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11 August 2013

The Moscow World Championship will be Drama-filled

[caption id="attachment_2575" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Justin Gatlin at 2012 Penn Relay. Photo by O'Neil Reid"][/caption] During the 2013 World Championship to be held in Moscow, Russia from August 10-17, there will be numerous story lines and there sure will be drama. The World Championships in athletics comes around every two years Usain Bolt used the 2009 (Berlin) and 2011 (Daegu) World Championships to signal his dominance in the sport of track and field and there is no doubt that Bolt will again use the 2013 Moscow World Championship to build on his already legendary status. Amidst the recent flurries of doping violations committed by Tyson Gay (USA),....

11 August 2013

The Moscow World Championship will be Drama-filled

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11 August 2013

Kelly-Ann Baptiste returns positive test leaves World Championships - Trinidad Express

[caption id="attachment_10025" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kelly-Ann Baptiste at 2012 New York Diamond League Photo by SportingEventsFotos.com"][/caption] By Kwame Laurence in Moscow (Trinidad Express) Story Created: Aug 10, 2013 at 9:56 AM Kelly-Ann Baptiste has tested positive for a banned substance, and has left the IAAF World Championships, here in Moscow, Russia. “She has voluntarily withdrawn from the competition and is heading back to her base,” Trinidad and Tobago team manager Dexter Voisin told the Express, today. However, ....

11 August 2013

Kelly-Ann Baptiste returns positive test leaves World Championships - Trinidad Express

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15 August 2013

Jehue Gordon sizzles to capture 400m hurdles title

[caption id="attachment_10045" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jehue Gordon in 2009 - Photo from Jehue's Facebook Page"][/caption] Twenty-one-year old Jehue Gordon from Trinidad and Tobago captured the men’s 400m hurdles title in a personal best and world time of 47.69 seconds. Gordon, who finished 4th at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin as a 17-year-old was able to beat a great field of hurdlers on his way to winning his 1st senior world title. American Michael Tinsley finished a closed second in a personal best time of 47.70 seconds w....

15 August 2013

Jehue Gordon sizzles to capture 400m hurdles title

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17 August 2013

2013 Moscow World Championship Central (Start list, Result, Live Streaming) Aug 10-18

[caption id="attachment_10284" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Brianna Rollins 2013 - Photo by Rex Brown, IPTAY Media"][/caption] LIVE STREAMING: http://livelook.biz/ http://www.hahabar.com/20130813/v--620138-520a927955f056.62367877.html http://universalsports.com/track-field/ Results http://w....

17 August 2013

2013 Moscow World Championship Central (Start list, Result, Live Streaming) Aug 10-18

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21 August 2013

Olympian Donn Cabral Joins NJ*NY Track Club

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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The New Jersey New York Track Club has announced that Donn Cabral will join the club in September. Cabral, a 2012 Olympian in the steeplechase and 2012 graduate of Princeton University, will return to New Jersey after a year in Washington state. He is sponsored by Nike. Cabral, who finished 8th in the Olympic finals in London, is a native of Glastonbury, Conn. For the past year he lived and trained in Bellingham, Wash. During that time he was coached by his high school coach, Peter Oviatt. "I am so excited to be coming back to the east coast and to be part of this won....

23 August 2013

Robby Andrews Joins NJ*NY Track Club

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[caption id="attachment_11591" align="alignleft" width="241" caption="Robbie Andrews at 2012 New York Grand Prix- Photo by O'Neil Reid"][/caption] NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The New Jersey New York Track Club has announced that Robby Andrews has joined the club. Andrews, a two time NCAA champion while at the University of Virginia, is sponsored by adidas. Andrews will continue his career where it began; in New Jersey. Andrews is a 2009 graduate of Manalapan High School in Englishtown, N.J. While in high school Andrews set national indoor records in the 800m (1:49.21) and 1000m (2:22.28) and outd....