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JAMACIAN triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt headlines a group of nine athletes contracted to compete in the new Diamond League circuit next year, league organisers and the IAAF announced on Saturday. Bolt's chief rivals, compatriot Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay, are also under contract for the 14 meetings. Distance runner Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia, pole vaulters Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and Australian Steve Hooker, women's 400 metres sprinter Sanya Richards of the United States, h

I will be racing Bolt at least three times or more   -Tyson Gay

 

Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meetings next year. Track and field's governing body said on Saturday that the two fastest men in history are contracted to compete in seven of the 14 cities in Asia, Europe and the United States featured in the inaugural global series. The rivals must decide which meets will host their showdowns, over 100 or 200 meters.

the only thing I know is I will be racing Bolt at least three times or more.   -Tyson Gay

 

Cinema giant Odeon hopes to strike gold by screening the London 2012 Olympics in 3D. Bosses are in talks with the BBC to relay the action to cinemas around the country. Sports fans will get special glasses to watch stars such as Usain Bolt, above, in action.  

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Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser and Brigitte Foster-Hylton - appear set to be contracted for next year's IAAF Diamond League. Since last year, Bolt has taken athletics to another level. Two breathtaking runs, 9.69 seconds (100m) and 19.30 (200m), gave him two world records and two individual gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.  

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards were named the 2009 Jesse Owens Award recipients Thursday, the second time that each has earned the USA Track and Field honour. Gay also received the Owens award in 2007, and Richards won it in 2006. They will receive their awards at a ceremony on Dec.5. USATF chief executive Doug Logan said Gay and Richards "rank among this country's all-time great track athletes."

rank among this country's all-time great track athletes.   -Doug Logan

 

Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica holds a 3-month old male cheetah cub which he named Lightning Bolt, after adopting the cub at the headquarters of the Kenyan Wildlife Service, in Nairobi, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.  

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt secured his claim as the world's fastest human in August when he ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, reaching a top speed of nearly 28 miles per hour. One day, no doubt, someone will sprint faster still. Perhaps by then, scientists may better understand why all speed records made have eventually been broken.

I hope there will be a time when I can beat Michael Phelps without the suit   -Paul Biedermann

 

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards claimed Jesse Owens awards for the second time as the United States's top track and field athletes. Gay, winner of the award in 2007, has been overshadowed by Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt but improved the American 100 metres record three times in a three-month span. He lowered the mark to 9.71 seconds when finishing runner-up to Bolt, who set the world record of 9.58, in the 100 metres final at this year's world championships in Berlin.