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Merlyn Diamond competes in the 100m and 200m track events and is one of Namibia’s rising athletics stars. She is mentored by Frankie Fredericks, Namibia’s Olympic sprinter. Merlyn is still at secondary school in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, and also went to primary school in the city.
Jessica Ennis, the world heptathlon champion, wants to double up in the 100m hurdles in the London 2012 Games.
Asafa Powell eases to victory in the 100m with a wind-assisted time of 9.81 seconds in the first ever Diamond League meeting in Doha.
Asafa Powell says he can lower Usain Bolt’s 100m world record as he prepares for the inaugural Diamond League meeting in Doha.
Olympic and world 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt opens his 2010 season with victory in the 400m at the Camperdown Classic in Jamaica.
Olympics superstar Michael Phelps marked his competitive British bow by helping the US to a shortcourse world record in the 4x100m medley relay at the Duel in the Pool here on Friday.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt dominated the World Athletics Championships here in the same way he did the Beijing Olympics, winning triple gold and shattering the world records for the 100m and 200m.
Usain Bolt becomes 100m world champion with a new world record and GB’s Jessica Ennis is crowned heptathlon champion on day two.
Behind the statistics of sprint star’s new 100m mark
A routine check has uncovered a funding gap in the 2012 accounts estimated to be around £60 to £100m.
