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  • Usain Bolt & Bringing Back Parity to Men’s Sprint Races

    Usain Bolt & Bringing Back Parity to Men’s Sprint Races

    If Usain Bolt doesn’t have a change of heart, his three gold medals in the 2016 Olympic Games are his grande finale, and ending the most dominant era in the history of track & field when it comes to sprinting, sweeping the men’s 100, 200 and 4×100 meters for three consecutive Olympic games.

  • James Gallaugher Running Faster Than a Teenage Usain Bolt

    James Gallaugher Running Faster Than a Teenage Usain Bolt

    Being a 13-year old running faster than Usain Bolt did at that age doesn’t mean you’ll be a world or Olympic champion, but it certainly is promising. James Gallaugher of Australia is still years away from actually finding out if he’ll make it at the highest levels, but his times in recent 200 meter races are showing a lot of promise.

  • Delano Williams Nearly Breaks a Usain Bolt Junior Record

    Delano Williams Nearly Breaks a Usain Bolt Junior Record

    It seems like forever since Great Britain had a world-class sprinter, but maybe Delano Williams, who’s actually from the Turks and Caicos Islands, will be the next man to impress after such a long drought, nearly breaking a 10-year old record set by Usain Bolt at ISSA Boys and Girls Championships in Jamaica.

  • Usain Bolt vs Yohan Blake – The Battle For 200 Meters

    There’s no doubt now – Usain Bolt might still be the favorite to win gold medals in 100 and 200 meters in London, but Yohan Blake seems ready to usurp the kind of the sprints and world record holder in both events, after beating Bolt at the 200 meters race in the Jamaican trials for the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

  • Gold Medal Winners on Day Eight of the 2011 IAAF World Championships

    The men and women who won gold on day eight of the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, highlighted by the one and only Usain Bolt, winning his first gold medal in these Championships with a 19.40 in the 200 meter race.