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On Saturday, Juan Manuel Marquez will step into the ring for a third time against Manny Pacquiao. This time around, Marquez—who's moving up in weight for the fight—has a new physique. He has retained the services of Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning coach who has been working with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. Hernandez has been an omnipresent figure on 24/7, and Marquez's new bulk has been noted by viewers. More »
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We knew that false starts in sprinting are triggered by a sensor in the starting block. What we did not know is that a false start can still be triggered if a runner breaks after the starting gun—anywhere up to a tenth of a second after. This is because, the thinking goes, the human nervous system can't react faster than that 100 ms, so if a runner breaks within that time, it's because they decided to break before they heard the gun. More »
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Usain Bolt, that freakishly fast Jamaican guy, ran the fourth fastest 200-meter race in human history at the World Athletic Championships in Daegu, South Korea today. He clocked 19.40 seconds. Only two people have ever run faster. One is named Michael Johnson. The other is named Usain Bolt. More »
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Asafa Powell, the 100-meter world record holder of the pre-Usain Bolt era, claimed the title of Fastest Man in the World, This Year, So Far by running a 9.78 yesterday in Lausanne, Switzerland. That beats the 9.79 that Tyson Gay ran in early June in Clermont, Florida, before Gay dropped off the circuit with a hip injury. More »
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Here's what the University of Iowa's track-and-field website says about Graham Valdes: More »
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So you've tripped on the first couple of hurdles, aren't going to win, and are dead tired. What else to do but bust straight through the remaining ones, whether they're in your lane or not? More »
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Let the historical record reflect that the first White Man to complete a timed 100-meter race, on foot, in under 10 seconds, was Christophe Lemaitre. In unrelated news, Usain Bolt reportedly keeps looking over his shoulder ... with, like, Hubble binoculars. More »
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Click to view For some reason, this (internet) old video of a collision between a seemingly wayward sprinter and what looks to be a long-jumper has been making the rounds. Watch? [Today's Big Thing] More »
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A new BBC documentary about Usain Bolt—hosted by fellow sprinter Michael Johnson—adoringly mentions the man Bolt beat to claim the "fastest man alive" crown....Michael Johnson! Not mentioned: The one guy who was actually faster than Johnson. More »
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South Pasadena High pole vaulter Robin Laird thought she won a league championship last month when her final vault clinched the meet. Then the opposing coach helpfully pointed out that she was wearing a string around her wrist. Clutch! More »
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Australia's Jana Rawlinson was not happy with her body's natural curves, so like a lot of women, she decided to get breast implants. Then she remembered that she was an Olympic-caliber hurdler and silicon is heavier than air. More »
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Remember the women's 100m race at the Sydney games? No you don't. Because according to the IOC, it never happened. More »
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Germany has finally recognized the national high jump record that was taken away from Margaret Bergmann Lambert in 1936 because she was Jewish. Oh, and sorry about the whole "trying to wipe out your entire race" thing, too. [NYPost] More »
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Track and field nerds may remember the name of Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee who fought to get into the Olympic Games (and then didn't qualify.) Apparently, he has turned his aggression on people who still have their legs. More »
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When a male-to-female transsexual who went to court for the right to play ladies' tennis says you have no business competing against women, you might be fighting a losing battle. [CBS Sports] More »
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Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. More »
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How fast is 9.58 seconds? Watch this video. I think you'll understand. More »
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Bonnie Richardson isn't just on the high school track team, she is the track team. And even though she has no teammates, she somehow won the Texas Class A state championship by herself. For the second straight year. More »
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Usain Bolt was not seriously injured in a car accident in Jamaica yesterday—just minor injuries to the balls of his feet. That's good....I'm sure he won't be needing his feet for anything important. [Jamaica Observer] More »
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The Texas volleyball/high jump star is getting married. Her future husband's name: Clifton Gay. Yeah, those kids will be fine. [AP] More »
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Asafa Powell lost the "World's Fastest Man" title to Usain Bolt, then spent the winter fixing up Bolt's Honda Accord. Is that sadder than the fact that the "World's Fastest Man" drives an Accord? [Australian] More »
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The world record holder in the 100- and 200-meter dashes has decided that he might as well break the record in the 400-meter as well. Who's going to stop him? You? [BBC, via Sporting Blog] More »
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Here is German pole vaulter Balian Buschbaum, who used to be Yvonne Buschbaum. Through the miracle of medical science, she is now a he, although his competitive pole vaulting days are now over. That's because the testosterone treatments required for the sex change made him ineligible to compete. More »
