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Shaunae Miller cruises into finals of 400m

BEIJING, China — Shaunae Miller made this one look so easy.

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Smith doesn’t advance to semi-final of 200m

But looking forward to redeem himself in 4x100 relay

BEIJING, China — It wasn’t the type of performance that Teray Smith expected, competing against Jamaican 100 metre champion Usain Bolt at the 15th IAAF World Championships.

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Worlds 400 metre hurdles bronze medallist Jeffery Gibson hopes to ‘be a part of Club 47’

THE 2014-15 athletics season has been one of consistent progression for Bahamian national 400 metre record holder and newly minted IAAF World Championship bronze medallist Jeffery Gibson.

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Kids making a splash

THE ANNUAL Kids Splash event attracted between 200 and 300 under-privileged primary school children on Saturday to the D W Davis grounds.

Bahamas won’t compete at Youth Commonwealth Games due to dengue, chikungunya outbreak

ORIGINALLY scheduled to depart for competition next month, the small contingent of athletes set to represent The Bahamas  at the fifth edition of the Youth Commonwealth Games had their plans sidetracked by fear of a disease outbreak.

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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Jeffery Gibson wins historic bronze in world championships 400m hurdles

IT WAS an historic moment on day four of the 15th IAAF World Championships here as Jeffery Gibson lowered the Bahamian national record in the men's 400 metres hurdles for the fourth time this year to claim the bronze medal.

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Steven Gardiner doesn’t make it into the final

BEIJING, China — Steven Gardiner was left a little baffled by his performance. He couldn’t describe what went wrong as he came off the bend out of contention and ended up in seventh place in his semi-final heat of the men’s 400 metres in his global debut at the 15th IAAF World Championships at the Bird’s Nest last night.

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Shaunae Miller advances to semi-finals of 400m

BEIJING, China — Shaunae Miller, with a stripe of gold added to her hair to help signal her intent to win the gold, had one of her defining moments yesterday as she coasted to an easy victory in the first round of the women’s 400 metres at the 15th IAAF World Championships.

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‘Fireman’ finishes in a tie for 18th overall

BEIJING, China — With one of his worst performances on the global stage, falling shy once again of getting on the podium with an individual medal, Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown said he feels it might be time for him to start winding down his career.

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Ferguson says working with IAAF in Bird’s Nest has been ‘fabulous’

BEIJING, China — When she’s not operating the Business Centre at Atlantis, Shonel Ferguson is pursuing her political dreams of being the next representative for the Fox Hill constituency.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Pigskin Prognostications - Part 5

THE NFC West division could be fun to watch this season.

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Team Bahamas in action today at the 5th FINA World Jr Swim Championships

JUST weeks removed from the performance of the senior athletes at the world’s premier swim meet, the Bahamas’ junior athletes now take centre stage in the top meet hosted by the international governing body of the sport.

‘Hammer will have little to no opportunities to get his punches off’

GRAND Bahamian Sherman “Tank” Williams is fit, ready and excited to fight 32-year-old Christian “Hammer” Ciocan in his hometown in Galati, Romania, on Friday, August 28.

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Miller wins 400m heat and qualifies fifth fastest for world semis

ALTHOUGH she hadn't run since she walked off the track running the 200 metres in Monaco last month with a slight injury, Shaunae Miller shook off the rust, winning her first round of the women's 400m at the 15th IAAF World Championships on Monday morning.

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Brown, Gardiner and Mathieu fail to progress in 400m at world championships

IT SOUNDED more like a scratched record for Team Bahamas as, one after the other, Chris 'Fireman' Brown, Steven Gardiner and Michael Mathieu all struggled across the finish line in seventh place in their respective heats of the men's 400 metres semi-final at the IAAF World Championships on Monday.