The home favorite, Mo Farah, all but cruises to victory by 1.04 seconds, as Heath Garrett (USA) takes 3rd at 8:29.43.
Mercy Cherono (KEN) gets the win by only 0.01 seconds, taking the Diamond League lead from Vivan Cheruiyot (KEN), at 8:41.21
Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) gets the win over Tyson Gay (USA) at 20.12, and moves into 2nd in the Diamond League, with his second event win.
The newly crowned Olympic champ Aries Merritt (USA) edges out last years World Champ Jason Richardson (USA) by .04 seconds.
For the second time since the conclusion of the 2012 Olympics, Carmelita Jeter (USA) has given Olympic Champ Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) a run for her money.
Angelo Taylor (USA) gets his first Diamond League win of the season, barely holding off the newly crowned 400m junior champ, Luguelin Santos (DOM), by .03 seconds.
Jenn Suhr (USA) gets the win at 4.65 meters, clearing on her first attempt, and moves into 4th in the Diamond League Birmingham.
In the non-Diamond League race, Pierce (USA) gets the win with a final kick, by .46 seconds, winning at 4:11.33.
The Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix returns to the Birmingham Alexander Stadium. Some of the world’s best athletes will go head-to-head as the most exciting summer of athletics the UK has ever seen draws to a close.
Tyson Gay (USA), right, celebrates with fans in the stands after winning the men’s 4x100m relay final during the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports) LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – American sprinter Tyson Gay, fourth in the 100 meters at the London Olympics, will race over 200 for the […]
Mohamed Farah (GBR) celebrates after winning the gold in the men’s 5000m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s double gold medalist Mo Farah will lead a glittering cast of 42 London Olympic medal winners, including 16 champions, when he races over […]
July 10, 2011: Blanka Vlasic wins the women’s high jump competition, clearing 1.99 meters.
July 10, 2011: Amantle Montsho runs away with the women’s 400m, as American Sanya Richards-Ross settles for fourth.
July 10, 2011: American Bianca Knight edges Marshevet Myers and Carmelita Jeter at the line in a tight 200m race.
July 10, 2011: Sally Pearson runs a world-leading time in the women’s 100m hurdles, while Danielle Caruthers notches a personal best.
July 10, 2011: Phillips Idowu wins the men’s triple jump, while rival Teddy Tamgho struggles to a fifth-place finish.
July 10, 2011: Great Britain’s Mohammed Farah wins the men’s 5000m, as American Galen Rupp finishes second.
July 10, 2011: Dai Greene of Great Britain edges Bershawn Jackson of the U.S. in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Birmingham.
July 10, 2011: Jamaica’s Asafa Powell wins the men’s 100m final in a time of 9.91 seconds.
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Courtesy of USAGym.org INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29, 2013 – 2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Alicia Sacramone of Winchester, Mass/Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, whose 10 World Championships medals is a record for the United States in gymnastics, today announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics. Sacramone won two individual World titles (floor, 2005; vault, 2010); helped Team USA to its […]
LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Double Olympic distance champion Mo Farah will run the 3,000 meters at the British Athletics Grand Prix in Birmingham on Feb. 16, his only indoor race in 2013, organizers said on Thursday. Farah, Olympic 5,000m and 10,000m champion, finished fourth in the 3,000m at the world indoor championships in Istanbul […]
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Ethiopia’s Mohammed Aman (C) celebrates as he won the men’s 800m race in front of David Rudisha of Kenya (R) during the Weltklasse Diamond League meeting in Zurich, August 30, 2012. (REUTERS/Ruben Sprich) By Brian Homewood ZURICH, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Olympic 800 meters champion David Rudisha suffered a shock defeat at the Weltklasse diamond […]
Mo Farah of Great Britain during the Samsung Diamond League 2012 Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix at Alexander Stadium on August 26, 2012 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Aug 26 (Reuters) – Sleep-deprived double Olympic champion Mo Farah was almost caught napping during the two-mile race at a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, […]
Yohan Blake (JAM) and Jared Connaughton (CAN) and Bruno De Barros (BRA) compete in the men’s 200m semifinals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Greenwich Park. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) Courtesy of Sportcal Yohan Blake, the Jamaican sprinter who won three medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, will not compete at athletics’ Aviva […]
Tyson Gay warms up during a United States track and field team open training session for the 2012 Summer Olympics, in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Jon Super) By Gene Cherry BIRMINGHAM, England July 25 (Reuters) – The surgically repaired hip that kept Tyson Gay off the track for nearly a year showed […]
Nesta Carter (L), Michael Frater (2nd L), Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt (R) of Jamaica celebrate winning their men’s 4×100 meters relay final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu in this September 4, 2011 file photo. Jamaica set a new world record with a time of 37.04 seconds. Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, […]
Mo Farah of Britain competes in the men’s 5000m during the Diamond League London Grand Prix athletics meet at Crystal Palace in London, July 13, 2012. (REUTERS/Dylan Martinez) By Alison Wildey LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) – World 5,000 meters champion Mo Farah underlined his credentials to become Britain’s first Olympic long-distance gold medalist by winning […]
Mo Farah (R) of Britain leads Galen Rupp of the United States into the last lap of the men’s 5000m race at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League track meet in Eugene, Oregon, June 2, 2012. (REUTERS/Steve Dipaola) By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon, June 2 (Reuters) – World champion Mo Farah ended his pre-Olympic trial preparations […]
Dayron Robles of Cuba jumps the last hurdle during his 60 meters hurdle heat during the Aviva Grand Pix at the NIA Arena on February 18, 2012 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images) By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, May 30 (Reuters) – Olympic champion Dayron Robles is likely to miss a highly anticipated high […]
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