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Track and field: What to expect No country will loom larger or faster at the Games than the United States, which dominated the track in Athens and looks poised to reign again in Beijing. But will one Chinese hurdler capture everyone's attention?
Olympic track and field is contested over 10 days with medals awarded in 26 running events, 3 walking events, 16 field events, the decathlon and heptathlon. The women's steeplechase will make its debut in Beijing.
Yelena Isinbayeva thrilled the home crowd in Russia with a dominant performance in the pole vault at the 2006 World Indoor Championships.
Olympic gold medlaist Michael Johnson mentors Jeremy Wariner as he trains to break Johnson's 400m world record at the 2008 Olympic games
As a spindly youngster, Allyson Felix's friends called her "Chicken Legs," a nickname which only served to fuel her fire.
Sweden's Carolina Kluft said she draws on her own painful experiences growing up when she talks to school children about superficial living.
Through distance running, Meseret Defar escaped a life of servitude and is using her resources to improve the lives of Ethiopian women.
Asafa Powell and his five older brothers grew up in Linstead, Jamaica, where their parents are co-pastors of a non-denominational church.
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