World record holder Paula Radcliffe to compete at world half marathon championships

September 11th, 2009 Usain Bolt pulls out of Shanghai meet with fatigueBEIJING — 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.

September 1st, 2009 SHIMLA - This Himachal Pradesh capital will experience the joy of running at the first edition of a half-marathon Oct 4. State Youth Services and Sports Principal Secretary V.C.

August 24th, 2009 BERLIN - Following his world record breaking efforts, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has expressed a desire to set records in long jump to acquire the legend status. "I tell my coach I'd love to try the long jump before I retire.

August 22nd, 2009 Bolt gets 3rd gold in men's 400 relay at worldsBERLIN — 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 year.

August 22nd, 2009 Kenya's Kirui wins men's marathon at worldsBERLIN — Abel Kirui of Kenya won the men's marathon Saturday at the world championships. On a sunny, mild day, the 27-year-old Kirui crossed the line at the Brandenburg Gate in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds to set a world championships record.

August 20th, 2009 Brathwaite wins men's 110-meter hurdles at worldsBERLIN — Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados won the 110-meter hurdles in a photo finish at the world championships. Brathwaite hit the first hurdle Thursday but ran a clean race the rest of the way, earning gold with a dip at the line to finish in 13.14 seconds.

August 20th, 2009 Paula Radcliffe pulls out of marathon at worldsBERLIN — Paula Radcliffe pulled out of the marathon at the world championships on Thursday because her reconstructed right foot is not yet ready to race the distance. The world-record holder won Sunday's New York City Half-Marathon in her first race since winning the New York Marathon nine months ago, but said that her foot has not fully recovered from the surgery she had in March.

August 18th, 2009 BERLIN - Holder Tyson Gay has pulled out of the 200 metres race at the world championships, United States athletics officials said Monday night. A sore groin made it impossible for Gay to race four rounds in the 200m Tuesday, but he hoped to be back for the weekend's sprint relay races.

August 16th, 2009 Bolt wins 100 in world record time in BerlinBERLIN — Usain Bolt has captured another world record, winning the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds at the world championships. Bolt shaved 0.11 seconds off the record he set at the Beijing Olympics, beating defending champion Tyson Gay on Sunday, who set a U.S.

August 16th, 2009 Radcliffe wins NYC Half-Marathon, tests footNEW YORK — Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain won the New York City Half-Marathon on Sunday, finishing two seconds off the course record in her first race in nine months after being sidelined by foot surgery. Radcliffe finished in 1 hour, 9 minutes,45 seconds for her seventh straight victory in New York City.

August 15th, 2009 Radcliffe uses NYC race to gauge status for worldsNEW YORK — In just a week, Paula Radcliffe went from concluding she wasn't ready for the world championships to planning to run a half-marathon and a marathon in an eight-day span. The marathon world-record holder hasn't raced since reconstructive surgery on her right foot in March.

August 12th, 2009 Radcliffe to run half-marathon, decide on worldsNEW YORK — 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. The 35-year-old from England is coming off March bunion surgery on her right foot and hasn't competed since she won her third New York City Marathon in November.

August 4th, 2009 Kiplagat, Makau Out of NYC Half-MarathonNEW YORK — Top contenders Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands and Patrick Makau of Kenya have withdrawn from the NYC Half-Marathon because of knee injuries. New York Road Runners said Tuesday that Kiplagat's injury has kept her from racing since March.

July 27th, 2009 American Soni takes down WR in breaststrokeROME — American Rebecca Soni has set the ninth world record of the swimming championships in the semifinals of the 100-meter breaststroke. Soni touched with a time of 1 minute, 4.84 seconds in her heat Monday.

July 17th, 2009 Runners along with the whole Houston community is excited and nervously awaiting to hear the starting gun for the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon, which is houston's largest single day sports event. Houston marathon 2010 is scheduled for Jan.