Marathon result disputed
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The Brazilian Olympic Committee will lodge an appeal against the result of Sunday&#39;s Athens marathon, after it was disrupted by a spectator.
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Mizuki Noguchi of Japan Sunday claimed the women&#39;s marathon gold medal in a dramatic battle at the Olympic Games, reports Xinhua.
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ATHENS - To understand the moment of triumph, one must understand the 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds of cruelty. The favorite, the world-record holder in the women&#39;s marathon, Paula Radcliffe, led a pack
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The question of whether prosthetic limbs confer an advantage over able-bodied runners remains shrouded in confusion.
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The Phonak cycling team wants to overturn a decision in which its racing license was denied because of a doping scandal. The International Cycling Union, the sport&#39;s governing body, ruled No.
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Track and fieldâs world governing body ruled that a double-amputee sprinterâs state-of-the-art prosthetics give him an unfair advantage.
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With just 300 meters remaining in the Bob McIntyre Bay State Cross Country Invitational Division 2 race yesterday at Franklin Park, Katharina Eidmann began doubting herself. &quot;I was surprised,&quot; said Eidmann, a junior at Winchester. &quot;My plan was to have people pushing me but I kind of pulled away early. When Greta [Wicklund] came up on me toward the end, ...
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Competition at the Athens Olympics is over with Italy&#39;s Stefano Baldini winning a bizarre men&#39;s marathon. Brazil&#39;s Vanderlei Lima was leading the race six kilometers from the finish when an unidentified man
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Fani Halkia's victory in the Olympics  women's 400 meters hurdles was extraordinary but drug-related  questions about the Greek's performance are unfair, Australian  coach Phil King said Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- This was all about Athens, about redemption for one and validation for the other. Britain's Paula Radcliffe, the fastest female marathoner in history, failed to finish either of her Olympic races last summer. South Africa's Hendrik Ramaala was a five-ringed dropout, too, reinforcing his reputation as a man who could go only half the distance.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Paula Radcliffe&#39;s emotional exit from the women&#39;s marathon on Sunday was not due to an injury, the British Olympic team said on Monday.
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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Stefano Baldini's victory in the men's marathon is overshadowed after Vanderlei de Lima is attacked by a spectator.
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BULLETINBC-OLY--Women's Marathon RUN,0058BULLETIN    ATHENS, Greece   --  Mizuki Noguchi of Japan won the marathon Sunday in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds.
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Almost 100 runners set out on Sunday to  recreate history's legendary Marathon while a modern day doping  scandal threatened the gold medal won by Russia at the first  Olympic event held at Ancient Olympia in 1,600 years.
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The decision was announced at 11:30am in Athens, barely 10 hours before the race which begins at 9:50pm (7:50pm BST). Radcliffe has been mulling over whether to enter the 10,000m since her marathon disappointment
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Jason Estrada had the perfect opponent last night. An inexperienced one. The Pan Am Games gold medalist had not fought in two months because of a thumb injury and a case of plantar fasciitis that curtailed both his training and his aerobic workouts, and that layoff had his coaches concerned. Unable to run until recently, the Providence, R.I., ...