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Olympian Muna Lee comes home to Central High School
The passion of Muna Lee that led her to become a two-time Olympian emerged after the track coach at Central High School pulled her out of basketball practice one day to encourage her.
Shelly-Ann Fraser, world champion sprinter out to make a better world
Since winning the IAAF World Championships in Berlin this past August, Shelly-Ann Fraser is still up at 4.30am to slave through coach Stephen Francis's murderous training sessions before studying at college for her child care and development degree and then jetting back to the track again or heading to the weight room.
Olympian Returns to Kansas City
After competing in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, Central High School graduate Muna Lee is back in Kansas City.
Olympic sprinter to launch foundation for inner-city youth
Two-time Olympic sprinter Muna Lee comes home to Central High School to a pep rally of a different sort today.The 2000 graduate will be launching the Muna Lee Foundation to raise money for college scholarships and to help children from low-income families get shoes, spikes and other track equipment.Her ultimate goal, said Lee , is to see a track ...
Tyson Gay runs third fastest 200 metres ever
American Tyson Gay ran the third fastest 200 metres ever when he clocked 19.58 seconds at the New York grand prix athletics meeting on Saturday.
Bolt runs 4th fastest 200 in history in wet, cold
Usain Bolt ran the fourth fastest 200 meters in history despite wet track and cold conditions at the Van Damme Memorial.
Former swim champ Fraser, 71, fights off attacker
Dawn Fraser, who won swimming gold medals at three Olympics, fought off and helped capture a man who tried to rob her home north of Brisbane.
Austin's Richards grabs 2nd gold medal
LaShawn Merritt raised the metallic blue baton high in the air as he crossed the finish line.
Lightning strikes thrice as Bolt completes gold hat-trick in relay, with British settling for bronze
USAIN Bolt last night completed his hat-trick of sprint titles as Jamaica cruised to victory in the 4x100 metres relay at the World Championships in Berlin.
Big 12 Track and Field Athletes Wrapped Up Competition at 2009 World Championships
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.
Americans still trying to figure out sprint relays
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.
Brown Trafton in discus finals at world track championships
Defending Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton struggled to make the final of the women's discus Wednesday at the track and field world championships.
Injury stops American women in 400 relay
With the baton firmly in hand, the United States was derailed this time by an injury in the women's 400-meter relay.
Track and Field: U.S. has firm grip on gold at world championships
LaShawn Merritt raised the metallic blue baton high in the air as he crossed the finish line.
Bolt wins another gold, another world record
Usain Bolt's hunger for world records continued at the world championships on Thursday when he won the 200m title in a staggering 19.19 seconds.
Bolt wins 3rd gold at worlds, minus world record
For once, Usain Bolt ran in a final that didn't produce a world record. That, in itself, is almost a record.
World championships: Usain Bolt wins third gold, but no world record this time
Usain Bolt's third gold medal of the world championships failed to produce a third world record because the Jamaican 400-meter relay team only managed to produce the second-fastest time in history.
Phillips wins long jump, celebrates Owens legacy
Dwight Phillips won the long jump at the world championships Saturday, 73 years after Jesse Owens did the same at the Berlin Games in the Olympic Stadium.
USA leads medal count at track worlds, but looking for more gold
The U.S. needs a strong finish in the final three days of the world track & field championships that end Sunday in Berlin to maintain its stretch of supremacy in medals.
Lightning strikes again as Bolt shatters own 100-meter record
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.
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