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  • Hoy looking for Olympic markers on track worlds return (22 Mar 2010 08:29)

    ... Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy will return to ... was one of the stars of the Beijing Olympics in 2008 when he won three ... current rules. Talk of an entirely new world record may be premature, however Bobridge's recent feat ...

  • Rice to lead Australian team at Delhi Games (21 Mar 2010 17:33)

    ... Sydney: Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice will lead an ... the squad after her success at the Beijing Olympics, where she won the 200m and ... win in the 200m butterfly today. Former world record holder Eamon Sullivan finished third behind Callus ...

  • Schipper secures Delhi Games spot (21 Mar 2010 10:45)

    ... (2:07.75) in a tight finish at Sydney Olympic Park. "Probably at 135m (mark) my breath ... ahead of Cameron Prosser (22.36) and former world record holder Eamon Sullivan (22.38). Callus's swim booked ... the 31-year-old. "I had time off after Beijing (Olympics) and the fire was still in ...

  • Bolt puts assault on 400metres world record on hold (19 Mar 2010 12:24)

    ... Bolt puts assault on 400metres world record on hold Trelawny (Jamaica), Mar 19(ANI): Jamaican ... 1984, and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. ... and 200 m events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He ran the 100 m ...

  • Liu still loved in China but hurdles remain ahead (17 Mar 2010 10:31)

    ... being a long, hard slog. The former Olympic and world 110 metres hurdles champion returned ... first outing at that level since the Beijing Olympics. The Achilles injury that caused him ... Olympics and his subsequent capture of the world record and world title in 2006 and 2007 ...

  • High flying Hooker to set Gift alight (19 Mar 2010 03:33)

    ... High flying Hooker to set Gift alight Olympic gold, check - Commonwealth gold, check - ... gold, check - World indoor gold, check. World record, well that will have to wait until ... wins at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2009 IAAF World Athletics Championships ...

  • Young legends of Welsh sport (18 Mar 2010 09:02)

    ... Olga Korbut winning gold at the 1972 Olympics or Pele at the same age propelling ... medallist Grant Hackett. Four years later in Beijing he won silver in the 10k. John ... In 1993 in Stuttgart he set a world record time of 12.91 seconds for the 110m ...

  • Scott defies pain to strike gold (19 Mar 2010 09:34)

    ... 140/150 to lead a field containing an Olympic gold medalist and two world record holders after the first three rounds. The ... Championships and represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics the same year, is a Grand ...

  • Modglin ready for nation's best (18 Mar 2010 13:48)

    ... & Diving Championships has competed in three Olympic Trials and numerous national meets in her ... 1:54.02, Modglin will compete against former Olympians, world record holders and All-Americans. This list includes the ... Gemma Spofforth, who competed in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics for Great Britain. The senior ...

  • Rice doesn't want to be supersuit wonder (16 Mar 2010 12:37)

    ... the supersuits. She wore that suit in Beijing as she collected three Olympic gold medals ... return to textile suits, the 400 medley world record holder said she had completely readjusted her ... readjusted her sights. "Personally I've discarded the world records," she said. "To me it's not important ...

  • Slow suits, slow times in new era at Australian trials as textile replaces polyurethane (18 Mar 2010 18:31)

    ... times she set while establishing individual medley world records - one since broken - and winning ... over 200 and 400 IM distances at Beijing in 2008. Instead, with the sleek full-length ... much difference the suits meant to his world record-setting time in the Rome pool last year ...

  • Durbridge misses out on cycle titles (16 Mar 2010 10:15)

    ... world titles in Copenhagen. With the London Olympics two years away, these championships and the ... the rest of the world at the Beijing Olympics. The Australian track endurance riders have ... teams pursuit, where the British hold the world record. Durbridge was omitted from the teams pursuit ...

  • Slow suits, slow times at Australian trials (18 Mar 2010 04:26)

    ... times she set while establishing individual medley world records _ one since broken _ and winning ... over 200 and 400 IM distances at Beijing in 2008. Instead, with the sleek full-length ... much difference the suits meant to his world record-setting time in the Rome pool last year ...

  • Security jitters set in early ahead of Asian Games in China (18 Mar 2010 14:31)

    ... was necessary. In the run-up to the Beijing Games in 2008, officials gave the Chinese ... capital a massive facelift. Just before the Olympics, a wide-ranging security sweep removed many potential ... little attention outside of the region. Few world records are broken in events that attract wide ...

  • Gearing up for race season (19 Mar 2010 02:11)

    ... the bronze medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, first place at the 2005 Chicago Marathon ... 2005 Chicago Marathon and the womens American world record in the marathon in 2006 in London. ... foot at mile three in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Doctors ultimately determined that a deficiency ...

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