Felix defends 200m title with flair
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OSAKA, Japan  - American Allyson Felix defended her 200 meters world title in style on Friday, streaking down the home straight to win gold by over half a second in the first sub-22 second run of her career.
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He was tired. He had finally lost a fight after 40 straight victories. Since the age of 7, Felix Trinidad Jr. had sparred or ran or skipped rope or hit the heavy bag and the speed bag almost every day.
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Maurice Greene grabbed the baton and accelerated toward the finish, blowing past a Nigerian and reeling in Britain's Mark Lewis-Francis. But even the self-proclaimed greatest sprinter of all time could not make up for a sloppy handoff earlier in the race Saturday, and his chest crossed the line just a hair behind the Brit's. The Americans were forced to settle for silver by an excruciating hundredth of a second.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Felix gathered strength yesterday and pounded Grenada with heavy rain and wind, snapping small boats loose from their moorings and toppling utility poles on its route toward the Caribbean island of Aruba.
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ATHENS - Tonique Williams-Darling has claimed the Bahamas&#39; first individual athletics gold by blasting to the women&#39;s 400m title.
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Shawn Crawford was all business Tuesday morning, speeding to victory in 20.55 seconds in his first-round heat of the 200 &#151; a sharp contrast to his antics in the early rounds of the 100. Crawford, who finished fourth in the 100 after dominating the early rounds, was joined in the second round by U.S. teammates Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin, the 100-meter gold medalist.
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Ian Thorpe caught and passed Pieter van den Hoogenband in the final half-lap of the 200-meter freestyle to win the gold. Michael Phelps captured the bronze.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba made an astonishing recovery to become the first woman to defend her world championship 10,000 meters title on Saturday.
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Red-hot favourite Felix Sanchez made history for the Dominican Republic when he streaked to victory in the men&#39;s Olympic 400 metres hurdles final.
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ATHENS, Greece - Allyson Felix led three American women into the second round of the 200-meter on Monday, posting the fastest time of 22.39 seconds in the qualifying heats.    Joining the 18-year-old Felix in the quarterfinals later Monday were U.S...
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Felix Trinidad doesn't believe in tuneup fights. His comeback after more than two years of retirement was a doozy, and now he wants the biggest name out there, Bernard Hopkins. After Trinidad knocked out Ricardo Mayorga in the eighth round Saturday night, completing a scintillating performance before a raucous crowd, he turned his attention to the only man who has beaten him.
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A young Finn humbled motorsportâs elite in Paris yesterday to win the Race of Champions. Heikki Kovalainen, Nissan World Series champion and a Renault Formula One test driver, beat world rally champion Sebastien
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Hurricane Felix, the second hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season, was upgraded early on Sunday to a category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj, who won the 1500m earlier this week, completed a rare Olympic distance double Saturday night by outkicking Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia
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Triple jumper Phillips Idowu qualifies with ease for Sunday's final.
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Great Britain&#39;s three-day eventing team have joined forces with France and the USA to challenge the gold medal claims of Germany and Bettina Hoy.
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An explosive performance from Tyson Gay led to a championship record of 19.76 seconds in the 200 meters. Jamaican Usain Bolt took the silver.