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Usain Bolt pulls out of Shanghai meet with fatigue

Sep. 11, 2009
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has pulled out of a meet in China this month, citing fatigue and the risk of injury. The reigning Olympic and world champion in the 100 and 200 meters had been due to compete in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Sept. 20, but will...
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Bolt shatters another world record

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Bolt shatters his own world 100-meter mark

Bolt shatters his own world 100-meter mark

BERLIN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the World Track Championships in Berlin Sunday, breaking his own world record.

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BEIJING, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Friday in the men's 400-meter relay, producing a world record time in the process.
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Bolt completes Olympic double

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Jamaica's Usain Bolt completed the Olympic sprint double Wednesday by winning the 200-meter dash in world record time.
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Olympic Medal: M 200

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the 200-meter dash.
Olympic Medal: M 100

Olympic Medal: M 100

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the men's 100-meter dash, lowering the world record in the process.
Sprinter Tyson Gay says he is healthy

Sprinter Tyson Gay says he is healthy

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Gay sets U.S. 100-meters record

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Bolt fired into soccer game in England

STOCKPORT, England, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A soccer game in Greater Manchester, England, was called off after a steel crossbow bolt was fired onto the site of the match.
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo