Owens dispelled Hitler's theories on the track, winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and long jump.

VOA: standard.2009.08.19

And that is exactly what I set out to do." The last event of the Championships will be the final of the men's four-by-400-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Yet to come at these Winter Games are the men's 500 meters and 5,000-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21