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Watch Penn and Drake Relays Live Coverage: Apr. 25

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PHILADELPHIA (Sporting Alert) — Saturday is set for a lively day of LIVE track & field action with the Drake Relays and USA vs. the World at the Penn Relays both airing live on national television.

Besides FloPro and Flotrack live streaming coverages, NBC Sports Network and USATF.TV are set to provide live broadcasting of over four hours on Saturday.

Track and field fans can follow the action live from Drake Relays on USATF.TV, which begins its coverage at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday before NBCSN pick up the action at 3 p.m. ET.

Online supporters will be able to tune back to the live streaming from USATF.TV for The Cool Down at 5 p.m. ET, which includes post-event highlights, exclusive athlete interviews and behind-the-scenes content.

Meanwhile, NBCSN will begin its coverage from the 2015 Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia at 12:30 p.m. ET and this will run until 3:00 p.m. ET.

Among the highlighted events on the schedule for Saturday are the USA vs. the World BMW Men’s 4×100-meter relay as well as the Nike USA vs. the World Women 4×100-meter relay.

Another event to watch is the High School Boys’ 4×100 Championship of America race, which includes Calabar, who has been blazing the track all season, Kingston College, St. Jago, St. George’s and St. Elizabeth Tech.

Calabar, who ran 3:06.76 in the 4x400m to win at Champs 2015 will also be hoping to do the double on Saturday.

Fans traveling can also follow live updates through the USATF Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, feeds, while those wishing to get involved can and use the hashtags #USAvstheWorld and #DrakeRelays.

For a full Drake Relays schedule, please click here. For a full schedule of the Penn Relay Carnival, including USA vs. the World, please click here.

Television Schedule – all times Eastern

Drake Relays

Saturday, April 25 – 1:30pm – 3:00pm – USATF.TV
Saturday, April 25 – 3:00pm – 5:00pm – NBCSN
Saturday, April 25 – 5:00pm – The Cool Down on USATF.TV

USA vs. the World at the Penn Relays

Saturday, April 25 – 12:30pm – 3:00pm – NBCSN

USA vs. the World at the Penn Relays – Saturday, April 25

12:38 pm – BMW Men’s 4×100
12:50 pm – Nike Women’s 4×100
2:00 pm – BMW Women’s 4×200
2:10 pm – USATF Men’s 4×200
2:35 pm – Nike Women’s 4×400
2:52 pm – Nike Men’s 4×400

Bolt: I would never say Games are rubbish; brave Roach delivers

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GLASGOW, Scotland (SportingAlert) — Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica into the 4x100m final at the Commonwealth Games before taking the time to clear the air about the ongoing comments he supposedly made during an interview with The Times.

The world record holder ran the anchor leg on Jamaica’s 38.99 seconds heat winning quartet on Friday and then talked to the media about the reports which claiming that he says the Commonwealth Games were rubbish.

“I would never say that the Games are rubbish,” Bolt told BBC One. “I would never say something like that.

“When I come to the games, I always look forward to it.”

Asked if he was worried about the reception he would have gotten following the media reports, the Jamaican six-time Olympic champions spoke confidently.

“I was never worried about the reception tonight,” he said. “I am all about the fans and for me this was dream. I am happy.”

He added: “I didn’t want to say anything else about the games or the reports because the last time I said something it turned out worst for me so I wanted to just wait until the right time to have my say.

“My week has been good and the people have been extra nice. I have been taking lots of pictures and heard I got some cops in trouble.”

Bolt also commended his Jamaican teammate Kimmari Roach, who despite picking up a squad injury midway on his first leg, pushed through to get the baton around to his teammates.

Roach said he knew he had to continue to get the baton around to Bolt because the crowd expected to see the big man on show.

“I looked round and thought something was wrong,” Bolt said. “I was kind of worried but Kimmari Roach got the baton around and that is sign of a true champion.

“My coach always taught us to run with pain.”

Meawnhile, Trinidad and Tobago are the fastest team heading into the final of the 4x100m, after winning their heat in 38.33secs. Canada (38.41) and Bahamas (38.52) are the other top qualifiers.

Jamaica, though are expected to strengthen for the final, with 100m champion Kemar Bailey-Cole and Jason Livermore to join the squad on Saturday.

Watch Kenenisa Bekele out-sprint Mo Farah at Great North Run

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(Sporting Alert) — Ethiopian super star Kenenisa Bekele returned to big time form on Sunday after he held off a late surge from Britain’s Mo Farah to win the Great North Run (13.1 miles) in an exciting sprint to the finish.

