Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping. The name "athletics" is derived from the Greek word "athlos", meaning "contest".
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Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay set for 3 showdowns in Diamond League
Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the U.S. will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meetings next year.
Disputed Manlady Olympic Runner Gets Makeover
September 08, 2009 by
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In this continuing Caster Semenya saga, which - if she’s in fact a lady, as tests will soon “prove,” must be humiliating for her, one of our favorite details is that the letters in her name rearrange to spell “Yes, A Secret Man” and some people are taking...
Lolo Jones vs. Alison Stokke - The Great Track Debate
November 11, 2008 by
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Allison Stokke already has a huge base of fans on the internet who have seen her pics online for the past year and a half, while Lolo Jones is clearly the hottest runner since the Beijing Olympics.
Make your vote count at InGameNow.
Allison Stokke vs. Leryn Franco
November 03, 2008 by
InGameNow
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#3. Allison Stokke
Stokke had an easy first round victory due to her established internet fame. Now she faces real competition. A vote for Stokke ensures plenty more pictures of her stretching and pole vaulting as she gets kissed by the California sun.
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#2. Leryn Franco
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Allison Stokke- Need i say more?
June 16, 2008 by
OnTheVerge
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First off, I think that the key to what makes Stokke so intriguing is the fact that she is extremely talented at her sport. In my own experience, most sports fans including me, prefer Maria Sharapova to Anna Kournikova. Yes, both are attractive, but Sharapova is actually really good...
Stokke Inflation, Part II
April 16, 2008 by
Bears Necessity
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Definition: Where a writer of a site spends an inordinate amount of time researching an article that gets a decent amount of traffic, then links to pictures of an attractive female athlete which receives about a hundred times more attention.
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