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France’s sprint specialist Christophe Lemaitre defeated Justin Gatlin, the American 2012 Olympic 100m bronze medalist, over 100 meters Saturday at the Rabat, Morocco World Challenge. Lemaitre, the 22-year-old European champion,…
While Justin Gatlin’s defeat of Usain Bolt took center stage in Rome last Thursday, two races prior was another major upset that was practically ignored: the women’s 200 meters featuring…
“Look who’s back!” screamed a Diamond League poster online featuring an imposing frontal photo of Usain Bolt emerging into the spotlight. The world fastest man had arrived in Rome, where…
Two-time double Olympic champion Usain Bolt was defeated by Justin Gatlin in the 100m dash at yesterday’s Golden Gala in Rome. It was Bolt’s third defeat in a Diamond League…
Jamaica’s 2012 Olympic 110-meter hurdles bronze medalist Hansle Parchment ran a world-leading time and national record of 13.05secs (0.9m/s) to win the event at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic in…
The weather in New York was far from favorable for track and field – rainy, windy and cold – but Caribbean athletes, particularly the Jamaicans, found a way to shine…
Michael O’Hara ran a world youth-leading 20.63 to win the boys 200m and Jamaica clocked a world youth best of 1 minute, 49.23 seconds to win the medley relay and…
World 100m champion Yohan Blake has said in essence that Jamaica could break its own sprint relay world record of 37.01secs if the team is firing well off all cylinders…
The 400m presents a unique set of challenges for its combatants. At times called the quarter mile, (although this term remains obsolete in the mind of purists) it is dissimilar…
In less that a month, a second Caribbean athletes has been officially honored by his country for his stellar performance on the track. First, it was Daniel Bailey of Antigua…