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X-Man Carter to run 400m in Birmingham
28 December 2006
American speedster Xavier Carter has been added to the 400-metre field for the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham scheduled for February 17.
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Trio chases Johnson`s mark in 200 meters
27 December 2006
With his fabulous 19.63 dash in the 200 meters in Lausanne last July, Xavier Carter accomplished two significant feats. First, the 20-year-old rose to international stardom by becoming the second-fastest man in history over the half-lap, behind only Michael Johnson`s legendary 19.32 world record run in 1996. But he also did something that the athletics world has been patiently waiting on over for 10 years: help revive the event to the point where a realistic assault on Johnson`s mark would finally be openly discussed.
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Caribbean 2006 sprinting review
27 December 2006
In yet another busy term in track and field, Caribbean athletes challenged the world`s best and came out remarkably successful in a year of sprinting in 2006 — a year that continued the tradition of short sprint excellence in the region.
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100 metre World record can be lowered, expert predicts
24 December 2006
According an expert in the field of extreme values, the 100 metres world record can be lowered by another half-second before man reaches his limits.
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Gatlin looking to help youngsters
23 December 2006
Banned Olympic champion sprinter Justin Gatlin has agreed to be a volunteer coach for the boys track team at his high school this spring.
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Devers plans to compete in 2007
23 December 2006
American Gail Devers, the two-time Olympic women`s 100-meter champion and three-time world 100-meter hurdles gold medalist, is now a coach and an athlete representative agent in addition to competing as an athlete and looking after her charitable foundation.
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Powell ponders double
22 December 2006
Sprint ace looks ahead to World Championships in Osaka.
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Chambers is given track lifeline
20 December 2006
UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins insists British sprinter Dwain Chambers could still have an international athletics career.
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Jones could turn career around at Beijing
20 December 2006
Maybe Marion Jones ought to get on a conference call with Brett Favre and Roger Clemens. A little group therapy on the perplexing subject of retirement couldn`t hurt.
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Gatlin tries another NFL workout
15 December 2006
America`s disgraced Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin has trained with the Arizona Cardinals, having already worked out with the Houston Texans.
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Take it easy, Aries tells Powell over athletes` recognition
15 December 2006
Following a statement made by world record holder, Asafa Powell, voicing his disappointment with level of recognition being given to other athletes who have performed well for the country, Jamaican Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) president Howard Aries, said the country recognises the more superb performances.
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Powell calls for more Jamaican athletes to be recognised
14 December 2006
Jamaican world record holder and IAAF Male Athlete of the Year, Asafa Powell, voiced his disappointment at the lack of recognition given to other athletes who have served the country well.
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Jones considers quitting athletics
14 December 2006
Sydney Olympic triple athletics gold medallist Marion Jones has revealed she may quit the sport after a series of drug controversies.
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Lewis-Francis hopes Powell is clean
14 December 2006
British Olympic and European sprint relay gold medalist, Mark Lewis-Francis, is hoping that Jamaican World record holder, Asafa Powell, is clean and free from using drugs, following the suspension of several top athletes, including American Olympic and World champion Justin Gatlin.
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Powell makes legendaries look like nothing, says Lewis-Francis
14 December 2006
His disappointment from losing the 2004 Athens Olympic gold medal is now behind him and is now seen as the world`s most visible sprinter.
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Can Chambers make it in NFL?
14 December 2006
The coaches at the NFL Europe training camp in Cologne obviously expected British sprinter Dwain Chambers to be fast. But they were taken aback by quite how quick he was.
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Liu repeats in record style at Asian Games
13 December 2006
Liu Xiang achieved his twin aims of gold and a new Asian Games record when winning the men`s 110m hurdles at Khalifa Stadium on Wednesday.
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Chambers` track future in doubt
12 December 2006
British sprinter Dwain Chambers will miss the indoor season and may not race again, says his agent Cubie Seegobin.
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Lewis-Francis chases indoor medal
11 December 2006
British sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis says he has trained harder than ever this winter and is targeting a medal at the European indoors in March.
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Jamaican Campbell to sit out 2007 indoor season
8 December 2006
2004 Athens Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica will not compete in the 2007 indoor season.
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Cities target 2011 and 2013 Worlds
5 December 2006
Five cities have confirmed they will bid to host the 2011 and 2013 World Athletics Championships.
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Houston Texans flirt with banned Gatlin
5 December 2006
It`s like pulling the lever at the casino or grabbing a few lottery tickets at the convenience store. You don`t really expect to hit the jackpot, but there`s always that tantalizing chance for instant riches. That`s how the Houston Texans must have been looking at things on Nov 29 when they conducted a 90 minute workout for Justin Gatlin, the Olympic champion sprinter and would be wide receiver.
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Career change? Sprinter Gatlin tries out for NFL
30 November 2006
Banned from the track for eight years due to evidence of blood doping, disgraced Olympic sprinter Justin Gatlin is now trying to catch on with the NFL`s Houston Texans.
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South Africa relay team get World gold medal.
24 November 2006
South Africa`s 4x100m relay team at the 2001 world championships have been belatedly awarded the gold medal after initial winners the United States were disqualified, Athletics South Africa (ASA) said on Wednesday.
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Gardener targets Glasgow comeback
22 November 2006
Jason Gardener is planning to make his competitive comeback at the Glasgow International match on 27 January.
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Lalova fully recovered from broken leg
20 November 2006
Ivet Lalova, the 22-year-old Bulgarian sprinter who suffered a horrendous injury in Athens in 2005, has fully recovered and is back in training.
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Powell, Simpson and Richards receive local congratulations
16 November 2006
The Jamaica Teachers` Association has extended their applause to the world`s fastest man, Asafa Powell, after the sprinter was named International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Male Athlete of the Year on Sunday.
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Powell and Richards are 2006 World Athletes of the Year
13 November 2006
Jamaican ace speedster, Asafa Powell and Jamaican-born American quarter-miler Sanya Richards were named 2006 World Athletes of the Year at the prestigious 2006 World Athletics Gala in the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d`Eté, Monte-Carlo, on Sunday.
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Gatlin hurt athletics - Richards
13 November 2006
World Female Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards believes Justin Gatlin`s ban for doping offences has cast a shadow over athletics in the United States.
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Powell`s efforts not favoured, but Simpson selected by IAAF
11 November 2006
Despite matching the men`s 100-metre world record time of 9.77 seconds on two occasions this season, Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell was not among the shortlist of athletes in line to capture the 2006 Performance of the Year award.
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Jones may still have a case to answer over tests
10 November 2006
Marion Jones, the American sprinter exonerated of a doping charge this summer, may have her case reopened. Jones tested positive for EPO on June 23 at the United States Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, where she won the 100 metres. However, when her urine sample was tested for a second time, the `B sample` came up negative and, as is standard practice, she was cleared of all charges.
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Chambers joins NFL training camp
7 November 2006
British sprinter Dwain Chambers is aiming to relaunch his career in American football during an NFL Europe training camp in Cologne this week.
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Graham to be charged with blocking probe
2 November 2006
Two Justice Department officials told The Associate Press that Trevor Graham, former coach of Olympian track star Marion Jones and the infamous sprinter Justin Gatlin, is expected to be charged with obstructing a federal investigation on steroids in sports by making false statements to authorites.
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Powell and Simpson selected as CAC athletes of the year
31 October 2006
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Thanou considering British switch
27 October 2006
Banned Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou could move to Britain, according to her lawyer Dr Gregory Ioannidis.
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Jamaica`s Fenton quits athletics
18 October 2006
Jamaica`s Lorraine Fenton, one of the leading women`s 400m runners in the last decade, announced her retirement on Wednesday.
