Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat sprinted to victory in the men's 1,500 meters to claim his second Olympic berth on the final day of the American trials on Sunday.
Lagat surged to the lead with 250 meters to go and used his superior speed to win the race (...)
Tyson Gay's hopes of an Olympic sprint double ended in agony on Saturday after the 200 meters world champion crashed out of the US trials when his leg seized up during the quarterfinals.
Gay tumbled to the track about 40 meters into the race with (...)
Distance runner Kara Goucher qualified for a second event at the US Olympic trials on Friday, but her joy was tinged with sadness after her husband failed to join her in the squad for next month's Beijing Games.
The 10,000 meters world bronze (...)
World champion Tyson Gay's dream of an Olympics double ended in pain when he crashed out of the US 200 meters quarterfinals on Saturday.
Already qualified for Beijing in the 100 meters, Gay had run only 12 strides, about 40 meters, of the 200 (...)
World silver medalist LaShawn Merritt upset Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner for a convincing win in the US Olympic trials 400 meters on Thursday.
The 22-year-old Merritt, wearing the US colors of red, white and blue on a necklace, took (...)
World champion Tyson Gay equalled the fourth fastest 100 meters of all time when he clocked an American record 9.77 seconds in the quarterfinals at the US Olympic trials on Saturday.
The sizzling run followed an embarrassing mistake by Gay in the (...)