Americans Padgett and Felix take home wins in men’s 100 meters and women’s 400 meters in QatarDOHA, Qatar — Travis Padgett and Allyson Felix of the United States won the men’s 100 meters and women’s 400 at the Qatar Super Grand Prix on Friday. Freezing drug samples in sports makes sense, as shown by latest cheat catchesPARIS — Justice, it turns out, can be cheap. A shade over $29,000 a year. Kastor wins Great Edinburgh Run in first race since breaking foot in Olympic marathonEDINBURGH, Scotland — American Deena Kastor pulled away from the field on Sunday to win her first race since breaking her foot in the Olympic marathon, winning the 10-kilometer Great Edinburgh Run by 36 seconds over three-time champion Jelena Prokopcuka. Olympic champion Usain Bolt drops out of weekend meet following car crash in JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt dropped out of a weekend track meet in Jamaica on Thursday after being lightly injured in a car crash. 3 more track athletes nabbed in doping scandal shows track still faces perception problemWith a gold medalist in one of its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal. Police: Olympic champion Usain Bolt not seriously injured in car crash in JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt was in a car crash Wednesday in Jamaica, but police and his manager said he was not seriously injured. Olympic champion Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon; Mikitenko defends her women’s titleLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru won his first London Marathon title in a course record on Sunday, and Irina Mikitenko defended her title in the women’s race. Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon title in course record timeLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has won his first London Marathon title in a course-record time. Martin Lel withdraws from London Marathon after failing to recover from right hip injuryLONDON — Martin Lel withdrew from Sunday’s London Marathon after failing to recover from a hip injury, thwarting his bid to become the first man to win it four times. Bowman paces Tennessee women to victory in distance medley at 115th Penn RelaysPHILADELPHIA — A year after anchoring her Tennessee team to three second-place finishes at the Penn Relays, senior Sarah Bowman returned and made sure the favored Volunteers didn’t come up short. 3-time champion Lel should be fit for Sunday’s London Marathon despite hip injuryLONDON — Three-time champion Martin Lel should be fit for Sunday’s London Marathon after a scan showed that his hip injury was not serious. 3-time champion Lel hampered by aching hip ahead of Sunday’s London MarathonLONDON — Martin Lel is confident he will be able to defend his title in the London Marathon despite an aching hip. |