ATHENS, Aug. 20 -- It's not just that Merlene Ottey is old at 44; it's that she's 44 and an Olympic sprinter. It's not just she's 44 and sprinting; she ran the second-fastest time Friday in the ...

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I remember the moment the whole country stopped to watch Merlene Ottey make history at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. My aunt kept saying over and over, "Show them how we do it, girl! Show them how ...

Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey is not going to Athens merely to extend her own record by running in a seventh Olympic Games, she has every intention of getting to a fifth 100 metres final.

Elaine Thompson-Herah wanted to be like legendary sprinter Merlene Ottey when she was growing up in Jamaica -- she achieved that and more by being crowned Olympic 100 metres champion for a second ...

Eight-time Olympic medallist and runner, Merlene Ottey, obviously is a winner but at 44 years and making her seventh Olympic appearance she is admitting that winning no longer is her goal.

Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey had her two-year ban for steroid use lifted Monday after an international track panel said the lab improperly tested her urine sample. The former world champion and ...

Mike Conley leaped 58 feet, 7.25 inches to win the triple jump. In the women’s 100, Devers and Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey crossed the finish line in an indistinguishable photo finish. Within ...

I remember the moment the whole country stopped to watch Merlene Ottey make history at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. My aunt kept saying over and over, "Show them how we do it, girl! Show them how ...