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7
Feb
2013
9:00am, EST
Adam Hunger / Reuters
Women's invitational runners at the start of the 36th Empire State Building Run-Up running race in New York on Feb. 6, 2013. Competitors run up 1,576 steps and 1,050 feet in a stairwell from the ground floor to the 86th floor observation deck.
Runners dash to top of Empire State Building
Reuters reports — Australians Mark Bourne and Suzy Walsham were the fastest man and woman to race up the 1,576 steps of the Empire State Building on Wednesday in the run up of the iconic New York landmark.
Bourne finished in 10 minutes, 12 seconds and Walsham clocked 12:05 in the race up 86 floors that is described as a vertical marathon, the New York Road Runner (NYRR), which organizes the annual Empire State Building Run-Up, said.
About 600 runners from 18 countries took part in the race, now in its 36th year. Read the full story.
Video: Australians win Empire State Building race
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Come on Flea biscuit...
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9
Jul
2012
3:15pm, EDT
Diving into training at an early age in China
Liu Tao / EPA
Children of the diving team of the Fuzhou Sports School conduct exercises at a training base in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province, July 9. Eighteen children, aged between seven and 13, spend half the day studying normal courses and the rest of the day training for diving.
Liu Tao / EPA
A boy on the Fuzhou Sports School diving team prepares to dive from the springboard at a training base in Fuzhou, in southeast China's Fujian province, July 9. Eighteen children, aged between seven and 13, spend half the day studying normal courses and the rest of the day practicing diving.

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1
Jun
2012
6:23am, EDT
Usain Bolt races to 100m victory in world-leading 9.76 seconds
Gabriel Bouys / AFP - Getty Images
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, competes to win the Men's 100 Meter event during the Diamond League athletics meeting in Rome on May 31, 2012.
The Associated Press reports — "My drive was better and I started well," Usain Bolt said after setting a season's-best time. "The transition was also better. After Ostrava [where he ran a relatively slow 10.04 last week] a lot of people questioned me, but I never questioned myself."
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The fastest runner in the world happens to train with his stiffest competition, who also happens to be his friend and teammate. Usain Bolt of Jamaica will compete against fellow countryman Yohan Blake at the 2012 Olympics in London this summer. NBC's Lester Holt traveled to Bolt's homeland to meet the king of the track.

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26
Aug
2011
6:06am, EDT
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Cleaners sweep the track on the eve of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, on August 26.
Track is swept clean on eve of athletics world championships
You can keep up with the latest from Daegu at Universal Sports' track and field home page.
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5
May
2011
6:02am, EDT
The Gaza Strip's first marathon
Palestinian runner Nader al-Masri, who trained on pot-holed roads and past bombed-out buildings, won the Gaza Strip's first marathon on Thursday.
Marco Longari / AFP - Getty Images
A Hamas policeman talks on the phone as Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader al-Masri, left, and a fellow runner speed along the waterfront in Gaza City on May 5 as they compete in the Gaza Strip's first-ever marathon which runs the entire length of the coastal enclave.
Masri, who represented Palestine in the 5,000 meters at the Beijing Olympics, was one of nine runners along the full 42.2-km (26-mile) distance. He completed the course in two hours, 42 minutes, 47 seconds.
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Palestinian schoolboys run in Beit Hanun on May 5 during the Gaza Strip's first-ever marathon. Children ran short stretches of the race in a relay format.
The course started in the northern town of Beit Hanoun, a border area where Israel and Palestinian militants have frequently clashed, and ended in Rafah, to the southeast, on the Gaza-Egypt frontier. Continue reading.
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Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader al-Masri runs past a fish market in Gaza City on May 5 as he competes in the Gaza Strip's first-ever marathon. Al-Masri went on to win the race.
The Palestinian runner finished the race in 2 hours, 42 minutes, 47 seconds. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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Thinking out side of the 'BOX'.......it is a wanderful thing. on the article of 'remembering the dead' i have not comment on the observance of this Spiritual thing. GOD bless Palestine. i love this thing and this story, about looking past and into their Hearts.
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Runners dash to top of Empire State Building

Track is swept clean on eve of athletics world championships