Courtesy of http://www.usaswimming.org Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) and Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) were victorious Thursday on the opening night of competition of the Arena Grand Prix at Mesa. Franklin and Adrian won the women’s and men’s 100m free, respectively, while Ledecky earned the win in the women’s 400m […]
April 3 (Reuters) – Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton wants the multi-discipline event to be included in the Diamond League series. The decathlon, made up of 10 different track and field disciplines, features mainly in major championships because competition takes place over two days. “I believe decathlon should have a hand in the Diamond League […]
MINSK, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Australia got a measure of revenge for losing the Olympic gold to Britain by beating their arch-rivals in the men’s team pursuit final at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday. The Australian quartet of Glenn O’Shea, Alexander Edmondson, Michael Hepburn and Alexander Morgan completed the 4,000 meters at the […]
LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis will skip this year’s indoor athletics season in order to concentrate on her preparation for August’s world championships in Moscow. “I went back into tough winter training with an open mind on whether or not I would want to compete indoors this year – […]
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Dayron Robles, the 2008 Olympic Games 110 meters hurdles champion and former world record holder, will retire from athletics owing to a lack of attention from Cuban sports officials, his coach said on Thursday. Robles, 26, pulled up injured in the 2012 Olympic final and has struggled […]
Russian 2002 World Champion in ice dancing Ilia Averbukh, left, and Russian Olympic Champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka present the Olympic torch and uniform for the relay of the Olympic and Paralympic Flame for 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) By Gennady Fyodorov MOSCOW, Jan 14 […]
Janne Ahonen of Finland in action during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Vierschanzentournee (Four Hills Tournament) on January 1, 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) ELSINKI, Jan 10 (Reuters) – Finland’s five-times world champion ski jumper Janne Ahonen has decided to come out of retirement for the second time and […]
Viacheslav Ekimov of Russia celebrates gold in the Men’s Road Cycling Individual Time Trial alongside silver winner Jan Ullrich of Germany and bronze medalist Lance Armstrong of the USA at Moore Park on day 15 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. (Mike Powell /Allsport) By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec 5 (Reuters) […]
Gold medalist Yuriy Bilonog of Ukraine, silver medalist Adam Nelson of USA (L) and bronze medalist Joachim Olsen of Denmark celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony of the men’s shot put event on August 20, 2004 during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in the Sports Complex in Athens, […]
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Nov. 23, 2012)- The U.S. women’s bobsled team finished 9-10-11 in their first event together on the challenging 2010 Olympic course. Jazmine Fenlator (Wayne, N.J.) and Katie Eberling (Palos Hills, Ill.) were the top U.S. finishers in their first competitive event at the Whistler Sliding Centre, while Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) and […]
This July 26, 1952 file photo shows Milt Campbell, center, of Plainfield, N.J. getting set to clear the final hurdle to make him the winner in the fifth heat of the 110-meter hurdles event in the Olympic decathlon at Helsinki, Finland. Campbell, who became the first black to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and […]
American Lance Armstrong races to win the bronze medal in the men’s individual time trial of the Sydney Olympic Games, September 30, 2000. Russian Viacheslav Ekimov took the gold medal and German Jan Ullrich took the bronze. (PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images) By Karolos Grohmann BERLIN, Nov 1 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate […]
This Oct. 5, 2012 file photo shows Lolo Jones competing in the U.S. women’s bobsled push championships n Lake Placid, N.Y. Jones says she’s still planning to compete in hurdles at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Only now, a trip to the 2014 Sochi Games may come first. Jones was one of 24 athletes […]
(Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports) Oct 8 (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has set his sights on defending his three titles at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro rather than switching to another event, the six-times gold medalist said on Monday. The 26-year-old Jamaican said his coach would like him to take up […]
Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps from the U.S. watches his drive at the 13th hole during the second round of the Dunhill Links golf championship in Kingsbarns near St Andrews, Scotland, October 5, 2012. (REUTERS/David Moir) ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Olympic great Michael Phelps is known for the excellence of his swimming […]
Alpine Skiier Bode Miller (L) and Morgan Beck arrive at the 2012 ESPY Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on July 11, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) LITTLETON, N.H., Sept 18 (Reuters) – U.S. Olympic gold medal skier Bode Miller is engaged to marry pro beach volleyball player and model […]
Oscar Pistorius, the first double amputee to compete against able bodied athletes in the Olympics, failed to make it to the finals. After taking 2nd in his heat, at 44.94 seconds, he placed last in the Men’s 400m semi-final with a time of 46.54.
Oscar Pistorius (RSA), middle, competes in the men’s 400m semifinals during the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) By Tom Pilcher LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius has learned from his Olympic experience at the London Games and will use it to his advantage at the Paralympics, the South […]
Yohan Blake (JAM) and Jared Connaughton (CAN) and Bruno De Barros (BRA) compete in the men’s 200m semifinals during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Greenwich Park. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports) Courtesy of Sportcal Yohan Blake, the Jamaican sprinter who won three medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games, will not compete at athletics’ Aviva […]
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As the 2012 London Games come to an end, the Summer Olympics torch is extinguished for another four years.
