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| Apr.16 |
 Boston |
American woman and Japanese man win Boston Marathon 
Desiree (Desi) Linden, a two-time Olympian, battled the rain and wind to win the 122nd running of the storied race
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| Nov.6 |
Manhattan |
American woman wins NYC Marathon for 1st time in 40 years
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| Aug.12 |
London |
Usain Bolt Comes Up Injured in Last Career Race
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| Aug.5 |
 Jamaica |
Justin Gatlin beats Usain Bolt in Jamaican's last solo race Usain Bolt 100m final he had to settle for bronze as the American Justin Gatlin secured a surprise victory in a season's best 9
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| Jun.11 |
Jamaica |
Usain Bolt wins final 100 meter race in Jamaica
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| Apr.6 |
Tehran |
Iran's 1st international marathon begins, with no Americans
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| Jan.25 |
Jamaica |
Bolt: Sprinter loses one Olympic gold over teammate's failed dope test
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| Nov.7 |
New York |
20-year-old becomes youngest male winner of NYC Marathon |
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| Aug.21 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
Marathon man Eliud Kipchoge completes Kenya double Kipchoge won marathon gold on the final day of competition at the Rio Olympics to maintain his dominance in the grueling distance event
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| Aug.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Great Britain's Mo Farah wins 5,000m & 10,000m 'double double' Farah won his fourth Olympic gold medal as he became only the second man in history to retain the 5,000m and 10,000m titles
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Rio de Janeiro |
Caster Semenya wins 800m gold for South Africa |
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| Aug.19 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins ninth Olympic gold as Jamaica take 4x100m relay Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil| Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented 'triple triple' and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio. Usain Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and ... | |
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Rio de Janeiro |
United States women win gold in 4x100-meter relay |
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| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins 200m gold, his eighth Olympic gold Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil Bolt won the men's 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented 'treble treble'
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Rio de Janeiro |
US women make it 1-2-3 at Rio in 100m hurdles |
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| Aug.15 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Thiago Braz da Silva wins Brazil's second gold medal of Games Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva set an Olympic record of 6.03m to win gold in the men's pole vault at Rio 2016
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Rio de Janeiro |
Kenya's David Rudisha remains the king of 800 meters Rudisha defended his Olympic medal in the 800 meters, crossing the line in 1:42.15. Algeria’s Taoufik Makhloufi finished second in 1:42.61
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| Aug.14 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Usain Bolt wins 100m gold, Justin Gatlin second Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil| Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin | |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Jemima Sumgong wins women's marathon for Kenya |
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| Aug.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Great Britain's Mo Farah repeats as Olympic 10,000-meter champion Farah won the men’s 10,000 meters in 27:05.17 to defend his Olympic gold medal from the 2012 London Games
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Rio de Janeiro |
Elaine Thompson wins 100m gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third Jamaica's Elaine Thompson won the women's 100m at the Rio Olympics as two-time champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce had to settle for bronze
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| Aug.11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Rio Olympics: Bulgarian Silvia Danekova fails drugs test |
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| Jul.21 |
 Switzerland |
Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games 
Map of Avenue de Beaumont 2 1012 Lausanne Switzerland| Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping program | |
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| Jun.18 |
Switzerland |
International Olympic Committee backs 'strong' IAAF stance on Russia |
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| Jun.17 |
Moscow |
Russian athletes ban is 'unfair', says Putin
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| Jan.24 |
Germany |
Adidas to end IAAF sponsorship deal in wake of doping crisis |
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| Jan.14 |
Monaco |
'Corruption embedded within IAAF' - anti-doping report |
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| Nov.13 |
 Monaco |
Doping: Russia provisionally suspended by IAAF Russia's athletics federation has been provisionally suspended from international competition - including the Olympics - for its widespread ...
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| Nov.9 |
Russia |
Athletics doping: Wada commission wants Russia ban | Russia should be banned from athletics competition, a World Anti-Doping Agency commission report has recommended. Russia was accused of running a ... | |
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| Oct.15 |
South Africa |
Pistorius to be released from prison, moved to house arrest |
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| Oct.6 |
South Africa |
Oscar Pistorius family condemns failure to release him |
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| Aug.30 |
Beijing |
Kenya tops medal table at World Athletics Championships |
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| Aug.29 |
Beijing |
Bolt pulls off gold medal treble with Jamaican 4x100 win |
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| Aug.27 |
Beijing |
World Championships: Usain Bolt completes sprint double |
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| Aug.23 |
Beijing |
Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title
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| Aug.15 |
London |
IAAF accused of suppressing athletes' doping study Athletics' governing body suppressed a study which showed as many as a third of the world's top athletes admitted violating anti-doping rule...
