Disappointment for athlete Parker - Kings Lynn News
POTT Row athlete Barbara Parker has failed to qualify for the 3,000m steeplechase Olympic final. The 25-year-old had a disappointing race in her heat in Beijing, China, this afternoon (Friday). She said: “It was just a bad day.” See Tuesday’s Lynn

Kamloops athlete just misses medal in shotput - Montreal Gazette
BEIJING - One centimetre. The length of a finger nail. Less than the width of one of his stubby fingers. One centimetre. That’s all that separated Dylan Armstrong from Canada’s first medal at the 2008 Olympics. The 27-year-old shot putter from

Athlete of the day - Miami Herald
If you can stay away from the Internet, NBC will show the men’s 100-meters crown the World’s Fastest Man - Tyson Gay? Asafa Powell? Usain Bolt? - on tape during the 7:30-midnight prime-time show. But if you prefer your sports live - rather than only

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