Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Lightning seems to strike twice in many ways for Usain Bolt. Breaking the 100m world record at a major championship, the Olympics in Beijing, China, in 2008, and doing the same a year later in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Check...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Who mistimed their holiday, who admired Hitler, and what's Bradley Wiggins shouting about? They're all here in our celebration of sport's stranger moments in 2009 The Prince Philip Award for Tact BBC presenter Clare Balding. To jockey Liam Treadwell, after his win at April's Grand National: "Give us a big grin to the camera. No, let's see your teeth! He hasn't got the best teeth in the world,...
Physics and Physicists (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I'm a sucker for these type of analysis and article. It is a lot of fun to read when it isn't really connected to "significant" physics research, mainly because for me, it is a pleasant diversion from my work, but still intellectually stimulating. Furthermore, exercise like this can be something fun for a class or a group of students to do, because it is something they have seen or heard...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) -- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Monte Carlo - Three-time sprint world champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica heads a shortlist of five men vying for the World Athlete of the Year award from the ruling body IAAF. Bolt, winner of the prestigious award last year, lowered his own world records...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
People have been getting faster and faster over the last few decades. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records at the World Championships in Berlin, knocking tenths of a second off each. Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's world marathon (42km) record of two hours, three minutes and 59 seconds is nearly 23 per cent faster than it was in the 1920 marathon.
The FanHouse - Tennessee Basketball (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
by Michael David Smith Filed under: Distance Running In a big step forward for U.S. distance running, the men's winner of Sunday's New York City Marathon was an American, Meb Keflezighi -- the first American winner since 1982. He's been saluted across the country, including getting an invitation from David Letterman to do the Top 10 list. For most Americans, watching an American win a major sporting...
Tell-It-Like-It-Is (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, believes it will take time for people to believe that his performances are possible without doping. The 23-year-old Jamaican, who won three Olympic titles in world record times in Beijing last year, clocked the fastest 100 metres ever recorded in Berlin in August, winning the World Championship title in 9.58sec – an astonishing 0.11 faster than his previous...
icWales (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
JUST over 12 months ago Christian Malcolm was in the Olympic final rubbing shoulders with Jamaican superman Usain Bolt.
The Age (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Usain Bolt, the 100-metre world record-holder from Jamaica, will run seven races next year in the new IAAF Diamond League.
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Usain Bolt , will race his new Nissan GT-R (a replacement for his flipped BMW M3 ) against track star Asafa Powell in a Mercedes Black Series CLK C63 AMG this weekend in Jamaica. Gentlemen, start your obituaries. The race is supposed to be "gentlemanly" so were not sure if a jealous Powell is going to put Usain into the wall, but we'd pay to see that. Given Bolt's ability to flip his powerful...
SubmitYOURArticle.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Article by Ed Bagley. Jamaica's Usain Bolt proved his 2008 Beijing Olympic world-record wins in the 100 and 200-meter dashes were no fluke. Bolt lowered both of his world records by taking the 100 in 9:58 (becoming the first man to ever run under 9.6), and the 200 in 19.19 (becoming the first man to ever run under 19.2) at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Find out how the Americans did.
ABC (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Usain Bolt has had his world record sprints in the 100 and 200m at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August ratified by the sport's world governing body, the IAAF.
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