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‘If You Talk That Big Talk You Have to Back It Up’: Usain Bolt Offers Some Words of Advice to Sha’Carri Richardson

The eight-time Olympic gold medalist is here to help.

By

Jay Connor

Published

September 17, 2021
Sprinter Justin Gatlin Fires Coach Amid Doping Allegations

Justin Gatlin, one of America’s fastest sprinters, has found himself dead smack at the center of a doping scandal in which he is accused of using performance-enhancing drugs, accusations that the world champion in the 100-meter strongly denies. “I am not using and have not used PED’s,” Gatlin wrote in a statement posted Tuesday to…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

December 19, 2017
News

Rio Rundown: Women’s 4×100 Team Retains Gold, Men Appeal Disqualification

Emerging victorious in the intense rivalry with Jamaica, the U.S. women’s team retained the 4×100-meter relay title, and Allyson Felix won a record fifth gold medal in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. It was the second-fastest women’s 4×100 relay ever, second only to the relay at the 2012 Olympic Games, where…

By

The Root Staff

Published

August 20, 2016