Breaking Records in the 200 metre Run

 Allyson Felix, Olympian runner in the 200-meter race in 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece.
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It was the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Greece. An 18-year-old girl stepped into the blocks for the women’s 200-meter competition. This was a sprint, a demonstration of pure running power by some of the world’s most highly trained female athletes.
The young American girl on the track was Allyson Felix. She had defied all odds by beginning her training—her entire running career—just a little more than one year earlier as a high school senior, a minister’s kid from Los Angeles. Her high school track coach thought his stopwatch was broken the first time he saw her fly around the school track.

Michael Jackson Rehearsing 6 Hours A Day For Arena Show

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - All eyes are on Michael Jackson as he prepares for his first extended concert run in 12 years. Rumors of his ailing physical and mental health surround the upcoming tour, but AEG Live, the Los Angeles-based concert promoter for Jackson's "This Is It" shows, are saying the King of Pop has still got it.

The L.A. Times reports that Jackson is spending six hours a day on a soundstage near Burbank Airport rehearsing for the show, approximately four days a week. The production budget, which is estimated at north of $20 million, will include as many as 22 different sets.

"It's going to be the biggest, most technologically advance arena show - and the most expensive - ever mounted," said Randy Phillips, CEO of AEG Live.

Nigeria Rebels Offer to Swap U.K. Hostages for Leader

A militant group in Nigeria’s oil region issued the first photographs of two British oil workers held hostage for four months and said the release of Robin Hughes and Matthew Maguire is tied to the group’s detained leader being freed by Nigerian authorities.

“We intend to hold on to them for as long as a very sick and dying Henry Okah is held hostage by the Nigerian state,” Jomo Gbomo, a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said in an e-mailed statement. “God forbid that Henry Okah should die in detention.”