Hyleas Fountain 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.

Adam Loewen homered and Matt Kniginyzky tossed six shutout innings as Canada routed Venezuela 9-2 yesterday in third-round action at the Baseball World Cup.

Perdita Felicien of Pickering, Ont., raced to victory in the women's 100-metre hurdles Wednesday at the Super Track and Field meet.

Team USA dominates at DecaNation A talented group of U.S. stars won 13 of the 20 individual events and easily captured the team competition Wednesday night at the 2009 DecaNation at Charletey Stadium in Paris, France.

Canada's Priscilla Lopes-Schliep added another silver medal to her collection Sunday, finishing second in the 100-metre hurdles at the Athletics Bridge meet.

JESSICA ENNIS showed nerves of steel to clinch world gold last night. Ennis, 23, shed tears of joy after becoming Britain's first world heptathlon champion.

The envelope's return address was the giveaway. "When I see that big, long number up in the corner I know it's more fan mail from jail cells," Hyleas Fountain said, smiling.

For Amy Yoder Begley, Working on a Kick Has Paid Off Yoder Begley and 2008 Olympic 10,000-meter bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan turned their 25-lap race at the 2009 USATF Championships in Eugene into a two-woman contest, and when Flanagan made a move to pass on the last lap, the assumption was that she was destined for victory.

For Amy Yoder Begley, Working on a Kick Has Paid Off Yoder Begley and 2008 Olympic 10,000-meter bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan turned their 25-lap race at the 2009 USATF Championships in Eugene into a two-woman contest, and when Flanagan made a move to pass on the last lap, the assumption was that she was destined for victory.

How is your training going for the heptathlon? It's going really well. I've had a few personal bests and I feel in really good shape which is a massive relief as I was rather anxious about coming back into competition after last year's injury.

EUGENE, Ore. -- Former Georgia track and field standout Reese Hoffa finished third in the shot put during the final day of the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., on Sunday.

Unlike some who were world champions in 2007 and automatically qualified for this summer's world championships, Allyson Felix elected to compete in all rounds of the U.S. track and field championships that ended Sunday in Eugene, Ore.

Bettie Wade admits she can be her own worst critic at times. But after the former Farmington High standout earned a third-place finish with a personal best 5,908 points in the women's heptathlon at last weekend's USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships - along with the spot in the IAAF World Championships next month in Berlin - even she found ...

Olympic hepathlon silver medallist Hyleas Fountain will not compete at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin after pulling out of the U.S. trials.

Hyleas Fountain hits the pit while competing in the heptathlon long jump during the U.S. Track and Field Championships on Sunday in Eugene, Ore.

Some have been faster than him, others more flamboyant. No American, though, has put together quite the resume that Shawn Crawford has assembled since the start of this decade.

Fourth place turned out to be good enough for Charonda Williams. The Richmond native earned a spot to compete at this summer's IAAF World Championships after a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters Sunday at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.

Olympic heptathlon silver medalist Hyleas Fountain and sprint hurdler Lolo Jones crashed out of the U.S. world athletics championships trials on Sunday.

The final event of the 2009 USATF Outdoor Visa Championship Series, the USA Championships will be televised on the following dates: June 26: Live on ESPN from 8-10 p.m. June 27: Live/tape on ESPN from 7:30-9:30 p.m. June 28: Live on NBC from 4-6:00 p.m. The USA Championships will feature the nation's finest professional track and field athletes ...

Britain's women look likely to at least match their best ever medal tally at this year's World Championships, based on what we have seen in the early stages of the season.