Athens gold medal favourite Allen Johnson just scraped into the USA team at the Olympic Trials in Sacramento.

MARION JONES has outlined her determination to prove wrong the critics who think she is a spent force in athletics.

A possible doping ban for American sprinter Torri Edwards could pave the way for Marion Jones to defend her Olympic 100 metres title in Athens next month.

America’s track golden girls are looking forward to a glittering Olympics after they showed their younger rivals at the US team trials they still have what it takes to be in the medal hunt.

The most powerful nation in world athletics tonight began its search for a team to take on the best of the rest at the Athens Olympics next month.

HISTORICALLY a meeting with the sparkle and tension of the Olympic Games, this year's US trials, starting today, are a test not only of America's best but of the sport itself.

Reigning Olympic 100 metres champions Maurice Greene and Marion Jones suffered unexpected defeats over their gold medal winning distances in the Prefontaine Classic meeting in Eugene.

AMERICAN Kelli White won the women’s 100m title last night.

AS expected, Sonia O’Sullivan and the newly-crowned European 5,000m champion, Marta Dominguez of Spain, will renew rivalry at the Weltklasse in Zurich tonight but Gabriela Szabo has jumped ship and elected to run in the 1,500m race.