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Former University of South Dakota standout Derek Miles won the men's pole vault at the World Athletics Final on Sunday.

On the world's grandest sports stage, Brad Walker's Olympic dream turned into a nightmare.

Bernard Lagat of the United States finished ninth in the 5,000 meters Saturday, capping a frustrating Olympics for the world champion from Tucson.

The Olympic medal hopes for two Tri-Valley Athletics competitors ended today in Beijing.

The two most high-profile male athletes in the Australian Olympic track and field team, Craig Mottram and Steve Hooker, begin their Beijing campaigns on Wednesday evening.

Tyson Gay reached back to grab the baton "and there was nothing." He's not the only American track favorite who will leave Beijing empty-handed. The American men's and women's 400-meter relay teams both ...

Sanya Richards needed a furious comeback. Jeremy Wariner could have walked to the finish.

When a sprinter pulls a Charlie Hustle on a hard, rubber track, a two-time reigning world champion gets embarrassed, and some of the steadiest hands this side of James Andrews botch two baton exchanges within ...

Sanya Richards clutched this medal, stared at it, smiled at it. A few feet away, Allyson Felix did the same.

These weren't their first prizes of the 2008 Olympics.

But these were the medals the Americans wanted.

Gold. Elusive gold.

Producing precisely the type of superb runs they couldn't muster in their individual events, Felix and Richards helped deliver one of two U.S. victories in the 1,600-meter relays Saturday night, allowing a team that failed to live up to its own expectations a chance to celebrate.

Bella Vista High School graduate Derek Miles cleared 18 feet 6 1/2 inches today to join 12 others in advancing to the men's pole vault final at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Clank. The American men dropped the baton. Ping. The American women did, too. Dang. This Olympic track meet is turning into a downright disaster for the Stars & Stripes.

Steve Hooker earned Australia's first gold medal in track and field at the Beijing Games, winning the men's pole vault competition with an Olympic record-breaking performance.

It's been more than two months since pole vaulter Rory Quiller came up short in his bid to make the U.S. Olympic track and field team, and not a day goes by when he doesn't give it some thought.

Daichi Sawano managed to clear a height, but it wasn't enough to get him into the final.

Aug 21, 2008 6:15 am US/Central It was Jamaica Night again at the Bird's Nest, this time with Veronica Campbell-Brown doing the honors, easily winning the 200 meters Thursday to cap the first sweep of all four ...

Bernard Lagat went on to win this heat in the 5,000 meters and will now run in the finals.

Adelaide 7C - 12C . Showers easing. Possible hail. Stephen Hooker clears 5.65m at his third and final attempt to qualify for the final of the Olympic pole vault.

Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 100 meters in world-record time and now tries to take the 200.

Derek Miles will go up, and hope his Olympics are not finished after today. The former University of South Dakota pole vaulter, though somewhat under the weather leading to today's first round at the National ...

You can see the dreams in the eyes of the Chinese children as they stare at the huge stadium and the flame that burns atop it, the pride in the people having their picture taken in front of it.