Watch Kenenisa Bekele v Mo Farah at Great North Run

Another Ethiopian great, Haile Gebrselassie, was third.

The build up to race was fully of excitement and pair didn’t let the fans down in the thrilling contest.

Farah, the double world and Olympic champion over 5,000m and 10,000m, used some of that speed he should on the track to cut Bekele’s big lead in the last 400m, but the Ethiopian, who promised to deliver for his fans found another kick in the closing metres to pull away again from the Briton sensation.

Bekele took the win in time of one hour and nine seconds.

“It was amazing,” he said. “Since before the World Championships I was concentrating on training hard.

“I’m feeling confident, I trained well and in the end I did it.”

He was happy with second place, but you could tell Farah, who clocked one hour and 10 seconds wanted this one.

“I’m disappointed but I was second to a great athlete,” said Farah after finishing in one hour and 10 seconds.

“When Kenenisa went with a mile to go, I thought the pace was ridiculous,” Farah aded.

“I thought I could come back. It came to the last 200m, right to the line. It was a great race and a great finish.

“He has great speed and it came down to the last 200 metres and right to the line, but it was a great race and Haile did most of the work and kept pushing and pushing.”

In the women’s race, Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo just missed breaking the course record as she came home first in one hour, five minutes and 44 seconds.

The Kenyan defeated the highly Ethiopian favorites, Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba, who finished second and third, respectively.

Farah, Rupp, Edris, Lagat in 5000m finals – Follow Live Coverage of Day Four

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MOSCOW, Russia (Sporting Alert) — Olympic champion Mo Farah booked his place in the men’s 5000m final on day four at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday.

Watch IAAF World Championships Live Stream on Universal Sports: August 13, 2013 @ 1:30 am ET | Listen to live radio commentary on IAAF | Follow Live Results

Tuesday: Aug. 13 – 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. LIVE Evening Session on Universal Sports

Farah, who captured the 10000m title on the opening day of the championships, ran 13 minutes and 23.93 seconds to finished fifth in the second semi-final heat behind race winner Muktar Edris of Ethiopia, who ran 13:20.82 after sprinting away from Kenyan pair Edwin Soi (13:21.44) and Isiah Koech (13:22.19).

Farah said the aim was just to make the final, now it’s time to recover and be ready for another gold medal attempt.

“I feel good. I got to the final, that was my goal. Now I have to recover for the final,” Farah told reporters after his race.

“Yesterday I was resting and now I have to gather all my strength. Today, it was pretty hard for to get up in the morning as I am not a morning person, though I had to wake up at 6am.

“I just got up and came to the competition.”

Farah and Rupp opted to back off the pace in the closing parts of the heat, but Edris said he was okay with keeping the tempo going.

“I liked the pace,” he said. “On the last lap, unlike Farah and Rupp, I did not slow down after being sure I was in the top five because wanted to check myself, and my sprint in these conditions.”

Joining the Great Britain distance superstar is his training partner, American Galen Rupp, who ran 13:23.91 to finish just ahead of him the same heat.

Meanwhile, Ethiopians Hagos Gebrhiwet (13:23.22) and Yenew Alamirew (13:23.48) finished 1-2 in the first heat, with American Bernard Lagat, 13:23.59, also booking his place in the final.

Listen Live IAAF Streaming: World Championships, TV Schedule, Live Results

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MOSCOW, Russia (Sporting Alert) — Day three at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, is expected to provide more firework inside the Luzhniki Stadium on Monday.

Watch IAAF World Championships Live Stream on Universal Sports: August 12, 2013 @ 1:30 am ET | Listen to live radio commentary on IAAF | Follow Live Results

Monday: Aug. 12 – 1:30 – 4:30 a.m. LIVE, Day Session on Universal Sports
Monday: Aug. 12 – 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. LIVE, Evening Session on Universal Sports

The morning session of the championships will see the opening rounds of the men’s and women’s 400m hurdles, while the women’s Heptathlon will get underway without Great Britain’s Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who misses the event because of an injury.

Six finals, including the women’s 400m and 100m dashes are set for day three and the evening session.

Olympic champion and world-leader Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce looked easy when winning her heat on Sunday and have been drawn alongside fellow countrywoman Kerron Stewart and American Alexandria Anderson in semi-finals three.

