Coach key to my success, says Bolt
September 13th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Sep 13 (IANS/CMC) Sprint legend Usain Bolt has hailed coach Glen Mills as the key to his recent success at the London Olympics.The 26-year-old swept both sprints to become ... Read more...
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Olympics: Bolt breezes into 200m final
August 9th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/CMC) Usain Bolt is poised to defend his Olympic 200 metres title Thursday in a bid to cement his status as a sprint legend.
Bolt effortlessly breezed into ... Read more...
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Olympic athletics: Bolt warns Blake off 200m gold
August 8th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/CMC) Repeat men's Olympic 100 metres champion Usain Bolt says he has told compatriot and training partner Yohan Blake not to think about winning the men's 200 metres ... Read more...
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Forget winning 200m title, Bolt tells Blake
August 8th, 2012 - 2:47 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS/CMC) Two-time men's Olympic 100 metres champion Usain Bolt says he has told compatriot and training partner Yohan Blake not to think about winning the men's 200 metres ... Read more...
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Olympics: Bolt admits to pressure ahead of 100m conquest
August 7th, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 7 (IANS/CMC) Sprint legend Usain Bolt has admitted to being under pressure to defend his men's Olympics 100 metres title in London.Shortly after storming to victory in a new ... Read more...
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Farah first Briton to win Olympic 10,000m gold
August 5th, 2012 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Mo Farah became the first Briton to win gold in the Olympic 10,000 metres Saturday, kicking home in the final straight to shake off the ... Read more...
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Olympics athletics: Bolt, Blake headlines semi-finalists for 100m
August 5th, 2012 - 6:13 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS/CMC) Defending champion Usain Bolt and nemesis Yohan Blake easily won their first round heats to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's 100 metres at the London ... Read more...
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Fit-again Bolt admits to past back injury
July 27th, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS/CMC) Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt has disclosed he had suffered a back injury but was quick to say he has gotten over the problems which had ... Read more...
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Bolt injury free, ready to defend titles, says manager
July 25th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), July 25 (IANS/CMC) Triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is injury free and ready to defend his titles at the 30th Olympiad starting in London Friday, his long ... Read more...
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Carl Lewis doubts Bolt’s Olympics 100m title defence
July 15th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 15 (IANS/CMC) Olympic legend Carl Lewis has cast doubts on sprint sensation Usain Bolt repeating his Beijing exploits at the London Olympics starting later this month.
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Gay says Olympic 100m open affair after Paris win
July 8th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, July 8 (IANS/CMC) American Tyson Gay has declared the 100 metres at the London Olympics an open affair after winning the event at the Paris Diamond League.The former World ... Read more...
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Bolt unfazed despite two shockers from Blake
July 5th, 2012 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kingstson (Jamaica), July 5 (IANS/CMC) Back-to-back defeats for Usain Bolt have set tongues wagging about a possible change of guard at the top at the upcoming London Olympics, but ... Read more...
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Blake stuns Bolt for second time to win 200m
July 2nd, 2012 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), July 2 (IANS/CMC) Yohan Blake shocked Usain Bolt for the second time in three days, producing another sizzling run to whip the World and Olympic champion in the 200 ... Read more...
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Ethiopians start favourite in 10K race
May 26th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 26 (IANS) Former winner Ethiopia's Deriba Merga will be seeking to re-establish himself as the most feared front-runner in Road Racing when the TCS World 10K Bangalore race ... Read more...
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Bangalore’s 10k race to see elite athletes
May 11th, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 11 (IANS) The course record of 27 minutes, 51 seconds set by Eritrean Zersenay Tadese in 2008, will certainly be under threat Sunday when elite athletes, led by ... Read more...
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Blake pips Usain Bolt for Jamaica’s top athlete award
December 10th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Dec 10 (IANS/CMC) World champions Veronica Campbell-Brown and Yohan Blake were formally recognised as the toast of Jamaican track & field this year.The two claimed the Athlete-of-the-Year awards Friday, ... Read more...
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Usian Bolt’s mother ‘forgives’ chief starter
September 13th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Cumbria (England), Sep 13 (IANS/CMC) Fate brought the 100 metres chief starter and the parents of sprint king Usain Bolt together during the recent World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.Alan Bell ... Read more...
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Stephanie Rice ‘dating Nick D’Arcy’
June 6th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 6 (ANI): Rumours persist that Stephanie Rice has been dating Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy since splitting with Eamon Sullivan.Rice and D'Arcy have trained at Queensland's St Peters Weston Swimming ... Read more...
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Stephanie Rice wants ‘true love’
December 18th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 18 (ANI): It looks like swimming sensation Stephanie Rice wants a new boyfriend this Christmas.After her stunning Olympics success, she was publicly linked to American swimming superstar Michael Phelps, ... Read more...
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How Eamon Sullivan got over Stephanie Rice
October 15th, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 15 (ANI): It looks like Perth's swimming sensation Eamon Sullivan resorted to cooking to get over his spilt from Stephanie Rice.The two parted ways on the eve of last year's ... Read more...
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Symond’s romance with girlfriend over again
September 23rd, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Brisbane, Sep.23 (ANI): The on-again, off-again romance between former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds and girlfriend Katie Johnson is off again, it seems.Word has reached Confidential that Johnson, who had been running her ... Read more...
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Masai stuns Ethiopians in 10,000m; smiling Bolt moves on
August 16th, 2009 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
By John Bagratuni
Berlin, Aug 16 (DPA) Linet Masai ended a 12-year title drought for Kenya with victory in the women's 10,000m while Usain Bolt exchanged smiles with a training partner on ... Read more...
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Blake among athletes to fail dope test: Report
July 25th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, July 25 (DPA) Yohan Blake, a training partner of triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt, is one of the five athletes who have tested for a banned substance, the Gazzetta dello Sport ... Read more...
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Oz Olympic swimming star short changes cabbie
March 26th, 2009 - 4:17 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Mar.26 (ANI): Triple Olympic medallist Eamon Sullivan was left red-faced following a drunken argument with a short-changed cabbie.According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Sullivan left the driver short of his ten ... Read more...
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Stephanie Rice finding post Olympics-Games stardom strange
September 19th, 2008 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 19 (ANI): Olympic golden girl Stephanie Rice has admitted that she is having trouble adapting to her celebrity status.The triple gold medallist, who has reaped thousands in magazine deals ... Read more...
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Is Stephanie Rices new mystery man her long-time training partner?
September 9th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Sept 9 (ANI): After being linked to Olympic golden boy Michael Phelps, Stephanie Rice is reportedly being associated with her long-time training partner Brendan Capell the mystery man she was ... Read more...
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