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Athletics World Championships – Day 4 Results, Gold & Medal Table
A big day for Kenya with two gold medals: One for David Rudisha, the king of the men’s 800 meters run, and a surprising one to Nicolas Bett in the men’s 400 meters hurdles. Greg Rutherford of Great Britain won the long jump competition, like he did in the Olympics, Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women’s 1500 meters and Denia Caballero of Cuba took gold in the women’s discus throw.
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Athletics World Championships – Day 3 Results, Gold & Medal Table
A strong day for Kenya as Ezekiel Kemboi continues his never ending dominance in the men’s 3000 meters steeplechase while Vivian Cheruiyot took gold in the women’s 10,000 meters. Shawnacy Barber of Canada surprised many with gold in the men’s pole vault, Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia one a close contest in the women’s triple jump and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won another gold for Jamaica in the 100 meters race, this time for the women
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Athletics World Championships – Day 2 Results, Gold & Medal Table
The main event of possibly the competition was won by Usain Bolt, taking the 100 meters race once again with a 9.79 seconds sprint, barely beating the controversial Justin Gatlin. Jessica Ennis-Hill won the Women’s heptathlon once again, Joe Kovacs of the United States took gold in the men’s shot put and Pawel Fajdek won the gold medal in the men’s hammer throw.
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For Every Great Champion, There are Those Who Always Lose
For every great franchise and every great champion in any field of sports, there are those who are also very good and talented, but can’t quite bring it when it’s most needed. Here’s is our list of those synonymous with winning in Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Football and Athletics with their Bizarro-type counterparts, guys and teams synonymous with Losing.
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Steven Gerrard Wins Football Writers’ Player Of The Year Award
Steven Gerrard has received the Football Writers’ POTY award for the 2008/2009 season in the English Premier League.