Bracy wins 100 meters in Beijing after Gatlin exit

BEIJING -- Marvin Bracy clocked 9.95 seconds to win the men's 100 meters at the World Challenge Beijing meet Wednesday, a day after American teammate Justin Gatlin withdrew from the event.Marvin Bracy clocked a time of 9.95 seconds to win the 100 meters at the World Challenge meet in Beijing. Lintao Zhang/Getty ImagesBracy beat Mike Rodgers by...

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Sidney Crosby joins IIHF Triple Gold Club

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Armstrong 'cult' hurts fight against doping - Cooke

Lance Armstrong has the media in thrall to his "cult", according to 2008 Olympic road-race champion Nicole Cooke, who claims that it still "pays to dope" for young cyclists.Disgraced drugs cheat Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a life-time ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in 2012, but is set to ride the...

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Rehm wants study into advantages of prosthesis

BERLIN -- German Paralympian Markus Rehm is calling for a new scientific study to determine whether his carbon-fiber prosthesis gives him an unfair advantage.Rehm, who won the long jump at the German nationals last year but wasn't nominated for the European Athletics Championships because of his prosthesis, told Sport Bild "the investigation last...

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IOC president to Vizer: 'I'll get back to you'

LONDON -- IOC president Thomas Bach is keeping Marius Vizer waiting on his invitation for a clear-the-air meeting.Vizer, who heads the umbrella body SportAccord, wrote to Bach on Tuesday asking for a meeting to mend fences following his blistering attack on the International Olympic Committee in Sochi, Russia, last month.At least a dozen sports federations...

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Semenya 'couldn't have survived' without family

Caster Semenya, the former 800m world champion who was forced to take a humiliating gender test aged 18, says she "couldn't have survived" the resulting furore without her family.Semenya, now 24, burst onto the scene after winning gold for South Africa in 800m at the World Championships in Berlin six years ago.However, her muscular build and rapid...

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Semenya 'couldn't have survived' without family

Caster Semenya, the former 800m world champion who was forced to take a humiliating gender test aged 18, says she "couldn't have survived" the resulting furore without her family.Semenya, now 24, burst onto the scene after winning gold for South Africa in 800m at the World Championships in Berlin six years ago.However, her muscular build and rapid...

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