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Gebrselassie returned to form with victory at a half marathon in Birmingham last month after dropping out of the Berlin Marathon with asthma trouble as Makau raced away Former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will run in February's Tokyo Marathon as he looks to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, Japanese organisers said on Friday.

Marathon world-record holder Paula Radcliffe will run in the Berlin Marathon in September, her first race at this distance in nearly two years.

World record-holder Haile Gebrselassie has pulled out of Sunday's Tokyo Marathon because of bruising to his knees.

Gebre Gebremariam won the New York City Marathon in his debut at the distance, an unexpected Ethiopian champion on a day when his favoured countryman, world-record holder Haile Gebrselassie, dropped out because of injury.

Usain Bolt is calling it quits for 2010, cutting his season short because of tightness in his lower back less than a week after losing in the 100 meters to American rival Tyson Gay.

Bolt's manager, Ricky Simms, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday that the world record-holder at 100 and 200 meters will have treatment to loosen his back and then rest, skipping IAAF Diamond League track and field meets in...

World-record holder Paula Radcliffe will defend her title at the New York City Marathon next month.

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...

Marathon world - record holder Paula Radcliffe will run the NYC Half-Marathon on Sunday as she tries to determine whether she's fit enough to race at the world championships later this month.

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) -- World record holder Usain Bolt has won the 100 meters at the Areva Meeting outside Paris, winning comfortably and just missing Tyson Gay's season-best time.