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By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 30 August 2007 American sprinter Tyson Gay has won his second gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. As VOA's David Byrd reports, Gay added the 200-meters title to his 100-meters gold medal. Tyson
The four athletes Gabon sent to this year's Olympic Games in Beijing were accompanied by a delegation reported to be comprised of over 60 officials. The athletes won no medals. Brent Latham reports from our West and Central Africa bureau in Dakar, s
A Jamaican sprinter has taken a very short time to rewrite two cherished world records on the track. From the Olympics in Beijing, VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the man with a name that fits his accomplishments. Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates win
By Brian Padden Washington 16 June 2008 In August, national teams from more than 200 nations from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe will gather in Beijing for the summer Olympics. The games promotes themselves as more than just a sporting event. The Olympic c
US Athletes Confident Before Olympic Track Field Competition The U.S. track and field team won 23 medals in Beijing four years ago. This year, they hope to beat that with 30. But they will be facing some tough competition. Sanya Richards-Ross is one
Hitlers Olympic Village Faces Conservation Battle The 1936 Berlin Olympics gave Adolf Hitler an ideal showcase for Nazi propaganda. Director Leni Riefenstahls famous film of the Games, Olympia, immortalized the sporting prowess and political context
First Ladies Promote Children's Health, Olympics Since this year's Olympic Games are in London, Obama's British counterpart, Samantha Cameron, provided a natural tie-in, as the U.S. First Lady hosted a mini-Olympic competition with Washington-area ch
Though very powerful, shes not a sprinter and she needs to get close to her prey before she strikes. This time shes run too soon and its a fruitless chase. Then her attention is diverted to a slower-moving target, slow but not defenseless. She backs
Standing at a mere one meter, 67 centimeters and weighing just 56.7 kilograms, American Allyson Felix has the perfect disguise to hide the blinding speed of a world class sprinter. VOA's Jim Stevenson has this profile of the small woman with big amb