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It`s Deon Hemmings-McCatty
17 October 2006
Atlanta`s Olympic Games 400m hurdles gold medallist Deon Hemmings-McCatty on Tuesday night received the Courtney Walsh Award for Excellence, the brainchild of former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
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Powell`s coach calls for action against drug cheats
16 October 2006
Stephen Francis, coach of 100-metre co-world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica, has called on the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), governing body of track and field, to formulate methods of dealing with the ongoing issues of drug cheating in the sports.
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Powell, Simpson among those in line for IAAF Athlete of the Year award
13 October 2006
Jamaican sprinter and 100m world record holder, Asafa Powell and compatriot, Sherone Simpson, who both recorded the best season thus far in their respective careers in this past campaign, are among the athletes in line to win the IAAF 2006 Male and Female World Athlete of the Year award.
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Ohuruogu submits drugs ban appeal
11 October 2006
British athlete Christine Ohuruogu has submitted an appeal against a one-year suspension for missing doping tests to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Powell honoured again by Lucozade Sports
9 October 2006
Jamaican 100m world record holder Asafa Powell picked up another award in recognition of a dominating season when Lucozade Sports staged a welcome home party for the sprinter last Thursday night at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Powell`s latest world record time ratified
5 October 2006
Jamaican sprint ace Asafa Powell has had his 100-metres World record time of 9.77 seconds, achieved at the Weltklasse IAAF Golden League meeting in Zurich, Switzerland ratified by the sport`s governing body, the IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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Spearmon sets dazzling 200m mark
28 September 2006
American Wallace Spearmon has become the third fastest man in history over 200m as he claimed victory at the Daegu International in South Korea.
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Powell promises to make up for Yokohama false start
26 September 2006
Following a disappointing final race to in what was an exceptional season leading up to the finale, Jamaican world record holder Asafa Powell has vowed to make up for false-starting out of the 2006 Super Meet in Yokohama on Sunday.
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Jumpy Powell `too anxious` at start line
24 September 2006
World record holder Asafa Powell`s remarkable season ended on a flat note when the Jamaican was disqualified before his 100-meter race in Japan on Sunday.
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Johnson feels Jones should quit
21 September 2006
Michael Johnson believes Marion Jones should quit athletics despite her `B` test for erythropoietin (EPO) testing negative.
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Successful return for Williams-Darling at IAAF World Cup
19 September 2006
Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling made a surprise comeback to the track and helped the Americas team win gold in the women`s 4x400-metres relay at the 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on Sunday.
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Chambers targeting return
18 September 2006
Dwain Chambers is still eager to represent Great Britain in the 4x100 metres relay, despite being banned from competing in future Olympics after a two-year drugs suspension.
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IAAF World Cup Results
17 September 2006
Men, 100m (1.1 wind)
1. Gay Tyson (USA) - 9.88
2. Obikwelu Francis (POR) - 10.09
3. Burns Marc (TRI) - 10.14
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Ohuruogu is hit by one-year ban
15 September 2006
England`s Commonwealth 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu has been given a one-year ban for missing three out-of-competition drug tests.
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Jones pulls out of World Cup meet
14 September 2006
Marion Jones has opted to end her season after pulling out of this weekend`s IAAF World Cup in Athens.
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Still no 200m lane for Simpson at IAAF World Cup
13 September 2006
Despite leading the world in both the 100m and 200m, Jamaica`s Sherone Simpson is still finding it difficult to get a lane in the women`s half-lap field for this weekend`s 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, which will be hosted in Athens, Greece.
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Powell out of 100m at World Cup
11 September 2006
World record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the 100m at next weekend's IAAF World Cup in Athens.
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Powell extends undefeated streak in the 100m
10 September 2006
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell continued his unbeaten run this season with another win in the 100-metres, this time at the 4th IAAF World Athletics Final (WAF) on the green track at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart, Germany on Saturday evening.
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Gay runs blistering 200-meters at Final
10 September 2006
Tyson Gay equaled the third fastest time ever run in the 200-meter sprint to clinch victory in 19.68 seconds on the closing day of the World Athletics Final on Sunday.
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Jones validated by negative `B` test
9 September 2006
Validation.
That`s the word that jumps to mind in the wake of the news that Marion Jones is up and running again. After all the doping rumors and unsubstantiated speculation that have followed Jones through Olympic glory and beyond, it seemed that there was finally proof in the pudding when her `A` test for EPO came back positive. But then came word that the backup `B` test did not detect the banned endurance enhancer, which was worth not only a ticket to race again but a major public image boost for Jones.
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Powell aware of the challenge Gay will produce in Stuttgart
9 September 2006
Despite boasting an undefeated run of 15 races under his belt, Asafa Powell, the co-world record holder in the 100-metres will be mindful of American sprinter Tyson Gay when they clash in the dash at this weekend`s 4th IAAF World Athletics Final at the Gottleib Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Gay says Powell is almost perfect, but isn`t unbeatable
9 September 2006
Ever since he became known to the international public, the world record holder over 100-metres, Asafa Powell of Jamaica, has been on the radar of many top athletes and though he suffered a slight setback in his exciting career last year, which caused him to sit out for a while, nothing in the category has changed.
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Jones cleared after negative test
7 September 2006
Ex-triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has been cleared of doping allegations after her `B` sample proved negative.
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Powell going for more glory in Stuttgart
7 September 2006
The world`s fastest man and arguably one of the best sprinters of all time, Asafa Powell, the Jamaican sprint ace, will now turn his attention to this weekend`s 4th IAAF World Athletic Finals in Stuttgart, Germany, following last weekend`s jackpot winning performance in Berlin.
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Powell conquers and divides money in perfect six
4 September 2006
What are we to make of the 100 metres? On the one hand it has caused the sport almost intolerable grief, with its succession of high-profile doping controversies, brought to a head this season by the cases of Justin Gatlin and Marion Jones. On the other, it remains the irresistible centre of attention.
So it was here yesterday when Asafa Powell raised interest in the event above all others on the programme in the final Golden League fixture of the season. To the undoubted approval of the 49,112 spectators in the Olympic Stadium, Powell completed an unbeaten league season — six wins out of six — and earned a share of the $1 million (about £530,000) jackpot.
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Berlin Golden League Results
3 September 2006
Men, 100m (-0.5 wind)
1. Powell Asafa (JAM) - 9.86
2. Gay Tyson (USA) - 9.96
3. Scott Leonard (USA) - 10.07
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Powell takes 100m dash in poor conditions in Poland
1 September 2006
Three Jamaicans, including 100-metres World record holder Asafa Powell secured victories in appalling wet and cold conditions at the Pedro`s Cup meet in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday.
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Powell, Wariner, Richards and Dibaba go for gold Sunday in Berlin
1 September 2006
For four athletes who are undefeated in their feature events on the Golden League circuit, the thoughts have turned from a run for fun to a dash for cash.
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Richards takes 400-meter, heads for $1m
31 August 2006
Sanya Richards, the 5`8`` engineering major at Texas who has wowed crowds since her junior days in 2002, will be running for gold Sunday in Berlin. But this gold isn`t just a medal - it`s a $1 million jackpot for athletes who outperformed their competition throughout the Golden Leagues this year. Richards is one of only four in contention.
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Powell could race in the 200m at IAAF World Cup
31 August 2006
Already a dominant force in the 100-metre this season, world record holder, Asafa Powell of Jamaica is now seeking a new challenge and a half-lap personal best may very well be his new objective for the latter part of the outdoor season.
