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Russia's Inga Abitova has won the inaugural Yokohama Women's Marathon, a race that featured the top two finishers from the Beijing Olympics.

Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the world championships Saturday when Jamaica won the men's 400-meter relay but the team failed to set a world record.

With former world-record holder Asafa Powell taking the baton from Bolt for the anchor leg, Jamaica won in 37.31 seconds, a championship record but falling short of the world record mark of 37.10 they set at the Beijing Olympics last...

Michael Phelps was unconcerned about posting only the second fastest time in morning heats for the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships Monday.

Paul Biedermann of Germany beat the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at last year's Beijing Olympics.

Phelps won the final heat, but Biedermann's time in the previous heat was faster.

The IOC's pursuit of drug cheats from the Beijing Olympics paid off Tuesday with confirmation that six athletes turned up positive for a new blood-boosting substance in retests of samples from last year's games.

A Chinese court Wednesday sentenced two people to death for what it said was attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics with an attack in the far-west region of Xinjiang that killed 17 police days before the games.

The Xinhua News Agency said the sentences were handed down by the Kashgar Intermediate People's Court.

It did not give any other details. Calls to the court rang unanswered Wednesday.

Two Belarusian hammer throwers have been stripped of silver and bronze medals they won at the Beijing Olympics for doping.

Oct 16, 2008 9:05 am US/Central LAUSANNE, Switzerland Nearly one in 10 Olympians were treated for injuries at the Beijing Games, the IOC said Thursday.

China's gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics, the sport's governing body said Wednesday, though it still had questions about the team that competed at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Two members of that squad -- Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun -- remain under scrutiny.

"Furthermore, the CAS panel has considered that the IAAF did not prove that the biomechanical effects of using this particular prosthetic device gives Oscar Pistorius an advantage over other athletes not using the device."

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.

The Olympic torch was paraded through the streets of Vietnam's largest city Tuesday on the final leg of an international tour that has been dogged by protests against China.

Hundreds of flag-waving supporters cheered as the relay began in downtown Ho Chi Min City.

Security along the route was tight and there were no immediate signs of any protesters.