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  The Nassau Guardian - Chandra's $1M hopes dashed
Sturrup ran third in the women's 100 metres, in her second best time this year (10.88 seconds).
Sturrup running out of lane three, got out well at the gun, and by 40 metres had a slight lead over White in lane five and Chryste Gaines in lane three.
Sturrup also said it helps that she is now the number one athlete in coach Trevor Graham's camp in Raleigh, North Carolina.
www.thenassauguardian.com /sports/335562453980402.php   (526 words)

  
 Track   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Sturrup qualified in the 100 meters and will be a member of the 400-meter relay team.
Sturrup has not competed in 2004 due to a stress fracture in her left leg, but she been cleared to compete in the Olympics.
At NSU, Sturrup earned All-American honors 16 times from 1992-95, and still holds the NCAA Division II records in the 100 and 200.
www.meacsports.com /artman/publish/article_812.shtml   (276 words)

  
 Bahamas and Jamaica Rivilary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Last year, with Sturrup just coming back from surgery, Davis and Clarke retired and Fynes not in Athens due to nagging injuries, fourth place in the finals was the best the Bahamian girls could do.
Sturrup who has been one of the world's best sprinter since 1996, is healthy now and the track world is eagerly waiting to observe her when she begins the season.
Sturrup, Ferguson and Fynes were 100 metres finalists in Sydney.
www.cacbahamas2005.com /News_Archives/Bahamas_and_Jamaica_Rivilary/bahamas_and_jamaica_rivilary.html   (562 words)

  
 Chandra Sturrup Focused, Running Easy In Women’s 100m   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas, left, crosses the line ahead of Muna Lee of the US, second, to win the third quarter-final of the Women's 100 meters at the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Sunday Aug. 7, 2005.
The women’s 100 final will be the marquee event in today’s evening, but before Sturrup has a chance to win the gold she must first get through the semi-finals that are scheduled or 6:50pm (11:50 EST).
After her quarter final run on Sunday afternoon Sturrup said she feels "pretty good" and hat she was "relaxed," and if she feels the same today she should run a god race.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - Golden League 2003 - News - Article
While everyone was again distracted by the new American sprint Queen Kelli White, Sturrup snuck through in Oslo (10.96), and before we had all woken up she had done it again in Paris (11.01).
The environment of women’s sprinting, in the temporary absence of the two main protagonists Jones and Block, is definitely different now, and Sturrup to her credit has shown herself to be the most adaptable.
Despite how adaptable this sprinting chameleon has shown herself to be, Sturrup’s talent is now visible for all to aim at, but if she can sustain that extra pressure then her path to the Golden League Jackpot might not be quite as difficult as one would have first imagined.
www.iaaf.org /GLE03/news/Kind=2/newsId=21768.html   (703 words)

  
 SI.com - Athletics - White beets Sturrup with season-best women's 100m - Monday August 11, 2003 06:32 AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
White clocked 10.84 seconds on a windy and hot afternoon and robbed Sturrup of a chance of sharing the US$1 million jackpot of gold awarded to athletes who can win their individual event at all six Golden League meets.
Sturrup's defeat left only Maria Mutola of Mozambique in the running for the jackpot.
Sturrup led for about 80 meters, when White and Gaines closed in and passed her.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /athletics/news/2003/08/10/berlin_gl_ap   (693 words)