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Powell swipes at officials after missing world record in Brussels
28 August 2006
An angry Jamaican sprinter, Asafa Powell, blamed officials at the Memorial Van Damme Golden League meeting on Friday for a poor start, which he said may have denied him the shot at breaking his 100-metres World record.
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Jones `B` test `in next few days`
28 August 2006
Former triple Olympic champion Marion Jones will have her `B` sample tested this week, according to her lawyer.
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Nike suspends Gatlin`s contract
26 August 2006
Already banned from U.S. Olympic Committee training sites, Justin Gatlin`s coach isn`t welcome at Nike headquarters, either.
The shoe company has terminated its contract with Trevor Graham and suspended its contract with Gatlin until further notice, Nike spokesman Dean Stoyer said.
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Memorial Van Damme Results
25 August 2006
Men, 100m (0.3 wind)
1. Powell Asafa (JAM) - 9.99
2. Brunson Marcus (USA) - 10.06
3. Scott Leonard (USA) - 10.11
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Powell hails Gatlin for cooperating
24 August 2006
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, who is now the sole owner of the men`s 100-metre world record, following the doping ban of his main challenger Justin Gatlin, applauded the World and Olympic champion for his willingness to cooperate with the doping authorities.
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Gatlin given ban
23 August 2006
World and Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has been banned for a maximum of eight years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after admitting he committed "a doping violation".
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Lewis-Francis won an appeal of his Olympic ban for marijuana
23 August 2006
Sprinter Mark Lewis-Francis won an appeal of his Olympic ban and will be able to compete again for Britain despite a failed doping test last year.
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Gatlin medals must go - Thompson
23 August 2006
Double Olympic champion Daley Thompson says Justin Gatlin`s achievements should be wiped from the record books.
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Gatlin could be stripped
22 August 2006
Justin Gatlin will be stripped of his share of the 100m world record if he is found guilty of a doping offence, the International Amateur Athletics Federation have confirmed.
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Jones `shocked` by positive test
21 August 2006
Former triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has made her first official comment since testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
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America sets pace in race to catch the drugs cheats
21 August 2006
The success of policing drugs in athletics in the United States needs to be replicated in other countries, especially in Eastern Europe, according to Professor Arne Ljungqvist, a lifelong leading anti-doping campaigner. Ljungqvist was speaking here yesterday after it was reported that Marion Jones had returned a positive sample in a test conducted by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
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Powell seeks new finishing strategy to improve world record
21 August 2006
Still smarting from his hat-trick of world record runs, Jamaican Asafa Powell is now left wondering what he needs to do next to get to the finishing line a bit quicker than the 9.77-seconds record this season.
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Sprinter Jones reportedly fails drug test
19 August 2006
Five-time Olympic medallist Marion Jones failed a drug test at the U.S. national track championships in June, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the test results.
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Lifetime ban may come next week
19 August 2006
Olympic champion Justin Gatlin expects to learn next week what charges the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) may bring against him for a positive drugs test, his attorney has said.
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Relay squad provide GB`s sole win
19 August 2006
Britain`s 4x100m squad held off America to secure the host nation`s only win on day one of the four-nation Norwich Union International in Birmingham.
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Marion Jones` coach sure she`s clean
19 August 2006
Marion Jones` coach said he had received a text message from the former Olympic champion telling him traces of erythropoietin (EPO) had been found in her failed drug test at June`s U.S. championships.
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Powell equals record
19 August 2006
Asafa Powell matched his own world record last night after running 9.77secs to win the Weltklasse Golden League meeting in Zurich.
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Campbell bows out at Celtic Cup
18 August 2006
British sprinter Darren Campbell announced his retirement after winning a low-key 100m race at the inaugural Celtic Cup in Grangemouth.
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Weltklasse Golden League Meeting Results
18 August 2006
Men, 100m
1. Powell Asafa (JAM) - 9.77
2. Gay Tyson (USA) - 9.84
3. Scott Leonard (USA) - 9.97
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Aikines-Aryeetey takes Junior 100m gold
17 August 2006
Harold Abrahams, Alan Wells, Linford Christie ... Harry Aikines-Aryeetey?
Maybe, just maybe.
In the sensational Aikines-Aryeetey, winner of the 100m dash at the World Junior Track and Field Championships Wednesday in Beijing, Great Britain has its finest sprint prospect in years.
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Drugs row pair on same track again
17 August 2006
Darren Campbell and Dwain Chambers will appear on the same track just days after a drugs row overshadowed their part in Great Britain`s victory in the 4x100 metres at the European Championships.
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Last outing for sprinter
16 August 2006
Darren Campbell has confirmed he will "definitely be retiring in the next week" as he reiterated he has no regrets about his anti-drugs stance at the European Championships where he refused to share in Great Britain`s 4x100metres relay celebrations.
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Urged to spill the beans
15 August 2006
Darren Campbell insists he has no personal issues with Dwain Chambers despite his anger at losing two championship medals following his team-mate`s drugs ban.
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Ottey still breaking records at 46
14 August 2006
Even at age 46, legendary sprinter Merlene Ottey is still buzzing as she entered the record books again when she sped to victory in the women`s 100-metres at the Sunday Mail Scottish Athletics Championships in Glasgow Saturday.
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Campbell angry at losing medals
14 August 2006
Darren Campbell has said that losing two medals because of Dwain Chambers` doping abuse was behind his move to boycott a lap of honour in Gothenburg.
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Simpson, Burns to compete at Monaco Grand Prix
14 August 2006
In-form Jamaican sprinter Sherone Simpson and Trinidadian Marc Burns, the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, have been confirmed for the 2006 Meeting Herculis - IAAF Super Grand Prix, which is scheduled for Monte Carlo on Sunday 20 August.
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Campbell row clouds GB relay gold
13 August 2006
Darren Campbell refused to join his team-mates on a lap of honour after Britain`s 4x100m victory at the European Championships.
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Gevaert battles to sprint double
11 August 2006
Belgian Kim Gevaert added the 200m crown to her 100m gold to wrap up a brilliant sprint double at the European Championships in Sweden.
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Simpson could cut down Campbell in the 100m ranking
11 August 2006
With only 28-points separating her from the Sherone Simpson, this campaign`s current in-form sprinter, Olympic champion Veronica Campbell is likely to lose her top spot in IAAF World 100-metres event rankings, after announcing on Wednesday that she would no longer complete this year.
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Golden Obikwelu takes 200m title
10 August 2006
Portugal`s Francis Obikwelu made it a sprint double when he went away from the field to take 200m gold at the European Championships in Gothenburg.
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Ottey gave her best, but failed to medal at Euro Championships
10 August 2006
After just failing to make it into the deciding race in the women`s 100-metres at the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden on Wednesday, Jamaican-born Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey says she gave her all, but it was just not enough against some strong competitors in the event.
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Gatlin looks to "exceptional circumstances" for appeal
9 August 2006
Justin Gatlin plans to plead “exceptional circumstances” in a bid to beat the drug case against him.
The world and Olympic 100 metres champion faces a lifetime ban after testing positive for testosterone which constituted his second doping violation.
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Raquil late surge wins 400m gold
9 August 2006
Marc Raquil produced a desperate surge for the line to snatch the 400m title at the European Championships as Britain`s Tim Benjamin came sixth.
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Obikwelu storms to 100m triumph
8 August 2006
Portugal's Francis Obikwelu was crowned European 100m champion after blitzing the rest of the field in Gothenburg.
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Chambers ready for European test
6 August 2006
Dwain Chambers will seek to regain the title he lost after failing a drugs test when the European Championships begin in Sweden on Monday.
