By David Ramsey, The Gazette
LONDON – Monument resident Jenny Simpson has traveled to England with a lazer-like focus. She’s here to prepare to compete in the Olympic 1500 meters.
And that’s about it.
Simpson eats breakfast at the Olympic Village, takes a bus to a vigorous daily workout...
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By IAAF
MONTE-CARLO - New Zealand’s three-time Olympic champion and multiple World record breaker Peter Snell is the latest athletics legend to be named as one of the 24 inaugural Members of the IAAF Hall of Fame which has been created to mark the year of the IAAF Centenary.
The announcement...
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By Slicethelife
The most anticipated track and field event at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games was the match up in the 1500 meters with Jim Ryun taking on Kip Keino of Kenya.
Jim Ryun was an incredible runner. As a junior in high school in Kansas he was the first high schooler to run a 4...
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By WNDU-Channel 16
Olympic fever is in full swing in Plymouth as Mayor Mark Senter honored one of the city's own on Friday.
Senter unveiled a new street sign dedicated to Olympic 1500 meter star Morgan Uceny.
The street, now called Morgan Uceny Run, is usually known as Randolph street...
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