http://www.jeremywariner.com/news.html jeremywariner.com News -- all the latest Jeremy Wariner-related news items! en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:00 CDT ZURICH, Switzerland - Jeremy Wariner put the disappointment of the Olympics defeat behind him to beat his gold medal rival LaShawn Merritt in the 400 meters Friday night in the Weltklasse meet. http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/871585.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:29:00 CDT BEIJING - Jeremy Wariner took his signature sunglasses off his head for a moment to bow and accept the medal he'd been missing. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/olympics/stories/082408dnspohairopoulos.3eec47b.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:27:00 CDT BEIJING - A sweep of the men's 400 meters led a six-medal night as Team USA brought its Olympic track and field medal count to 20 during Thursday evening competition at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium. The medal haul helped to offset disappointment in the men's and women's relay rounds. http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2008_08_21_08_36_10 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:45:00 PST BEIJING - Team USA's long sprinters breezed through qualifying rounds Monday morning at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium, while the men's 110 rounds saw two medal favorites fall to injury. As expected, Americans had no trouble advancing through the first round of the men's 400 and 200 meters. In the 400, defending gold medalist Jeremy Wariner (Waco, Texas) won heat 7 in 45.23... http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2008_08_17_21_35_42 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:29:00 CDT Wariner, however, was looking as fast as ever after posting the world's best time this year in his specialty race, clocking a 43.86 at the Golden League meet in Paris. He was able to break his run of losses to LaShawn Merritt at two, as the U.S. Olympic trials winner ran about a half-second slower for second place. For his fast time, Wariner wins this week's USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week award. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/track/2008-07-22-wariner-athlete-of-week_N.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:34:00 CDT SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) - Jeremy Wariner set the year's world-best time in the 400 meters... Wariner finished in 43.86 seconds, outclassing his main rival and fellow American LaShawn Merritt, who was second in 44.35. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/07/18/wariner.fastest.time.2008.ap/index.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:00:00 CDT Jeremy Wariner just manages to hold off a strong challenge from LaShawn Merritt (Getty Images) Rome, Italy - In terms of head-to-head matches on the Golden Gala Kinder+Sport meeting - AF Golden League - programme, nothing remotely matched the pre-meet hype of the season's third face-off between the world's finest quarter milers, Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt. And with their dramatic homestretch run, the pair certainly delivered. http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/news/newsid=46023.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:50:00 CDT EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Jeremy Wariner isn't invincible anymore -- a point LaShawn Merritt proved once again Thursday night. ..."Not at all," Wariner said when asked if he was disappointed. "I just came out here to make the team." http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5joWnzb5XpcVhO8CrsRa-4hbRPCjgD91MQKF00 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:41:00 CDT OSLO, Norway -- Former Arlington Lamar and Baylor standout Jeremy Wariner, the reigning Olympic and world 400 meter champion, ran a world seasonal best of 43.98 seconds at the Bislett Games on Friday. Chris Brown of the Bahamas was second in 44.40. http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/687494.html Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:05:00 CDT Though his nine-race win streak ended last week in the Golden League opener in Germany, Olympic and world 400-meter champion Jeremy Wariner is confident he'll bounce back at the Bislett Games on Friday. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/05/sports/ATH-Bislett-Games.php Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT After running the fastest leg (44.0 seconds) for the victorious U.S. men's Blue Team in the Olympic Development 4x400 meters, Jeremy Wariner spoke openly about breaking fellow American Michael Johnson's nine-year-old 400-meters record of 43.18 seconds. http://www.thebulletin.us/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner believes he is in good enough shape to break Michael Johnson's nine-year-old 400 meters record of 43.18 seconds. http://www.theusdaily.com/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:59:00 The men's relays saw five 4x100 teams under 39 seconds, the fastest being a 38.63 turned in by a professional team anchored by World 100m/200m champion Tyson Gay, who also knocked off a 45.2 relay leg. In the 4x400, the best time was the 3:00.65 by a team of Jeremy Wariner and his training mates, with the World and Olympic 400m champion anchoring in 43.4. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=44348.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:23:00 Jeremy Wariner and Asafa Powell eased to victories in the Melbourne Track Classic, the first of this year's IAAF World Athletics Tour meets. Wariner won clearly in 44.82, a new meet and stadium record and the fourth-fastest ever in the month of February. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21022008/58/wariner-powell-hit-early-form.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:04:00 NOT many things have the power to daunt Jeremy Wariner right now. Just turned 24, Wariner is the Olympic champion at 400 metres and has won the past two world championships. He has his sights set on Michael Johnson's world-record 43.18 seconds and, with winning in Beijing, it is his biggest goal for the year. http://www.theage.com.au/news/beijing2008/wariner-chases-mentors-mark/2008/02/14/1202760495311.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:04:00 AMERICAN Jeremy Wariner, the world's best 400m runner, wants to take on the rare 200m-400m double before his glittering career comes to a close. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23214034-23210,00.html Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:03:00 CDT Olympic and world 400-meter champion Jeremy Wariner still has some goals. Mostly hes shooting to break the world record of 43.18 seconds set by his agent and fellow Baylor alum Michael Johnson. http://www.wacotrib.com/sports/content/sports/college/2008/02/10/02102008wacwariner.html?imw=Y Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:30:00 CDT Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner is convinced he will break Michael Johnson's long-standing 400 metres world record at this year's Beijing Olympics, if not before. http://www.supersport.co.za/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:16:01 CDT 2004 Olympic gold medalist and two-time World champion Jeremy Wariner cruised to victory in the men's 400m, winning in 44.02 seconds. 2007 World Outdoor bronze medalist Angelo Taylor was the runner-up in 45.03 and Darold Williamson was fourth in 45.38. http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2007_09_28_13_28_21