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Gatlin coach gets US Olympic ban
4 August 2006
Justin Gatlin's controversial coach Trevor Graham has been banned from using US Olympic Committee training centres and facilities.
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Lewis-Francis hits back at Regis
3 August 2006
Mark Lewis-Francis has responded angrily to former athlete John Regis' fierce criticism of the current crop of young British sprinters.
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GB sprinting is in crisis
2 August 2006
Former European 200m champion John Regis says British sprinting is in crisis ahead of next week's European Championships in Gothenburg.
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Powell might not have to share the world record after all
2 August 2006
Jamaican sprint ace, Asafa Powell, the current joint-world record holder over 100-metre, could stand as the sole possessor after his main challenger and the second half of the duo Justin Gatlin admitted to failing a drug test prior to equalling the world mark.
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Jamaican-born coach Graham faces two-year ban
2 August 2006
American legend Michael Johnson, a five-time Olympic mediallist, said Jamaican-born coach Trevor Graham, the man in charge of American sprinter Justin Gatlin, should be banned from coaching track and field, following the latest hiccup in his training camp, which saw another athlete being tested positive for doping.
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Calls for lifetime ban
31 July 2006
World anti-doping chief Dick Pound has demanded Justin Gatlin be banned for life after confirming the sprinter's `B' sample had tested positive for the banned drug testosterone.
The Olympic and world 100m champion announced on Saturday he had failed a drug test following the Kansas Relays in April and now Gatlin's lawyer Cameron Myler, as well as Pound, have confirmed the second sample was also positive.
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World’s fastest man fails drug test
30 July 2006
Justin Gatlin, the world and Olympic 100m champion, faces a life ban after last night admitting he had failed a drugs test. The 24-year-old American sprinter released a statement after he was informed by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that he had tested positive for “testosterone or its precursors” after running a relay race in Kansas City in April.
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Gatlin has been sabotaged - coach
30 July 2006
Justin Gatlin's coach Trevor Graham claims the World and Olympic 100m champion has been "set up" after the sprinter failed a drugs test.
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Powell absolutely clean - agent
30 July 2006
Powell shares the record with American Justin Gatlin, who admitted on Saturday that he had failed a drugs test.
Powell's agent, Paul Doyle, told BBC Sport he realised questions would be asked about his client, but could guarantee he did not use illegal drugs.
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Jamaica's Powell claims 11th consecutive sprint title at London
29 July 2006
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell extended his title-taking streak to 11 races this year after clocking 9.91 seconds to win the men's 100 meter at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in London on Friday.
Powell, who holds the world mark of 9.77 seconds jointly with American Justin Gatlin, speeded up half way of the race to record his ninth sub-10 second time of 2006.
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Powell set to combat fear of giving it everything
28 July 2006
The X-Man and express man promised yesterday to make the Norwich Union London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace this evening a night to remember.
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Jones alone as she tries to recapture form of her golden past
28 July 2006
It seems many years since the former queen of athletics lost her crown, but the reaction of the crowd at Crystal Palace this evening will be fascinating.
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Sprinter not ruled out
28 July 2006
Injury-troubled Dwain Chambers will still be considered for a place on the Great Britain team for the European Championships despite missing today's Norwich Union London Grand Prix because of injury.
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Powell takes gold at Super Grand Prix
26 July 2006
Asafa Powell, the Jamaican co-world record holder in the 100m, was unable to break his tie with Justin Gatlin and establish a new record all his own. Nonetheless, the Jamaican took gold and set a new stadium record at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Stockholm, Sweden. Powell finished in 9.86 seconds, just .09 seconds off his record mark and well ahead of the rest of the field. His finish was one-hundredth of a second faster than Maurice Greene's previous track record, set in 1999, and earned him a 1-carat diamond worth about $10,000.
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Caribbean runners dominate the sprints at Thessaloniki
25 July 2006
Despite several challenges from European athletes seeking qualifying standards for Euro Championships, which begin in two weeks time, Caribbean athletes were virtually unstoppable on the track at the 2006 IAAF Olympic Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece on Monday July 24.
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Powell chases stadium record in Stockholm
25 July 2006
Already the overwhelming favourite to take the 100-metre dash at Tuesday's DN Galan Super Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, joint world record holder Asafa Powell has said he wants to leave with the meet record.
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DN Galan Results
25 July 2006
Men
100m
1. Powell Asafa (JAM) - 9.86
2. Gay Tyson (USA) - 9.97
3. Brunson Marcus (USA) - 10.09
4. Crawford Shawn (USA) - 10.14
5. Williams Christopher (JAM) - 10.18
6. Thomas Dwight (JAM) - 10.18
7. Kimmons Trell (USA) - 10.24
8. Carter Xavier (USA) - 10.27
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Did Powell relinquish another world record opportunity?
24 July 2006
Jamaican 100-metres joint-world record holder Asafa Powell may be distraught after he could very well have let two glorious opportunities to lower the mark slip by already this season.
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X-Man taking the fast track towards new world order
22 July 2006
Until yesterday, he had never heard of Paula Radcliffe. Until two weeks ago, he had never travelled outside the United States and, only two weeks before that, he did not even hold a passport. Until last month the sport worldwide was barely aware of him and his future appeared to be in American football. Then, without warning, Xavier Carter announced himself to international athletics.
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Powell to run at Varinoyianna meeting
17 July 2006
As he continues to prove to the world that he's the fastest man on earth, Jamaica’s world renowned sprinter Asafa Powell has been confirmed to take part in the Varinoyianna EAA Outdoor Meeting in Rethymno, Greece on Friday 21 July.
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Dwain fears
16 July 2006
Dwain Chambers' bid to crown his comeback from a two-year drugs ban by claiming the European 100 metres title appeared to be in jeopardy last night after injury forced him out of the Norwich Union trials final in Manchester.
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Dwain still the best of British
15 July 2006
Rehabilitated drug cheat Dwain Chambers should easily clear the first hurdle to regaining his European 100m title at the Norwich Union trials in Manchester today.
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Wariner underlines threat to Johnson record
15 July 2006
Spurred on by the X-factor, Jeremy Wariner last night ran the fastest 400 metres since Michael Johnson broke the world record in Seville seven years ago. Wariner, the world and Olympic champion, maintained his unbeaten record in the Golden League this season with a performance that promoted him from seventh to fourth on the all-time list.
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Simpson says Powell is now her hero
14 July 2006
Jamaican Sherone Simpson, the current world leader at both the 100m and 200m this season, has said training with fellow countryman Asafa Powell, one of two men holding the 100-metre world record of 9.77 seconds, has had a great impact in her career.
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Gatlin pulls plug on showdown
14 July 2006
The on-again, off-again showdown between 100 meter sprint kings Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell is off again.
On Friday, Gatlin pulled the plug on a tentative meeting again Powell in two weeks, withdrawing from the London Grand Prix because of a leg injury which he suffered at last month's U.S. National Championships in Indianapolis. Powell has continued to run on the European circuit despite a tender groin and is scheduled to compete on July 28 at Crystal Palace.
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A billion people can't be wrong as nation celebrates new world mark
13 July 2006
As birthday presents go, breaking a world record and receiving the adulation of a billion people is not bad. China woke yesterday to the news that Liu Xiang, an athlete from Shanghai who turns 23 today, had shattered Colin Jackson’s 13-year-old world record for the 110 metre hurdles.
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"X-Man" Carter versus Asafa Powell
13 July 2006
New sprint sensation Xavier "X-Man" Carter is confirmed for DN Galan, Tuesday July 25 at Stockholm Olympic Stadium. Carter who was the surprise winner in Lausanne in the 200 metres with 19.63 will go against world record holder Asafa Powell, Jamaica in the 100 metres.
