The action continued at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing on Friday. Here are the results:
In the women’s 5000m event, Ethiopa’s Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene took the Gold Medal, her second of the Beijing Olympic Games. She was followed to the finish line by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey for the Silver Medal and Meseret Defar Tola of […]
Lyudmyla Blonska of Ukraine has been forced to relinquish the Silver Medal that she was awarded in the womens heptathlon event after testing positive for steroid use, the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday. She had been temporarily suspended and removed from the long jump competition on Thursday pending verification of the test results. The […]
It was a crazy day at the Bird’s Nest on Thursday. Both the United States mens and womens 4×100m relay teams dropped their batons in the qualifying heats and were disqualified from the events. In addition, there were also a lot a positive things happening at the “Nest.” Here are the highlights:
Andrey Moiseev of […]
Less than an hour after Tyson Gay and the US men’s 4×100m relay team were disqualified for dropping the baton in a qualifying race, the US women, also in the 4×100m relay do exactly the same thing, ending both groups hopes for an Olympic medal.
Just as with the men, it was the third to fourth-person […]
The USA men’s 4×100m relay team was eliminated during a qualifying round on Thursday when they dropped the baton during the hand-out between Darvis Patton (third leg) and Tyson Gay (anchor). This is the end of a disappointing Olympics for Tyson Gay, who was expected to be one of the stars of the Games. Gay […]
The Olympic track and field meet continued at the Bird’s Nest on Wednesday. In addition to Usain Bolt’s spectacular finish in the men’s 200m event, here is what happened:
Jamaica’s Melaine Walker won the Gold Medal in the women’s 400m hurdles event. Sheena Johnson of the United States took the Silver Medal and Tasha Danvers […]
If there was any question that Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was the fastest man on the planet, he erased all doubt today in his 200m win. Bolt set a new world record of 19.30, besting the field by more than a half second. Wallace Spearmon of the United States was presumably so awed by Bolt’s performance […]
The action continues over at the National Stadium. Here’s what happened on Tuesday:
In the women’s 100m hurdles, Dawn Harper of the United States won the Gold Medal, followed by Sally McLellan of Australia for the Silver Medal and Canada’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep for the Bronze. Favorite and two-time indoor champion, Lolo Jones of the United States […]
There was a lot of action at the National Stadium in Beijing yesterday. Here are the results:
Defending Gold Medalist, Elena Isinbaeva of Russia easily won the Gold Medal in the women’s pole vault, setting a new world record of 5.05. Jennifer Stuczynski of the United States, who just began pole vaulting four years ago, finished […]
There was plenty of action in the track and field events over at the Bird’s Nest, including the sweep of the women’s 100m event by the Jamaican women. Below are the other results of the day:
Stephanie Brown Trafton won the Gold Medal in the women’s discus throw, followed by Yarelys Barrios of Cuba and Olena […]
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