American champion English Gardner, defending champion Carmelita Jeter and Murielle Ahoure are in a loaded second semi-finals.

Gardner went pretty much all out in a dominating performance to win her heat and she did it for a reason.

“Today just gave me a little bit more confidence,” she said. “It woke me up a little bit, let me know I’m still in the hunt, I’m still in the game, and I’m ready to rock ‘n’ roll.”

Nigerian Blessing Okagbare, a heavy favourite to win the gold medal, following her 10.79seconds performance a couple weeks ago, races in semi-finals one.

The final of the women’s 400m is also set for the third day.

Great Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu and Botswana’s Amantle Montsho start as the front runners for the gold medal, following impressive showings in their semis.

USA’s Francena McCorory and Jamaican Stephanie Mcpherson, who looks like she still has something in the tank, are other medal threats.

The men’s semi-finals will include defending champion Kirani James of Grenada and Americans LaShawn Merritt and Tony McQuay.

Bolt runs 9.85, Brenda Martinez impressive over 800m – Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games -Day 1

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica in action

LONDON (Sporting Alert) — The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt won the men’s 100m dash at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games – 11th IAAF Diamond League Meeting this season – inside the Olympic Stadium.

The Jamaican, after being introduced early to the fan on top of a special ride on a rocket ship, returned to sizzle to 9.85seconds, coming back from a very poor start.

It was Bolt’s fastest time of season, improving on his previous seasonal best of 9.94.

“I am so excited and happy to be here,” he said after his win. “It’s always a wonderful experience to run in London.

“My start wasn’t the best, but it’s not the best part of my race so it will get better with more races.”

American Micheal Rodgers got off to brilliant start but he was chased down by the Olympic champion and had to settle for second in 9.98, with Jamaica’s Nesta Carter taking third in 9.99.

The well anticipated clash between Bolt and Great Britain’s No. 1 James Dasaolu was supposed to be one of the highlights of the first day, but the latter was forced to pull out just before race time because of a hip flexor problem.

Bolt’s training partner Warren Weir, the Olympic bronze medalist, breezes to 19.89 seconds to win the men’s 200m ahead of fellow countryman and training partner Jason Young, who posted 19.99. American Wallace Spearmon raced from the back for third in 20.18.

Olympic champion Kirani James won the men’s 400m very comfortably, after pulling away from the field over the closing metres to win in 44.65secs.

The Grenadian star beat American Tony McQuay, who ran 45.09 and Jonathan Borlée of Belgium, 45.14.

American star, Brenda Martinez set a meeting record to dominate the women’s 800m to win in 1:58.19, which is just outside her seasonal and personal best of 1:58.18.

Martinez’s performance was a sign that she intends to challenge for medals at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, next month.

Elena Mirela Lavric of Romania was second in 1:59.79, while American Ajee Wilson, who has run under two-minutes already this season, was third in 2:00.20.

Nick Symmonds of USA paced home a 1-2-3 in the men’s race – running 1:43.67 for first to beat U.S. champion Duane Solomon (1:44.12) and Brandon Johnson (1:44.19).

In the women’s 400m hurdles world-leader Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic timed her kick to perfection to take down Great Britain’s Perri Shakes-Drayton on her way to setting a new personal and world-leading time of 53.07secs.

Hejnova chased down Shakes-Drayton in the final 50 metres to take a dominating victory and signal her ambition to win the gold medal at the world championships.

Shakes-Drayton, who said she didn’t go out too hard, despite getting run down, was second in a personal best time of 53.67, while American Georganne Moline finished third in 54.32.

“It was a good race and I will get better and better,” the Briton star said. “No I didn’t get off too fast.

“I ran a personal best so what more can I ask for.”

In a highly contested women’s 3000m, Shannon Rowbury led home an American 1-2-3 finish with a world-leading time of 8:41.46. Behind her were several personal bests, as fellow countrywomen Molly Huddle was second in personal best of 8:42.64, while third went to Gabriele Anderson and she finished in a personal best of 8:42.99.

Another American Jordan Hasay was fifth in with also a PB of 8:46.89.

In the women’s 1500m young American Mary Cain, a training partner of Hasay, Mo Farah and Galen Rupp under the guidance of Alberto Salazar, was well beaten into with Kenya’s Laura Kuria taking first in a slow time of 4:08.77.

Cain looked very nervous at the start of race and it seems as though it affected her race tactics.

