Athletics






Gay shocked as he loses to Mullings in New York

By Mike Rowbottom

Tyson_Gay_beaten_by_Steve_Mullings_New_York_June_11_2011June 11 - Steve Mullings (pictured in green) of Jamaica added to his growing reputation as the man to watch in the 100 metres as he beat Tyson Gay in a Samsung Diamond League meeting in New York where performance levels were severely disrupted by rainy conditions.

I'm back to being Usain Bolt, says triple Olympic champion

By Mike Rowbottom in Oslo

Usain_Bolt_of_Jamaica_celebrates_after_winning_the_200m_race_at_the_Diamond_League_athletics_meet_in_Oslo_10-06-11June 9 - The Samsung Diamond League meeting here, which had produced more than its share of damp squibs in the course of an increasingly rainswept evening, sent a capacity crowd away with a warm glow after concluding with a spectacular win from the closest thing sport has to a human firework - Usain Bolt.



Double shot across Usain Bolt's bows by Gay and Mullings

By Mike Rowbottom

Tyson_Gay_sprintingJune 4 - Usain Bolt, who aims to retain his 100 and 200 metres titles at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu this year, has received two warning shots across the bows as his United States rival Tyson Gay ran the year's fastest 100m in 9.79sec in Florida shortly before his fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings won the 100m at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, in 9.80.