In a clash of Olympic stars, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt edged US swimmer Michael Phelps to be voted the 2008 athlete of the year by the international media. In a poll by the International Sports Press Association, journalists from 96 nations gave Bolt a narrow edge of 1673 points to 1557 over Phelps.
He set a 100m world record of 9.78sec, which was erased after it was found that he took drugs.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/5year-jail-for-drugtainted-athlete-tim-montgomery/75538-5.html
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
Usain Bolt won the 100m sprint in 9.83 seconds.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-wins-wetklasse-golden-league/72546-5.html
American sprinter Tyson Gay is positive despite going back empty-handed from from Beijing.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/to-go-home-without-a-gold-is-very-hard-gay/72026-29.html
The final US athletics tally of seven gold medals, nine silvers and seven bronzes was among the worst showing.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/flops-failures-humble-us-in-disaster-track-showing/72023-29.html
If any sport needed a boost going into the Olympics, it was athletics and its doping-tarnished image.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bolt-sets-athletics-alight-with-treble-strike/72009-29.html
Their five gold medal haul was just one short of the United States cleansweep in the 1984 Log Angeles Games.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/natural-born-jamaican-sprinters-stamp-their-authority/72005-29.html
Belgium's Tia Hellebaut won the Olympic women's high jump gold medal on Saturday by clearing 2.05 meters.
The men's team won the relay gold medal for the seventh time in a row in a Games record of 2mins 55.39secs.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/usa-wins-mens-womens-4x400m-relay-gold/71961-29.html
Kenenisa Bekele triumph was the first such men's double since Miruts Yifter's feat at the 1980 Moscow Games.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bekele-wins-mens-5000m-emulates-dibabas-double/71959-29.html
The relatively unknown Kenyan produced a strong final 300 meters to win in a time of 4min 00.23sec.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kenyas-langat-leaves-favourites-behind-wins-1500m-crown/71955-29.html
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