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Belfast Telegraph, 03.09.08 08:33 UTC

Powell blasts back at Bolt with second-fastest 100m time

Asafa Powell equalled the second-fastest time over 100 metres when he clocked 9.72 seconds here last night. The Jamaican former world record holder, who finished a disappointing fifth in the Beijing ...

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Times Online Sport, 30.08.08 19:31 UTC

Charles van Commenee to take up baton for Britain

It is being billed as a post-Olympic knees-up, but the party is already over and the gathering of medal-winners in Gateshead tomorrow will represent the death throes of an old regime. Now, as UK ...

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BBC World News, 22.08.08 21:53 UTC

Russia claim surprise relay gold

Russia claimed a surprise victory in the women's 4x100m relay as favourites Jamaica and Great Britain failed to get the baton round cleanly.

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BBC World News, 21.08.08 16:00 UTC

Campbell-Brown takes 200m gold

Jamaica's domination of the sprint events at the Olympics was completed as Veronica Campbell-Brown took an impressive gold in the women's 200m.

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Miami Herald, 21.08.08 07:04 UTC

Olympic medalist Bolt gives Jamaica a gold rush

Every time Usain Bolt's image flashed across the giant TV screen in Nelson Mandela Park at Kingston's Half Way Tree Square, the crowd standing at the four-way intersection roared. And when he bolted ...

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guardian.co.uk, 18.08.08 23:33 UTC

Do Chris Hoy's trousers fit?

. With great difficulty, we presume. Look at those thighs. They're incredible. If ever a pair of legs deserved their own postcode ... Someone who works at the British Cycling Federation (not in an ...

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Seattle Times, 18.08.08 09:04 UTC

Shelly-Ann Fraser joins Usain Bolt in winning medals in 100 meters

BEIJING — A few fun-loving fresh faces have suddenly turned Jamaica into the "world's fastest nation." And that supposed U.S. track and field juggernaut? Well, things aren't quite going to ...

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International Herald Tribune, 18.08.08 00:31 UTC

Jamaicans sweep 100; Bekele wins men's 10,000

BEIJING : In the longest and shortest events of Sunday night's Olympic track competition, the Jamaican women's sprinters made history with their stunning sweep of the medals in the 100 ...

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BBC World News, 17.08.08 15:30 UTC

Fraser leads Jamaica 100m sweep

Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica.

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Seattle Times, 17.08.08 09:04 UTC

Track roundup | Americans drop out, Romanian wins women's marathon

BEIJING — Constantina Tomescu-Dita ran away from the competition to win the women's marathon. The 38-year-old Romanian mother pulled away from the lead pack near the halfway mark Sunday and ...