♦ Kluft out of Olympic triple jump

Carolina Kluft, the Swedish athlete who dropped out of the heptathlon to focus on other Olympic events, has failed to make it through triple jump qualifying. Kluft, the heptathlon world champion, posted a best jump of 13.97m, outside the qualifying mark of 14.44m and well behind Cuban Yargelis Savigne's 14.99m. She will now compete in the long jump at the Bird's Nest.	1 vote

♦ Malcolm admits unfulfilled career

Olympic sprinter Christian Malcolm concedes he has failed to realise his own potential. The Newport star secured a sprint double at the 1998 Junior World Championships before winning silver at that year's Commonwealth Games. But he has since failed to win a major championship medal in ten years.	1 vote

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♦ Gay declares himself fit for 100m

World champion Tyson Gay has dismissed any concerns over his fitness as he prepares for the hotly anticipated 100m showdown at the Olympics. The 25-year-old strained a hamstring at the US trials in July. World record holder Usain Bolt, fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell and Gay are expected to challenge for the gold medal in the final on 16 August. Qualifying begins the day before.	1 vote

♦ Bolt plots Beijing sprint double

Jamaican 100m world record holder Usain Bolt will run in both the 100m and 200m at the Beijing Olympics. It sets up an intriguing showdown with Bolt's compatriot and former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell, along with American world champion Tyson Gay. Bolt, 21, took the 100m record from Powell when he ran a stunning 9.72 seconds in New York on 31 May. But Powell, 25...	1 vote

♦ O'Rourke sweats on Olympic place

Former world indoor champion Derval O'Rourke is the Irish athletics team's latest injury doubt for next month's Beijing Olympics. The 100m hurdler missed Saturday's London Grand Prix meeting because of a groin injury. She is scheduled to have an MRI scan over the next 24 hours. Hammer thrower Eileen O'Keeffe, who is regarded as an outside bet for a medal...	1 vote

♦ Isinbayeva breaks pole vault mark

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own pole vault world record when she cleared 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco on Tuesday. The Olympic and world champion bettered her previous world record of 5.03m, set in Rome on 11 July. The 26-year-old's 23rd world record was set on her third and final attempt in the south of France.	1 vote

♦ Jamaican Olympian tests positive

A member of Jamaica's athletics team for the Beijing Games has tested positive for a banned substance, the island's Olympic boss has confirmed. Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) chief Mike Fennell said the test occurred at the national trials on 27-29 June. Fennell refused to identify the athlete but said it was "not a big name". "That said...	1 vote

♦ Tomlinson hopeful of making Games

British long jumper Chris Tomlinson is confident he will recover from a torn calf muscle to compete at the Olympics. Tomlinson, 26, limped out of Saturday's London Grand Prix and is undergoing intensive rehabilitation at UK Athletics' elite centre at Lea Valley. "I've got to be confident," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.	1 vote

♦ Tomlinson forced out of long jump

Great Britain's Olympic medal prospect Chris Tomlinson could be a doubt for Beijing after limping out of the long jump event at the London Grand Prix. The 26-year-old landed awkwardly on a jump at Crystal Palace and immediately clutched his right ankle. He soon withdrew and, with just two weeks left until the Games, the timing of the injury could barely be worse. "It's very sore at the moment...	1 vote

♦ Chambers 'scared' of being caught

Dwain Chambers has said he felt like there was a dark cloud hanging over him every time he competed when on drugs. The 30-year-old sprinter served a two-year ban for testing positive for the steroid THG in 2003 and has been banned from competing in any future Olympics. Chambers told ITV's This Morning: "I was very scared every time I raced. Doing wrong always catches up with you.	1 vote

♦ I can win Olympic gold - Powell

Asafa Powell has hit back at claims that he lacks the mental strength to win Olympic gold this summer. The former 100m world record holder is yet to win a major global title despite being the world's pre-eminent sprinter for much of the past four years. "It doesn't scare me. The guys that I'm running against in Beijing are the same ones I run against all year," he said.	1 vote

♦ Idowu not fazed by favourite tag

Britain's Phillips Idowu is at ease with being overwhelming favourite for Olympic triple jump gold following the withdrawal of rival Christian Olsson. "I'm upset for him, but whether he was there or not, I would still have stuck to my plan," said Idowu of the absence of the injured defending champion. "I'm in a different situation to anything I've been in before. The 28-year-old Olsson...	1 vote

♦ Injured Olsson to miss Olympics

Defending Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson has withdrawn from next month's Beijing Games after suffering another injury. The 28-year-old pulled a thigh muscle in his fourth jump at Tuesday's IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Olson has been plagued by injuries since winning the gold medal in Athens four years ago.	1 vote

♦ Ottey misses out on eighth Games

Merlene Ottey has failed in her final attempt to achieve the 100m qualifying time that would have taken her to an unprecedented eighth Olympic Games. The Jamaican-born sprinter, 48, who now competes for Slovenia, missed out on the mark needed by just 0.28 seconds. Ottey has taken part in every Olympics since Moscow 1980, and her tally of nine medals is more than any other woman in track and field.	1 vote

♦ Powell sees off Bolt in Stockholm

Asafa Powell beat Usain Bolt in the battle of the world's fastest men at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Former world record holder Powell eased home in a time of 9.88 seconds, one-hundredth of a second ahead of Bolt. Jamaican Powell was quickest out the blocks but had to hold off a late charge from his young compatriot, the current 100m world record holder.	1 vote

♦ GB Olympic bans not 'rock solid'

A fresh attempt to overturn the British Olympic Association's anti-drugs by-law could succeed where Dwain Chambers failed, says the head of UK Athletics. Chambers lost his High Court bid to lift his Olympic ban for failing a drugs test because the judge felt he did not make a convincing enough case. But UKA chief Ed Warner said the judge did not rule on the by-law's legality.	1 vote

♦ Thanou to fight for Olympic place

Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou has vowed to fight the International Olympic Committee for the right to compete at the Beijing Games. The 33-year-old was named in Greece's provisional squad last week. However, IOC chief Jacques Rogge is threatening to prevent her taking part following her controversial withdrawal from the 2004 Olympics.	1 vote

♦ Chambers sets London 2012 target

Sprinter Dwain Chambers still hopes to compete at the London 2012 Olympics, despite failing in an attempt to overturn his lifetime Games ban. Under British Olympic Association (BOA) rules, he is banned from future Games after failing a drugs test in 2003. Asked about London 2012, the 30-year-old told ITV News: "Participation first and foremost is a key thing for me.	1 vote

♦ Pole vaulter Buckfield to retire

Crawley pole vaulter Nick Buckfield has confirmed his retirement from the sport at the end of the year. A persistent hamstring problem meant he could not compete at the Olympic trials and he will now move into coaching. The 35-year-old British record holder told BBC Southern Counties Radio: "I can't perform at the level I want when I'm carrying an injury.	1 vote