TRACK AND FIELD New Generation Dims the Glow of Sydney
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Marion Jones sat inconspicuously on the far side of the track, leaning back on her hands with a fierce look as she waited to take her second long jump of these Olympics.
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ATHENS  Asafa Powell wasn&#39;ta runner or much of a track fan in 2000. But he did make sure to watch the 100 meters at the Sydney Games from his home in Jamaica.
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This year&#39;s opening ceremony to the Olympic Games in Athens was impressive for the mixture of allusions to antiquity and modern innovation.
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It was another great night for the US track and field team as it upped its medal count to 18, just two short of the Sydney Games. The highlight was the sweep in the 200 meters.
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The new romance set on the fabled tennis grounds abandons a pair of eye-pleasing leads on a court full of stale sports observations.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s Olympic sports have begun to prepare for the Asian onslaught they expect when Beijing hosts the next Games in 2008.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The world record was like graffiti on a masterpiece, a reminder of a sport&#39;s dark past.
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Yesterday&#39;s Olympics treated us to the two extremes of athletics, the endurance race which tests the body to its limits, and the heavyweight showdown, the sprint, which is in the mind.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Lori Harrigan&#39;s eyes got teary with nearly the speed of one of her fastballs when reminded that these Olympics - her third games - will be her last.
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The runners, jumpers and throwers of the 2004 Athens Games may not have set world records, but at least they outdid their immediate predecessors.
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ATHENS  As the delay-plagued build-up to the Olympics illustrated, the Greeks aren&#39;t exactly known for organization and punctuality. But now that stadiums, new metro lines, beautified city squares and a vast ...
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LONDONERS are starting to realise there is more to Australian fashion than ugg boots.
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THOUSANDS of spectators, including many flag-waving children, lined Sydney&#39;s George Street today to greet Australia&#39;s Olympians in their biggest welcome home parade.
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Britain's golden night on the track help the nation's Olympians surpass their success in Sydney four years ago.
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I thought the commotion before the race was disgraceful. Obviously, those in the stadium didn&#39;t represent the whole of Greece, but it looked bad for the organisers of a good Games thus far.
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Berlin was selected as the venue for the 2009 world track and field championships by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here on Saturday.
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As track and field begins at the Games, it is up to athletes like Lauryn Williams to set right a sport seared by scandal.