June 19, 2013

Track and Field: Bolt, Felix win 2012 athlete of the year awards

Jamaica's double Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt stikes a pose while inaugurating a Puma store in Barcelona

(Reuters) – Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named male and female athlete of the year respectively by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at a ceremony in Barcelona on Saturday. Jamaican Bolt, who retained his 100 and 200 meters titles in London in August, is the first man to win the [...]

Track and Field: Felix and Eaton named U.S. athletes of year

Allyson Felix, a track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist, takes part in the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 (CGI) in New York

(Reuters) – Multiple Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and double world record holder Ashton Eaton have won Jesse Owens Awards as U.S. athletes of the year, USA Track & Field (USATF) announced on Monday. Felix, the three-time world 200 meters champion, won Olympic gold at the 2012 London Games in the 200m, the 4x400m relay [...]

Olympics: Phelps safely through to butterfly semis

Michael Phelps of the U.S. looks up after his men's 200m butterfly heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games

(Reuters) – Michael Phelps sailed through the heats of the men’s 200 meters butterfly on Monday to stay on course to cap his incredible Olympic career with more record milestones. Unflustered and swimming well within himself, the American coasted through his morning heat in one minute, 55.53 seconds, more than four seconds outside his own [...]

Olympics: Usain Bolt pulls out of Monaco meet with ‘slight’ injury

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Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica attends an IAAF Golden Gala press conference on May 29, 2012 in Rome, Italy. (May 28, 2012 – Source: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images Europe) LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt withdrew from his final race before the Olympics on Thursday with what his coach called a “slight” injury problem following [...]

Blake works harder than me, but won’t take 200 title: Bolt

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica sprints to victory and a new world record in the men’s 4×100 metres relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (September 3, 2011 – Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images AsiaPac) (Reuters) – Usain Bolt gave a [...]

Bolt runs year’s fastest 100 meters

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica sprints to victory and a new world record in the men’s 4×100 metres relay final during day nine of 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium on September 4, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (September 3, 2011 – Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images AsiaPac) BRUSSELS (AP) — Usain Bolt ran [...]