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Two-time Olympic 100m gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica recaptured the World Championships women’s 100m title in Moscow, Russia yesterday with a sizzling world-leading 10.71secs run in the final. Fraser-Pryce,…
On the second day of the London Diamond League meet Saturday, Jamaica’s Olympic 100m gold medalist Fraser-Pryce delivered a fast 10.77 (0.7m/s) world leader and meet record to win her…
Usain Bolt ran a 100m season best (SB) 9.85secs with a +0.2 wind at the London Diamond League meet yesterday. He was followed home by American Michael Rogers, who clocked…
Sprinters Carmelita Jeter of the USA and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica weren’t joking when they requested not to be asked questions about current doping cases in track and field at…
Jamaica’s Marvin Williams won his country’s third hurdles gold medal of the championships today and the fourth gold overall in what was quite a dramatic final on the penultimate day…
Jamaica’s Asafa Powell ran his season’s best (SB) yesterday at the Lasaunne, Switzerland Diamond League meet. Powell clocked 9.88secs (2.00 m/s), the fastest by a Jamaican this season, to place…
KINGSTON – Veronica Campbell-Brown and Yohan Blake, two of Jamaica’s premier Olympians, will miss the country’s National Trials this weekend. Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic 200m gold medalist tested positive for…
Jamaica’s Nickel Ashmeade, the 2012 Diamond League 200m title winner must now run at the Jamaica Trials for a spot to represent the country in the event at the World…
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…