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Usain Bolt wins

Bolt, Jamaican runners set relay record

Howard Fendrich, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - This time, Usain Bolt ran hard right to the finish...
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Womens Gold

Golden girls: U.S. women break relay record

Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Pointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its first Olympic gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter relay since 1996.
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Usain Bolt (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) and Carl Lewis (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Usain Bolt slams 'attention-seeking' Carl Lewis

Gerald Imray, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Usain Bolt took a momentary break from basking in his historic Olympic sprinting double to fiercely criticize Carl Lewis...
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Jamaica men's Olympic track winners.

Cool runnings: Bolt leads Jamaica to 200m sweep

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt becomes the first man to win both 100 and 200 meter gold in back-to-back Olympics.
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Report: Spelman wants Gabby Douglas

Dante Higgins
theGRIO REPORT - Gabby Douglas isn't even a high school senior yet, and she may already be getting recruited for college...
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Allyson Felix takes Olympic gold in 200

Eddie Pells, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Denied twice on the world's biggest stage, Felix won the Olympic gold medal she's been yearning for, taking the 200 meters Wednesday night to fill in the last, and biggest, hole in her otherwise stellar resume...
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Gabrielle Douglas of the United States performs the floor exercise in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas gets most attention at NBC website

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Gabby Douglas is golden when it comes to online popularity, too...
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South Africa's Caster Semenya competes in a women's 800-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

South African runner in Olympic debut 3 years after gender test

John Pye, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Caster Semenya perched herself on a lane marker behind the start of the 800 meters and took a few moments to absorb what it feels like to be an Olympian...
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Paul Etia Ndoumbe of Cameroon makes his way to the start for the Men's Single Sculls finals on Day 7 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney on August 3, 2012 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Cameroon: 7 missing Olympic athletes may want new home

Gregory Katz, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Cameroon Olympics officials say seven competitors who have left the athletes village may be seeking new homes and sporting opportunities outside their African nation...
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Olympian Gabrielle Douglas visits the USA House at the Royal College of Art on August 7, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for USOC)

Can Gabby Douglas capitalize on gold medals?

Chelsea-Lyn Rudder
theGRIO REPORT - Can the 16-year-old capitalize on her current popularity to insure long-term financial stability?...
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