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Jones and Simpson at it again
12 July 2006
Jamaica's 100-metre world leader Sherone Simpson, the Commonwealth Games 200m champion, will seek revenge against American multi Olympic champion Marion Jones when they go head-to-head for the second time in four days at Tuesday’s Athletissima Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, a meet that has attracted twenty World and Olympic champions.
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100m guessing game
11 July 2006
Asafa Powell will not compete in tonight's IAAF Super Grand Prix in Lausanne in place of fellow world 100 metres record holder Justin Gatlin.
The 23-year-old will instead concentrate on preparing to keep a clean sheet at the third IAAF Golden League meeting of the season in Rome on Friday.
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Jones back with fast time, Powell failed to break record in Paris
9 July 2006
Marion Jones is still winning, and she's getting faster.
Jones ran her fastest time in nearly four years, winning the 100 meters in 10.93 seconds Saturday at the Gaz de France meet. It was her best performance since giving birth to her son in June 2003.
The 2000 Olympics triple gold medalist ran away from Sherone Simpson and Torri Edwards in the last 30 meters to clock the second-best time of 2006. The only faster time this season is 10.82 by Jamaica's Simpson.
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Campbell to return
8 July 2006
Jamaica's Olympic 200m champion, Veronica Campbell, will make her comeback from injury at next Tuesday's Athletissima Super Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Campbell, who missed last month's National Championships, will face a strong field in the women's 100 meter on her return from injury.
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Powell vs. Gatlin: It's inevitable
7 July 2006
There are those who can appreciate the highly anticipated Justin Gatlin-Asafa Powell match race in the 100 meters as pure sport.
And there are others who will appreciate it as pure business.
Before Gatlin and Powell, the co-world record holders at 9.77, inevitably settle into the starting blocks against each other to answer the question of who's the world's fastest man, words like "leverage" and "negotiations" will be tossed around so frequently it would make Don King smile. Who will show Gatlin and Powell the most money? That's the business issue that must be decided before the sporting issue of world's fastest can be determined.
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Powell million dollar hunt continues in Paris
6 July 2006
Jamaican world-class sprinter Asafa Powell, the co-world record holder over 100-metre headline a star-studded line in the event as his hunt for a million dollar in the IAAF Golden League continues at the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis, the second leg of the jackpot, in the Stade de France, on 8 July.
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Powell will run at DN Galan in Stockholm
5 July 2006
Jamaica's joint 100-metre World record holder Asafa Powell, has agreed to run at this year's DN Galan - IAAF Super Grand Prix, in Stockholm on Tuesday July 25.
Powell, who suffered a groin injury in London and had to pull out of last year's meeting, is now fully fit and the organsers are excited about him agreeing to compete at the Stockholm Stadium.
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Capel accepts two-year ban
3 July 2006
Sprinter John Capel has accepted a two-year suspension after testing positive for marijuana, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday.
Capel, 27, tested positive Feb. 18 at the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, England. He was stripped of his fifth-place finish in the 60 meters and third-place finish in the 200 there.
The start of his two-year suspension was set back to March 15, when track's world governing body imposed a provisional suspension, USADA said.
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Bailey backs Powell to break 100m record
2 July 2006
Canadian Olympic 100 metres gold medallist, Donovan Bailey, believes Asafa Powell will lower the world 100m record.
Jamaican-born Bailey, who won gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, described Powell as an "amazing athlete".
Bailey said he has no doubt that Powell can go faster.
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Gatlin pulls out of Athens GP with injury
1 July 2006
Olympic and world 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has pulled out of Monday's Athens grand prix because of a leg injury.
Organisers told reporters on Sunday the American sprinter had sustained a "mild strain".
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Chambers falls short in a shaky second coming
29 June 2006
Like the new City of Malaga Stadium, where the two-day European Cup is being staged, Dwain Chambers looked short of the finished article last night. Chambers, wearing a Great Britain vest for the first time in almost three years, was so despondent at his defeat in the 100 metres that he said he needed “to go back to the drawing board”.
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Dwain's ready for a fun run
28 June 2006
Dwain Chambers is adamant he can forget the past and reproduce his world-class form on his return to Great Britain duty in Malaga today.
He said yesterday: "After the pressure of what I've had to deal with this last two-and-a-half years, this is fun for me."
The disgraced sprinter will wear Norwich Union GB team colours for the first time since returning from a two-year drugs suspension when he competes at the SPAR European Cup.
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Powell confident in his abilities
28 June 2006
Jamaican co-world record holder over 100-metres, Asafa Powell, says he's capable of running any sprint event competitively at the moment, as he's in the best shape of his life.
Following a premature end to his season last year, Powell, who shares the world record with American Justin Gatlin, said he went back to the drawing board to correct some technical problems he had the previous season and is now confident he's the world's number one sprinter.
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Sanya Richards wins 400m at US meet
25 June 2006
Richards blew away the field to win the women's 400 in a world-leading 49.27 seconds. The 21-year-old runner, aiming for Valerie Brisco's American record of 48.83, has the three fastest times in the world this year.
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US Outdoor Championships
25 June 2006
No matter what transpires in Marion Jones' celebrated - and often clouded - track and field career from here on out, they will forever be comparing her to the late Florence Griffith-Joyner.
So it was Friday at the USA Outdoor Championships at Carroll Stadium.
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Gatlin won 100m title at USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships
24 June 2006
Justin Gatlin, the Olympic and World champion, won 100m title at the US Championships in Indianapolis on Friday.
Gatlin led from start to finish in the final, but a 1.2 metres-per-second headwind did not allow him to attack the world record of 9.77 seconds he shares with Jamaican Asafa Powell.
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Marion Jones makes triumphant comeback
24 June 2006
Marion Jones won her 14th U.S. championship but first sprint title since 2002. Her time was 11.10, putting her seven-hundreds of a second ahead of two world champions, Lauryn Williams and Torri Edwards.
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Jones' chance to answer doubters
23 June 2006
In 2004, a Nike commercial featured the company's most recognizable sponsored athletes competing in sports other than their own. Lance Armstrong was in a boxing ring. Andre Agassi was the Red Sox shortstop.
Marion Jones, track and field's biggest name, was a gymnast.
"What if . . . ?" the ad asked.
After all that has happened on and off the track the past couple of years for Jones, the "What if" ad seems particularly fitting.
What if Jones hadn't found herself involved in the same doping scandal that has tainted Barry Bonds? What if she indeed took steroids with her ex-husband, as he alleges? What if she didn't, as she adamantly states?
And most germane to the here and now: What if Marion Jones' comeback is for real?
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Chambers gets Spar call-up
22 June 2006
Dwain Chambers has been selected for the SPAR European Cup meeting next Wednesday, with hopes he can help the Norwich Union Great Britain men's team reach the IAAF World Cup later this summer.
The top two teams at the two-day meeting in Malaga will qualify for the money-spinning competition taking place in Athens on September 16-17, with Britain's chances increased with the inclusion of Chambers.
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In battle of Gatlin-Powell, athletics wins
20 June 2006
Every sport can receive a jolt of enthusiasm from time to time when two competitors clearly rise above the field and prompt intense debates about who's No. 1.
Whether it's Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier, the Lakers and Celtics of the 1980s or Texas-Southern California in last year's college football national title game, the aura of two truly dominant forces battling for superiority can only enhance that sport's popularity.
World athletics is experiencing that same type of buzz right now, thanks to 100m superstars Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, who share the world record at 9.77 and are warily circling each other in advance of their scheduled July 28 match race at Crystal Palace Stadium in London.