  
 NSU'S TRACK GETS OFF TO A FAST START GREEN RUN ALUMNUS ANDRE CASON HELPED THE SPARTANS CHRISTEN THEIR NEW FACILITY.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Norfolk State's Chandra Sturrup has won seven NCAA titles, but before Saturday she had never run a college meet on her own campus.
Saturday, Sturrup won both the 100 and the long jump, and ran a leg on Norfolk State's 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams.
Sturrup was also pleased with Norfolk State's performance in the 4x100 relay, in which the Spartanettes ran a close second to a quartet of world-class sprinters from the Nike International Club.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950409/04090250.htm   (641 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Athletics | Sturrup loss ends jackpot bid
Chandra Sturrup saw her hopes of a share of the Golden League's $1m jackpot disappear on Sunday when she slipped to defeat in the 100m in Berlin.
Sturrup, who had won the 100m at the previous three Golden League meetings in Oslo, Paris and Rome, had to settle for third in 10.88.
Sturrup's defeat left Mozambique's Maria Mutola as the sole contender for the jackpot with two meetings left in Zurich and Brussels.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/athletics/3139889.stm   (531 words)

  
 ARTICLE: Chandra Sturrup's re-run depends on her repaired leg (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
As of the last week in June, former Norfolk State sprinter Chandra Sturrup was ranked first in the world in the 100 meters, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body of global track and field.
In the fraternity of elite sprinters, Sturrup is respected for her mental toughness and longevity.
Sturrup has made Raleigh home for several years, but makes frequent trips back to the Bahamas, where she and the other members of the 2000 relay team — dubbed the “Golden Girls” — are national heroes.
home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=72812&ran=240445   (753 words)

  
 Sturrup blazes world-leading win in Lausanne - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CMC) - Bahamian Chandra Sturrup announced her return to top form with a brilliant world-leading 10.84 seconds to capture the women's 100 metres at the Athletissima IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting Tuesday.
Sturrup sped away from American Olympic bronze medallist Lauryn Williams to land the event on an evening the superb Russian Yelena Isinbayeva lifted the world pole vault record to 4.93 metres, and Bahamian Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling suffered a rare 400-metre loss.
The 33 year-old Sturrup, reviving her career after injury distressed her Olympic hopes last year, unseated Jamaican Veronica Campbell (10.96) as the world leader in the event.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050706T220000-0500_83732_OBS_STURRUP_BLAZES_WORLD_LEADING_WIN_IN_LAUSANNE.asp   (538 words)

  
 HARD WORK BRINGS STURRUP TO GAMES ON SPEED WAVE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
But when Sturrup, a former Norfolk State star, ran 11.13 seconds in the 100 meters in California on May 21, no one in the world had run as fast in 1996.
Sturrup followed that performance by running a wind-aided mark of 11.09 at a meet in France.
Sturrup credits Riddick, who was once one of the world's best sprinters himself, for much of her success.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960715/07150121.htm   (472 words)

  
 Official Site of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
The firm favourite for gold in the women's 100-metres is world champion Marion JONES (USA), who has not been beaten at 100m since 1997 and is currently ranked No. 1 in the world.
STURRUP ran her lifetime best of 10.86 to win the national championships and moved to second fastest for 2000.
STURRUP was a finalist at the 1999 World Championships and placed fourth at the 1996 Olympic Games.
pandora.nla.gov.au /parchive/2000/olympics/O2000-Sep-27/www.olympics.com/eng/news/d07/AT0091E.html   (643 words)

  
 World-Track Caribbean Sports Wire:: Wins for Williams-Darling, Sturrup and Williams at Shanghai
SHANGHAI, China - Bahamian World and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-Darling, compatriot Chandra Sturrup and Jamaica's Christopher Williams recorded wins at the IAAF 2005 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix meeting at the Shanghai Stadium in China on Saturday.
Chandra Sturrup, who holds the best performance of 10.84 this summer, held off a strong challenge from American world champion Lauryn Williams to win the women's 100m.
Using her familiar explosive start, Sturrup, another Caribbean stand-out in the sprints this season broke the tape at 11.02, edging Williams, who took second in 11.05.
www.world-track.org /NEWS/Shanghai=09=17=ID8493844.htm   (502 words)

  
 World-Track Caribbean Sports Wire:: Chandra Sturrup tops Marion Jones again
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Sturrup was celebrating her second win over the American in four days after her 11.15 win at the IAAF Grand Prix in Hengelo, Netherlands on Sunday.
www.world-track.org /NEWS/strubeatjone2.htm   (345 words)

