by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
MOSCOW — Brittney Reese won her sixth international title since 2009 and Team USA brought home gold in the decathlon for the eighth time in World Championships history as Ashton Eaton maintained his title as World’s Greatest Athlete, winning with 8809 points on the...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
MOSCOW — Team USA finished with 25 medals – six gold, 13 silver and six bronze – tying their second-best medal tally at the World Outdoor Championships. Team USA again dominated the scoring table, finishing with 281 points to Russia’s 182 and Kenya’s 139....
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
Dwight Phillips will be faced with the rarest of chances Friday. He has the opportunity to earn his fifth World Outdoor Championship gold medal in the men’s long jump at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Moscow, Russia, and place his name into elite company. A...
by Bob Griffiths | Apr 30, 2015 | USATF
INDIANAPOLIS — After winning a pair of gold medals at the recent World Outdoor Championships and running the fastest time in the men’s 400m since 2007, LaShawn Merritt (Norfolk, Va.) has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week.