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Olympians Richards, Williams and Hurd have points to prove at USA Track & Field National Championships
19 June 2006
USATF's world class track athletes will converge on Indianapolis this weekend for the 2006 USA Track & Field Outdoor National Championships, but three have points to prove, messages to deliver and titles to capture - enter Sanya Richards, Lauryn Williams and Tiombé Hurd.
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Fun News. Justin Gatlin:"Under the right conditions, I can run the 100 in 3.2 seconds."
17 June 2006
American sprinter Justin Gatlin recently announced that he can easily surpass his own world record in the 100 meters (9.77 seconds) by nearly 6.5 seconds if the conditions are just right.
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World will have to wait for showdown
16 June 2006
In another example of the sport undermining its own best interests, Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell did not meet for a 100-meter showdown in Gateshead, England, on Sunday.
They were supposed to line up and race but Gatlin's agent, Renaldo Nehemiah, pulled his client out of the meet and said there never was an agreement for a head-to-head meeting.
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Leg injury could end Campbell's outdoor season
14 June 2006
Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell could miss the rest of the season, following a leg injury sustained during the women's 200-metre dash at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead, England.
According to reports from her manager, the Jamaican has a torn muscle in her left quad, which could keep her out of competition until mid August.
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Chambers regains top ranking on return to the track
12 June 2006
Dwain Chambers may have been little more than an extra on the set of Asafa Powell’s world record yesterday but, on his comeback from a drugs ban, he re-established himself as Great Britain’s No 1.
Finishing third behind Powell and Michael Frater, two Jamaicans, Chambers recorded 10.07sec, a time that no Briton has run during his absence from the sport.
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Norwich Union British Grand Prix Results
11 June 2006
Men
100m (1.5 wind)
1. Powell Asafa (JAM) - 9.77
2. Frater Michael (JAM) - 10.06
3. Chambers Dwain (GBR) - 10.07
4. Devonish Marlon (GBR) - 10.16
5. Lewis-Francis Mark (GBR) - 10.20
6. Conwright Kaaron (USA) - 10.24
7. Collio Simone (ITA) - 10.30
8. Aikines-Aryeetey Harry (GBR) - 10.38
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Asafa Powell equals men's 100 meters world record at British Grand Prix
11 June 2006
Asafa Powell ran 9.77 seconds at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix to equal the 100-metre world record he holds with Justin Gatlin.
Powell had some words for rival Gatlin after the race: "That's how you run a world record."
"I told everyone I can run as fast as I want to when I want to. I said I would do my best here and I didn't let them down."
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Chambers, IAAF comes to agreement
10 June 2006
The International Association of Athletics Federations struck a deal on Friday for British sprinter Dwain Chambers to return to action following his two-year drugs ban.
World athletics' governing body revealed that they have accepted an offer from the European 100metres champion to reimburse them with the appearance fees and purse money he won during the period he was using drugs.
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Ottey still has European Championships competition thoughts
10 June 2006
Jamaican-born Slovenian veteran sprinter Merlene Ottey aims to run at August's European Championships after making a successful comeback to the track at Spain's Rivas International.
Ottey, 46, who has not been active since the 200m semi-final at the Athens Olympics, battled a strong headwind to win the 100m in 11.94 seconds.
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Asafa Powell heads Caribbean sprinters for Paris Golden League meet
10 June 2006
Asafa Powell, the joint world record holder over 100 metres, heads four Caribbean sprinters already confirmed for the men's dash at the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint Denis, the second leg of the six meeting IAAF Golden League on Saturday 8 July 2006.
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Cash row could rule out Dwain
9 June 2006
Fresh doubt has been cast on Dwain Chambers' participation in Sunday's Norwich Union British Grand Prix at Gateshead.
It was revealed yesterday that no deal has been struck with the International Association of Athletics Federations to allow Chambers to compete. And meeting organisers admit it is far from certain he will appear.
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Powell's powering up
8 June 2006
Perceptions of Jamaica's sporting pedigree have not been enhanced by the recent exploits of the island's underperforming footballers on UK soil, the Reggae Boyz delivering a stark demonstration of the reasons for their failure to reach the World Cup by providing shooting practice for those bound for the German finals over the course of the last 11 days.
For those with the Caribbean close at heart, it is perhaps fortunate that the next Jamaican scheduled to showcase his talents here is much better at what he does.
It will be Asafa Powell's intention to repair shattered reputations when he makes his maiden appearance in the North-East this weekend. Unlike his crushed compatriots, the 23-year-old is at the peak of his profession.
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Gatlin, Powell scheduled to meet in London on July 28
8 June 2006
Drums are already beating. Barbs between the protagonists are flying. Legal wagering shops will soon be setting "the line." In short, buildup to the Justin Gatlin-Asafa Powell match race -- scheduled for the Norwich Union London Grand Prix meeting on July 28 -- is under way.
Fast Track, the organizer and promoter of the London Grand Prix event, has confirmed that the two have indeed agreed to race at famed Crystal Palace Stadium.
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Powell plans to set record straight and take world by storm
7 June 2006
Dwain Chambers will appear in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Sunday, albeit perhaps in name only. An official yesterday put the likelihood of Chambers making his return from a drugs ban in the 100 metres at 50-50, but whether or not the Briton runs, Asafa Powell, the joint world record-holder, will have him in his sights.
In London yesterday, Powell gave his opinions on Chambers in particular and British sprinting in general, on Justin Gatlin’s controversial world record, on his rivalry with the American, on doping and on why he expects to be the undisputed world’s fastest human by the end of the year. But first, Chambers’s track record at Gateshead.
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Powell has 9.70 world record on his mind
7 June 2006
Asafa Powell is tired of sharing the 100-metre world record with Justin Gatlin. He wants it back for himself.
The Jamaican sprinter plans not only to break the current mark of 9.77 seconds - but to smash it.
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Gardener to lead Powell
6 June 2006
Olympic sprint relay gold medallist Jason Gardener will lead the British challenge against joint world record holder Asafa Powell at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead on Sunday.
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Lewis-Francis optimistic about season after first European appearance
5 June 2006
Olympic 4x100m relay gold medallist Mark Lewis-Francis says he's satisfied with the start of his European campaign, despite failing to make an impression at the IAAF Golden League Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, on Friday, June 2.
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Reebok Grand Prix 2006 Results
4 June 2006
Men
100m (-0.1 wind)
1. Justin Gatlin (USA) - 9.87
2. Tyson Gay (USA) - 10.04
3. Leonard Scott (USA) - 10.0
4. Bernard Williams (USA) - 10.29
5. Clement Campbell (USA) - 10.36
6. Trell Kimmons (USA) - 10.37
7. Tyree Gailes (USA) - 10.46
8. Danny Tutskey (USA) - 10.89
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Marion Jones continues her comeback with Reebok Grand Prix win
4 June 2006
The former Olympic champion took 100m victory in 11.06 seconds ahead of Veronica Campbell (11.11), Torri Edwards (11.23) and Lauryn Williams (11.44).
Her time matched her fastest mark of the year, which she first ran in her opening meet in Mexico last month, and also ensured that she could celebrate her third win in as many races she has contested this year on her comeback.
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Reebok Grand Prix. Quotes.
4 June 2006
Marion Jones:
''Overall, I felt pretty good. The conditions weren't great, but any time you get a victory, it's another step.''
Lauryn Williams about Marion Jones:
"She won, right? So she was excellent."
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Chambers earns more payback time
3 June 2006
Dwain Chambers, the disgraced European 100 metres champion, may be only four days away from his first race in nearly three years after the world governing body said here last night that it was attempting to expedite an agreement that would free him to run in Belgrade on Wednesday. Should Chambers show form there, he could make his British comeback in Gateshead next Sunday.
