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Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt withdraws from Jamaican Olympic Trials

 July 2, 2016   kridangan

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Two-time 100-meter Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials on Friday after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring tear. Bolt won his 100-meter semifinal heat with a time of 10.04 seconds. He complained of a tight hamstring after his preliminary race on Thursday, and the pain resurfaced after his semifinal run. Bolt could miss […]

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Bolt Supremacy is Proven Beyond Doubt As He Dominates the 200m Field on Thursday

 August 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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After winning 100m on Sunday from Justin Gatlin with a gap of 0.01 second, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt made a signature statement on Thursday, when he coasted to a dominant 200m victory over his American rival by 0.19 second. That made it amply clear that 200m is the great Bolt’s favorite event. He couldn’t break his […]

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A Bolt of Lightning Flashes Through the Night Sky at Beijing’s World Athletic Championship

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second day at the world athletic championship belonged entirely to the Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt. The most awaited 100m final took place in front of the packed crowd at the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing. It was the most memorable 10-second period, for which there had been a huge build-up over several months. […]

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London DL Meet Highlighted by Usain Bolt Mo Farah Amos Rudisha & Kiprop’s Strange Mile

 July 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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The two-day Sainsbury Anniversary Games, of which the London Diamond League was a part, were held in Olympic Stadium during July 24-25, 2015. All talk on Friday was about Usain Bolt returning to the track and Mo Farah dominating the field in 3000m. Besides these two big names, Friday’s events saw sparkles by Britain’s Zharnel […]

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David Rudisha, Ajee Wilson Steal Show As Usain Bolt Returns to New York Diamond League

 June 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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The seventh Diamond League meeting, a part of Adidas Grand Prix in New York, saw the return of world record holders Usain Bolt and David Rudisha. Both superstar athletes won the events in which they participated. Other highlights included Ajee Wilson’s great win in women’s 800m and the arrival of another American Boris Berian at […]

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The Much-Hyped Bolt Show in Bahamas World Relays Turned into a Non Event

 May 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Despite dropping batons in men and women’s 4x200m events, American sprinters and distance medley runners dominated the IAAF/BTC World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas during May 2-3, 2015. Of the 10 events, the USA relay teams emerged victorious in 7, Jamaica won 2 events and women’s 4x200m was won by Nigeria, when American women indulged in […]

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Bolt-Gatlin Showdown Coming Up at IAAF World Relays at the Bahamas

 May 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Anything about Usain Bolt is big news, whether it is attending charity shows or inaugurating new world-wide stores for his sponsors. A few months ago, when Bolt announced his intentions of running in the Adidas Grand Prix, the 7th Diamond League venue for IAAF’s 2015 calendar, the media lapped it up with great fanfare. A […]

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The Unique Personal Worlds of Usain Bolt and Mo Farah

 February 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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Many years ago, it would have been thought unbelievable that track athletes could survive without competing but not anymore if you are a Usain Bolt or a Mo Farah. Bolt hasn’t run in a normal competition for nearly one year but the Jamaican world champion sprinter still holds sway in the events of his choice. […]

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Usain Bolt’s Dream of a Sub-19 200m Run and Scientific Secrets of Jamaican Super Sprinting

 October 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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Just a few days after Usain Bolt left Bangalore in September 2014, the athletics world welcomed the news of his ambition of making a 200m dash in less than 19 seconds. The 28-year old Jamaican, who holds world records in 100 and 200 meters, has stayed out of competitive sprints in either category for the […]

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The True Significance of Modern Athletics in Commonwealth Games

 August 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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In a huge shift of focus in past several years, there has been an increasing number of top athletes from the Caribbean and several erstwhile British colonies of African continent. Time was when US and Europe dominated athletics but when men and women from the Caribbean, East, West, North, Central and Southern Africa enrolled into […]

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