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2008 Summer Olympics

Portsmouth's LaShawn Merritt wins gold in 1600 meter relay

The sprinter scored a second Olympic medal along with teammates Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner in a record time.

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Beijing Summer Olympics

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Hampton Roads Athletes

Meet 17 competitors with local ties.

 

Staff Blogs

	LaShawn Merritt At the Olympics »Going for one more gold »This is it »One 400 down, two to go »Let the competition begin

Local Olympics News

• Olympic medalist LaShawn Merritt returns to Portsmouth
• Portsmouth parade for Olympic medalist Merritt is canceled
• Portsmouth's LaShawn Merritt wins gold in 1600 meter relay
• Merritt's gold a dream come true for father - literally
• He wasn't the favorite, but LaShawn Merritt struck gold
• U.S. beats Brazil 1-0 for women's soccer gold medal
• Keep up with local and state athletes at the Olympics
• Merritt plans to blaze a path to Olympics glory
• Pilot Sports Roundtable: Olympics, NSU football, women in sports
• Angela Hucles gets her point made
• Showdown set as Merritt, Wariner cruise into final
• Golden Monarch: ODU grad nabs Olympic medal
• Keep up with local and state athletes at the Olympics
• Women's soccer team headed for medals
• Merritt, NSU's Brown advance to 400-meter final in Beijing
• Message from Anna Tunnicliffe: gold medal after a slow start
• ODU's Anna Tunnicliffe sails to an Olympic gold medal
• Keep up with local and state athletes on television
• Va. Beach's Hucles scores twice to put U.S. in soccer final
• Keeping up with Hampton Roads and Virginia Olympians

More local Olympics coverage

Full coverage from Beijing