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
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
Wilfred Bungei led the pack through the first lap in 53.35sec, and succeeded in thinning out the field
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kenyas-bungei-leads-from-the-front-to-win-mens-800m/71953-29.html
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