Former US track star Tim Montgomery, an Olympic gold medallist now banned from the sport, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison on heroin charges. Montgomery, once known as the fastest man alive, was sentenced in Federal court in Norfolk, Virginia for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, according to a court document. He had pleaded guilty to the charges in July.
Olympic legend Carl Lewis raised questions about Bolt in an interview.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-rubbishes-carl-lewis-views-insists-hes-clean/74499-5.html
Bolt, who set world records to win the men's 100m and 200m, ran the third leg of the Jamaican 4x100m relay.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/boltpowered-jamaica-take-home-4x100m-relay-gold/71878-29.html
Defending champion Jamaica failed to finish after botching the handoff between the third and fourth legs.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/russian-eves-win-4x100-relay-jamaicans-mishandle-pass/71872-29.html
In men's event, the Americans blundered in the final exchange when the baton was dropped.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-out-of-mens-and-womens-4x100meters-relay/71783-29.html
Shelly-Ann Fraser led a historic Jamaican sweep of the Olympic women's 100m on Sunday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/fraser-leads-historic-jamaican-sweep-of-womens-100m/71454-29.html
He won the men's 100 meters final in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/usain-bolts-to-gold-new-world-record-in-100m/71383-29.html
Kerron Stewart led favourites into Sunday's semi-finals with a 10.98-second run.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/jamaican-women-sprinters-sizzle-in-quest-for-100m-gold/71381-5.html
World champion Tyson Gay finished fifth in 10.05sec in second semis.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-scorches-into-100m-final-world-champ-gay-flops/71376-29.html
American Torri Edwards won her heat in 11.26 seconds, and was fifth overall.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/favourites-advance-with-ease-in-womens-100m/71358-29.html
The 21-year-old Usain Bolt ran an effortless 9.92 seconds to win his 100m heat.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-sparkles-caribbean-sprinters-dominate-100m-heats/71309-29.html
Jamaican Asafa Powell led the way with 10.16sec at the National Stadium on Day I of athletics.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/favourites-sail-through-mens-100m-heats/71271-29.html
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