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Team USA came out firing, setting an American record in the women's 4x800-meter by 13 seconds at the Penn Relays, held April 24-26 in Philadelphia. The team of Lea Wallace (Napa, Calif.), Brenda Martinez (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Ajee Wilson (Neptune City, N.J.) and Alysia Montano (Canyon Country, Calif.) crossed the finish line in 8:04.31. Their opening victory set the tone for Team USA to win four of the six events in the 14th edition of USA vs. the World.MADDEN CROWNED CHAMPION AT FEI WORLD CUP FINALAboard Simon, Beezie Madden (Cazenovia, N.Y.) emerged as the champion of the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final, held April 25-28 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Outlasting 2012 Olympic champion Steve Guerdat of Switzerland in a jump-off, her victory marked the second consecutive year an American rider has won the FEI World Cup Final. Three other Americans joined Madden in the top twelve: three-time Olympian McClain Ward (fifth; Brewster, N.Y.), 2012 Olympian Reed Kessler (10th; Lexington, K.Y.) an...
With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of l...
The Bahamas claimed its first gold in the men's 1,600-meter relay, beating a short-handed United States team with a national record time.The Bahamas, winner of the s...
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...
Manteo Mitchell felt the pop in his leg and knew it wasn't good. "It felt like somebody literally just snapped my leg in half," he said.The American sprinter had hal...
Manteo Mitchell felt the pop in his leg and knew it wasn't good. "It felt like somebody literally just snapped my leg in half," he said.The American sprinter had hal...
When it comes to the 4x400-meter Olympic relay, the American men aren't used to being overtaken at the end, the way Angelo Taylor was Friday night.Then again, they h...
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:___A WIN, AND PUSHUPSIt was...
The United States missed out on a gold medal in the men's 4x400-meter relay for the first time since 1980, finishing behind the Bahamas by just .33 seconds. Team USA...
With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor pageant of l...
South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius finished fourth in a 400-meter race in Belgium on Saturday.Belgium's Jonathan Borlee won in 44.91 seconds. Pistorius cro...