In action in the field, Cuba’s Olympic silver medallist Yarisley Silva set a new Diamond League record on 4.83m to beat Olympic champion and favourite Jenn Suhr, who was stalled at 4.73m. She did try her luck at 4.83m and twice at 4.88m, but failed on all three occasions.

Brazil’s Fabiana Murer was third with a clearance of 4.63m.

Piotr Małachowski produced a mark of 67.35m to win the men’s discus throw, with second going to Martin Wierig of Germany with a distant of 66.60m and third to Gerd Kanter of Estonia, with 66.29m.

Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko took the men’s high jump with a clearance of 2.38m, Koneva Yekaterina of Russia won the women’s triple jump with 14.52 over Jamaica’s Kimberly Williams (14.38m).

Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter runs 9.87secs in Madrid

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MADRID (Sporting Alert) — Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter flashed to a seasonal best time of 9.87 seconds to win the men’s 100 metres at an IAAF World Challenge track and field meeting in Madrid on Saturday.

Cater, a member of the Jamaican world record breaking 4x100m relay team at last year’s London 2012 Olympic Games, dominated the field to win easily over the American pair Rakieem Salaam, who posted 10.07 and Calesio Newman (10.10).

The Stephen Francis coached sprinter, who just ran the second fastest time in the world this year, will not be running the individual event next month IAAF World Championships, but will race on the 4x100m team.

The women’s race went to Barbara Pierre, who flashed home in 10.92, leading a clean sweep for the United States, as Shalonda Solomon and Alexandria Anderson followed home second and third, respectively with times of 11.04 and 11.07. Jamaica’s Carrie Russell was fourth with 11.15.

In other results in Madrid, Ramon Miller from the Bahamas won the men’s 400m dash in 45.20secs, edging out Manteo Mitchell (45.25) and Arman Hall (45.30).

American Brandon Johnson took the men’s 800m with 1:43.84, while countrywoman Brigetta Barrett beat Blanka Vlašic of Croatia to the women’s High Jump crown, with both jumpers clearing 1.98m.

Bolt hunts title – Jamaica Trials Schedule and Live Stream – Day 2

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Sporting Alert) — Day two action at the 2013 Jamaica Track and Field Championships is set to be highlighted by the sprinting events, which will feature the likes of Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell.

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Action on the track on the second begins with the men’s 800m at 7:00 pm, while the women’s and men’s 100m semifinals and final are also set to go off in the evening session.

Bolt, after running 10.00 seconds to win his heat and top the list of athletes heading into the semis, races in the first semi-finals against Nickel Ashmeade, Jason Livermore and Sheldon Mitchell.

The world record holder, who is determined to run a fast time at the trials, is expected to go all the way and win another national title, this after being beaten last year by training partner Yohan Blake, who is not competing after he failed to fully recover from an injury.

Powell, after missing most of the competitive season because of injuries, races in semi-final heat 2, and will take on Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nester Carter and Jacques Harvey.

With defending champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown out of 100m, the battle for the women’s 100m crown is expected to be wide open.

Season veteran Kerron Stewart and the improving Carrie Russell are the strong favourites to take the title, but the likes of Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey and Schillonie Calvert could all be in the mix as well.

Elsewhere, 21-year-old Kemoy Campbell is well positioned to dominate the men’s 5,000m, but the distant star wants to improve on his 13:32.81, as he seeks at least the B stand of 13:20.00 to qualify for the World Championships this summer.

The women’s and men’s 400m hurdles national champions will be crowned on Friday night, with Roxroy Cato, Javarn Gallimore and Leford Green leading the way on the male side and Ristananna Tracey, Nickiesha Wilson and Shevon Stoddart leading the way on the female side.

Jamaica Trials Day 2 Live Schedule

FIELD EVENTS…………AFTERNOON……..
5:00pm Triple Jump Men Final 5:30pm Discus Women Final 7:00pm
Long Jump Women Final

TRACK EVENTS…………AFTERNOON……
6:30pm-6:45pm OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
7:00pm 800M Men Heats
7:15pm 100M Women Semi-Finals
7:25pm 100M Men Semi-Finals
100M Men Semi-Finals
7:30pm PRESENTATION – Discus Women
7:35pm 5000M Men Final
8:00pm PRESENTATION – Triple Jump Men
8:20pm 400M Hurdles Women Final
8:30pm 400M Hurdles Men Final
8:35pm PRESENTATION – Long Jump Women
8:40pm 1500M Women Final
8:50pm 1500M Men Final
8:55pm PRESENTATION – 5000M
Men
9:05pm PRESENTATIONS – 400M Hurdles Men &
Women
9:15pm 100M Women Final
9:20pm PRESENTATIONS – 1500M Men & Women
9:25pm 100M Men Final
9:30pm PRESENTATIONS – 100M Men & Women

