Athletics











Gay wins but faces new Jamaican challenge

By Mike Rowbottom in Monte Carlo

July 22 - Tyson Gay (pictured) produced the second fastest 200 metres of the season here tonight as he won the Monaco Diamond League event in 19.72sec, a time only bettered this year by Usain Bolt, who ran 19.56 in Kingston at the beginning of May.



Disgraced shot putters vow to return

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 20 - Kieran Kelly (pictured) and Jamie Stevenson, the British shot putters banned for two years after refusing to take drugs tests, have vowed to return to the sport when their suspensions end in 2012.