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Free Press sports writer Jo-Ann Barnas keeps you up-to-date on locals in the Olympic world: Gold: It's not unusual for athletes -- young and old -- to declare on their bios that they'd like to compete in the Olympics one day.

Richards named IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2009 Jesse Owens Award winner Sanya Richards has been named the women's World Athlete of the Year by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

When DeeDee Trotter explodes from the starting blocks, hands off the baton or stretches across the finish line, she doesn't want anyone wondering if she's doping.

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has appealed to top-flight Jamaican athletes to use their celebrity status to leverage support for the education system.

The 2009 athletics season is over. The celebrations have been held, the plaudits received.

LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY 1517: Big cheers for Marlon. Crawford flexes his muscles. Spearmon sporting a finely-manicured goatee gets down to the blocks.

In case you missed some of the action from Friday, I will provide the readers with a brief update.

By PAT GRAHAM For once, Usain Bolt ran in a final that didn't produce a world record.That, in itself, is almost a record.Bolt won his third gold of the world championships Saturday, getting a little help from his Jamaican friends in the 400-meter relay.With the Americans sitting out - disqualified the day before - the sprinters from the Caribbean ...

By PAT GRAHAM For once, Usain Bolt ran in a final that didn't produce a world record.That, in itself, is almost a record.Bolt won his third gold of the world championships Saturday, getting a little help from his Jamaican friends in the 400-meter relay.With the Americans sitting out - disqualified the day before - the sprinters from the Caribbean ...

Try as they might, the Americans just can't seem to get that baton around the track in the 400-meter relay without some sort of misadventure.

On Usain Bolt's last night of competition in Berlin, it was fitting that another world record was consigned to the ash heap of history.

With the baton firmly in hand, the United States was derailed this time by an injury in the women's 400-meter relay.

For once, Usain Bolt ran in a final that didn't produce a world record. That, in itself, is almost a record.

BERLIN - A day after the U.S. men were disqualified, the women's 400-meter relay failed to make it into the final at the world championships after Muna Lee pulled up injured during a baton pass.

Usain Bolt crossed the finish line, saw his record-setting time on the clock and spread his arms as if he were soaring like a bird.

JAMAICA'S Shelly-Ann Fraser remained on course to emulate compatriot Usain Bolt and achieve the Olympic-world double at 100m after cruising through her semi-final here at the world championships yesterday.

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser narrowly holds off countrywoman Kerron Stewart Monday in the 100 metre final.

Stanford grad Jillian Camarena placed 23rd in the qualifying round of the women's shot put on Sunday at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin.

American champion Carmelita Jeter led a sparkling display of U.S.-Caribbean sprint power as she topped first-round qualifying in the women's 100 meters at the world athletics championships on Sunday.

Allyson Felix and Michelle Perry are each looking to win their third consecutive world championship title as they lead a talented group of sprinters and hurdlers at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany.