Athletics
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Usain Bolt headlines Jamaica’s World Championship team
Jul 25, 2017News Hour: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt is one of three Rio Olympic gold medalists leading a 59-strong Jamaican team named Monday for next month’s athletics World Championships in London. Bolt has said he intends to run... -
Women’s 50km race walk added to London 2017 to ensure gender equality
Jul 23, 2017News Hour: A women’s 50km race walk will feature at the London 2017 world athletics championships for the first time in order to ensure gender equality, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Sunday.... -
Usain Bolt breaks 10 seconds for first time this season in Monaco win
Jul 22, 2017News Hour: Usain Bolt ran under 10 seconds for the first time this year as he narrowly won the 100 meters at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday. The eight-times Olympic sprinting champion was slow... -
Tokyo 2020 living with spectre of killer quake
Jul 21, 2017News Hour: For modern Olympic host cities, the twin threats of terrorism and financial ruin constantly loom. But spare a thought for Tokyo 2020 organisers, who face the added risk of a devastating earthquake or tsunami.... -
Yohan Blake plays down groin injury fears
Jul 15, 2017News Hour: Jamaican Yohan Blake, the 2012 Olympic 100 and 200 meters silver medallist, is down playing the seriousness of a groin problem which ruled him out of Sunday’s 100m at the Diamond League meeting in... -
Usain Bolt holds on to win 100 meters at final Golden Spike
Jun 29, 2017News Hour: Usain Bolt overcame a slow start to win the 100 meters at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting on Wednesday as he gears up for final world championships in London this summer. In his second... -
Ledecky captures 200 free title at US meet
Jun 29, 2017News Hour: Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle crown Wednesday at the US Swim Championships, taking her second title of the qualifying meet for next month’s World Championships. Ledecky, who won the 800... -
Bolt brings sunshine and heat on his last trip to Golden Spike meeting
Jun 26, 2017News Hour: As Usain Bolt deals with the emotions of closing the curtain on his record-breaking career, one thing that won’t trouble him as he prepares for his ninth and final appearance at the Ostrava Golden... -
US Olympic doctor faces trial for sexual abuse of athletes
Jun 24, 2017News Hour: A former doctor to gymnasts from successive US Olympic teams is to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted female athletes, one of whom was only 11, over almost two decades. A Michigan... -
Pregnant ‘Wonder Woman’ Montano takes more baby steps
Jun 23, 2017News Hour: Five months pregnant and running an 800m in brutal heat, Alysia Montano lived up to the best traditions of the Wonder Woman superhero character on her running vest on Thursday. The 31-year-old from New...