Wariner fails at U.S. trials, Mary Cain moves into 1500m final

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Justin Gatlin wins U.S. Trials 100m

Des Moines, IA (Sporting Alert) — Jeremy Wariner’s decline over the 400m hit another low at the U.S. Track and Field Trials on Thursday after he finished last in his heat and posted the slowest time of all the starters.

Wariner, a 2004 Olympic Games gold medallist from Athens, Greece, had been struggling this season and he posted 48.04 seconds for last place in his heat, which was also the slowest time for the entire qualifying round.

Topping the all the heats was Tony McQuay, who clocked 45.26, while Josh Mance (45.55), LaShawn Merritt (45.81) and Michael Berry (45.58).

Meanwhile, Justin Gatlin (10.37), Tyson Gay (10.28), Walter Dix (10.30) and Jeff Demps (10.19) all made it to the semi-final of the men’s 100m dash, while Dentarius Locke of Florida State ran the quickest time of the rounds, along with Demps, at 10.19.

On the women’s side, with defending world champion Carmelita Jeter scratching, Barbara Pierre ran 11.18secs to lead all qualifiers into the semi-finals.

NCAA star Octavious Freeman of University of Central Florida ran 11.25 to also book her place, with Jessica Young (11.30), NCAA champion English Gardner (11.47) and Muna Lee (11.35) also going through.

In the women’s 1500m heats, 17-year-old Mary Cain looked very easy when running 4:11.48 to finish behind Treniere Moser (4:11.20) in the first heat.

Kerri Gallagher, who will race in the women’s 10000m later on tonight also booked a place with a 4:12.58.

Usain Bolt runs world-leading 19.79 to win 200m at Bislett Games

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OSLO, Norway (Sporting Alert) — Jamaican superstar sprinter Usain Bolt laid down a dominating world-leading performance to win the men’s 200 metros dash at Thursday’s ExxonMobil Bislett Games, the sixth stop of the IAAF Diamond League meeting for 2013 in Oslo.

Bolt, after being upset by Justin Gatlin over 100m in Rome last week, promised to deliver a sub-20 seconds performance and that he did to take the victory in world-leading and meeting record time of 19.79 seconds, bettering the 20.00secs second earlier this year by his fellow countryman Nickel Ashmeade.

The World record holder was in a relax and playful mood again before his race, which helped him to the comfortable victory.

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure of Norway, who stayed with Bolt until the last 60m, was second in 20.36.

Churandy Martina of the Netherlands was disqualified for a false-start.

Zuzana Hejnova of the Czech Republic continues to impress this season, as she improves her term best to 53.60 to win the women’s 400m hurdles. Also running a season best in the race was Great Britain’s Perri Shakes-Drayton, who clocked 54.03 for second, with third going to USA’s Dalilah Muhammad, who ran a personal best of 54.33.

Yousef Ahmed Masrahi of Saudi Arabia recovered from a faulty-start decision to win the men’s 400m with a late kick. He won in 45.33seconds, beating Bahamian Ramon Miller (45.58), while Olympic silver medallist Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic faded to fourth.

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia easily ran the fastest time for 5000m this season, after using a last lap kick to separate her self from a small pack and on her way to running 14:26.90.

Viola Jelagat Kibiwot of Kenya took home second in a new personal best of 14:33.48, while Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba was third in a seasonal best of 14:37.68.

Ivet Lalova won the women’s 100m in 11.04, edging Ivory Coast’s Muriele Ahoure, who ran 11.05 and Ukraine’s Mariya Ryemyen (11.07).

FIELD EVENTS

In the women’s Triple Jump, Caterine Ibarguen of Columbia and Ukraine’s Olha Saladuha battled throughout the competition before the Columbian leaped 14.81m in the fifth round for the victory.

Saladuha finished second with 14.56m, with third going to Anna Pyantykh of Ukraine, at 14.16m.

Also in field events action Germany’s Christina Schwanitz won the women’s Shot Put with a 20.10m effort, with Estonian Gerd Kanter taking the men’s Discus Throw with a mark of 65.52m.