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UCSB Alumna Maureen Ajoku Pushing for Winter Olympics After Tragic Loss

There's intensity in her eyes, her face as taut with determination as her body is with drive.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Winter Sports, Bobsledding, Olympic Athletics, Summer Olympics

Wed Jun 19, 2013

The Chronicle Herald

Fast track to Moncton

Jenna Martin and Geoff Harris, lower right, will lead a strong local contingent into the Canadian track and field championships in Moncton this weekend.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Adrienne Power

San Bernardino County Sun

Track and Field: Brenda Martinez getting on the right track

Brenda Martinez admits she was overwhelmed at all the decisions she had to make coming out of UC Riverside three years ago.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Shawn Crawford, Deena Kastor, Sports, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Lashawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor

The Press-Enterprise

Track and Field: Martinez to challenge for 800m title

Brenda Martinez has had a record-breaking 2013, setting personal best times in the 800 meters, 1,500 meters and even the 5,000 on the way to a breakout professional season.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Vancouver Sun

Olympian Lolo Jones apologizes for video in which she mocks $741 cheque from bobsled association

Lolo Jones posted a Vine video in which she pokes fun at a check she received for $741.84 as prize money from the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation.

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Related Topix: Winter Sports, Bobsledding, Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Lolo Jones, Summer Olympics

CNN

Injured Blake out of Jamaica track and field trials

Olympic Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has withdrawn from the island's national championships this week because of a hamstring injury.

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Related Topix: Sports, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Tyson Gay, Summer Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown

Suria

IAAF denies Schwazer doping cover-up

World athletics' governing body, the IAAF, on Wednesday vehemently denied any cover-up of Italian 50km race walker Alex Schwazer's use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Alex Schwazer, Summer Olympics

South Bend Tribune

Track & Field: No longer the miler to beat

Here we go again. Or do we? The U.S. Outdoor Track & Field Championships begin Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa, and Plymouth native Morgan Uceny is seeking her third consecutive national title in the women's 1,500-meter run.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics

Star News

Chula Vista OTC track and field athletes take aim on U.S. outdoor nationals

The USA Track and Field outdoor national championships will get moving with the first pistol shot Wednesday in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, April Steiner Bennett, Sports, Brad Walker, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Tue Jun 18, 2013

TwinCities

Oly sprinter Campbell-Brown suspended amid probe

File- This Aug. 3, 2012 file photo shows Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, Opinion

Buffzone

Track and field: CU Buffs' Shalaya Kipp looks to make headlines at USA Championships

Kipp is one of several former and current Buffaloes who will compete at the USA Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, this Thursday through Sunday.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Billy Nelson, Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics

The Indianapolis Star

Indy track star Ashley Spencer's decision not to turn pro pays dividends

Going pro early is not confined to basketball and baseball. It happens in track and field, too.

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Related Topix: Sports, Amber Campbell, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics

The Gazette

Rob Gray wrote a new blog post: Track: Lolo part of loaded field, has eyes on Rio

That's how Des Moines native and two-time indoor world champion 100-meter hurdler Lolo Jones describes the field in which she'll compete at this week's USATF Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Lolo Jones, Summer Olympics, Winter Sports, Bobsledding

CNN

Tyson Gay healthy heading into USA track and field nationals

For a little bit, Tyson Gay's first step tearing down the track made him wince and his next made him wonder: Would he ever be the same sprinter again? The runner who captured three gold medals at the 2007 world championships.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Tyson Gay, Summer Olympics, Yohan Blake

Anchorage Daily News

The latest news from the USOC - June 18

The U.S. Women's National Team captured its second consecutive gold medal at the 2013 Pan American Cup, held June 10-16 in Lima, Peru.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympic Cycling, Arielle Martin, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Connor Fields, Alise Post, Lea Davison, Georgia Gould

Limerick's New 95FM

Emerald athlete named on Irish team for European Youth Olympics

Emerald's Jenna Bromell has been selected on the Irish team to compete at next month's European Youth Olympics in Holland.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

WIBW-TV Topeka

Kynard Named Semifinalist For Bowerman

On Monday afternoon the USTFCCCA announced the 10 semifinalists for The Bowerman, and K-State senior Erik Kynard is on the list.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Mon Jun 17, 2013

KARE-TV Minneapolis

U.S. bobsledder: Lolo Jones' paycheck remark 'slap in the face'

If Lolo Jones returns to Lake Placid, N.Y., later this year in hopes of making the Olympic bobsled team, she can expect a frosty reception.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Lolo Jones, Summer Olympics, Winter Sports, Bobsledding, Steven Holcomb, Olympic Bobsled, Olympic Winter Games

Bend Bulletin

Bend triathlete keeps winning

Since winning the Wildflower Long Course Triathlon in 2011, Jesse Thomas has won five more triathlons, including two more Wildflowers and the Rev3 Florida, Rev3 Maine and Ironman 70.3 Poconos in 2012.

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Related Topix: Triathlon, Outdoor Recreation, Summer Olympic, Sports, Swimming

NorthJersey.com

Montclair athlete wins gold at USA Track and Field Junior Olympics

Xavier Donaldson, 7, of Montclair , won two gold medals and a silver in the USA Track & Field New Jersey Junior Olympics meet this past weekend in Palisades Park .

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35