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4 hrs ago | The Gleaner

Thank you, Birmingham

Her Excellency Aloun Assamba with Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen , Earl Jarrett of the Jamaica National Building Society, join Zena Wooldridge , director of sport at University of Birmingham; Councillor Mike Whitby; Professor Edward Peck, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Gaynor Whitby.

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Related Topix: Sports, Usain Bolt, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Yohan Blake, Warren Weir

5 hrs ago | Jamaica Observer

Jamaicans sweep sprints at Diamond League meet

Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai yesterday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 metres and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200 metres.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Olympic Athletics, Yelena Isinbayeva, Summer Olympics, Churandy Martina

9 hrs ago | LA Daily News

CHATTER: Anderson, Gemmell win U.S.open water titles

USC's Haley Anderson and fellow U.S. Olympian Andrew Gemmell won the 5-kilometer races Sunday at the U.S.open water national championships to earn berths at this summer's world meet in Barcelona, Spain.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, California High School Basketball News, California High School Sports, High School Basketball, High School Sports, Sports, Swimming

14 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Warrior Games athletes take on track and field

Track and field events held on Tuesday, May 14 got off to a great start with cool temperatures cobalt blue sky and the Rocky Mountains building a scenic back drop.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

14 hrs ago | Sofia News Agency

Bulgaria's Hot Top Sprinter Lalova Ties the Knot on Sept 21 in Italy

Ivet Lalova , Bulgaria's top sprinter and one of the hottest athletes in the world, is to tie the knot with Italian colleague Simone Collio on September 21, the happy future bride has revealed.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ivet Lalova, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics

15 hrs ago | The Telluride Watch

Olympic Athlete to Speak at Ridgway School's Commencement Ceremony

Ridgway Secondary School's 28 graduating seniors will be inspired to relentlessly pursue their own personal best - whatever that might be - as Olympic discus thrower Lance Brooks takes the stage to deliver a rousing commencement address at their graduation ceremony next Friday, May 24.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports

Sun May 19, 2013

The Southtown Star

Q-and-A with Aaliyah Brown, Lincoln-Way East track and field

The multiple state champion will attend Texas A&M in the fall on a track scholarship.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

The Peninsula

Worlds qualification at stake f...

DOHA: This week's 18th Arab Athletics Championships will be accorded more importance than usual by the participants as the medal winners in Doha will move a step closer to securing a ticket to IAAF Athletics World Championships to be held in Moscow this year, a top official said yesterday.

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

Glendale News-Press

Grace Zamudio leaves Glendale Community College a triple-crown winner

A year ago Grace Graham-Zamudio settled for runner-up, third- and fourth-place finishes at the state championships.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Denver Post

Regis Jesuit star on fast track to fame with 100-200-400 sweep

Dozens of boys and girls called themselves the fastest in the state at Saturday's state track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium.

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Related Topix: Colorado High School Sports, High School Sports, Summer Olympic

New York Daily News

Penn Relays' a runaway success

Amazing efforts of athleticism, the thirst for higher education, the quest for economic success all come into play for participants at the annual Penn Relays, the University of Pennsylvania-sponsored track-and-field meet for college, Olympic-caliber and high school athletes, that's become an anticipated destination for scholastic competitors from ... (more)

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Sat May 18, 2013

CBC News

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins at Diamond League meet

Carmelita Jeter, left, grimaces in pain as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, right, sprints to victory in the women's 100 metres at the Diamond League track and field meet Saturday in Shanghai.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics

The Orlando Sentinel

Special olympiads dazzle at summer games

Thousands of spectators cheered and hollered as track runners bolted toward the finish line in this weekend's Special Olympics Florida's Summer Games.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic, Olympic Football

DurhamRegion.com

Oshawa's Matt Hughes back on track for Olympics

Matt Hughes doesn't want to downplay or overplay the significance of winning the first 3,000-metre steeplechase race of the track-and-field season.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Matt Hughes

Kitsap Sun

Olympic's Secrest improving by leaps and bounds

Olympic High School long jumper Tommy Secrest hits the pit to win the event at the Class 2A West Central District track and field meet at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

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Examiner.com

Atlanta Grand Prix features track and field Olympians galore

Atlanta hosted the best track and field athletes in the world on Friday night at Greater Atlanta Christian School in Norcross with a first class event in the Atlanta Grand Prix.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Queen Harrison, Sports, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Jeremy Wariner, Summer Olympics, Lolo Jones, Winter Sports, Bobsledding, Olympic Winter Games

The Globe and Mail

Canadian track and field coach, broadcaster Geoff Gowan dies

Track and field expert Geoff Gowan is shown in Ottawa in this March, 1996 photo.

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Cleveland.com

Cleveland and Ohio State's Jesse Owens and Browns' Jim...

Jesse Owens, of Cleveland East Tech High School and Ohio State University, runs a 200-meter preliminary heat at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won four gold medals.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic

Fri May 17, 2013

Shanghai Daily

Hurdler Xie believes there is life after Liu

CHINA can produce another Liu Xiang if the former Olympic 110-meter hurdles champion retires, according to another Chinese athlete who hopes to follow in the superstar's footsteps.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Liu Xiang, Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Athletics, Xiang Liu, Wenjun Xie

The Orlando Sentinel

Olympic rings stolen from gold-medalist's Altamonte Springs home

Several championship rings and Olympic rings were stolen from track-and-field gold medalist DeeDee Trotter's Altamonte Springs home, police said Friday.

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Related Topix: Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Athletics, Summer Olympics, Deedee Trotter

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