Powell smashes 100m world record
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Jamaican Asafa Powell breaks the world 100m record by clocking 9.74 secs at the IAAF Grand Prix in Rieti.
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American Shani Davis breaks the track record Sunday in Inzell, Germany, winning his second 1,000-meter race in two days in World Cup speedskating.
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For 10 pulsating seconds, the fastest men on earth take center stage on Sunday at the Olympics to run for the ultimate prize -- the 100 meters gold medal.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Jamaica's world record holder Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay cruised through their 100 meters heats at the world championships on Saturday.
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Australia&#39;s Jodie Henry set a world record of 53.52 seconds for the women&#39;s 100 meter freestyle at the Athens Olympics Wednesday.
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ATHENS - Asafa Powell led the way into what appears to be a wide-open Olympic 100m final on Sunday as the Jamaican won his semifinal in 9.95 seconds.
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Tyson Gay won the 100 meters in 9.88 seconds and Sanya Richards broke the 22-year-old American 400-meter record at the World Cup on Saturday.
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Asafa Powell of Jamaica bettered his world record in the 100 meters Sunday, finishing in 9.74 seconds at the Rieti Grand Prix.
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Just before dawn Saturday, activists broke into one of the most secure areas in Greece -- the Parthenon -- and hung a mammoth banner declaring US Secretary of State Colin Powell a &quot;killer.&quot; The next day, during the final Olympic event, a man broke through a security cordon and attacked the front-runner in the marathon.
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New Zealand&#39;s Sarah Ulmer stormed to gold in the women&#39;s individual pursuit in a new world record time. Ulmer, fourth in Sydney four years ago, beat Australia&#39;s Katie Mactier in a time of three minutes 24.
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Justin Gatlin scorches to Olympic 100m gold ahead of Francis Obikwelu and Maurice Greene.
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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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Miglior prestazione stagionale mondiale per Asafa Powell nei 100 metri al Golden Gala di Roma. Il gi...
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Joanna Hayes of the United States stamped her authority on a chaotic Olympic 100 meters hurdles competition when she blazed to the gold medal in a Games record 12.
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New Zealander Sarah Ulmer broke the world record in winning the women&#39;s 3000-meter individual pursuit gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday.
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U.S. speedskater Shani Davis breaks his own world record at 1,500 meters Sunday at the World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta.
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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.