Summer Sports






Bolt announces "legend" status after completing sprint double while Rudisha is simply "extraordinary"

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Usain Bolt_9_AugustAugust 9 - Usain Bolt fulfilled his own criteria for regarding himself as a legend here tonight as he completed his double defence of Olympic sprint titles by adding the 200 metres gold to the one he had already secured over 100m on Sunday night (August 5) – and in so doing consigned his young challenger Yohan Blake to a second silver medal.




Amputee Pistorius still has Olympic medal shot as South Africa wins relay appeal

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Oscar Pistorius_1_9_AugustAugust 9 - Oscar Pistorius' historic quest for an Olympic medal to add to the four golds and a bronze he has won at the Paralympics has been revived as South Africa won a place in tomorrow's 4x400 metres relay final on appeal after their second-leg runner, Ofentse Mogawane, was knocked over by a Kenyan opponent.





A triumphant night for US sees Felix, Merritt and Reese claim three out of four golds on offer

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Allyson Felix_of_United_StatesAugust 8 - The United States re-asserted some of their old supremacy in track and field tonight as they won three of the four golds on offer – through Allyson Felix in the 200 metres, Aries Merritt in the 110m hurdles and Brittney Reese in the long jump - and contributed seven medals in all to a national effort which saw the overall medal total rise beyond that of China, 81 to 77, even if the latter nation still occupies first place by dint of having two more golds.