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| Aug.1 |
London |
Leaked IAAF doping files reveal 'extraordinary extent of cheating'
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| Apr.21 |
Boston |
Boston marathon honours bomb victims Thousands of marathoners have begun running through the streets, after the city honoured those killed and injured in a bomb attack last year
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| Aug.19 |
South Africa |
Pistorius charged with premeditated murder
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| Aug.18 |
Moscow |
Bolt completes golden hat-trick
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| Aug.11 |
Moscow |
Athletics: Bolt reclaims sprint world title
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| Jul.14 |
Jamaica |
Gay and Powell fail drugs tests
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| Apr.21 |
London |
Silence falls over London Marathon as thousands remember Boston
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| Apr.15 |
Boston |
Deadly blasts hit Boston Marathon Map of Boylston Street Boston USA At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon
| Bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene and the road strewn with debris. President Barack Obama said 'we will find out who did this' and that those responsible would feel the 'full weight of justice'
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| Nov.2 |
New York |
New York marathon off amid Sandy uproar This year's New York City marathon has been cancelled in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced
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| Aug.12 |
London |
Kiprotich ends Uganda's long wait for Olympic gold
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London |
Mo Farah ensures an Olympic double gold
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| Aug.10 |
London |
USA win relay with world record
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London |
Bahamas win historic gold
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| Aug.9 |
London |
Bolt makes history with 200m gold Map of Olympic Stadium United Kingdom Usain Bolt became the first man to retain both Olympic sprint titles as he led home a gold and green Jamaica clean sweep in the 200m
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| Aug.7 |
London |
Algeria's Makhloufi wins men's 1500m gold
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| Aug.6 |
London |
Grenada's James wins gold in 400m
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Kenya |
Olympic gold medalist accused of trying to stab woman
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| Aug.5 |
London |
Bolt wins Olympic 100m gold medal Usain Bolt defended his men's 100m title in stunning style at London 2012, winning Sunday's final in an Olympic record time of 9
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| Aug.4 |
London |
Britain claimed 3 gold medals in track and field
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| Aug.28 |
South Korea |
Bolt is disqualified in final |
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
Semenya to keep gold medal |
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| Sep.19 |
South Africa |
SA athletics chief issues Semenya apology |
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| Aug.20 |
South Africa |
SA fury over athlete gender test |
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| Aug.16 |
Berlin |
Bolt sets record to win 100m gold |
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| Aug.23 |
Beijing |
Kenyan wins Olympic men's marathon |
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Beijing |
Bekele storms to Olympic double
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| Aug.22 |
 Beijing |
Bolt grabs third gold and record Usain Bolt made a 3rd world record after Jamaica claimed men's 4x100m relay gold by a huge margin to set a new benchmark of 37.10
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| Aug.20 |
Beijing |
Bolt claims 200m gold with record |
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| Aug.16 |
Beijing |
Bolt surges to gold in new record Usain Bolt glided to 9.69, a new world record, as he produced a stunning run in the Olympic 100m final. He was well clear at 60m
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| Jun.1 |
New York |
Jamaica's Bolt is world's fastest man |
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| Oct.5 |
New York |
Jones pleads guilty in drug case |
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| Oct.4 |
USA |
Jones admits steroids use
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| Sep.9 |
Italy |
Powell sets new 100m world record
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| Sep.1 |
Japan |
U.S. relay win secures Gay treble |
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| Jul.29 |
New York |
Gatlin admits to failed drugs test |
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| Aug.13 |
Finland |
Dibaba completes a unique double |
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| Jun.14 |
Athens |
Powell breaks world 100m record |
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| Aug.29 |
Greece |
El Guerrouj, Holmes claim doubles |
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Greece |
Spectator bundled marathon lider |
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| Aug.28 |
Greece |
British Stun U.S. in Sprint Relay |
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Greece |
China Grabs 1st Men's Gold in Track |
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Greece |
United States Retains Both 4x400 Titles |
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| Aug.26 |
Greece |
Crawford stormed to victory in 200m |
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| Aug.22 |
Greece |
Gatlin guns to 100m glory
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| Aug.21 |
Greece |
Nesterenko takes women's 100m gold |
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| Aug.12 |
Greece |
Stars hurt in crash
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| Nov.2 |
New York |
7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days |
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| Sep.28 |
Berlin |
Tergat sets marathon record |
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| Aug.28 |
France |
White completes sprint double |
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| Aug.25 |
France |
Collins crowned sprint king |
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| Aug.24 |
France |
Bekele leads Ethiopian romp |
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| Aug.6 |
Canada |
Ukrainian beats Jones in 100-meter |
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| Oct.1 |
 Sydney |
Michael Johnson wins 6th gold medal Track star wraps up his Olympic career with relay victory
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Sydney |
Jones runs her total to 5
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| Sep.30 |
Sydney |
Kenyans dominant in distance events |
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