Athletics: A satisfying double distance twist
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ATHENS Nawal el-Moutawakel, the first Moroccan to win an Olympic gold medal, was in the mixed zone, avoiding interviews as deftly as she used to avoid hurdles, but then tonight el-Moutawakel was a fan instead of a star.
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Advances in training allow some Olympians to continue competing even as they reach beyond 30-something.
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To the list of things intrinsically American â-o jazz and baseball, apple pie and muscle cars â -dly add the quarter mile. The 400 meters is run internationally, but
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Great Britain&#39;s performances in the Olympic Games made a dramatic and unexpected improvement yesterday as they won a silver and three bronze medals. They were also guaranteed at least a silver medal in badminton&#39;s mixed doubles.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.âOlder runners are improving their performance more quickly than younger runners, a Yale study has found, raising new awareness of the ability of older athletes and the benefits of exercise for people 50 and older.
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Long-distance running may have been a driving force behind evolution of the modern human body, scientists say.
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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One of the best events in sports is happening this weekend, but I&#39;d be surprised if many of you know about it because I&#39;m not talking about a marquee college football matchup or the Yankees-Red Sox series.
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5.10pm: Hello again, sorry about that little glitch. The action has started on the track with the women&#39;s 100m hurdles second round.
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At the Millrose Games, the spotlight will fall on a once-obscure event that has been retrofitted for a modern track meet.
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It wasn't even close. In the final women's event of the 2008 Reebok Boston Indoor Games, Ethiopian Meseret Defar won the 2-mile in stunning fashion.
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JENS LEHMANN was for the high jump last night after his double cock-up in the Olympic city. One howler might have been excused - but two was simply unforgivable.
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Travis Mayer and Jeremy Bloom are taking an unorthodox approach to conquering a sport in which the trail to success is usually bumpy.
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You do the math. With the first, third and fourth place finishers in the 100-meter dash joining forces on one 4x100 relay team, doesn&#39;t it figure that they should beat the competition?
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In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country&#39;s new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic
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The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now -- whether winning a marathon, nursing a strained Achilles&#39; tendon