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"There's nothing Usain Bolt's 2011 season that would intimidate anybody that is likely to line up against him at the world championships," says Boldon, an Olympic medalist for Trinidad and Tobago and the 1997 world champ in the 200.

Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships 2011

NBC/Universal Sports analyst Ato Boldon is predicting "a world championship of controversy and intrigue," given some dynamic athletes including double-amputee Oscar Pistorius of South Africa, who runs on prosthetic carbon-fiber blades and has qualified for the 400-meter dash and the tricky new false-start rule that shows no mercy to anyone who jumps the gun.

Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships 2011

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Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships 2011

"The schedule is very suited to her," Boldon says.

Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships 2011

Still, Boldon has concerns over her form — she hasn't been as dominant as last year, when she ranked No. 1 in the world in both events.

Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships 2011

… Ato Boldon, the ex-sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who made his NBC Olympic debut, came through.

An Olympic ratings analysis 2008

I think both have the measure of Tyson Gay, so maybe a repeat of Atlanta in 1996 is in prospect, no American medallists in the blue riband event - that year Donovan Bailey of Canada won gold ahead of Namibia's Frankie Fredericks and Trinidad and Tobago's Ato Boldon.

Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008

Finally, he confided that he had won not only a race but a bet with his roomies, Boldon and Jon Drummond, on who could win a heat in the slowest time.

Marion Takes To The Air 2008

Alma, who now lives in a smart terraced house in East Boldon, near South Shields, was amazed when - with the help of a genealogist - Nigel was able to trace her and show her the mug-shot of her grandfather.

Life Was Hard, But At Least They Had a Monkey 2006

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