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• n  an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• n  a contest between athletes
• n  participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity

• Gender disputes in athletics can be very complicated, however.
• FAST BOYS: Bekele, at left, and Kipchoge head to the finish line at the 2003 world championships in athletics in Paris.
• Santhi Soundarajan has a message for Caster Semenya, the South African track star whose gender has sparked an international athletics row:.

• sport
• athletic contest
• athletic competition

News & Articles

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• Athletics-Campbell-Brown fails dope test - sources
  (Adds details, byline and dateline) By Kayon Rayner KINGSTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Jamaica's 200 metres world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters. The sources said the doping violation occurred at the Jamaica International Invitational meeting on May 4 in Kingston. Campbell-Brown, who won the Olympic 200 ...
  June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Athletics-World champion Campbell-Brown fails dope test - sources
  June 15 (Reuters) - Jamaica's 200 metres world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown has tested positive for a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters. The sources said the doping violation occurred at the Jamaica International Invitational meeting on May 4 in Kingston. (Editing By Alison Wildey)
  June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Mariners-Athletics Preview
  With their longest home winning streak in 11 years in the past, the Oakland Athletics face a stiff challenge trying to bounce back against the Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez.
  June 15, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Jim Tressel in ESPN
  After consultation with my director of athletics, Gene Smith, and based upon our unique position in the BCS standings,Tressel said in a statement, "I believe it is only fair that we not participate in the final poll."
• Joe Biden in USA Today
  Making Title IX as strong as possible is a no-brainer,Biden said. "What we're doing here today will better ensure equal opportunity in athletics."
• Tom Izzo in msnbc.com
  That poor kid, he was devastated,Izzo said. "It's a shame for him. But it's part of athletics and we're just going to have to move on."