Usain Bolt set the stage for his grand farewell, powering down the finishing straight Saturday to qualify Jamaica for the 4x100-meter relay final at the world championships. Fittingly, he will face Justin Gatlin and the United States in the final chapter of his unparalleled career ...
Usain Bolt was no longer stunning. He was just stunned. At the end of a career in which he has dominated his sport for a decade, Bolt was beaten in his final 100-meter race by an American almost five years his senior — Justin Gatlin. Calling ...
American top sprinter Justin Gatlin withstood challenges from Japanese prospects Aska Cambridge and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown in a 100-meter race on Sunday at the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki. Gatlin crossed the finish line first with a time of 10.28 seconds with a 1.2-meter-per-second head ...
Justin Gatlin, one of the top sprinters in the world, insists the future for Japanese sprinters looks promising. One day before the Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki, the second meet on the IAAF World Challenge circuit, the smiling American said the development of elite Japanese sprinters ...
They finished second and third in last year's Olympic 100-meter final and on Friday Justin Gatlin and Andre De Grasse renew their rivalry in the Diamond League season opener. The sprint race is not the only standout event of the now-traditional Doha curtain-raiser for the ...
Evergreen American sprinter Justin Gatlin struck gold when he anchored his team to victory at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau on Saturday, while double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson shone for Jamaica. The battle between Gatlin, the 35-year-old 2004 Olympic 100-meter champion who has served ...
Three-time triple Olympic gold medal-winner Usain Bolt insists he was not surprised by Japan's performance in claiming silver in the 4x100-meter relay at the Rio Games on Friday. Japan stunned the world and almost ruined Bolt's bid for a clean sweep of sprinting golds for ...
Usain Bolt will race in the 200-meter final on Thursday after comfortably winning his semi-final, but there is no place for American rival Justin Gatlin as he failed to qualify. Gatlin, who has served two doping bans, tied up late in his semifinal, only finishing ...
Usain Bolt has done the hard part. Now it seems only a cruel slice of misfortune can prevent him from ascending even higher into the pantheon of Olympic greats at the Rio Games this week. Bolt completed the first leg of what he hopes will be ...
Usain Bolt carved his name deeper into Olympic legend when he came from behind to reel in Justin Gatlin and win his third-straight 100-meter gold medal at the Rio Games on Sunday. The Jamaican, who is aiming to sweep the board with all three sprint ...
Two Japanese sprinters moved into the men's 100-meter semifinal round as medal favorites Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin cruised on the second day of the Rio 2016 athletics competition on Saturday. Aska Cambridge finished second in his heat behind Canada's Andre de Grasse, but his ...
A few more kids are on their way to Brazil after Saturday's racing at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In this case, they are 41-year-old Bernard Lagat's son and daughter, Miika and Gianna. The American record-holder flipped the script on a youth-filled trials Saturday, running his final ...
