* 16-year-old Tamari Davis turned pro on Thursday – – – Tamari Davis officially turned the page on her high school track and field career on Thursday, signing a professional contract with adidas.  On Track Management’s Claude Bryan, who negotiated the deal on behalf of Davis, will represent the 16-year-old at the professional level. While financial…

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DOHA, Qatar — The Bahamas welcomed its newest world champion on Friday night at the IAAF 17th World Championships after Steven Gardiner ascended on the top of the podium, improving on his silver medal performance two years ago in London, England. Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations president Drumeco Archer was one of the first persons…

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n this file photo dated Saturday, March 8, 2014, Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown runs in the 60m heats during the Athletics World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, FILE) Twenty years after Veronica Campbell-Brown competed in her first Olympics in 2000, the University of Arkansas graduate isn’t ready to retire from the track.…

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The tallest of the world’s top quartermilers, Steven Gardiner came to track late, but debuted at 50.01. (KIRBY LEE/IMAGE OF SPORT) THE MEN’S 400 FINAL at the World Championships last fall was stunning to anyone who watched it. It was also, says winner Steven Gardiner, just as stunning to live it. “Honestly, running the race, I didn’t know…

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