Olympic Finals: Monday, August 6
Each day I will be listing the medal competitions for the day, along with which athletes from the United States are competing in that event. Today’s Olympic Finals in Track & Field are:
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This Week Last Year: Football, World Championship Racing, and Reviews
This week last year I was paying a lot of attention to the World Championships in Helsinki and to the latest preseason NFL news. In NFL news last year, Rich Gannon retired, Ty Law signed with the Jets, and Terrell Owens continued his dog and pony show. At the world championships in Helsinki, Kenenisa Bekele…
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Bershawn Jackson won the 400m hurdles at the Helsinki world championships
Bershawn Jackson (USA) won the 400m hurdles world championships final in Helsinki, Finland. Defending champion Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic) pulled his right hamstring after the first hurdle, leaving the field open to Jackson and James Carter (USA) to win and place in personal bests of 47.3 and 47.43 seconds (respectively). Carter was the first man…