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1. Winter Olympics Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - February 12 to 28, 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - March 12 to 21, 2010 For the first time, the Winter Olympics will be held by the sea and some venues, such as the Richmond Olympic Oval, are at sea level. Also, for the first t...
2. Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. Yelena Isinbayeva holds the world record for female pole vault. Jelena Isinbayeva is pushing the world record higher nearly every time she participates in an athletics meeting. There has never been an fem...
3. Asafa Powell Asafa Powell is a Jamaican sprinter who held the world record in the 100 m sprint category from June 2005 to May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds, before he was overtaken by Usain Bolt.
4. Sanya Richards Sanya Richards  is a Jamaican / American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States.
5. Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner was an American track and field athlete.
6. Xavier Carter Xavier Carter is an American professional track and field athlete.
7. Usain Bolt Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter and current world junior and Jamaican record holder over the 200 m. In the Peking Olympics, Usain Bolt has run the 100 meters in a nearly incredible time of 9.69 seconds. That is new world record and gained Usain Bo...
8. Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides.
9. Carl Lewis Carl Lewis is a retired American track and field athlete.
10. All About Olympic Boxing - The Sweet Science Boxing is a sport in which two participants of same weight fight each other with their fists. There are several rounds in a boxing match. The fighter, who scores the maximum after the completion of the rounds, is declared the winner. Victory may also...
11. Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu  is a Nigerian and Portuguese sprint athlete specializing in 100 m and 200 m. He won the first olympic athletics medal ever for Portugal.
12. Maurice Greene Maurice Greene is an American sprinter in athletics. Maurice Green holds several world records.
13. Jackie Joyner-Kersee Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a retired American athlete. She can be counted amongst the all-time best in heptathlon as well as for the long jump.
14. Derrick Atkins Derrick Atkins  is a Bahamian sprinter.
15. Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter.
16. Marion Jones Marion Jones is an American athlete of half Belizean and half African American descent. In October 2007 she publically admitted that she had used doping. (see below).
17. Virginia Powell Virginia Powell  is an American hurdler.
18. Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Competition is the stuff of legend. On this lens, you'll find the current winners, a brief history of the competition, and how you can join the International Federation of Competitive Eating. Can you stomach it? Im...
19. Formula 1 World Championship Tribulations Probably the biggest shock horror story of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship concerned Flavio Briatore and the 'safety car assisted' Renault win at Valencia in 2008. I have a sneaking suspicion that, if you stand back and take a slightly wider vi...
20. Carolina Kluft Carolina Kluft