Topic: Dayron Robles
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurdler Dayron Robles and pole vaulter Lazaro Borges led Cuba to four Pan-American Games records to seal their athletics dominance on the final day of competition at the Telmex stadium Friday.Discus thrower Yarelys Barrios and Guillermo Martinez in ...
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles won the Pan-American Games gold medal on Friday to end a turbulent season on a high note.The Olympic champion and world record holder led all the way to win the 110 meters final in ...
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - There were tears and glory, a solitary world record and athletics firsts. There was even a Daegu curse. But for most, the story of the 13th world athletics championships will be disqualifications.Drama, of one kind or another ...
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - Athletics chief Lamine Diack maintained the hardest of lines on Saturday, telling Reuters there would be no changing or bending of the rules to prevent big names being disqualified."No chance," the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF ...
Russia's Olga Kaniskina ended the "curse of the cover" in emphatic fashion Wednesday, breaking the cycle of star athletes to perish after appearing on the front page of the world championships' Daily Programme.Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva Tuesday became ...
DAEGU, South Korea (Reuters) - A gritty Russian racewalker won the solitary gold up for grabs on Wednesday as a world championships characterized so far by drama and disqualifications reached its midway point.Olga Kaniskina grimaced her way through downtown Daegu to win ...
Chinese sports fans reacted furiously Tuesday after homegrown hero Liu Xiang was prevented from winning the 110 metre hurdles at the World Championships in Daegu by an "unsportsmanlike" foul.Photos of Cuba's reigning World and Olympic champion Dayron Robles with his ...
The "curse of the cover" struck the world championships again Tuesday as Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva became the fourth global star to perish after featuring on the front page of the Daily Programme.In an eerie sequence, the Russian pole vault queen ...
Thrilling and controversial, an incident-packed world 110m hurdles final lived up to its billing by producing a dramatic disqualification for the Olympic champion -- and a new star.In Monday's first ever meeting in a global final between the three fastest sprint ...
Dayron Robles was on Monday sensationally stripped of his world 110m hurdles title for obstruction, and American Jason Richardson handed gold after a nerve-wracking race.In another day of high drama at the world championships, just 24 hours after Jamaican sprint superstar ...