TRACK AND FIELD An American Decathlete&#39;s Stature Grows
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Tom Pappas, the strapping American golden boy with Greek roots, seemed born to challenge the mighty Czech decathlete Roman Sebrle in the land of his great-grandfather.
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Moments after the women&#39;s Olympic 100-meter final last night, US sprinter Lauryn Williams looked up at the giant scoreboard in Olympic Stadium and saw an inspiring image, captured
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Description: NPR&#39;s Steve Inskeep talks with USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about the latest news in track and field at the Athens Olympics.
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PAUL HAMM&#39;S fall and rise are what make the Olympics so much more than a sports event. The US gymnast who spun despair into gold on Wednesday gives hope to the whole human endeavor by defusing the word &quot;loser.&quot; ...
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Justin Gatlin wants to be a new face of track and field. Maurice Greene doesn&#39;t want his face to be forgotten. Both should agree on one thing.
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Although Paralympic sports have been integrated with the Olympic movement in countries such as Canada, Germany and Great Britain for some time, Paralympic athletes&#39; roles in the USA still are growing.
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EUGENE, Oregon  - The clock is ticking for Asafa Powell, and not just when the world record holder runs 100 meters.
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At 6 feet 2 inches and 140 pounds, Lexington sophomore Meikle Paschal tends to stand out in a crowd. But when he's jumping 6 inches higher than anyone else in the high jump field and shattering meet records, he's impossible to miss.
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As a child, new Olympic 100metres champion Justin Gatlin would jump off the television set in his parents&#39; New York apartment, over rows of toy trucks in the corridor, over fire hydrants in the streets.
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Walter Dix may be a slow starter. But, man, can he finish. The Florida State junior was late out of the blocks, then rapidly caught the competition and broke away over the final 50 meters to win the 100 on Friday at the NCAA track and field championships in 9.93 seconds, the fastest ever by a U.S.-born collegian.
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Nick Symmonds is at the head of a rising U.S. running class and in the middle of a training renaissance that track officials hope will transform the sport over the next decade.
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Trindon Holliday's approach on the track is the same as it is as on the football field &#151; run away. The LSU sophomore turned in a personal-best time of 10.02 seconds in the 100-meter semifinals Wednesday night at the NCAA track and field championships. It's the third-fastest time in the world this year and set up a showdown with Florida State's Walter Dix, who finished second in 10.13.
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The United States got off to a strong start Saturday in the world track and field championships, with Reese Hoffa and Adam Nelson finishing 1-2 in the shot-put.
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Track and fieldâs governing body ruled that a sprinterâs prosthetic legs gave him an unfair advantage.
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OSAKA, Japan - She is graceful, gracious, and oh so fast. Allyson Felix ran one of the greatest 400-meter relay legs in the sport's history last night to help the United States bring a triumphant end to its most dominant showing ever at a World Track and Field Championships.
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ATHENS, Greece - The preliminaries in the 100 meters were perhaps just a sample of what's to come Sunday, when a talented group of qualifiers - including Americans Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin and defending champion Maurice Greene - will try to turn their competition into the fastest show at the Athens Games.    Five men broke 10 seconds in qualifying Saturday, led by Crawford's time of 9.89...
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In the last event of the 2004 Olympic Games, the United States track team produced one last surprise. Meb Keflezighi, a native of Eritrea who moved to the United States as