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Clay named Athlete of the Week INDIANAPOLIS - 2008 World Indoor champion Bryan Clay has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Dibaba Does Distance Double with 5000 Meter Victory BEIJING - (August 22, 2008) - The names were the same; even the times weren't far off. But the distance was halved on Friday evening at Beijing's National Stadium when Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's 5000 meters in 15:41.40, with Elvan Abeylege
Wanjiru Crushes Olympic Marathon Record, Wins Kenya's First Gold Medal in Event
BEIJING - (August 24, 2008) - It seems unlikely, but before Sunday morning, no Kenyan had ever won the Olympic Marathon. Samuel "Sammy" Wanjiru changed that by taking gold in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 32 seconds, in the process chopping almost three minutes o
Bekele Completes Olympic Double from the Front
BEIJING - (August 23, 2008) - Kenenisa Bekele accomplished another feat which had escaped the great Gebrselassie Saturday evening at the "Bird's Nest" when he added the 5000 meter Olympic gold medal to the 10,000 meter gold he won earlier in the week. T
Soke for SA 10k Champs JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 – South Africa's top distance athletes will be out in force next Saturday (30 August) at Stellenbosch in their quest to be crowned national champions in the SA 10 km Championships. The Championships is the next leg
Fields of Gold - Steve Hooker Not since Ralph Doubell won gold in 1968, has an Australian male won Olympic gold in athletics.
The Traditional Final Event - Troop His time of 2hrs 27min 17sec isn't what he would have been dreaming of, but it was a phenomenal race, perhaps the most amazing in Olympic history.
Bronze for Nick Willis and roundup news Nick Willis broke New Zealand's 32 year track drought at the Olympic Games by taking the bronze medal in the final of the 1500m in Beijing.
9 successes and 3 records for Global Sports On the final day of the Olympic Games Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia wins the ninth medal for Global Sports Communication. The medal is the last of nine big successes, of which six gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal. Besides the medals the Gl
Fountain awarded silver medal in heptathlon BEIJING - Hyleas Fountain (Kettering, Ohio) on Saturday was awarded the silver medal in the women's heptathlon, in a ceremony held in the Olympic Village.
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