Brigitte Foster-Hylton

By Gary Smith, Track and Field Contributor | SportingAlert.com Published on today 7:17 a.m. CST . No Comments Tweet Tweet DAEGU (Sporting Alert) – Sprinters Walter Dix, Carmelita Jeter and Kirani James, as well as throwers Tatyana Lysenko and Betty Heidler are amongst the already confirmed stars for the Colorful Daegu Meeting, organisers said on Tuesday. The track and field meeting, which will take place on May 16 is part of the IAAF World Challenge series. Americans Dix and...Read Full Story

Tweet Tweet DAEGU, Korea (Sporting Alert) — World champion Kirani James cruised to victory on his outdoor debut in the 400-metres at the Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting – IAAF World Challenge Meet – in Daegu, Korea on Wednesday. The Grenadian star quarter-miler pulled away from the field with over 100m left in the race and then opened up a huge gap on his way to setting a new meeting record of 44.72seconds. James’ time is the second fastest this year behind the impressive 44.19secs of...Read Full Story

Jamaican veteran Brigitte Foster-Hylton ran a season's best 12.51secs to finally claim gold in the women's 100m hurdles at the world athletics championships on Tuesday.The 34-year-old, who won world bronze in Helsinki in 2005 and silver in Paris in 2003, finally secured gold at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.She edged out Canada's Olympic bronze medallist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep who upgraded her bronze in Beijing to a silver here when she ran 12.54secs while Delloreen Ennis-London took third in 12...Read Full Story

Five Jamaican athletes were cleared Monday of doping at their national championships two months ago after the country's anti-doping panel failed to determine whether the banned substance was on the prohibited list.The athletes reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine. But Kent Gammon, chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission's disciplinary committee, said it was unable to prove they had breached any doping policy."Therefore, we have not found any of the athletes in...Read Full Story

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