Gebrselassie May Struggle to Make Olympic Track Mark
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Haile Gebrselassie may struggle to become the only man to win the 10,000 meters at the Olympics three straight times in what might be his last race at that distance.
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If you live for the menâs 100 meters and figure that once itâs over, the rest of the Olympic track meet is just a lot of people from places you couldnât find on a map
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic  - Twice Olympic 10,000 meters champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour and 20 kilometers marks at the "Golden Spike" grand prix athletics meeting on Wednesday.
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The country has long lagged behind in Olympic sports. And that's why grandmaster Viswanathan Anand is a national hero
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Though it's been a little shaky at times, Athens  seems ready for the Olympics
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Winning a gold medal would ease the sting of two Olympic qualifying defeats for the United States team of NBA stars. But their path to defending the throne is a rocky one, with unbeaten Spain coming up first
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A series of unusually quick times in the men&#39;s 100 metres heats have sparked expectations of a possible world record in Sunday&#39;s Olympic final.
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Letting go won&#039;t be easy, if only because of how long and how much it took out of Andre Agassi to hold on.
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Whether the 30-year-old marathon world record holder will achieve the global title she yearns for in the wake of her traumatic failure at the Athens Olympics remains to be seen.
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Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore.
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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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Paul Hamm definitely doesn&#39;t think he should have to give up his gold medal. He&#39;s not even into the idea of sharing it. &quot;I personally feel, at this time, that I am the Olympic
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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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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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A week ago, the New York Road Runners announced that Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, perhaps the greatest distance runner ever, would run in the New York City Half-Marathon on Aug. 5. Yesterday, the organizers listed a strong field of Americans to oppose him.The top Americans are Alan Culpepper and Abdi Abdirahman, both 2004 Olympians, and Khalid Khannouchi, a former world-record holder in the marathon. Other notable Americans are Peter Gilmore, Jason Hartmann and Brandon Leslie.The 13.1-mile race, which starts in Central Park and ends in Lower Manhattan, is three months before the menâs Olympic trials in Central Park.Culpepper, who won the 2004 Olympic marathon trials, said he planned to make this half-marathon his last race before the trials. âThe fact that itâs New York and itâs a tough course is in my favor and plays into my strength,â he said.
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ATHENS - Klete Keller has been seen at the top of the Olympic medal stand for the last time in 2004. Michael Phelps and Amanda Beard probably haven&#39;t. Even Ian Thorpe might make another appearance.
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A hip injury may force Andre Agassi to miss the year's first Grand Slam.