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36 Beijing medallists ready for Lausanne – IAAF World Athletics Tour

29 August 2008 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Eleven individual event gold medallists from the Beijing Olympics, headed of course by Jamaica’s Olympic 100m and 200m champion and World record holder Usian...

Ohuruogu, Fraser and Dibaba on show in Gateshead - PREVIEW - IAAF World Athletics Tour

28 August 2008 - Newcastle, UK - A host of Olympians will be welcomed to Gateshead for the Aviva British Grand Prix - a Grand Prix status meeting as part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2008 -...

Men's 110m Hurdles - FINAL

After all the drama and all the upsets that were witnessed in the magnificent arena of the Beijing Olympic stadium, latest of which the two US sprint relays being disqualified for dropping the stick...

Women's 400m Hurdles - Round 1

Lacking reigning World champion Jana Pittman and World record holder Yuliya Pechonkina through injury and with defending champion Fani Halkia suspended after failing a doping control, round one of...

Radcliffe: Looking ahead to London 2012

17 August 2008 - Beijing, China - Less than three months after the devastating diagnosis of a stress fracture in her left femur Paula Radcliffe, the World record holder, made it to the finish of the...

Women's Pole Vault qualification

Prior to this morning’s qualification round in the women’s Pole Vault, the only question seemed to be: At what height would reigning Olympic champion and World record holder Yelena Isinbayeva enter...

Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round 1

History was made at 20:25 this evening, when the gun sounded the start of the Olympic debut in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. Fittingly, the first Olympic record setter, unofficially* anyway, was...

Women’s Pole Vaulting Gold Medal Hopeful, Yelena Isinbaeva| Vaulting Pole Tips

Russian pole vaulter, Yelena Isinbaeva, is the favorite to win gold in the Olympics this month. She is currently the women’s pole vaulting world record holder

Rowing record-holder Drysdale barely makes cut

BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China (AP) World record-holder Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand barely qualified for… Read

Špotáková and Šebrle head Czech squad of 29 for Beijing

24 July 2008 - Defending Olympic champion Roman Šebrle, the Decathlon World record holder, has struggled with muscle injuries in his build up to Beijing, while Barbora Špotáková, who like Šebrle is a...