Bolt ready for 200m defense, James, Felix strike gold
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Usain Bolt starts the defence of his 200m title at the Olympics in London on Tuesday when he competes in the first round of the event.
Bolt, who won the 100m and defended his crown with a sizzling 9.63 seconds [...]
BREAKING NEWS: LaShawn Merritt pulled up in Olympics 400m
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — LaShawn Merritt has failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the men’s 400 metros at the London 2012 Olympic Games after the American pulled up with an injury.
Merritt, the defending champion from the Beijing [...]
Scare for LaShawn Merritt ahead of Olympic Games
MONACO (Sporting Alert) — American LaShawn Merritt had an injury scare in his final race before defending his Olympic title in London later this summer.
Merritt, the world-leader and the man picked by the pundits to repeat as the Olympic [...]
Liu runs wind-aided 12.87 at Pre, wins also for Gatlin, Richards-Ross
EUGENE (Sporting Alert) — Athens Olympic champion Xiang Liu of China delivered a wind-aided 12.87 seconds to win the men’s 110m hurdles race at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
The former [...]
2012 Prefontaine Classic provides live Olympic tests
EUGENE, Ore. (Sporting Alert) — Another world-class group has been assembled for Saturday’s day two of the 2012 Prefontaine Classic – an IAAF Diamond League meeting.
The meeting will be televised live and is available on NBC, [...]
Kirani James opens with 44.72, Gatlin, Jeter win in Daegu
DAEGU, Korea (Sporting Alert) — World champion Kirani James cruised to victory on his outdoor debut in the 400-metres at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting – IAAF World Challenge Meet – in Daegu, Korea on Wednesday.
The [...]
Dix, James, Foster-Hylton, Jeter, Heidler amongst stars for Daegu
DAEGU (Sporting Alert) – Sprinters Walter Dix, Carmelita Jeter and Kirani James, as well as throwers Tatyana Lysenko and Betty Heidler are amongst the already confirmed stars for the Colorful Daegu Meeting, organisers said on Tuesday.
The [...]
Olympic champion Lashawn Merritt impresses in Guadeloupe
BAIE-MAHAULT, Guadeloupe (Sporting Alert) – Olympic champion Lashawn Merritt got his outdoor season off to a flyer after clocking a world-leading time to win the men’s 400-metres at the Stade de Baie-Mahault in Guadeloupe on Tuesday.
The [...]
World record for Dobrynska: World Indoor Championships
Istanbul, Turkey (Sporting Alert) — Natallia Dobrynska from the Ukraine set a new World record in the Pentathlon, on her way to winning the gold medal on the opening day of the IAAF World Indoor Championships on Friday.
Dobrynska, the [...]
Kirani James, Lerone Clarke start world indoors gold medal hunts
Istanbul, Turkey (Sporting Alert) — Caribbean stars Kirani James and Lerone Clarke bows into action at the IAAF World Indoor Championships inside the Atakoy Arena in Istanbul this morning.
Both sprinters have been in excellent form so [...]
