Olympic Track And Field News Archives

Marilson Gomes dos Santos cried every day for three months. He was 15 years old and had never been away from home, not even for a night.

The third Asian Indoor Games opened in Hanoi on Friday night. More than 5,000 athletes, coaches and officials from 43 countries and territories are participating in the Games until Nov.

Senior American Olympic official Doug Arnot has been appointed director of games operations for the 2012 London Olympics.

With nearly 600 confirmed guests, the IU Varsity Club announced today that a capacity crowd is expected for the 2009 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Jesse Lumsden could join the Canadian bobsled team when the Edmonton Eskimos' season ends.

A general view of the closing ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, October 28, 2009.

LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES Westboro's Ashley Walden will continue her quest to make her second Winter Olympics when the United States Luge team resumes its race-off series Nov.

Li Yanxi of Hebei broke the oldest Chinese track field national record as she rewrote the men's 28-year-old triple jump record with 17.59 meters at the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, Shandong province on Monday.

Lionel Jones and Wendy Jerome discuss Canadian sprinting legend Harry Jerome, who died of a brain aneurysm at age 42 in 1982.

A recent survey of CEOs of Olympic sports governing bodies found little to no confidence in the senior leadership of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Trevor Graham sat in a memento-filled den in his basement culling through files that traced his own disgrace.

There's something for everyone within the athletic proving grounds of track and field, Leroy Milam says.

Head Coach Stanley Redwine and the Kansas track and field program have selected team captains for the 2009-10 seasons, it was announced Friday.

Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis was concerned. He knew freshman wide receiver Marquise Goodwin was talented enough to play for the Longhorns this season, but he wondered if Goodwin would crack under the pressure of playing in front of more than 90,000 screaming fans.

DISCOVERY BAY, Jamaica: Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt has enjoyed a record-breaking two years but is now looking to slow down and "chill" a little, he told Reuters in an interview.

'I can't get five minutes just to chill out' Bolt ready to cut back on his schedule Bolt yet to decide on Delhi Games Bolt looking forward to a quiet Sunday with family Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt has enjoyed a record-breaking two years but is now looking to slow down and "chill" a little, he said.

Chinese athletes at the track and field events must pass a written test on the fight against doping to qualify for the 11th National Games.

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Steven Hooker greets fans at a happy homecoming parade in Melbourne. Photo: Joe Armao Dan Silkstone PEOPLE win world titles every day, Australians not quite so often, Australians in track and field even less so.

Sarah Andrew won the Texas Class 5A state championship as a junior. Sarah Andrews desperately wanted to rip open the five-foot-tall box standing in her front hall to find out what goodies awaited inside.

Whether because of bid fatigue from past failures or a desire to keep organized opposition at bay a ' or a little of both a ' this city and province's attempt to attract the 42 member nations of the Pan American Sports Organization in six years has advanced well under the public radar.

This is an Aug. 15, 2009, file photo showing Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver during the first half of an NFL exhibition football game in Green Bay, Wis.

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UNESCO Secretary-General Koichiro Matsuura, left, Jamaica's 200 meters double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, center, and Jamaica's Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Olivia Grange, right, pose during an award ceremony at the 35th Session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris, Tuesday, Oct.

TRURO A boy who grew up playing sports for the love of the game will carry the Olympic torch into Truro next month.

More than 240 athletes converged at Southpark Lanes Saturday, bowling for their chance to reach a state Special Olympics bowling tournament.

South Africa's Olympic committee has begun its investigation into the handling of Caster Semenya by the country's track officials.

Two alderman are floating the idea of putting a casino and theater complex where Chicago had hoped to build an Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Games.

A group of former American Olympians wants more input into how the U.S. Olympic Committee is run.

After years of planning, Chicago lost the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of committee votes.

Want a picture with Oprah? She's holding court in the restaurant. Interested in talking to a Dream Teamer or a Perfect 10? David Robinson and Nadia Comaneci are roaming the halls.

I was sorry to see that Chicago did not get the 2016 Olympic Games. It just says that we in Abingdon need to start now if we are going to have a viable proposal for the 2020 Games.

Indianapolis usually doesn't cheer for Chicago, at least not on the football field, but Friday the sports rivals were on the same team, hoping the windy city would bring home the 2016 Olympics.

The Olympic flag was raised for the first time over Rio Monday, capping a dreamlike weekend and awakening the city to the realities of the massive infrastructure challenges to be met before hosting the 2016 Games.

Civic leaders are hoping transportation, community development and urban planning improvements will stay on track now that Chicago is not hosting the 2016 Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee is setting up a new system to watch for corrupt betting practices linked to Olympic competitions.

Abdi Abdirahman won his fourth USA 10 Mile title and Ilsa Paulson won her first ever U.S. title in winning the USA Women's Marathon Championship Sunday as the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon hosted the championships for the USA Women's Marathon, Masters Marathon and Men's 10 Miles.

For samba and the best beach volleyball venue in the world, an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro won't lack in festive feel.

After the shock in Copenhagen comes the backlash in Colorado. Whether the U.S. Olympic Committee deserves all, some or only a little of the blame for Chicago's embarrassing first-round ouster from the voting for the 2016 Olympics, the federation's home office in Colorado Springs will not be a happy place the next few months.

Chicago can't blame it all on Rio. More like a backlash against any number of things American a ' from hassling visitors at the borders to money squabbles to a quickie visit by President Barack Obama.

"I saw him everywhere. I thought we had lost, we had lost because Obama came." - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on U.S. President Barack Obama's influence in Copenhagen.

Computer generated photo illustration shows the Maracana soccer venue and the Maracanazinho volleyball venue that Brazil is hoping to build in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.

Today in Copenhagen, the world will find out whether Chicago has what it takes to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

JUST a year before India is to host the Commonwealth Games, the boxing arena is filled with dirt and concrete rubble.