Topic: Track and Field
Olympic hurdler Duane Ross has received a two-year suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for using performance enhancing drugs. The USADA announced the ban Friday, along with the disqualification of all Ross' results in competition since Nov. 2, 2001. Ross, a North Carolina native, was the ...
Haile Gebrselassie will run in the first NYC Half-Marathon held in the spring. The New York Road Runners announced Wednesday that the marathon world record-holder will compete on March 21. He set a course record of 59 minutes, 24 seconds in his NYC Half-Marathon debut in 2007. Gebrselassie says ...
Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, the marathon world record-holder and a two-time Olympic 10,000-meter champion, will race in the New York Half-Marathon in March, race organizers announced Wednesday. The 36-year-old long distance legend last competed in a US event in 2007, when he won the New York Half-Marathon in a race-record 59 minutes, 24 seconds. Gebrselassie will seek a 20 ...
