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    Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Rivals challenge Bolt's back-to-back golden goal

    LONDON -- Usain Bolt is performance, and performance art. He eggs on the crowd, eases up and dares other runners to catch him, strikes his trademark "Lighting Bolt" pose when they do not. "He has matured a lot," said his American rival, Wallace Spearmon....

    Tags: Wallace Spearmon, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Folklore and Mythology, Track and Field

    2. Aug 6, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  2. Thanks, broadcasters!

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    In 2010, the IAAF, the governing body of track and field, changed the rules regarding false starts. It used to be that runners were allowed one false start. The second one would lead to a disqualification. Bowing to pressure from......
    3. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| Catch it Kansas

  3. Swenson's Blog: Wrapping up the track season with Olympics and AAU Juniors

    <strong>Amy Hastings (former Leavenworth HS)</strong> was the USA&rsquo;s top finisher in the women&rsquo;s 10,000 meters run Friday, August 3 in London, the first final event on the track of the 2012 Olympic Games. Her time of 31:10.69 was an all-time personal best and led the USA team to the 11th, 12th, and 13th places in the final only event. All three medals went to African runners as the winner was from Ethopia and the silver and bronze went to Kenya. 2008 double gold medalist in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters Tirunesh Dibaba successfully defended her 10,000 meter title,
    Kansas Track and Field Historian for CatchItKansas
    Amy Hastings (former Leavenworth HS) was the USA’s top finisher in the women’s 10,000 meters run Friday, August 3 in London, the first final event on the track of the 2012 Olympic Games. Her time of 31:10.69 was an all-time personal best and...

    Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Maurice Mitchell, Wallace Spearmon, Horse and Harness Racing, Awards and Prizes

    4. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| WXIN-LTV

  4. Usain Bolt repeats sprint double in leading a Jamaican 200 sweep

    LONDON -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica completed his defense of his Olympic sprint double on Thursday, winning the 200 in a season-best 19.32 seconds to lead a Jamaican sweep and cement his place as a legend in the sport, just as he has always wanted, by becoming the first man to repeat in the event.
    LONDON -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica completed his defense of his Olympic sprint double on Thursday, winning the 200 in a season-best 19.32 seconds to lead a Jamaican sweep and cement his place as a legend in the sport, just as he has always wanted, by...

    Tags: Wallace Spearmon, Track and Field, Sports, Basketball

    5. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Eaton strikes gold for U.S. in decathlon

    LONDON -- The YouTube footage is humorous, the inexperienced subject half-somersaulting, half-back-flipping over a relatively low bar into the pole-vault pit with accompanying laughter from onlookers five years ago.
    LONDON -- The YouTube footage is humorous, the inexperienced subject half-somersaulting, half-back-flipping over a relatively low bar into the pole-vault pit with accompanying laughter from onlookers five years ago. Little did the videographer know he...

    Tags: Trey Hardee, Ashton Eaton, Jim Thorpe, YouTube, Awards and Prizes

    6. Aug 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Bolt races into Olympics history

    LONDON &mdash; Moments after providing track and field's enduring snapshot of the 2012 Olympics, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt grabbed a news photographer's camera in the middle of his victory lap.
    LONDON — Moments after providing track and field's enduring snapshot of the 2012 Olympics, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt grabbed a news photographer's camera in the middle of his victory lap. The same lens had just been trained on Bolt as he...

    Tags: Jesse Owens, Michael Jordan, Beijing Games, Elizabeth II, Super Bowl

    7. Aug 9, 2012 | Zap2It

  7. Usain Bolt wins 200m, makes Summer Olympics history

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    Usain Bolt, the phenomenal sprinter from Jamaica, made Summer Olympics history Thursday (Aug. 9) when he won the 200m in 19.32 seconds, making him the only man to win that Olympic event twice....
    8. Aug 9, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. A great debate: Bolt or Eaton?

    LONDON &mdash; How do you measure greatness? By two events that lasted fewer than 30 seconds combined? By one 10-part event that ground on for 25 hours over two days?
    LONDON — How do you measure greatness? By two events that lasted fewer than 30 seconds combined? By one 10-part event that ground on for 25 hours over two days? About 45 minutes after Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic track title he thought was...

    Tags: Trey Hardee, Philip Hersh, Folklore and Mythology, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune Columnists

    9. Aug 10, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Fitting himself for a halo, Bolt diminishes its aura

    LONDON &ndash; Maybe it was all part of the act. &nbsp;Maybe Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was putting us all on by calling himself a legend countless times after making history Thursday night, the way Ali did by calling himself the greatest.&nbsp; Maybe Bolt pre-planned it for maximum effect, the way he does the gestures and facial expressions that delight crowds around the world.
    LONDON – Maybe it was all part of the act.  Maybe Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt was putting us all on by calling himself a legend countless times after making history Thursday night, the way Ali did by calling himself the greatest.  Maybe Bolt pre-...

    Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Philip Hersh, Folklore and Mythology, Arts and Culture, Track and Field

    10. Aug 12, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  10. Our View: Olympics end tonight but experience lives on

    Tonight will wrap up the two-week run of the Games of the XXX Olympiad, a summer Olympics that was a fun one to watch and experience with friends, family and countrymen. As is usually the case with the Olympics, there were moments of extreme joy, the...

    Tags: Michael Phelps, Religion and Belief, Gymnastics Clubs, Gabby Douglas, Awards and Prizes

    11. Aug 11, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  11. Usain Bolt adds 400-meter relay to his legend

    LONDON -- Usain Bolt charmed the world during the Olympics and won his third gold medal Saturday by anchoring a world-record 400-meter relay performance, but still he was denied one prize.
    LONDON -- Usain Bolt charmed the world during the Olympics and won his third gold medal Saturday by anchoring a world-record 400-meter relay performance, but still he was denied one prize. It was a modest request. All he wanted was the yellow baton he...

    Tags: Galen Rupp, Russia, Lopez Lomong, Caster Semenya, Awards and Prizes

    12. Aug 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Twenty Golden Moments Of The 2012 Games

    LONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics were packed with sporting highlights, personal dramas and emotional highs and lows. Here are 20 golden moments from the Games.
    Reuters
    LONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics were packed with sporting highlights, personal dramas and emotional highs and lows. Here are 20 golden moments from the Games. - - - - Michael Phelps bows out with a record medal haul With a lop-sided smile of...

    Tags: Michael Phelps, Andy Murray, Wilson Kipsang, Elizabeth II, Swimming

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