had Gary Reed failed to make the 800-metre final at a major championship.

Canada's Gary Reed, centre, ran the fastest qualifying time in Thursday's 800-metre heats.

BERLIN Usain Bolt seems to have a lock on his second sprint title at the world championships even before running Thursday's 200-metre final.

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Former Willamette University runner Nick Symmonds has established himself as the top 800-meter runner in the United States.