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Rutherford into long jump final
Add : 05:38:30 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Mixed fortunes GB long jumpers
Britain's Greg Rutherford made life easy for himself by reaching the Olympic long jump final with his first qualifying effort.
Rutherford jumped 8.16m, one centemetre better than the automatic qualifying mark, but Chris Tomlinson went out.
Sprinter Jeanette Kwayke reached the semi-finals of the 100m but Montell Douglas missed out.
And Christine Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders and Lee McConnell a... |
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Kipruto claims steeplechase gold
Add : 05:35:58 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Kipruto wins 3000m steeplechase gold
Kenyan middle distance runner Brimin Kiprop Kipruto added Olympic gold to his world championship title by winning the men's 3000m steeplechase.
The 23-year-old held off a late charge from Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of win in eight minutes 10.34 seconds.
Mekhissi-Benabbad took silver for France with Kenyan Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong claiming bronze.
Kipruto, runner-up at Athens 2004, ens... |
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Jelimo claims landmark 800m gold
Add : 05:33:21 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Jelimo storms 800m gold
Pamela Jelimo powered to a brilliant 800m victory to become the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic title.
The 18-year-old, who only began running the event in April, set a devastating pace to win in one minute 54.87 seconds at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.
Janeth Jepkosgei could not match her compatriot and took silver ahead of Morocco's Hasna Benhassi.
Veteran Maria Mutola, who w... |
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Confident Idowu books final spot
Add : 05:31:01 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Confident Idowu books final spot
Gold medal favourite Phillips Idowu needed just one attempt to book his place in Thursday's triple jump final.
Idowu, 29, looked confident as he leapt 17.44m while fellow Briton Larry Achike also went through with a jump of 17.18m but Nathan Douglas failed to qualify.
Hurdlers Sarah Claxton and Tasha Danvers produced their best when it counted to reach the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles final... |
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In-form Saladino lands long jump
Add : 05:29:16 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Saladino claims long jump gold
Red-hot favourite Irving Saladino captured long jump gold at the Beijing Games and Panama's first Olympic track and field title.
The 25-year-old, who jumped 8.73 metres to leap to the world number one spot earlier this season, landed just 8.34m in his fourth attempt to take gold.
South African Khotso Mokoenaak clinched silver with 8.24m while Cuba's Ibrahim Camejo's leap of 8.20m earned bron... |
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Ohuruogu storms into 400m final
Add : 05:26:48 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Ohuruogu makes Olympic final
Britain's Christine Ohuruogu laid down an impressive marker as she won her 400m semi to reach the Olympic final.
Ohuruogu looked strong in the closing stages as she won in 50.14 seconds, her best time of the season, to qualify.
But her GB team-mates Nicola Sanders and Lee McConnell are both out after struggling in their semi-finals.
Meanwhile Andrew Baddeley produced a fantastic run in a ... |
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Fraser leads Jamaica 100m sweep
Add : 05:25:35 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Fraser heads Jamaica clean sweep
Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica.
Fraser finished in a time of 10.78 seconds, with her compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing the silver medal after a dead heat.
"I'm so excited. I never dreamed this could happen to me," Fraser said.
Britain's Jeanette Kwakye was the only European athlete to make... |
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Tomescu wins as Radcliffe toils
Add : 05:23:59 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Plucky Paula digs deep marathon
Paula Radcliffe failed to realise her dream of adding Olympic gold to a glorious marathon career as Romania's Constantina Tomescu won gold.
Radcliffe suffered a leg fracture in May and her lack of preparation showed as she limped across the line in 23rd,
The 34-year-old started well but faded and briefly stopped two miles from home appearing to suffer from cramp.
Tomescu, 38, led from the... |
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Bekele storms to 10,000m victory
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Bekele storms 10,000m victory
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele won the men's 10,000m gold, creating an Olympic record of 27 minutes 1.17 seconds, as compatriot Sileshi Sihine took silver.
Micah Kogo of Kenya secured bronze, but Ethiopian veteran Haile Gebrselassie could only finish sixth, ending his dream of a third Olympic gold medal.
Bekele, 26, controlled the last lap before powering home by a distance to clinch his second ... |
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Mbango Etone retains jump crown
Add : 05:18:22 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Mbango Etone retains jump crown
Francoise Mbango Etone successfully defended her Olympic triple jump title with a new Games record leap.
An effort of 15.39 metres on her second attempt secured victory at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Sunday.
Russian Tatyana Lebedeva (15.32m) won silver, and Greece's Hrysopiyi Devetzi (15.23m), the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, took bronze.
Mbango Etone, 32, became Cameroon's first i... |
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Greek champion fails drugs test
Add : 05:16:35 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Greek champion
Reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion Fani Halkia has failed a drugs test and will not defend her crown in Beijing.
Halkia, 29, failed a test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency while she was preparing for the Games in Japan.
The athlete revealed she had tested positive for the banned steroid methyltrienolone but said she did not know how it had got into her sample.
Halkia, surpris... |
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Bolt surges to gold in new record
Add : 05:14:56 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Bolt surges gold new record
Jamaican Usain Bolt left his rivals trailing to win gold in the Olympic 100m final with a new world record.
Bolt was well clear at 60m and although he eased down and started to celebrate 15 metres from the line, he still set a new mark of 9.69 seconds.
Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago was second while American Walter Dix came third but they were well adrift.
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Bolt eases into 200m semi-finals
Add : 05:06:25 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt
Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt moved effortlessly into Tuesday's 200m semi-finals to keep his hunt for double sprint gold firmly on track in Beijing.
The Jamaican, who won the 100m in a world record 9.69 seconds, coasted to the line in 20.29 secs to win his heat.
Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai was the fastest qualifier in 20.22 secs with American defending champion Shawn Crawford also through.
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Isinbayeva wins with new record
Add : 05:00:00 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Isinbayeva wins new record
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own women's pole vault world record on the way to defending her Olympic title.
The 26-year-old beat the record by a centimetre with a clearance of 5.05 metres, finishing ahead of American Jennifer Stuczynski, who cleared 4.80m.
Russia's Svetlana Feofanova took bronze with a vault of 4.75m.
Isinbayeva, who has also won two world titles, has now broken t... |