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Gatlin targets fast time at New York Reebok Grand Prix
2 June 2006
Following his impressive start to the season, including a flashing world-leading, world record equalling 9.77 seconds at the Qatar Super Grand Prix leg of the IAAF World Athletics Tour in Doha, last month, Justin Gatlin now wants sole possession of the world mark.
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Lauryn Williams, Marion Jones join Reebok Grand Prix
2 June 2006
Lauryn Williams, the reigning World Champion, and Marion Jones, 2000 Olympic gold medalist, have been added to the lineup for the Reebok Grand Prix this Saturday, June 3, organizers announced today. They will join a strong 100-meter field that already included Veronica Campbell of Jamaica, the Athens triple-medalist who owns the fastest time in the world this year.
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Powell start million dollar hunt with two sub-10 seconds - Bislett Golden League report
2 June 2006
Powell, the 2006 Commonwealth Games champion produced another Sunday morning stroll in winning the men's 100m dash over a modest field in the Bislett.
The 23-year-old Jamaican who shares the world record of 9.77 with American Justin Gatlin, easily won the race on a chilly night with a 9.98 performance over American Shawn Crawford, the Olympic 200m champion at 10.02.
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Sharing the record for now might not be so bad after all for Powell
1 June 2006
Jamaican co-world record holder Asafa Powell says sharing the record with American rival Justin Gatlin has helped him to concentrate on lifting his performances at every meet.
At the IAAF Grand Prix track and field meeting in Qatar, Doha last month, Gatlin, the World and Olympic champion, equalled Powell's record mark of 9.77 seconds and although he's confident he's the still the fastest man on the planet, the Jamaican is happy that the spotlight is not solely on him anymore.
"I'm still the fastest man, no doubt," Powell was quoted as saying in a Reuters report. "Everybody wanted to beat me. Now that he (Gatlin) has equalled the record people will go after him also, so the spotlight is off me."
On Friday (June 2) Powell will start his hurt for the Golden League million dollar jackpot in Oslo, but more interestingly, the 23-year-old says he's ready to make his move on being the sole owner of the world record.
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Meeting of world record-holders put on hold for near future
1 June 2006
Bottom line: The Justin Gatlin-Asafa Powell race for the title of "world's fastest human" won't happen until the price is right.
It's perfectly clear now that Gatlin, the American who ran off with gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, won't answer the same starting gun as Powell, the Jamaican who rocketed to the 100m world record of 9.77 seconds in Athens last June, only to see Gatlin equal it at Doha, Qatar, two weeks ago, for anything less than top dollar.
A Gatlin-Powell clash was booked for the Norwich Union Grand Prix Meet in Gateshead, England, on June 11. However, the much-anticipated showdown has evaporated in a mist of conflicting statements.
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Bolt, Ferguson and Moreno score wins in Ostrava
31 May 2006
Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt, Bahamian 2000 Olympic 'Golden Girl' Debbie Ferguson and Cuba's Yipsi Moreno scored victories at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The meeting was the only eastern European stop on the IAAF World Athletics Tour for the year.
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Olympic champ pulls out
30 May 2006
The showdown between the fastest men on the planet, scheduled for Gateshead next month, has been called off.
Reigning Olympic and world 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has pulled out of the Norwich Union British Grand Prix on June 11 where he was set to face Asafa Powell.
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Jones' comeback continues with easy win
30 May 2006
Marion Jones' start may have been awful, but her finish was nothing short of awesome.
The triple gold medalist out of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games has never been known for her speed out of the starting blocks, but her explosiveness in the latter stages of her races has often been something to behold.
So it was on Sunday in the eastern Netherlands community of Hengelo.
Seven of the eight competitors lined up against the 30-year-old Jones beat her out of the starting blocks, but none was close to her by the finish of the featured women's 100m dash at the annual Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, Holland's biggest day on the international athletics calendar.
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Jersey's Barber headlines star-studded Ostrava meet
30 May 2006
Four-plus decades after Yogi Berra hung up his baseball spikes, Montclair, New Jersey claims home to another world-class athlete.
This time, the sport is track and field, not baseball. This time, it's not a he but a she.
She is Me'Lisa Barber, 25, the 1998 graduate of Montclair High School and 2002 University of South Carolina alumna, who is intent on proving herself the fastest woman on earth.
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2006 Prefontaine Classic Results
29 May 2006
Men
100 meters, Race 1 (1.0 wind)
1. Justin Gatlin (USA) - 9.88
2. Leonard Scott (USA) - 10.16
3. Michael Frater (Jamaica) - 10.17
4. Jordan Vaden (USA) - 10.27
5. Anson Henry (Canada) - 10.34
6. DeBryan Blanton (USA) - 10.36
7. Joshua Norman (USA) - 10.44
8. Ernest Wiggins (USA) - 10.51
100 meters, Race 2 (2.5 wind)
1. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) - 9.93
2. Shawn Crawford (USA) - 10.04
3. Jason Smoots (USA) - 10.05
4. Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) - 10.12
5. Marc Burns (Trinidad) - 10.14
6. Mardy Scales (USA) - 10.23
7. Rodney Martin (USA) - 10.25
8. Mark Jelks (USA) - 10.52
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Gatlin run away with Prefontaine Classic separated 100m dash
29 May 2006
Justin Gatlin, the World and Olympic champion won the 2006 Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix separated men's 100m dash race over Jamaican Asafa Powell here in Eugene, Sunday afternoon.
The co-world record holders, at a time of 9.77 seconds, raced in two sections of the 100m and Gatlin came out on top after posting an impressive 9.88sec in the opening section, which was better than Powell's run of 9.93 in section two.
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Facts About Prefontaine Classic
28 May 2006
The Prefontaine Classic is the premiere track & field meet in the United States. Since 1996, it has been ranked first among all annual track & field meets in the U.S. by the IAAF, the international governing body for the sport.
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Jones chases ghosts, dreams to Hengelo
27 May 2006
Marion Jones never did get to match Fanny Blankers-Koen's four-gold medal performance on the Olympic stage.
The Californian wound up with three golds and two bronzes at the 2000 Sydney Games, just short of the quadruply golden feats of "The Flying Flying Dutchwoman" at the 1948 London Games.
But Jones -- despite her dismal performances the past two seasons, and the ongoing debate over her alleged drug involvements, hasn't given up the chase.
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Bath Bullet on target for title
26 May 2006
Jason Gardener has set his sights on claiming the 100 metres title at the European Championships in Gothenburg in August as he seeks to make up for his disappointment at the Commonwealth Games.
The "Bath Bullet" failed to make an impression in Melbourne because of injury but he is gearing himself up to succeed Dwain Chambers as the European champion.
Gardener, the British number one for the last two years, said: "I said even before the Commonwealths my major aim this year would be winning in Gothenburg."
"My training's going really well and I'll start my season by competing in Oslo and then Belgrade before appearing at Gateshead."
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Powell, Gatlin lead superstars for Prefontaine Classic
26 May 2006
It may not be a head-to-head clash, but the gala between joint world record holders Asafa Powell of Jamaica and Justin Gatlin of USA will headline this year's Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting on Sunday, May 28 at the Hayward Field in Eugene.
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Johnson to help fast-track British sprinting talent
25 May 2006
Michael Johnson, the 200 and 400 metres world record-holder who has been among the most vociferous critics of British athletes in recent years, could soon be working from the inside for UK Athletics.
Johnson said yesterday that he had been approached by Dave Collins, Great Britain’s performance director, with a view to taking up an official role with UKA. “I think I can be a help, not a hindrance,” Johnson, the former Olympic and world champion from the United States, said.
