On your mark, get set — more women running now
VIDEO - Women, especially, are picking up the pace. Running USA reports 908,000 women finished a race in 1989. In 2000, the number topped more than 5 million...
Usain Bolt: Sprint rival Tyson Gay 'hates my guts'
LONDON (AP) - Usain Bolt won both the 100 and 200-meter titles at the 2008 Olympics in world-record times, and helped Jamaica win gold and set another world record in the 4x100-meter relay...
Semenya flop attributed to fatigue, sickness
ROME (AP) - Semenya finished a distant ninth in the 800 meters at the Palio della Quercia in Rovereto on Tuesday...
Bolt signs sports' 'biggest ever' sponsorship deal
LONDON (AP) - Bolt set world records in the 100 and 200 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and helped Jamaica capture another gold and set another world record in the 4x100 relay...
Tyson Gay qualifies fastest for 100 final in London
LONDON (AP) - Gay did not make the best of starts in the first heat at Crystal Palace, but eased through the field after the 50-meter mark to finish 0.05 ahead of Yohan Blake of Jamaica...
Usain Bolt taking rest of 2010 off because of back
(AP) - "I am very disappointed to miss two of the top meetings on the circuit ... but trust that it is better for me not to take any risks this year," Bolt said...
Gay stuns Bolt in race between fastest men ever
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The American always looked in complete control against Bolt, who was straining to keep up with Gay by the end of the highly anticipated race. Bolt was second in 9.97...
50-year-old Olympic runner sprints for a new record
VIDEO - Merlene Ottley's appearance in Barcelona made her the oldest person to compete in the championships...
World champ Semenya cleared to return to track
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Semenya is allowed to keep running as a woman, although it is unclear if she has had any medical procedure or treatment during her time away...
Tyson Gay sprints past 44-year-old 200 meter mark
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Gay ran 19.41 seconds into a slight headwind Sunday on a specially constructed track, shaving 0.09 off the mark Tommie Smith set in May 1966...
