Articles Tagged “South Korea”
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Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO
Cuba has launched a legal challenge to Australia’s tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based trade body said in a statement on Monday (today). Cuba has never before launched WTO litigation. Its challenge follows similar complaints about Australia’s tough tobacco packaging rules by Ukraine, Honduras and Dominican Republic. By taking the first [...]
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Usian Bolt wins gold with 19.42 seconds in 200m at World Championships!
DAEGU (Sporting Alert) — Usain Bolt defended his world 200 metres title after the Jamaican ran away with the event at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Saturday. Bolt, always the favourite to win the event – clocked a world leading 19.42 seconds – which is the fourth fastest of all-time behind [...]
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Jamaica’s Yohan Blake made history as youngest 100m World Champion!
Jamaican Yohan Blake made history as the youngest 100m World Champion when he won Jamaica’s first medal at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea. Blake posted 9.92, second Walter Dix, 10.08, and St. Kitts and Nevis in third place with Kim Collins, 10.09. “My life has changed, becoming a world champion; my [...]
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T&T’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste wins bronze in IAAF Women’s 100m .
T&T’s Kelly-Ann Baptiste, left, crosses the line with gold medallist Carmelita Jeter of the USA, center, and Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown. Kelly-Ann Baptiste claimed Trinidad and Tobago’s first medal of the 13th IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea this morning. Running out of lane 5 in the event Baptiste posted a time [...]
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Jamaican Sprinter Steve Mullings tests positive two weeks before IAAF World Championships
The future of Jamaican sprinter Steve Mullings now hangs in the balance after revelations that he tested positive for a masking agent, two weeks before the start of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea. Mullings now faces a minimum ban of four years and could be removed from the sport for [...]
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Usain wins 100m at Monaco Diamond League.
In case you missed it, this past Friday, Jamaican sprint star and world record holder Usain Bolt clocked a timely season’s best of 9.88 seconds in the 100m at the Monaco Diamond League. Bolt looked to be heading for his first defeat in a year halfway through the blue riband race, but he pulled out a [...]
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