Powell breaks world 100 meters record
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RIETI, Italy  - Asafa Powell of Jamaica lowered the world 100 meters record on Sunday with a time of 9.74 seconds.
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Meseret Defar set a world record in the women's 2-mile at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday, smashing her own mark by almost 12 seconds.
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Il giamaicano Asafa Powell, detentore del record del mondo dei 100 metri in 9''77, ha vinto i 100 me...
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A series of unusually quick times in the men&#39;s 100 metres heats have sparked expectations of a possible world record in Sunday&#39;s Olympic final.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life Sunday night, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86. Defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze in 9.87, falling short in his quest to crown himself the "greatest sprinter of all time."
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Sarah Ulmer of New Zealand continued her dominance of pursuit racing Sunday, breaking her own world record to win the Olympic gold medal.
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In 1997, in Athens, he won his first gold medal at the World Championships. In 1999, in the 100 meters, the sprinter broke the world record here.
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Asafa Powell overcame one of the worst starts in his career to win the 100 meters in 9.99 seconds at the Van Damme Memorial on Friday.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - Jamaica's Asafa Powell closed out his season with a sizzling run of 9.83 seconds to win the 100 meters at the World Athletics Final on Saturday.
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Justin Gatlin of the United States became the fastest man in the world after winning the men&#39;s 100 meters dash at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday.
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RIETI, Italy  - Asafa Powell bounced back from his disappointing third place at the world championships on Sunday when he broke his 100 meters world record with a time of 9.74 seconds.
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Gay surged past Asafa Powell to claim his first gold medal at a major international championship in 9.85 seconds.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - New American sprint king Tyson Gay said on Friday he hoped to lower Jamaican Asafa Powell's 100 meters world record at next month's Sheffield grand prix meeting.
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OSAKA, Japan  - American Tyson Gay surged past Jamaica's Asafa Powell to win gold in an electrifying men's 100 meters final at the world championships on Sunday.
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Torri Edwards, who missed the 2004 Summer Games and 15 months of competition because of an unintentional doping violation, wins the 100 meters Friday.
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RIETI, Italy -- Asafa Powell bettered his world record in the 100 meters Sunday, running 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix.
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American Michael Phelps set a world record of one minute 53.71 seconds for the 200 metres butterfly at a Grand Prix meet in Missouri on Saturday.