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Asafa Powell thinks he has pinpointed why he has so often failed to produce on the big occasion and believes that if he is at his best he will win the 100 metres at the London Olympics. The Jamaican former world record holder has run under 10 seconds more times than anyone else in the history of sprinting but has struggled at major championships and been eclipsed by compatriot Usain Bolt. The 29-year-old runs in the Shanghai Diamond League meeting on Saturday as he continues his preparations for the Games and is convinced if he stays rela...

BY ASHTON EATON For The Register-Guard   You want to know something? No matter how hard you try, you never know what you have until it’s gone. The last couple weekends, Hayward was host to the Pac-12 Championships and for both of them I sat in the stands watching young Ducks in retro uniforms dominate everyone with smiles and vigor. They were having so much fun, the coaches were jumping up and down as their athletes came flying down the home stretch, and Ducks were giving away personal bests like it was Hayward’s birthday. And...

By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY Published: May 7, 2012   The 2012 Olympic decathlon — Ashton Eaton’s first, if all goes according to form and plan — will not begin until August. But Eaton is experiencing the Olympics far from London with help from his coach, Harry Marra. At each meet this season, Marra has taken Eaton on his own to the pole vault pit and set the bar at a challenging height. “Big meet, average meet, whatever,” said the veteran decathlon coach. “I say, ‘O.K., Ashton, this is the Olympic ...

By carabyrd, a Women Talk Sports blogger Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 11:13pm EDT Molly Beckwith is a name that is being heard more often in the world of track and field.  The first time her name came up this season is when she led and won the 800 meters at the Mt. Sac Relays (2:00.34) and then taking the win in a PB at the Penn Relays in the mile. This past weekend she won 800 meters at the Billy Haynes Classic in 2:01.70.  She will compete in Doha, Qatar this Saturday.    Her and her coach recently discussed this star...

Almost nobody knew a lanky Qatari boy entering the World Indoor Championships qualifying in Doha’s Aspire Dome on 12 March 2010. Apart from a handful of friends and relatives, the then 18-year-old Mutaz Esha Barshim was literally unknown in a competition which featured the likes of Olympic Games and World Championships medalists Ivan Ukhov, Yaroslav Rybakov, Jesse Williams, Kyriakos Ioannou, Yaroslav Baba and Donald Thomas. Teenager Mutaz leaped 2.23 and was unable to advance to the final, but the slightest taste of fighting against the m...

By John Henderson The Denver Post Janay DeLoach has gone from a Colorado State All-American to the No. 2-ranked long jumper in the world by hurdling more, throwing more and running more. Huh? It all came about after a down year in 2009. Her coach, CSU assistant Tim Cawley, suggested they try something new. She also sprinted for CSU, where she was the two-time recipient of the Virginia K. Frank Award given to the school's top female athlete. Stress fractures, however, limited her versatility. So, they started off with some hurdles. "I fell in lo...

by Avi Wolfman-Arent on April 27, 2012 Bryan Clay is the World's Greatest Athlete—and that's not me or Bryan or Bryan's mother talking. Indeed it is a title descendant from the estimable King Gustav V of Sweden, who once told 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the World's Greatest Athlete." The label stuck, and every Olympic-winning decathlete since has worn that proud distinction. Today it belongs to Clay, a Hawaii resident (Go Warriors!) and U.S. track and field legend. Clay finished second in the deca...

BY ALAN ABRAHAMSON | APR 24, 2012, 9:00 AM ET No pressure, but if 36-year-old shot-putter Adam Nelson, already a two-time Olympic silver medal winner, makes the 2012 U.S. team -- or, better yet, wins gold at the London Games -- it might be the moment that forever changes the way rare diseases in the United States are treated, maybe even cured. No offense intended, none whatsoever, to Reese Hoffa, Christian Cantwell and Ryan Whiting, among those who -- along with Adam -- have for years helped make the United States a fixture...

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Janay DeLoach stole the show Thursday night on day two of the 85th Kansas Relays as she took the downtown long jump title in front of an estimated 1,500 Lawrence fans. DeLoach claimed championship honors with a mark of 6.61 meters (21-08.25 ft.), the third-best in the world this year. For the second night in a row swarms of eager track and field fans gathered in downtown Lawrence to witness one of the more unique events held in on American soil. Eight of the nation's top female long jumpers kicked off their season wh...

LAWRENCE, Kan. - For the second-straight year the Kansas Relays played host to one of the most popular and unique track and field events to ever be held on U.S. soil, as some of the world's top shot putters took to the streets of downtown Lawrence Wednesday evening.   With nearly 3,500 fans lining the shot put sector in the heart of downtown Lawrence, eight of the world's top throwers began their journeys to a hopeful spot in this summer's Olympic Games in London. Fan-favorite Reese Hoffa claimed the event title on a world-leadi...