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2 hrs ago | Star-Telegram.com

Oly sprinter Campbell Brown suspended amid probe

Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown of Jamaica is serving a suspension while anti-doping officials rule on her recent positive drug test.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympics, Olympic Athletics, Summer Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown

16 hrs ago | Competitor Magazine

Twitter 100: Track & Field's Top Tweeters

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain has become the 10th track & field athlete to eclipse 100,000 followers Twitter and has now joined the 10 most-followed athletes in the Race Results Weekly Twitter 100.

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Related Topix: Asafa Powell, Sports, Jessica Ennis, Kara Goucher, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Lolo Jones, Paula Radcliffe, Summer Olympics

Mon Jun 17, 2013

CNN

Justin Gatlin set for USA track nationals after beating Usain Bolt

Justin Gatlin talked a big game before a recent race with the world's fastest sprinter, stepping up his boasting simply to bait Usain Bolt.

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

The Des Moines Register

Media timeout: Why Des Moines will draw worldwide attention

The list of media representatives attending this week's U.S. Track & Field Championships spans the globe.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Tyson Gay, Summer Olympics, Lolo Jones, Olympic Track And Field

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Newkerala.com

Glen Mills wants accredited dope lab in Jamaica

Kingston , June 16 : Jamaican track coach Glen Mills wants officials to establish an accredited drug testing laboratory on the island.

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Related Topix: Sports, Yohan Blake, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic Track And Field

Daily Mail

Adam Gemili interview: I want to break 10 seconds before I think abut Usain Bolt

An ice bath with Yohan Blake and lunch with Usain Bolt. Since becoming the No 1 junior sprinter in the world and competing in the Olympics last summer Adam Gemili has been mixing with some superstars off the track.

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

The Daily Record

Rays pitcher Cobb struck by line drive

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher after he was hit on the right ear by a liner off the bat of Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning of Saturday's game.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Track And Field

Vanguard

Sports: Encouraging hunters of talents

In this country of ours where, sadly, many important things are handled shoddily, or, totally ignored, it's heart-warming when you read or hear of something that actualizes your own thoughts.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Outdoor Recreation, Olympic Canoe/Kayak, Swimming

The Winnipeg Free Press

Jamaican spinter fails test

The head of Jamaican track and field said Saturday that one of the sprinting powerhouse's athletes has failed a doping test and officials are awaiting the result of the backup sample.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Track And Field

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Buffalo Rumblings

Marquise Goodwin: Speed Kills

Remember the days when pundits pondered if Usain Bolt could play football? Well, Marquise Goodwin is no Usain Bolt, but he is an Olympic athlete that will get his shot in the pro football ranks.

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Related Topix: Marquise Goodwin, Sports, NCAA Sports, University of Texas NCAA, Texas Longhorns NCAA Football, NCAA Football, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Daily Mail

Veronica Campbell-Brown guilty of doping

Two-time Olympic and reigning 200m world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has plunged world athletics, and the dominant Jamaican sprinters in particular, into crisis by testing positive for a banned substance.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic Track And Field, Yohan Blake, Dai Greene, Jodie Williams

Yahoo!

Athletics - Gay has triple medal haul in mind for worlds

Former world sprint title holder Tyson Gay has a lofty goal in mind for August's global championships - three trips to the podium just like six years ago.

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

GhanaWeb

Ghana's Fastest Human Launched in Accra

Hon. Joseph Yamin, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports last Friday launched the search for the Fastest Human in Ghana.

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Related Topix: Olympic Track And Field, Summer Olympic, Sports, Olympics, Yohan Blake, Sherone Simpson, Olympic Athletics, Summer Olympics, Vida Anim

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Sunday Herald

Diamond League athletics on track to come to Glasgow

Hampden Park is set to be offered the chance to stage a Diamond League meeting next summer with UK Athletics officials understood to be ready to hold their showpiece at the National Stadium.

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

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Seattle Times

Bolt bounces back with track record

Piqued by suggestions of a possible decline, Usain Bolt responded with a blistering season debut at 200 meters and a track record at the Bislett Games in Oslo.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Meseret Defar, Ernests Gulbis (2008 Beijing Olympics), Tirunesh Dibaba, Horse Racing

Rediff.com

Bolt surges to 200m win in Oslo with season's best timing

The Jamaican world record holder, surprisingly beaten over 100 metres by American Justin Gatlin in Italy, streaked away from the field to win comfortably on a chilly night in his first competitive race over the distance this season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Justin Gatlin, Yohan Blake, Meseret Defar, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Churandy Martina

Examiner.com

Usain Bolt runs 19.79 in 200 at Bislett Games, sets track record

A lot of people have been saying that world-record sprinter Usain Bolt could be on the decline and seeing his world dominance come to an end on the track.

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

The Straits Times

Athletics: Surging Bolt powers to 200m victory in Oslo

Olympic champion Usain Bolt responded to last week's surprise sprint defeat in Rome by storming to a world-leading time of 19.79 seconds over 200m at the Bislett Diamond League meeting on Thursday.

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

TMCnet

Solar-Powered Collars Help Scientists Get 'Up to Speed' on Cheetahs

Scientists in the United Kingdom have, for the first time, "thrown some light" on the unsurpassed speed and agility of the cheetah, using a special solar-powered collar to track its movements.

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

Yahoo!

Athletics - Greene Light: At home with Blake and Fraser-Pryc a

Eurosport's Maurice Greene finds out why Yohan Blake loves white girls and why Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hates cooking oils.

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Related Topix: Sports, Yohan Blake, Summer Olympic, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown

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