| Sun, 20 May 2012 Lack of expected hurdle ruins PB
| A BRITISH Olympic hope has seen her personal best in the 100m hurdles wiped out by officials who forgot to lay out enough barriers. | Heptathlete Jessica Ennis clocked 12.75 sec, 0.04sec faster than her previous best, but it emerged after the race at the City Games in... | Athletics: One short! Hurdles blunder robs Brit of career best
| Running on home soil nearly two months before the London Olympics, Jessica Ennis thought she had produced a career best in the 100 metres hurdles until organisers discovered a major blunder. | Only nine hurdles had been set out instead of the regulation 10 at the Grea... | Athletics: Caversham makes it four senior men's titles in a row
Caversham reaffirmed its dominance on the Otago scene when it won a fourth consecutive senior men's title in the cross-country relays at the Dunedin Pony Club on Saturday. | The team of Ben Anderson, Shaun Burgess, Lyndon Brown and Bevan Stevens overcame the threats pos... | Okoye Impresses
| Lawrence Okoye backed up his latest British discus record by throwing 65.02 metres to win at the Loughborough International meeting today. | The 20-year-old yesterday extended his national record to 68.24m in Germany. | "It was special for me to produce a throw o... | World Cup: Ed McKeever wins gold, Heath & Schofield silver
Great Britain paddled to World Cup medals in Poland on Sunday, with Ed McKeever winning gold in the K1 200m event, and Liam Heath and Jon Schofield earning silver in the K2 pair category. | Despite having to battle a strong headwind, McKeever won in 36.92 seconds,... | London 2012: Tom Daley takes gold in Eindhoven
Tom Daley marked his return to the scene of his first European title with a stunning personal 10m platform best score to seal his second continental crown in Eindhoven, Netherlands. | He was just 13 when he announced his arrival on the global stage ahead of the 2008 Oly... | K-State legend Bob Boozer dies at 75
| Bob Boozer, one of the greatest basketball players in Kansas State history, died on Saturday at the age of 75. | His wife, Ella, told the Associated Press he died of a brain aneurysm after becoming ill Friday night. | Boozer was a two-time All-American at K-State in t... | Two-horse race for Tour sprint title, says White
| Uphill battle … the Giro d'Italia peloton tackles the mountainous 14th stage from Cherasco to Cervinia. Photo: Reuters | CERVINIA, Italy: The green jersey battle in the Tour de France is likely to be a race between Australian sprinter Matt Goss and British world... | >PIAA track & field: Class AA girls' state seeds
JOHN C. WHITEHEAD, The Patriot-NewsBoiling Springs' Meredith Speakman holds the top seed in the AA girls' 3200 meters. | ... | Jessica Ennis angry at farcical error in Manchester 100m hurdles race
| • Organisers apologise after setting up one hurdle short | • Dwain Chambers delighted by reception on UK return Jessica Ennis, right, celebrates her victory in the women's 100m hurdles before finding out that only nine of the required 10 hurdles had been put out o... | >PIAA track & field: Class AAA girls' state seeds
CHRIS KNIGHT, The Patriot-NewsChambersburg junior Marshay Ryan is favored in the girls' AAA long and triple jumps. | ... | Hurdles blunder in Britain before London Olympics
| MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Running on home soil nearly two months before the London Olympics, Jessica Ennis thought she had produced a career best in the 100 meters hurdles — until organizers discovered a major blunder. | Only nine hurdles had been set out instead... | Oops! Olympian Jessica Ennis comes up a hurdle short
| Running on home soil nearly two months before the London Olympics, Jessica Ennis thought she had produced a career best in the 100 metres hurdles, until organizers discovered a major blunder. | Only nine hurdles had been set out instead of the regulation 10 at the Gre... | Green Bay marathon in Wis. halted because of heat
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| OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - For as big of a landmark as it was for her to become the first American to win the all-around world championship, Kim Zmeskal doesn't want to claim too much credit for producing the boom in U.S. women's gymnastics in the two decades since. | Zmesk... | Chambers Relief After Warm Reception
| Dwain Chambers admitted he was nervous about the reception he might get from a home crowd at the Powerade Great CityGames in Manchester on Sunday - but it turned out he need not have worried. | The controversial sprinter received a warm welcome from fans in his first ... | Green Bay marathon in Wis. halted because of heat
| GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin marathon was halted Sunday after several runners and walkers experienced heat-related problems and required medical attention. | Cellcom Green Bay Marathon director Sean Ryan told The Associated Press officials knew temperatures wo... | |
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