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The numbers don't add up.Jamaica, an island that covers less territory than Connecticut and has about as many people as Utah, travels to the Olympics, all but plants its green, yellow and black flag into the stadium turf and turns the soundtrack into a continuous loop of its national anthem, "Jamaica, Land We Love."The Caribbean country of 2.7 million people won 11 medals at the Beijing Olympics, all in track and field, and is a good bet to hit that number again this year in London.Sure, Usain Bolt is part of that. But not the only part.Veronica Campbell-Brown, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake: All of them among the fastest in a country built for speed.There are seemingly as many explanations for this success as there are medal contenders. A compelling one comes from Novlene Williams-Mills. She's a 400-meter sprinter who has two Olympic medals, won in the last two 1,600-meter relays. This year, though, she has something even more rare. She's the only person with a 201...
Pointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its first Olympic gold ...
The Fastest Man in the World wasn't the fastest man in Jamaica on Friday night.That honor goes to Yohan Blake, who got out of the blocks fast and finished the 100-me...
When the Olympics start, it will be Usain Bolt doing the chasing.The World's Fastest Man wasn't even the fastest man in Jamaica on Friday night.Instead, that honor w...
The Fastest Man in the World wasn't the fastest man in Jamaica on Friday night.That honor goes to Yohan Blake, who got out of the blocks fast and finished the 100-me...
"The Beast" turned out to be quite an animal.Not even Usain Bolt can argue with that.The World's Fastest Man wasn't the fastest man in Jamaica on Friday night.Instea...
For Usain Bolt, another meeting with Yohan Blake awaits at Jamaican Olympic trials. Bolt's only minor nemesis Saturday night was, yet again, that pesky false start g...
The United States women beat Jamaica for gold in the women's 400-meter relay, smashing the world record for its first Olympic title in this event in 16 years.The Ame...
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her second straight gold medal in the women's 100-meters Saturday, finishing .03 seconds ahead of Carmelita Jeter of the United...
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her second straight gold medal in the women's 100-meters Saturday at the London Games, but the host nation of Great Britain wou...
It was a familiar scene, Michael Phelps atop an Olympic medal podium, gold medal hanging from his neck.No one has ever done it more. Maybe no one ever will. And if w...
The track and field competition at the London Games kicked off Friday at Olympic Stadium and the first two gold medals went to a pair of familiar faces.Tirunesh Diba...
The second day of track and field at the London Olympics will see six gold medals awarded, including one in the women's 100 meters. Saturday will also mark the first...
The numbers don't add up.Jamaica, an island that covers less territory than Connecticut and has about as many people as Utah, travels to the Olympics, all but plants...
And, he's off.On a night where the only bit of drama came from a false start a few lanes over, Usain Bolt took his first step toward the London Olympics with an easy...
The United States women beat Jamaica for gold in the women's 400-meter relay, smashing the world record for its first Olympic title in this event in 16 years.The Ame...
The sun is setting and rising at the same time on United States swimming.On the same night Michael Phelps won his last individual race, giving us a final glimpse of ...
By Kayon RaynorKINGSTON (Reuters) - Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt could have an unexpected challenger when the Jamaican world record holder runs his first 100 m...
Of course the gold medal stays in Jamaica. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wouldn't have it any other way.Her golden necklace banging against her chin, the bubbly Jamaican m...
There's been a whole lot of hype at the 2012 Summer Games about Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and the men's 100-meter final Sunday night. Yet Jamaica didn't need to wait f...
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