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  • Hurdler Merritt gears up for new Diamond League season

    American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Shanghai leg. "I will try to start the season in my best form and hopefully I'll be in my best so I won't disappoint the fans that come to watch the competition," ...

  • Chinese ambassador urges U.S. to be truly neutral on Sino-Japanese territorial dispute

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  • Nick Willis falls at Shanghai meet

    Carrington reigns supreme at World Cup New Zealand made a poor showing at the latest Diamond League athletics meeting in Shanghai today. Runner Nick Willis fell in the last 80m of his event as he attempted to move to the front of the field and slipped to 13th place, eight seconds off Beijing Olympic gold medallist Asbel Kiprop of Kenya. Zane Robertson finished in fifteenth, five seconds off ...

  • Jamaican sprinters rule Shanghai Diamond meet

    Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...


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  • Jamaica dominates Jeter injured in Shanghai

    Eugene Hoshiko/AP SHANGHAI (AP) -- Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai on Saturday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 meters and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200. Carmelita Jeter, who pulled up at the finish with an apparent leg injury. Jeter fell to the track after the race and lay on her back ...

  • James victorious but Merritt in Shanghai scare

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...

  • James claims victory over rivals in Shanghai

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet on Saturday.But 110m hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Aries Merritt was given a scare in a world championship season when he pulled up with an apparent injury after just three strides.As ...

  • Pole Vault Isinbayeva Wins Comeback Meet in Shanghai

    MOSCOW, May 18 (R-Sport) - Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season on Saturday by jumping 4.70 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Shanghai. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow world athletics championships in August. The Russian ...

  • James powers to victory in Shanghai

    Olympic champion Kirani James, centre, powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. Photo by: Aly ...

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