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Tintu Luka entered the women’s 800 metres semifinals at the Olympic Games by finishing third in her heat in 2:01.75 seconds. In a heat won by world champion Mariya Savinova of Russia in 2:01.56, Tintu had to work hard towards the finish to get among the top three that ensured…
LONDON: Middle distance runner Sarah Attar made history on Wednesday, becoming the first female athlete to represent Saudi Arabia in Olympics track and field — but limped home a distant last in her heat. Attar, one of two women sent to the London Games by Saudi Arabia, timed 2min 44.95sec…
THE Olympic curse has again struck Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang who has crashed at his first hurdle in his heat of the 110m hurdles. Liu Xiang, the 2004 champion in Athens, was one of the stories of the Beijing Olympics when he carried a bad achilles into the Games and…
Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary’s ‘no mark’ show at London Olympics is not a one-off incident as he had brought on himself the same ignominy at the World Championships in South Korea last year also. His three fouls in the triple jump qualifying round in London on Tuesday has raised eyebrows…
Grenada's Kirani James produced a stunning 400m run to deepen US track woes at the Olympics while Russia's two-time pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva had to settle for bronze. Felix Sanchez stormed to an emotion-fuelled 400m hurdles Olympic gold medal at the age of 34 last night, regaining a…
Loading image. Please wait I will do better in next Olympics: Poonia London: Ace discus thrower Krishna Poonia is satisfied with her seventh place finish at the London Games and said she will now aim to do better in the next Olympics in Brazil. Special Coverage: London Olympic 2012…
Jamaica's Usain Bolt sealed his status as the greatest sprinter of all time after retaining the men's Olympic 100m title with an electrifying display on Sunday. The world record holder turned on the after-burners at 60m to clock an Olympic record of 9.63sec, the second fastest time in history…
Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana won gold in the women's marathon on the streets of London on Sunday, denying the powerful Kenyans their first Olympic crown in a Games record time of 2hr 23min 7sec. …
Loading image. Please wait Isinbayeva bids for third Olympics gold London: Russian pole vault legend Yelenya Isinbayeva will be bidding for a third Olympic gold medal on the fourth day of athletics action here on Monday…
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her second straight gold medal in the women’s 100m dash Saturday, defending the title she won at the 2008 Olympics. Fraser-Pryce got off to a strong start and was just able to hold off charging American Carmelita Jeter to win by 0.03 seconds. Her winning time…
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