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Well, if this story doesn't inspire you, you're a rather hopeless cynic. Take a look at this amazing video on the athletic career of one Carl Joseph, who has just been nominated for the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. Joseph, who grew up in poverty on a tobacco farm in north Florida, was born with only one leg, but went on to become an eight-time letterman in high school sports and play college football. He did it without a prosthesis of any kind, relying only on his one good leg and a pretty damned big heart. I got the opportunity to talk with him recently, and that interview, along with the video, is after the jump. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5097734&view=rss&microfeed=true This really stretches the definition of a "sports" video, but when you get a load of some of these insane domino contraptions you realize that it takes more physical dexterity and coordination to set these babies up than it does to play poker. (Or be an NFL punter.) Plus, Domino Day is broadcast live in eight countries and 85 million people watched it last year, so it's at least as popular as TV bowling. And where else can you get the answer to one of life's greatest unanswered mysteries—can a man outrun falling dominoes over 30 meters? More »
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Tiny little Haverford College, best known for producing intellectual types (Bethlehem Shoals!) and lesbians smarter than the rest of us, will attempt to win its sixth straight championship today in the super exciting sport of cross-country. The Black Squirrels are led by Tom Donnelly, a legend in the sport who has been bringing home championships to Delaware County for the better part of 34 years. Well, he's been winning them at least, but the grizzled coach opts to throw away all the trophies — a trend I believe other sports should adopt. More »
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Former sprint champion Mark Walcott was cleared on Thursday of charges that he exposed himself five times at two old folks homes in Britain, but at what cost? During the trial it was revealed that Walcott was having affairs with two women at the same time, both of whom were hauled into court to provide him with alibis. Also entered into evidence is a late contender for Deadspin Quote of the Year. More »
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Ivan Ukhov is a Russian high jumper. He's pictured above in the midst of a successful high jump. According to many reports, he's also a fan of Red Bull and vodka. No problem there. He'd be hugely popular at Rutgers. But when you combine Red Bull and vodka with a track competition? Well, it's not so successful. Click through after the jump to watch one of the lamest high-jump attempts ever. More »
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Important doings in the Olympics which you slept through again ... More »
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So is there room in the same Olympics for both the best swimmer and best sprinter of all time? Jamaica's Usain Bolt showed what he can do when he decides to run the entire distance, grabbing his his second world record and his second Olympic gold medal, winning the 200-meters in 19.30 seconds to break Michael Johnson's 12-year-old record. So he's the first man to break the world record in both the 100 and 200 at the same Olympics, and the first since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win the sprint double. More »
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Meet one of the youngest members of the U.S. Olympic track and field team; Virginia Tech's Queen Quedith Earth Harrison. In addition to being a talented runner and having a name that sings, the 19-year-old has another thing going for her: A large rooting section. Harrison has 22 brothers and sisters, and their names get even more interesting. More »
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Now we know where Simeon Williamson — Britain's best hope for a medal in the 100-meter dash now that Dwain Chambers has been banned for doping — got his speed. His grandmother, 78-year-old Pearline Williamson, ran down a mugger in North London after her purse was snatched. More »
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OutSports comes up with this bit of news this morning: Tyson Gay, who ran the fastest recorded time in history in the 100 meters on Sunday, was referred to as Tyson Homosexual in several headlines on the site OneNewsNow; which is run by the extreme right-wing American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss. More »
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This bloodied but unbowed runner is Alicia Follmar of Stanford, who took a spill at the start of the women's distance medley at the prestigious Penn Relays. She quickly recovered and managed to finish third. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384379&view=rss&microfeed=true Just to make certain we're starting this pre-holiday Friday the right way — we're doing a full day today, even if most of you are heading for the last vestiges of beach around noontime — we happily begin your day with someone ramming face first into a hurdle. Good morning! More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=295474&view=rss&microfeed=true We have a new 100-meter world champion, and his name is Tyson ####. I'm sorry, that meant to read Tyson BLEEP. Son of a. All right, then, his name is Tyson ... Smith. Tyson Smith won the 100-meter gold medal. [USATF] More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293531&view=rss&microfeed=true Yep, that was some French long-jumper being speared by a javelin in Rome. But don't worry, the guy is fine. Shit barely caused a 1-inch hole in his back. More »
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There's a lot of track and field on TV today, but it's the boring kind. It's the kind where the female athletes are older than 16, and they aren't married to their 40-year-old track coaches. But don't worry, we've got that covered, too. More »
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1:00, NFL Europa Football. World Bowl XV. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=271624&view=rss&microfeed=true I was planning on posting pics of Josh Scobee's shaved scrotum and Dwyane Wade's right-ass cheek, but The Mighty MJD sort of beat me to it. Instead, I offer this odd little video of Track and Field asses set to the musical beats of Heavy D & the Boyz's Nuttin But Love. More »
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