EUGENE, Oregon, (Reuters) – Keni Harrison equalled the second-fastest 100 metres hurdles ever run and fellow American Justin Gatlin breezed to a sparkling but wind-assisted 100 metres victory at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting yesterday.
LONDON, UK, CMC – Usain Bolt led his Racers Track Club (RTC) of Jamaica to victory in the 4×100 metres relay to culminate the Sainbury’s Anniversary Games yesterday.
‘A’ Division on 96 points maintained its lead at the end of the second day of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) annual Inter-Division track and field championship at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary yesterday.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Reigning World and Olympic 400 metres champion Kirani James is Grenada’s sports personality of 2012, copping his fourth consecutive title at the weekend.
By Iva Wharton Coming off a sub par year in 2011 by her usual lofty standards, top female long distance athlete Alika Morgan is contemplating participating in more international competitions this year.
Today’s field events will determine the winner of the East Georgetown Inter-Schools competition but yesterday the athletes were quite assertive on the track, throwing down the gauntlet to competitors in the upcoming National Track & Field, Cycling and Swimming championships next month.
St. Mary’s Secondary School recorded a mammoth 441 points to comfortably win the track and field aspect of the North Zone Inter-Schools Championships in Zone Three yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.
Guyana’s Aliann Pompey will not be able to add a Pan American Games medal to the gold and silver she has won at two Commonwealth Games.
National youth sprinter Jevina Sampson made her mark at the North Zone Inter-Schools Championships for Zone Two yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.
Defending Schools National Champions, North Georgetown (District 11) began their stringent selection process yesterday with their inter-zone field events for the upcoming Schools National Championship slated for next month.
The Guyana Defence Force drew first blood when the 2011 Inter Services Championships ran off with a 10 kilometres road relay yesterday morning.
A traditional rivalry between two local powerhouses in athletics is set to flare up again when the Guyana Police Force meets the Guyana Defence Force at the 2011 Joint Services Athletics Championships scheduled to start tomorrow.
Robin Persaud carted off the 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race yesterday when National cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and the Unitech Awning ran off a successful 11 race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.
DAEGU, South Korea, CMC – Jamaican Melaine Walker failed in her title defence as American Lashinda Demus stormed to a world-leading time to win the women’s 400 metres hurdles at the World Championships yesterday.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Jamaican Usain Bolt returns to the Daegu Stadium yesterday with a second chance to put his stamp on the 13th world championships five days after his 100 metres debacle.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – After putting her life on ice for two days, defending champion Allyson Felix eased into the final of the women’s 200 metres at the world championships yesterday.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell has decided he will not run in the Jamaican relay team at the Daegu world championships, his agent said yesterday.
Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 2002 National Sportswoman of the Year, Aliann Pompey said her failure to reach the final of the 400m at the World Championships was an emotional loss.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – France’s Mehdi Baala, who slugged it out on the track with a team mate in Monaco last month, is starting to think he is cursed after falling in the 1,500 metres heats at world championships on Tuesday.
DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – A gritty Russian racewalker won the solitary gold up for grabs yesterday as a world championships characterised so far by drama and disqualifications reached its midway point.
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