Topic: Kerron Stewart

Powell, Campbell-Brown win Jamaican 100m titles

AFP Global Edition - 232 days ago
Former world record-holder Asafa Powell and former world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown won 100-meter titles at the Jamaican Athletics Championships.Powell won in 10.08 seconds with Yohan Blake second in 10.09 and Steve Mullings third in 10.10, all going into ...

Bolt opens season with fourth-fastest 200m

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 651 days ago
<div><p>KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt ran the fourth-fastest 200 meters of all-time with a blistering 19.56 second sprint in front of his home fans at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday.</p><p>Only ...

Pole vault queen Isinbayeva banishes Berlin blues

AFP Global Edition - 897 days ago
Pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva banished her World Championships blues by setting a new world record of 5.06 metres here on Friday while sprint king Usain Bolt overcame a " shaky" start to win the 100m.Isinbayeva, who failed with all three ...

Fraser emulates Bolt to add world crown to Olympic gold

AFP Global Edition - 908 days ago
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser won the women's 100 metres title here at the world championships on Monday in the joint third fastest time ever of 10.73 seconds.The 22-year-old Olympic champion - who thus emulates compatriot Usain Bolt after he added ...

Fraser wins women's 100 at worlds

AP News - 909 days ago
Fraser wins women's 100 at world championships ahead of Jamaican teammate StewartOlympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has won the women's 100 meters at the world championships, beating Jamaican teammate Kerron Stewart.Carmelita Jeter of the United States finished third.Fraser blasted ...

Fraser remains on course for sprint double

AFP Global Edition - 909 days ago
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser remained on course to emulate compatriot Usain Bolt and achieve the Olympic/world double at 100 metres after cruising through her semi-final here at the world championships on Monday.However, the 22-year-old - who was joined in the final ...

Healthy Campbell-Brown ready to chase sprint double

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 912 days ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - Veronica Campbell-Brown has put the injuries behind her and feels ready to claim a world championships sprint double, the two times Olympic 200 meters gold medalist said on Friday. "Campbell-Brown's 10.96 seconds over 100 meters at Athens ranks ...

Bolt, gold medalists headline Jamaican world team

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 942 days ago
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt and three other individual Beijing winners headline the Jamaican team for next month's athletics world championships in Berlin, the international governing body said on Tuesday.Bolt, who set world records in the 100 ...

Bolt, Campbell-Brown head Jamaican team for world meet

AFP Global Edition - 943 days ago
Beijing Olympic star Usain Bolt and reigning women's 100-metres world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown lead the Jamaican squad named for next month's World Athletics Championships at Berlin.Bolt set world records at Beijing in winning 100m gold in 9.69 seconds ...

Gay runs fastest time this year in Rome

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 946 days ago
ROME (Reuters) - Tyson Gay ran a world leading 9.77 seconds to win the 100 metres at Rome's Golden Gala on Friday and show Olympic champion Usain Bolt that he will not surrender his world sprint titles without a fight next ...