Gatlin dethrones Greene in 100 meters
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ATHENS, Greece -- Greek &quot;sirtaki&quot; music that starts slow and finishes fast whipped the Olympic Stadium audience into a frenzy Sunday night before the most exciting 10 seconds in sports.
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Justin Gatlin will face Maurice Greene,  whose Olympic title he took in Athens last month, in a  high-quality 100 meters race in Yokohama on September 23,  organizers said Thursday.
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Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life last night, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100-metre field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds.
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Torri Edwards, who missed the 2004 Summer Games and 15 months of competition because of an unintentional doping violation, wins the 100 meters Friday.
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ATHENS -- Hey, world, BALCO this . There were, shall we say, somewhat lowered expectations for the US in the sprints, were there not? Guess again. Justin Gatlin won the 100-meter dash Sunday, but that was just the appetizer for last night's main course, when America went 1-2-3 in the 200.
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ATHENS, Greece - Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field in history to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86...
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Another botched handoff doomed a US 400-meter relay team, and even hard-charging anchor Maurice Greene couldn&#39;t save the gold medal.
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ATHENS, Greece - Justin Gatlin of United States won the gold medal Sunday in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal won the silver medal in 9.86...
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ATHENS, Aug. 23. - In a shade under ten seconds Justin Gatlin went from a hyperactive boy who used to jump off his parentsâ TV set dressed in a Batman cape to the holder of the most prized title in track-and-field.
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American Justin Gatlin roared from  virtual unknown to win the blue ribband Olympic men's 100  meters race on Sunday, upstaging more illustrious rivals in a  pulsating final.
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American Justin Gatlin roared from virtual unknown to win the blue ribband Olympic men&#39;s 100 meters race on Sunday, upstaging defending champion Maurice Greene and other more illustrious rivals.
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It was only a hundredth of a second but Justin Gatlin said it felt like a hundred miles as he won the closest and possibly greatest 100 metres final in Olympic history on Sunday.
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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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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Maurice Greene wants to turn back the clock and rediscover life among the world's elite sprinters this year, at the age of 32.
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YOKOHAMA, Japan  - Maurice Greene will be seeking  belated revenge after losing his Olympic 100 meters title to  Justin Gatlin when the two Americans meet in an international  meeting Thursday.
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Justin Gatlin became the fastest man in the world after winning the men&#39;s 100 meters dash at the 28th Olympic Games Sunday evening.
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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.