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Lighting-Fast Bolt Smashes 100-Meter Record

Mat Probasco — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:09:14 CDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered the world record for the 100-meter race today, shearing more off the previous best time—his own—than anyone in recorded history, reports the Chicago Tribune. With a 2 mph tailwind, the 22-year-old clocked in at just 9.58 seconds—0.11 seconds faster than the...

US Relay Teams Drop Batons

Nick McMaster — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:40:45 CDT

US track and field was hit by two nearly identical disasters today, when both the men’s and women’s teams flubbed the last handoff of the preliminary 400-meter relay, the Los Angeles Times reports. A wet, slippery night in the Bird’s Nest proved tough for the relay squads, with the British...

Jamaica's Bolt: World's Fastest Man

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:26:48 CDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and easily captured his first Olympic medal by running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds. Laying claim to the title of "world's fastest man," Bolt beat Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago by 0.2 seconds, while American Walter...

Cramp Fells Tyson Gay in 200m Trials

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:55:07 CDT

America's best-known hopeful for the Olympic track team is still going to Beijing—but won't be defending his world championship title in the 200-meter sprint. In a stunning twist, super runner Tyson Gay suffered a leg cramp that felled him during his key event in the quarterfinals of the Olympic...

Gay Is Fastest Man, Ever*

Harry Kimball — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:10:03 CDT

Tyson Gay might have used the Olympic trials yesterday to cover 100 meters faster than any human in history, but he is not the world record-holder because track, unlike any other sport, attaches asterisks to records, Jim Caple writes on ESPN.com. Strong tailwinds propelled Gay to victory, but his...

Gay Tops 100m Record-Holder to Claim Gold

Colleen Barry — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:03:00 CDT

American Tyson Gay blazed past the world co-record holder in the last 20 meters of the 100m dash to take gold in the World Championships today in Tokyo. Jamaican Asafa Powell was faster out of the blocks, but "I panicked," he said. "I felt him coming on." Gay broke the...