Dejene Berhanu: 1980-2010
August 30, 2010

Global Athletics & Marketing would like to express its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dejene Berhanu, who passed away on Sunday in Ethiopia. Dejene began his career on the track, finishing fifth in the final of the 5000m at the Olympic Games in Athens and recording a personal best of 12:54.15 for 5000m, before turning his attention to longer races on the roads. Dejene was the 2004 BUPA Great North Run Champion, winning his debut half marathon in 59:37. In 2005, Dejene won his third consecutive title at the Carlsbad 5000 in 13:10, which still stands as the Ethiopian National Record. A year later, Dejene finished fourth in the Fortis Rotterdam Marathon in a personal best of 2:08:46. Dejene had recently competed in both the Beach to Beacon 10km and the Falmouth Road Race, his first competitions following surgery on his Achilles tendon. Dejene will be remembered both as a talented and accomplished athlete, and as a kind, caring and gentle person who uplifted the people around him with his warm and friendly spirit. He was 29.

Bailey Smashes 10 Second Barrier in Rieti -- Twice
August 29, 2010

Ryan Bailey obliterated his lifetime best for 100m earlier today, at the Meeting di Rieti in Rieti, Italy. Bailey, the 2009 NJCAA Champion at 100m and 200m, won the second heat of the 100m today in 9.95sec with a +1.1m/s tailwind, taking a whole tenth of a second off his lifetime best. Little more than an hour later in the final, Bailey took an additional 0.07sec off with his 9.88sec runner-up finish behind Jamaica's Nesta Carter. The pair of 100m bests compliment the 200m lifetime best Bailey set earlier this year at the Nike Prefontaine Classic. Read more...

Tyson Gay and Bershawn Jackson Claim Diamond League Titles in Brussels
August 27, 2010

In the second part of the inaugural Samsung Diamond League Finale, Tyson Gay and Bershawn Jackson confirmed themselves as the clear world number ones, winning their respective final Samsung Diamond League races for the year, tonight in Brussels. Jackson, the fastest intermediate hurdler in the world this year by some margin, ran a controlled race in cool, damp conditions, coming into the lead with less than 150m to go and crossing the line first in 47.85, more than four-tenths of a second ahead of the runner-up, European Champion David Greene of Great Britain. Following a faulty start in the Men's 100m, Gay didn't achieve as good a start as he had in London, and was behind in the early stages of the race. After drawing even with Nesta Carter at 60m, Gay pulled away from the Jamaican, winning comfortably in 9.79, remarkable given the cool conditions (59F/15C) and negligible tail wind (+0.4m/s). Read more...

Kimmons sprints to Sub-10 Win in Zurich
August 19, 2010

Trell Kimmons recorded his second lifetime best of the outdoor season today, winning the 100m at the Weltklasse in Zurich in a time of 9.95 seconds, Kimmons' first time under the 10 second barrier. On his way to his sub-10 run, Kimmons defeated Michael Rodgers, the 2009 US Champion at 100m, and former World Indoor Champion Marlon Devonish of Great Britain. Later in the evening, Kimmons ran the lead off leg for the USA's victorious 4x100m Relay Team which, with its winning time of 37.45sec, is the third fastest in US history. Read more...

Tyson Gay Runs Year's Fastest 100m in London
August 13, 2010

Tyson Gay was the talk of London on Friday night, when the 28 year former World Champion won the Men's 100m Final at the Aviva London Grand Prix in a stunning 9.78 seconds, a meeting record and the fastest time in the world this year. After running a controlled 10.04 to win his heat earlier in the evening, Gay got out of the blocks well and was even with Trinidad and Tobago's Richard Thompson until halfway through the race, at which point Gay began to distance himself from the rest of the field. Run into a slight headwind (-0.4m/s) and in chilly 57F (14C), Gay's stadium record run is the fifth fastest of his career. In the Women's 5000m, Tirunesh Dibaba took control with inside 500m to go, beating back challenges from Sentaeyehu Ejigu and World Champion Vivian Cheriyout to win in 14:36.41. Bershawn Jackson extended his winning streak in the Men's 400m Hurdles, holding off Puerto Rican record holder Javier Culson with a 48.12 clocking, while Andrew Wheating broke his lifetime best for the fourth time in five Diamond League meetings this season, running 1:44.56 for an impressive second-place finish to World Indoor Champion Abubaker Kaki in the Men's 800m. Read more...