The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
• Illegal handover knocks US out of final • Great Britain run season's best race The United States are out of the men's 4x100m relay after being disqualified for an illegal baton change outside the box. Shawn Crawford was charged with failing to pass the baton to the anchor runner Darvis Patton as they headed for the home straight. The mistake could prove a huge boost to the British team,...
PoliticalArticles.NET (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
BBC: Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran the fourth-fastest 200m time in history as he stormed to victory in appalling conditions at the Lausanne Grand Prix. Bolt ran 19.59 seconds despite a strong headwind and heavy rain in Switzerland. Olympic 400m champion Lashawn Merritt was second with Shawn Crawford fourth, while Asafa Powell won the 100m. Asked if [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Usain Bolt will renew his rivalry with former Olympic 200-metres champion Shawn Crawford at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne tomorrow. Having won the 100m title with a world record performance, Bolt relieved American Crawford of the 200m crown in Beijing last summer when he lowered the legendary Michael Johnson's mark with a phenomenal time of 19.30 seconds. Crawford and the remainder of the field...
IOL (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Shawn Crawford, who was awarded an Olympic medal he felt he didn't deserve in Beijing, has won a national title he most certainly does.
Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
(Associated Press) Olympian Jennifer Barringer easily won the 3,000-meter steeplechase title at the U.S. track and field championships on Sunday, two days after qualifying for the event was marred by the barrier being set too high. Barringer, the American record holder, ran the event in nine minutes, 29.38 seconds, well ahead of second-place finisher Anna Willard . “Over the last 48 hours, there's...
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