Track & Field Headlines

• Bolt, Gay unlikely to meet before Worlds POSTED: Mar 25, 7:30a ET | UPDATED: Mar 25, 7:30a ET By Reuters A sprint showdown between the world's fastest men, Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, appears unlikely until the World Championships in South Korea in August.
• Ex-sprint champ Block in doping probe POSTED: Mar 24, 12:39p ET | UPDATED: Mar 24, 12:55p ET By Associated Press Track and field is investigating former world champion sprinter Zhanna Block for doping and could try to strip the Ukrainian of her medals in a BALCO steroid case that goes back a decade and centers on one of Marion Jones' biggest rivals.
• Could April 4x400m be more than cameo for Gay? POSTED: Mar 24, 8:55a ET | UPDATED: Mar 25, 7:35a ET By Joe Battaglia, Universal Sports Tyson Gay will team up with Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner on a 4x400m relay team at the Texas Relays on April 9. It could be a prelude to him joining the U.S. squad at the World Championships in Daegu and perhaps even the 2012 Olympics.
• Pistorius runs Olympic-qualifying time in 400m POSTED: Mar 24, 7:38a ET | UPDATED: Mar 24, 7:38a ET By Associated Press Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has boosted his hopes of competing at the 2012 London Olympics after clocking a personal best of 45.61 seconds over 400 meters.
• Bolt to race Powell in Rome POSTED: Mar 23, 12:00p ET | UPDATED: Mar 23, 12:01p ET By Associated Press Usain Bolt will race Asafa Powell at the Golden Gala meet in Rome in a matchup of the 100-meter world record holder against his Jamaican teammate.
• Vlasic, Gay, Wariner, Ennis highlight adidas Grand Prix POSTED: Mar 22, 1:20p ET | UPDATED: Mar 22, 1:50p ET By adidas New York Grand Prix Blanka Vlašić, Tyson Gay, Jeremy Wariner and Jessica Ennis - a quartet of superstars ranked No. 1 in the world last year - are the first headliners set for the adidas Grand Prix on June 11, organizers announced today.
• Speaking with Tom Raynor POSTED: Mar 22, 11:37a ET | UPDATED: Mar 22, 11:38a ET By David Monti, Race Results Weekly Tom Raynor, 60, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Feet Inc., in Carrboro, N.C. Fleet Feet is the largest franchiser of running specialty stores in the United States with 89 stores in 29 states. The company had revenues of over $100 million in 2010, an increase from the prior year of 11.5%, and the first year that the company surpassed $100 million in sales.
• Lolo Jones wins Tweet of the Week, breathes normally POSTED: Mar 22, 10:09a ET | UPDATED: Mar 22, 1:30p ET By Matt Stroup At least we assume she was breathing normally, but based on her latest award-winning tweet, we can't necessarily be certain.
• Billionaire to help Isinbayeva train in Russia POSTED: Mar 21, 8:28a ET | UPDATED: Mar 21, 8:28a ET By Reuters Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich will help rebuild an indoor arena in Volgograd to enable Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva train in her home city, the country's athletics chief told Reuters.
• Ethiopia's Merga wins gold at cross-country worlds POSTED: Mar 20, 11:20a ET | UPDATED: Mar 21, 7:55a ET By Associated Press Ethiopia's Imana Merga prevented Kenya from repeating last year's gold medal sweep at the cross-country running world championships by winning the men's 12-kilometer race on Sunday.
• Flanagan to lead U.S. at World Cross POSTED: Mar 18, 5:39a ET | UPDATED: Mar 18, 5:39a ET By USA Track & Field Olympic Bronze medalist and American record holder Shalane Flanagan will lead the Team USA women, 2010 bronze medalists, at the World Cross-Country Championships. Watch the event LIVE Sunday at 6a ET on UniversalSports.com.