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• n  someone who runs a short distance at top speed

• At the 1936 Games in Berlin, sprinter Jesse Owens won the 100m gold with a blistering time of 10.
• Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein, 21, was already discouraged a month ago.
• American sprinter Justin Gatlin, who ran a 9.

News & Articles

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• Recent loss doesn’t faze Bolt
  Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica sounds unfazed by losing in a recent meet.
  June 12, 2013 - Seattle Times
• European indoor champion Tezdzhan Naimova tests positive for steroids
  Bulgarian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova tested positive for drostanolone, a banned anabolic steroid, reports ESPN . Dobri Karamarinov, Bulgaria’s athletics federation chairman, confirmed the news.
  June 11, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Sprinter Shomari Ingram of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake signs letter of intent for Queens College of Charlotte
  BURNT HILLS — Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake sprinter Shomari Ingram is a late bloomer when it comes to his track career, but his fleet feet have landed him the opportunity to run at Division II Queens College of Charlotte.
  June 10, 2013 - The Saratogian

Quotes

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• Fabian Cancellara in The Associated Press
  Sprints are never easy,Cancellara said. "They're psychologically very hard. Today, we saw a nice thing: After all the buzz around him — the young sprinter, the big mouth and all that — he's a real sprinter."
• Oscar Pistorius in Seattle Times
  I've been chucked in the deep end with the best guys in the world,Pistorius said Tuesday. "There's a lot to learn. There never has been a Paralympic sprinter to fuse the gap between able-bodied and disabled sport. The next single amputee...