  
 The Nassau Guardian - Chandra is closer to getting bronze
Yesterday International Association of Athletics Association general secretary Istvan Gyulai said track and field's governing body recommended that White should be stripped of the gold medals she won in the 100 and 200 metres last month in France.
But Bannister said Sturrup and The Bahamas could probably be in for difficulties in getting the medal, because of the way in which USA Track and Field has dealt with doping infractions.
Caption:CLOSE TO NEXT MEDAL - Bahamian sprinter Chandra Sturrup, left, is one step closer to being awarded the women's 100m bronze medal from the 9th IAAF World Track and Field Championships after finishing in fourth place.
www.thenassauguardian.com /sports/312152332937940.php   (947 words)

  
 Chandra Sturrup -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Chandra Sturrup -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Chandra Sturrup (born September 12, 1971 in (additional info and facts about Nassau, Bahamas) Nassau, Bahamas) is a Track and Field sprint athlete, competing internationally for (Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort) Bahamas.
In 1998, she received a Silver Jubilee Award from His Excellency Sir Orville Turnquest, the Governor-General, for her contribution to sports.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chandra_sturrup.htm   (297 words)

  
 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - World Outdoor Meetings 2005
In contrast to these good middle distance performances the much-awaited sprint clash between Chandra Sturrup and Marion Jones did not fulfil the expectations of the Milan fans.
The Bahamian star, who won the 4x100 Olympic gold medal in Sydney, won in 11.42, a time considerably slowed by a 1.4 m/s head wind and by a Milan track which is not particularly fast.
Chandra Sturrup took her second win over Marion Jones to clinch her second consecutive race in four days after her convincing 11.15 win in Hengelo.
www.iaaf.org /GP05/news/Kind=2/newsId=29606.html   (1295 words)

  
 Bahamas Athletics
Ferguson, Sturrup, Fynes, and Davis-Thompson all won gold medals in the 4 x 100 meter relay, and Davis-Thompson also won a silver medal in the 200-meter competition.
Sturrup maintained the lead on the difficult straightaway run and delivered the baton to curve-running specialist Davis-Thompson.
On Wednesday at a press conference, outgoing Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham presented the deeds to the plots of land to the sprint relay team of Pauline Davis-Thompson, Eldece Clarke-Lewis and Debbie Ferguson, who were on hand, and Sevatheda Fynes and Chandra Sturrup, who were absent.
www.bahamasgateway.com /athletics.htm   (692 words)

  
 ESPN.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The three-time Olympic champion finished in a poky 11.40 seconds and was beaten by the Bahamas' Sturrup (11.14) for the third time this year.
Jones lost the 100 to her at a meet in Italy last week and one in the Netherlands last month.
After Sturrup on Saturday were Americans Lauryn Williams (11.30) and Muna Lee (11.39).
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 Arron and Sturrup continue smooth progress - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Title favorites Christine Arron and Chandra Sturrup eased into the women's 100 meters semi-finals with smooth heat victories at the world championships Sunday.
Bahamian Sturrup, the fastest woman in the world this year, powered to 11.10 to finish well clear in her heat.
Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell, who is attempting a sprint double in Helsinki, recovered from a tardy start to leave her heat rivals trailing.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/running/articles/2005/08/07/arron_and_sturrup_continue_smooth_progress?mode=PF   (232 words)

  
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The former `Wonderwoman' turned doping suspect was slow out of the blocks and finished runner-up to Chandra Sturrup for the second time in four days.
Jones ran 11.67s in the 100m to finish a quarter of a second behind the Bahamian at the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia meeting on Wednesday.
Sturrup, who led from the start, also beat Jones on Sunday at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005060309211900.htm&date=2005/06/03/&prd=th&   (180 words)

