Article: Aths: Merritt upsets Wariner at US Olympic track trials

Article: Cyc: Brits clean up with Olympic track gold
AAP General News (Australia);  August 16, 2008 ;     447 words ......08-16-2008 Cyc: Brits clean up with Olympic track gold By Justin Davis BEIJING...continued their dominance of the Olympic track cycling events in Beijing...his Olympic crown when he won the 4000m individual pursuit...Olympic points race crown he won at Sydney in 2000. Newton...most ...

Article: Olympic Track Star Willye White Dies
AP Online;  February 7, 2007 ;     406 words ......American to have competed on five Olympic track and field teams, according to...sophomore in high school when she won a silver medal in the long jump...first time an American woman ever won a medal in that event. She won her second silver medal in 1964...

Article: Wilma Rudolph, 1960 Olympic track star, dies at 54
Michigan Citizen;  December 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ......03-1994 Wilma Rudolph, 1960 Olympic track star, dies at 54. Wilma Rudolph...statuesque athlete of 20 who won three gold metals as a sprinter...her fluid running style she won her semifinal in 11.3 seconds, equaling the world record. She won the final easily in 11.0 seconds...

Article: Oly: An unremarkable Olympic track meet
AAP General News (Australia);  October 1, 2000 ;     620 words ......10-01-2000 Oly: An unremarkable Olympic track meet By Ken Stephens of The...track and field team has won only 20 medals, its fewest...1896, when the United States won 16 medals in far fewer track...events. And the United States won't be favored to add to its...older than the team that ...

Article: Olympic Track Star Wilma Rudolph Dies
The Washington Post;  November 13, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Wilma Rudolph, who won three gold medals in track and field during the 1960...tremendous loss," said LeRoy Walker, president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, which is meeting here. "Wilma has been very...She stayed very active." Last Thursday at the U.S. Olympic Congress, Walker led the group in a moment of ...

Article: 14 SOLDIERS GO TO OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  July 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ......soldiers are headed to the Olympic Track and Field Trials, July...medals from a variety of Olympic Track and Field events: pole...athletes back on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team. The soldiers...the United States, Steele won silver at the 1999 Pan...soldier to place in ...

Article: Oly: Two Olympic track cycling events scrapped
AAP Sports News (Australia);  June 11, 2005 ;     155 words ...AAP Sports News (Australia) 06-11-2005 Oly: Two Olympic track cycling events scrapped PARIS, June 10 AFP - Two Olympic track cycling events, the men's one kilometre and the women...both the men's one kilometre race, which has been one of Olympic track cycling's core events, and the ...

Article: FloJo, flashy Olympic track star, dies at age 38
AP Online;  September 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......just a decade after dazzling Olympic track with speed and glamour that...broken 10.60. At Seoul, she won the gold medal in a wind-aided...200 in under 21.70. She also won a gold medal in the 400 relay...of the Year for 1988 and also won the Sullivan Award as the nation...

Article: Lewis Misses 200 Cut By 1/100th of Second; Tolbert, Holman Make Olympic Track Team
The Washington Post;  June 29, 1992 ;     700+ words ...The final race of the U.S. Olympic track and field trials produced another...heavy favorite in the race, won in 19.79 seconds, equaling the...fourth. Jackie Joyner-Kersee won her second event here with an...America's top sprinter when she won the 200 after taking the 100...

Article: URGENT: Briton Hoy wins Olympic track men's keirin gold
Xinhua News Agency;  August 16, 2008 ;     42 words ...URGENT: Briton Hoy wins Olympic track men's keirin gold BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Britain's Chris Hoy won the Olympic track men's keirin gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Saturday. Britain's Ross Edgar took the silver and Japan's Kiyofumi Nagai got the bronze.

Article: Cyc: Aust finishes third overall in Olympic track cycling
AAP General News (Australia);  September 22, 2000 ;     330 words ......Australia) 09-22-2000 Cyc: Aust finishes third overall in Olympic track cycling By Roger Vaughan SYDNEY, Sept 22 AAP - Australian...points race on Wednesday night paid dividends when Australia won gold in the 60m madison and Gary Neiwand took silver in...keirin. Those results meant Australia finished ...

Article: Canadian Olympic track and field trials
Winnipeg Free Press;  June 28, 2008 ;     446 words ......showdown at the 2008 Canadian Olympic track and field trials with just...Gramantik, head coach of Canada's Olympic track and field team. Despite news...Felicien of Pickering, Ont., won't compete because of injury...track team, said. Christopher won bronze at the 2005 world ...

Article: MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OLYMPIC TRACK STAR
United Press International;  September 25, 1998 ;     275 words ......1998 Memorial service for Olympic track star LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25...final respects to the late Olympic track legend Florence Griffith Joyner...former coach Al Joyner. Flo-Jo won three gold medals at the 1988...dashes. At the Seoul Games she won the 100-meter gold medal with a time ...

Article: FAVOR HAMILTON ADVANCES JENELLE DEATHERAGE AND GABE JENNINGS ALSO REACH THE 1,500 FINALS AT THE U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS.(Sports)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  July 15, 2000 ;     358 words ......women's 1,500 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials before a sellout...on Friday night. Favor Hamilton won her heat in a time of 4 minutes...the most decorated U.S. woman in Olympic track and field history with six medals...