LaShawn Merritt

• Going for one more gold

  Editor's note: Fresh off his gold medal, LaShawn Merritt returns to the track today to compete for another gold medal in the 1,600 relay. Jeremy Wariner and David Neville -- who along with Merritt helped the U.S. complete the 400 sweep, also will run. The fourth leg will probably be [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2008, 11:07pm EDT
  

• This is it

   Editor's note: The men's 400 meters has been contested on 26 occasions in Olympic competition, with Team USA winning an astounding 19 gold medals, 12 silver and 10 bronze, and those totals should increase in Beijing following a sweep of the medals at last year's World Championships in Osaka. At [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2008, 6:54pm EDT
  

• One 400 down, two to go

  Editor's note: LaShawn Merritt successfully advanced through the first round of the 400 meters Sunday night. He won his heat in a time of 44.96 seconds. He could have run much faster but coasted the last 70 meters. Merritt talks about the first round of the 400 meters as he [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2008, 6:56pm EDT
  

• Let the competition begin

  Editor's note: LaShawn Merritt’s quest for gold begins Sunday evening at 9 p.m. (Eastern time) when he competes in the first round of the 400 meters. One Australian newspaper calls his head-to-head showdown with Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner one of the must-see races of the Olympics. [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2008, 7:07pm EDT
  

• The Olympic experience, training and waiting to run

  My first Olympics It feels good. It really hasn’t hit me yet. I'm kind of taking things one step at a time. I know it’s the Olympic Games and I know what I have to do. My focus right now is about getting through the first round of the 400 meters (which [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2008, 6:39pm EDT
  

• Merritt from Beijing

  (Editor's note: Merritt has five days left before he begins competition in the 400 meters on Sunday.) Opening ceremonies The opening ceremonies were really cool but it was long. We left the Olympic Village at 5:15 p.m. but we didn’t start walking to the stadium until about 9. [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2008, 9:50pm EDT
  

• The face of the 400 meters

  Barring injury LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner could possibly make their head-to-head competition one of the best rivalries for years to come. Wariner is 24 years old and Merritt is 22, which means both have a realistic chance to compete in two more Olympics. [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2008, 2:37pm EDT
  

• Fame and fortune

  LaShawn Merritt was recently featured in Sports Illustrated and Ebony magazine as a rising track phenom. And later this month, he'll also appear in Bachelor Magazine and Hip Hop Weekly. According to Marcus Sims, Merritt's publicists and marketing advisor, Merritt is signed with Nike but Sims says Team Jordan and [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2008, 12:15pm EDT
  

• Bound for Beijing

  I will be having an Olympic send-off party on Friday at Cavalier Manor Field from 5-7 p.m. It’s located off of Greenwood Drive in Portsmouth. Come on out for this family event. We will have food, giveaways and I'll be signing autographs. Before leaving South Hampton Roads, I took some time to [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2008, 11:07pm EDT
  

• Good to be home

  On Monday I got invited to spend the day at the White House with President Bush. It was great. He showed me around the White House and we all ate dinner together. There were about 12 athletes there who will be going to China, too. I was the only one representing [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2008, 9:37pm EDT
  

• Update from Paris

  I've beenandnbsp;busy sinceandnbsp;myandnbsp;victory in the 400 meters last month at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials. But Iandnbsp;to ... [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2008, 3:45pm EDT