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BEIJING – Team USA’s first gold medal in these Beijing Olympic Games came from a most unexpected source, but it opened the floodgates as Team USA more than doubled its medal count Monday night at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium. A sweep in the men’s 400m hurdles, gold in the …

BEIJING – Team USA’s first gold medal in these Beijing Olympic Games came from a most unexpected source, but it opened the floodgates as Team USA more than doubled its medal count Monday night at the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium. A sweep in the men’s 400m hurdles, gold in the …

Injuries steal dreams of women’s marathon crew; Russell places 27th BEIJING – On a Sunday morning that featured much better weather conditions than had been expected, the women’s marathon brought more difficult results than expected for Team USA. Blake Russell (Pacific Grove, Calif.) was the only American finisher, placing 27th …

Flanagan scores unbelievable bronze; Cantwell takes silver BEIJING – It was anything but easy for either athlete, but Shalane Flanagan (Pittsboro, N.C.) overcame incredible odds to take bronze in the greatest women’s 10,000m in history, and Christian Cantwell (Columbia, Mo.) persevered to win his first career Olympic medal, a silver …

INDIANAPOLIS – Team USA’s Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Deena Kastor, Anna Willard and Jenny Barringer are a few of the standout women’s middle and long distance runners to watch for at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Included in the middle- and long-distance crew are five Olympians, one Olympic medalist …

SPOKANE, Wash. – Although he was a 1952 Olympian as a javelin thrower, Franklin “Bud” Held set an age-group world record in the pole vault Thursday at the 2008 USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, Wash. The event will continue through Sunday. …

Beijing Olympic Games are the next stop for WMM leaders When the world’s top marathon runners take to the streets of Beijing later this month at the Olympic Games they will be competing for more than gold, silver and bronze. For the first time since the launch of the World …

INDIANAPOLIS – Six Olympians and 41 current world champions are among the 1,000 competitors expected to compete August 7-10 at the 2008 USA Track & Field Masters Outdoor ChampionshipsatSpokane Falls Community College, in Spokane, Wash. Athletesages 30 to 95 will provide an extraordinary demonstration of speed, power, skill, and endurance, …

Jonathon Riley winning last year's CIGNA Falmouth Mile in 3:57.07.