By Rod Harris, Associated Press
LONDON -- The decision-makers finally have an answer to the question of who will light the Olympic cauldron at Friday's opening ceremony.
Steve Redgrave? Daley Thompson? Kelly Holmes? Roger Bannister?
Don't ask, because they're not saying.
"There is a...
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By Kevin Liao, Flotrack
Five years ago today, Alan Webb shattered the U.S. record in the Mile, running 3:46.91 to shatter Steve Scott's mark that stood for 25 years. We return to the site of the race, Brasschaat, Belgium, to relive that special moment in American track & field history.
Watch...
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'Centro-nation' signs pop up in Arnold for Matthew Centrowitz
By WBAL-TV 11
ARNOLD, Md. - A star runner from Anne Arundel County will make his Olympic debut next month -- and his mother can't wait.
Matthew Centrowitz, 22, will be compete in the 1500-m track and field event on Aug. 3 with...
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By Katie Neff, Athletes in Action
“I feel like that’s the most vulnerable place for me, on the starting line of a race, because you’re out there, everyone’s there watching, and you have a lot to prove in that moment,” says Jenny Simpson, discussing the pressure she faces at the start of every...
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