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Too Fast, Too Soon? Young Endurance Runners Draw Cheers and Concerns

Teens in Marathons

Two Texas sisters, ages 12 and 10, run in some of the most grueling races in the nation, but doctors say they are not in danger despite how young they are... The national championship trail run was held on a course both grueling and beautiful, more than 13 miles through the mountains near the Great Salt Lake. Most of it was an unrelenting up-and-down, the path often hugging ridges along a steep plunge, curling through a forest of scrub oak, white pine and red maple. The elevation hit a lung-busting 7,300 feet.

 

Athlete Semenya free to compete

Athlete Semenya free to compete

South African athlete Caster Semenya is given the all-clear to return to competition following controversial gender tests.

 

Bolt smashes record to win world 100m title

Bolt smashes record to win world 100m title

Olympic champion Usain Bolt smashed his own record to end the reign of 100-meter title-holder Tyson Gay at the world athletics championships in Berlin on Sunday night.

 

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