Topic: Justin Gatlin

No 800m world mark for Rudisha

Kenyan David Rudisha failed Saturday in his quest to set a new world record at the meeting in Rieti but did manage to set a best time for the season in clocking 1min 41.33sec in the 800m, off his own mark ...

Names & Faces

0 Derek Jeter Minka Kelly . The Yankees' shortstop is a free agent again. After three years together, Jeter has broken up with Kelly, the actress' ...

Frostbitten Gatlin comes in from the cold

DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Not even a bizarre case of frostbite will prevent former Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin from lining up at the world championships, the U.S. sprinter said on Wednesday.Gatlin, who is in his second year back ...

'Blade Runner' Pistorius qualifies for worlds

Double amputee track sensation Oscar Pistorius has qualified for next month's World Championships after clocking 45.07 seconds for the 400 metres at a meeting here on Tuesday.The South African, known as the "Blade Runner," who runs with carbon fibre ...

Sprinter Gatlin feels like 'rookie' after 4-year ban

Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champion who served a four-year doping ban, says he feels like a rookie again as he tries to rebuild his career at the age of 29."The four years of sanctions have been more difficult from ...

Controversial Gatlin edges Chambers in Madrid

Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin, rebuilding a career shamed by a four-year doping ban, edged Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 100m at the Madrid meeting on Saturday.US sprinter Gatlin clocked 10.10sec to beat Chambers (10.13sec) with America's ...

Gatlin continues comeback with Madrid victory

MADRID (Reuters) - Disgraced 2004 Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin continued his comeback from a four-year doping ban with victory in Madrid on Saturday.American Gatlin, the 2005 world champion, ran 10.10 into a headwind at a low-key meeting in the ...

Gatlin upstaged by Bailey in Reims 100m

American sprinter Justin Gatlin was upstaged by Antigua's Daniel Bailey, one of Usain Bolt's training partners, in the 100m at the Reims international meet here on Tuesday.Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champion who was suspended for four years after ...

Gatlin eyes London Olympic podium

Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic 100m champion who served a four-year doping ban, runs in the Reims international meet on Tuesday insisting his goal is a podium place at the 2012 London Games."I'm still working hard. My coach told me ...

Back from ban, Gatlin aims to rejoin elite

For Justin Gatlin, whose four-year drugs ban saw him plummet from sprinting's pinnacle to athletics wilderness, booking a World Championships berth marks a new start."The importance of me making this team was the equivalent of me making my first Olympic ...