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Bully Bones wins Sorrento Stakes
Aug 6 2005 11:50PM (CT)
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) - Bully Bones defeated Acceleration by 1 1/2 lengths in the $150,000 Sorrento Stakes for 2-year-old filles at Del Mar on Saturday.
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Commentator takes $750,000 Whitney Stakes
Aug 6 2005 7:01PM (CT)
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Commentator opened a wide lead and then held off a furious charge by favored Saint Liam to win the $750,000 Whitney Stakes by a neck Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
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Nelson turns shot put into gold at worlds
Aug 6 2005 4:23PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - No more silver for Adam Nelson. At last, he has gold. After second-place finishes in two Olympics, two outdoor world championships and one indoor world meet, Nelson won the shot put competition on Saturday night with his best throw in three years _ 71 feet, 3 1/2 inches.
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Radcliffe runs 10,000 as marathon prep
Aug 6 2005 4:09PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - This is how serious Paula Radcliffe was about winning the 10,000 meters Saturday at the world track and field championships: she ran in her marathon shoes.
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Vivid Photo wins Hambletonian in stretch
Aug 6 2005 3:50PM (CT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Vivid Photo went from county fair star to the world's top trotter Saturday, pulling away in the stretch and winning the $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
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Diver Davis out longer than expected
Aug 6 2005 1:36PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Diver Chelsea Davis will be sidelined at least another month after smacking her face on the board during the world championships.
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High jumper out of worlds with injury
Aug 6 2005 12:05PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Olympic high jump champion Yelena Slesarenko pulled out of the world track and field championships before the qualification round Saturday because of an injured left ankle.
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Baffert seeks 3rd Haskell win in 5 years
Aug 6 2005 10:58AM (CT)
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - When trainer Bob Baffert shows up for the $1 million Haskell Invitational, you can bet he's counting on a trip to the winner's circle.
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Godina fails to qualify at worlds
Aug 6 2005 9:41AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - His foot ached. His elbows hurt. His stomach felt queasy. In the end, too many pains did in John Godina. The American failed to qualify for the shot put finals Saturday at the world track and field championships, preventing a U.S. sweep in the event.
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Mutola still going for love of Mozambique
Aug 6 2005 9:24AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Maria Mutola has won every title possible, and still she keeps running. Coming back from a hamstring injury, Mutola was second in her 800-meter qualifying heat Saturday at the world track and field championships. Her motivation, she said, comes from her homeland, one of the poorest countries on earth.
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Michael Phelps wins 27th national title
Aug 6 2005 9:14AM (CT)
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Michael Phelps defeated training partner Klete Keller by nearly a half-second to win the 200-meter freestyle at the U.S. Summer Nationals on Friday night. It was Phelps' 27th national individual title, moving him into a tie for seventh on the career list with Katherine Rawls, who competed from 1931-38. He said he plans to swim the 400 freestyle relay Saturday and skip Sunday's events.
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Women's steeplechase makes world debut
Aug 6 2005 5:39AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - The women's steeplechase made its world track and field championships debut Saturday. Docus Inzikuru of Uganda had the fastest time in the first round of the 3,000-meter race, finishing in 9 minutes, 27.85 seconds. Fifteen runners qualified for the final, which will be raced Monday.
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Johnson sees stiff competition for title
Aug 6 2005 3:59AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Other than a few flecks of gray, Allen Johnson shows no signs that age is gaining on him. Dean of the mostly young U.S. track team, the 34-year-old hurdler will be seeking a fifth world championship next week in Helsinki. No one will be surprised if he does.
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