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Posts Tagged ‘100m’


Tyson Gay first of 3 to break 100m records at Olympic Trials

After falling halfway back into the field in the 4th heat of the opening round in yesterday’s 100m Olympic Trials, Tyson Gay had a lot of ground to make up. He did well for 70 meters, but then started to slow down. Only a late surge in the last 7 to 10 meters got him [...]

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Usain Bolt sets new 100 meter world record in 9.72 seconds

Recent 100m Records 9.90: Leroy Burell (US), June 14, 1991 9.86: Carl Lewis (US), August 08, 1991 9.85: Leroy Burrell (US), July 06, 1994 9.84: Donovan Bailey (Can), July 27, 1996 9.79: Maurice Greene (US), June 16, 1999 9.78: Tim Montgomery (US), September 14, 2002 9.77: Asafa Powell (Jam), June 14, 2005 9.76/9.77: Justin Gatlin [...]

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Maurice Green announces his retirement

Photo by Jim HarrisMaurice Green, who has won the 100 meter race in both world championship and Olympic races, has decided to hang up his spikes in order to pursue coaching and business opportunities. “Today I’m officially announcing my retirement from the sport. I don’t think I can have that mental battle with myself coming [...]

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Asafa Powell sets a new 100 meter world record

Photo by Jonas WittDespite a bout of tendonitis earlier this year, Asafa Powell has set a new 100 meter world record this weekend in Rieti, Italy. He won his heat in 9.74 seconds with a 1.7 m/s tailwind, which falls inside of the guidelines set by the IAAF, Track & Field’s international governing body. “I [...]

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USA performs well in Men’s Sprints at World Championships

Tyson Gay followed up his gold medal in the 100 meters with another gold in the 200 meter race yesterday in Osaka. Usain Bolt of Jamaica came on hard after a bad start, but Tyson Gay was able to keep a lead of about 2-hundredths of a second to win the goal. Jeremy Wariner took [...]

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Asafa Powell is back on the track, and still fastest in the world

Photo by Jonas WittAsafa Powell announced at the beginning of the month that he was going to be out for a few weeks due to tendonitis. Just over 3 weeks later, he has run what is currently the fastest 100 meters in the world so far this year. World record holder Asafa Powell won the [...]

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Tendonitis is no fun, especially when you are the fastest man in the world (Asafa Powell out for a month or two)

I had tendonitis in my knee 7 years ago. I also had a stress fracture. It was no fun, and I hope to avoid that ever happening again. Unfortunately, it is not the most uncommon injury. Asafa Powell, who is currently the world record holder at 100 meters (pending Justin Gatlin‘s appeal regarding steroid use), [...]

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Justin Gatlin works out for the NFL

Having been banned from track and field for illegal doping, Justin Gatlin has started working out for different NFL teams over the past month. He has not played football since he was in high school. He has an appeal coming up early next year, but if he loses the appeal it would certainly help him [...]

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