Powell and Gay close on epic 100m clash
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OSAKA, Japan  - Jamaica's Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay stayed on course for an epic 100 meters showdown by cruising through Saturday's heats at the world championships.
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Tyson Gay runs down early leader Asafa Powell to win the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Japan.
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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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The United States and Australia set  world records in the men's and women's 4x100 medley relay races  Saturday, the final day of swimming competition at the Athens  2004 Olympics.
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World 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell is due to return from injury at the third Golden League meeting of the season in Rome on Friday.
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U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay claims the 200-meter title Thursday, giving him an opportunity to join elite company with three wins at the world championships.
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RIETI, Italy  - Asafa Powell cruised to victory in the 100 meters final of the Rieti IAAF Grand Prix in Italy on Sunday after breaking his own world record in his heat.
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ATHENS - Britain took a shock gold in the men&#39;s 4x100m relay, pipping favourites the United States by 100th of a second. Mark Lewis-Francis held off 2000 Olympic 100m champion Maurice Greene in a blistering last leg to clinch the gold in 38.
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The United States broke the world record to win the men&#39;s 4x100 meters medley relay at the Athens Olympics Saturday and allow Michael Phelps to match Soviet gymnast Alexander
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Tyson Gay storms to gold in the 200m to clinch a sprint double at the world championships after his earlier success in the 100m.
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American Tyson Gay surged past  Jamaica&#39;s Asafa Powell to win gold in the men&#39;s 100 meters at  the world championships on Sunday.
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French long jumper Salim Sdiri is speared by a javelin at the IAAF Golden League meeting in Rome, where Asafa Powell makes his comeback.
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World record holder Asafa Powell's   remarkable season ended on a flat note when the Jamaican was   disqualified before his 100 meters race in Japan 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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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana  - Now Tyson Gay and his band of speedsters are ready to take on the world.
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Tyson Gay dominates the 200-meter final in a stunning 19.62, the second fastest in history behind Michael Johnson's 19.32 run in 1996.
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University of Illinois forward Roger Powell had to look to his shoes marked with religious inscriptions for hope Wednesday night in the annual Busch Braggin&#39; Rights game at the Savvis Center in St.