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Spearmon v. Bolt matchup added to Reebok Grand Prix
25 May 2006
Wallace Spearmon and Usain Bolt will face each other at 200 meters in the Reebok Grand Prix on June 3, organizers announced today, in a matchup featuring the two fastest men in the world so far this year and two of the most dynamic young sprinters in the sport.
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Barber joyful Campbell not bothered after Jones' come performance
25 May 2006
On May 14 at the Gala Banamex 2006 track and field meeting in Xalapa, Mexico, American former Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones silence her critics with an impressive first time performance since sitting out for 11 months, while opening the eyes of her opponents who were left stunned by her season opener.
However, while her fellow American team mate MeLisa Barber, the 2006 World Indoor 60-metre champion from Moscow, Russia, assessed her performance and was full of praised for Jones, Jamaican Olympic champion Veronica Campbell, said Jones' time wasn't a bother to her.
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Gardener joins star-studded 100m lineup in Gateshead
25 May 2006
Great Britain's Olympic relay gold medallist Jason Gardener will contest the men's 100-metres dash at the Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead, London on June 11, meet organizers announced on Wednesday.
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Richards wants to stay number one
24 May 2006
Jamaican-born American 400 metre runner Sanya Richards says she's determine to work hard to maintain her world number one position in the event this season.
Richards, the youngest female quarter-miler to dip under 49 seconds when she won at the IAAF Zurich TDK Golden League last season, currently leads the World Ranking with 1394-points, 11 more than World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling from the Bahamas and she said she's hoping to build on that performance.
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Bolt, Collins confirmed for Ostrava's Golden Spike
24 May 2006
St Kitts and Nevis' 2001 World Championships 100-metres champion Kim Collins is set to make his first appearance this season, following a late start in his preparation, when he goes up against Jamaican World Junior record holder Usain Bolt at next Tuesday's Ostrava's Golden Spike in the Czech Republic, organisers announced on Wednesday.
Collins, a 100m speciallist, who surprisingly grabbed a bronze medal at the Worlds in Helsinki, last summer despite not even being on the radar, will run the 200m, an event in which he holds a career best time of 20.20sec in honour of the late Hungarian IAAF General Secretary Istvan Gyulai, who passed away last month.
Joining Collins in the event will be fellow Islander, Bolt, who has already produced two impressive performances this season, 20.08 and 20.10, and his the only man with a personal best below the 20sec barrier.
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Adidas Track Classic Results
23 May 2006
Men
100m (1.5 wind)
1. Marcus Brunson (USA) - 10.01
2. Tyson Gay (USA) - 10.04
3. Marc Burns (TRI) - 10.04
4. Leonard Scott (USA) - 10.05
5. Dwight Thomas (JAM) - 10.11
6. Bernard Williams (USA) - 10.17
7. Trell Kimmons (USA) - 10.17
8. Terrence Trammell (USA) - 10.20
9. Aaron Armstrong (TRI) - 10.34
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Campbell runs 10.99 to win at Adidas Track Classic
22 May 2006
Olympic champion Veronica Campbell of Jamaica broke 11 seconds to win the women's 100m dash at the Adidas Track Classic held at the Home Depot Center here in Carson, California, on Sunday.
Shaking off back-to-back defeats to compatriot Sherone Simpson in the 200m, Campbell returned to win the dash in 10.99sec. The time was her second sub 11sec performance in two-years, following her 10.96 clocking to win last year.
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Powell and Gatlin to run different 100m races at Prefontaine Classic
21 May 2006
Joint 100 metres world record holders Asafa Powell and his archival rival Justin Gatlin will race in separate short sprint races at the Prefontaine Classic scheduled for May 28 in Eugene, Oregon, organisers confirmed on Wednesday.
According to the meet organiser, Tom Jordan, both sprinters have been placed in different races so as to "whet" the appetite of the long awaiting show-down between them at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead, London on June 11.
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Chance to sprint with the very best
21 May 2006
Sixteen North East children will be given the opportunity of a lifetime next month to compete at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix on the same track as the fastest men in the world.
Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell - the two fastest men ever over 100m - will race at the Gateshead meeting on June 11. And UK Athletics is looking for the quickest youngsters in the region to show their own talents on the day in a couple of specially arranged races as part of the Fastest Kids In The North initiative.
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Agent: Marion Jones to race in Europe this season
20 May 2006
Former American Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones will compete in European this summer her manager said on Friday.
Jones is already scheduled to compete at Hengelo and Brussels after a successful 100 metre season debut last weekend in Mexico.
"She will have her first European race at Hengelo (on May 28) and at least one other at Brussels (on August 25)," said manager Charles Wells.
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Chambers may return from ban to race at Gateshead
19 May 2006
Dwain Chambers may be cleared to make his comeback from a drugs ban in time for the Norwich Union British Grand Prix 100 metres in Gateshead on June 11, a race featuring Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell, the joint world record-holders. Chambers has served a two-year suspension but cannot compete until he has arranged to repay dishonestly earned prize-money.
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Gatlin's agent calls for a review of Powell's world record
18 May 2006
Following the adjustment of Justin Gatlin's world record performance by International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday, the American sprinter's agent Renaldo Nehemiah has called for a review of the mark set by Jamaican Asafa Powell.
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Mistake robs Gatlin of outright record
18 May 2006
IT TOOK less than ten seconds to run but five days to admit that it had all been a terrible mistake. Accustomed as it is to wiping out records after the discovery of the use of drugs, the IAAF is not so used to the position that it found itself in yesterday — having to cancel a world record because officials got it wrong.
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Bolt preparing to complete a full season, says manager
18 May 2006
After becoming the youngest-ever World Junior Champion in the history of athletics when he won the title at the 2002 Championships in Kingston, and then sizzled to the record of 19.93 seconds at the age of 17, Usain Bolt has struggled to complete a full season.
It's evident that Bolt is wrapped in talent and when he gets going his performances on the track provide the full coverage. In fact, the 19-year-old sprint sensation has been hailed by several track and field legends as perhaps the man most likely to take the half-lap race close to its status of the late 1990s, when former American sprinter Michael Johnson, the record holder at 19.32, dominated.
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Spearmon, top hurdlers set for Sunday’s adidas Track Classic
17 May 2006
Wallace Spearmon, the 2005 World Championships 200-meter silver medalist, and a star-studded group of hurdlers have been added to the field for the adidas Track Classic this Sunday (May 21), organizers announced today. In a marquee match-up, Spearmon will face Jeremy Wariner, the 400-meter Olympic champion who is stepping down in distance here as he looks ahead to a possible 200m-400m double at the 2008 Olympics.
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Gatlin’s time corrected to 9.77 – EQUALS 100m World Record
17 May 2006
The IAAF has just been informed by Tissot Timing of an error in the reading of the result recorded by Justin Gatlin (USA) in the 100m at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Meeting in Doha, Qatar on Friday 12 May 2006.
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Fasuba's coach hit back at performance comments
16 May 2006
Pierre-Jean George, the coach of Nigerian sprinter Olusoji Fasuba has hit back at comments suggesting that his pupil is no where near sub-10 seconds form and that the newly crowned African record holder will not break the barrier again this season.
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Sprint kings set to meet
16 May 2006
Organisers of the Norwich Union British Grand Prix are adamant that Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell will meet next month in Gateshead for their first 100m head-to-head of the season.
The two are scheduled to do battle at the June 11 meeting less than a month after Gatlin broke Powell's world record, although a report in USA Today suggested the face-off might not happen.
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