  
 TerraNet Portal Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jones was beaten by Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas in the final
Three-time Olympic champion Marion Jones, who has been shadowed by doping allegations for the past year, was beaten by Chandra Sturrup in the 100 metres at the IAAF Lombardy Grand Prix II meeting.
Jones came second in a time of 11.67, while Bahamian veteran Sturrup crossed the line in 11.42 to record her second successive victory over her former training partner.
www.terra.net.lb /wp/Articles/DesktopArticle.aspx?articleId=226164&channelId=7   (299 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Marion Jones finishes behind Sturrup again
MILAN, Italy – Marion Jones ran a sluggish 11.67 seconds in the 100 meters at the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia meet Wednesday, finishing second to Chandra Sturrup for the second time in four days.
Sturrup, of the Bahamas, won in 11.42 after beating Jones at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, on Sunday.
Jones false-started on the race's first attempt, then was slow out of the blocks when the race got underway.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050601-1402-run-milangp-jones.html   (437 words)

  
 AP Online: Marion Jones Finishes Behind Sturrup Again@ HighBeam Research
Jones finished runner-up to Chandra Sturrup for the second time in four days Wednesday, running 11.67 seconds in the 100 meters.
Marion Jones ran a sluggish 11.67 seconds in the 100 meters at the Grand Prix Regione Lombardia meet Wednesday, finishing second to Chandra Sturrup for the second time in four days.
Sturrup, of the Bahamas, won in 11.42 after...
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:109465211&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (216 words)

  
 Chandra Strurrup
Chandra set a national record with the time of 10.86 seconds in the 100m at the National Championships.
2003 — Chandra won the 100m bronze medal at the World Championships.
Chandra has been the number-one ranked female sprinter in the world, but due to inactivity in 2004 she has dropped to No. 3.
bahamasolympic.com /Olympians/Chandra_Strurrup/chandra_strurrup.html   (288 words)

  
 Mutola sole competitor for jackpot hunt -DAWN - Sport; August 12, 2003
The Olympic and world champion, undefeated this year over two laps, had earlier seen Bahamian Chandra Sturrup drop out of the running for a share of the prize for athletes with victories in all six events in the showcase series.
Sturrup was beaten into third place in the women’s 100 metres by American champion Kelli White, who confirmed her status as a favourite for the title at the world championships in Paris which start on Aug 23.
Making the most of the absence of triple Olympic champion Marion Jones, who is on maternity leave, Sturrup had won the 100 metres at the previous three Golden League meetings in Oslo, Paris and Rome.
www.dawn.com /2003/08/12/spt1.htm   (406 words)

  
 News 8 :: KFMB Stations, San Diego, California
The American sprinter was slow out of the blocks and finished second to Chandra Sturrup for the second time in four days Wednesday.
She is pleased to be regaining form after surgery on her right shin in February 2004.
I'm coming back slowly," Sturrup said, adding that she began to feel comfortable again this past winter.
www.kfmb.com /sports/story.php?id=14029   (624 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Marion Jones finishes behind Sturrup again   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
U.S. sprinter Marion Jones finished second for the second time in four days to Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas.
Though Jones has never failed a drug test and denies using performance enhancing drugs, only the Milan and Hengelo meets have invited her to run so far.
Sturrup is happy with her progress since surgery on her right shin in February 2004.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/track/2005-06-01-milan-marion-jones_x.htm?csp=34   (549 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Commonwealth Games 2002 | Nations
A team of 28 athletes competed last time out and came home with a gold and silver — Chandra Sturrup triumphing in the 100m.
The all-star Bahamian women’s sprint team secured their country’s first ever Olympic gold in the 4x100m at Sydney 2000.
Led by Chandra Sturrup, the quartet, including Sevatheda Fynes, Debbie Ferguson and Pauline Davis-Thompson, triumphed over the Jamaican and American squads.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport3/commonwealthgames2002/spl/nations/caribbean/html/bahamas.stm   (93 words)

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