Great Britain’s Mo Farah wins his second gold medal — following his victory in the 10,000m earlier in the Games — winning at 13:41.66. Bernard Lagat (USA) finished 4th, .63 seconds off the podium.
Meseret Defar wins her second gold medal in the 5000m (2004, 2012) at 15:04.25, beating Vivian Cheruiyot by .48 seconds.
The London Games came to an end with a musical extravaganza, including a reunion of the Spice Girls.
Eric Idle of Monty Python gets the crowd singing to “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” as the Games comes to an end.
The American women swept the relays as they won gold at 3:16.87 in the 4x400m, winning by 3.36 seconds.
Powered by Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake, Jamaica retains the relay title, breaking their own World Record by .20 seconds (36.84). Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay finished second for the USA at the former World Record time.
Emotional Russian Anna Chicherova banished the pain of an injury-marred season to soar to gold in the women’s high jump at the London Olympics.
Mariya Savinova (RUS) becomes the Olympic Champ, defeating 2009 World Champ Caster Semenya (RSA) by 1.04 seconds, just as she did last year for the 2011 World Title.
In the 10m Platform Diving, David Boudia (USA) wins the first men’s gold in six years, defeating the Chinese favorite Qiu Bo by 1.80 points. The home country favorite, Tom Daley, took Bronze.
Usain Bolt again sweeps the sprints in his second Olympics, winning the 200m at 19.32 seconds — leading a Jamaican sweep by .12 seconds over by Yohan Blake and Warren Weir.
Check out the biggest and most painful crashes of the Olympic BMX races.
Team USA defeated Spain 8-5 to win their first gold medal in Water Polo.
The Americans claim another soccer gold medal, beating their World Cup rivals Japan 2-1.
By 198 points, the world record holder (at 9039) Ashton Eaton (USA) beats the two-time world champ (2009, 2011) Trey Hardee (USA) for the Olympic gold. Eaton scored 8,869 points to become the world greatest athlete.
The reigning world champion David Rudisha (KEN) breaks his two year-old record by .10 seconds in the men’s 800m, setting the new bar at 1:40.91.
The current world champion Christian Taylor (USA) gets the gold at 17.81m, .19 meters better than his fellow teammate Will Claye.
For the first time in 60 years, Team USA loses the 4x400m and has to settle for silver, .33 seconds behind the Bahamas team who won at 2:56.72.
After years of disqualification, the American Women get it right and smash the 27 year-old world record by .55 seconds, setting the new mark at 40.82 seconds.
Just as she did in the World Championships, Morgan Uceny (USA) trips on last lap and fails to finish. Meanwhile, Asli Cakir Alptekin (TUR) wins the gold at 4:10.23 by .17 seconds.
The 2009 World Champ Deng Linlin (CHN) wins the Gold in the Women’s Balance Beam Final with a 15.600 score. Meanwhile Viktoria Komova (RUS) fell apart and finished last – in 8th place with a 13.166
Aly, after losing a tie breaker in the all-around, won a tie breaker on Balance Beam, but first they would have to appeal to get her the proper tying score of 15.066. In the end, high execution score grabbed her the Bronze over Catalina Ponor (ROU).
As the six time world champ, two times Olympic champ and World Record holder Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) slipped to 3rd place, the Beijing silver medalist Jennifer Suhr (USA) takes the gold medal, clearing 4.75 meters.
The 2010 World champ Aliya Mustafina (RUS) wins Uneven Bars with a 16.133, and the newly crowned all-around champ Gabby Douglas drops to last place. Home country favorite Elizabeth Tweddle grabs the Bronze.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings win their 3rd straight Beach Volleyball Gold medal in the Olympics. After being the Chinese in a tough semi-final, they defeat the other American team in the Final 21-16, 21-16.
Lashinda Demus (USA) takes the Silver at 52.77 seconds, .07 seconds behind the new Olympic Champion Natalya Antyukh (RUS).
The third time is the charm for Allyson Felix (USA), after two Silver medals (2004, 2008), the three time World Champ wins Olympic Gold at 21.88 seconds.
Brittney Reese (USA) has had an incredible 4 years, winning all four World Championships and now becoming the Olympic Champ. She captured the gold in London with a jump of 7.12 meters.
Merritt (USA) becomes the Olympic Champ at 12.92 seconds, .12 seconds over his fellow teammate and World Champion, Jason Richardson. Dayron Robles (CUB) dropped out due to injury, as the did the favored Liu Xiang (CHN).
Franklin (USA) won the first Olympic medal in the Women’s 200m backstroke for the United States in 40 years, with a world record time of 2:04.06 – beating the old three year old record by .75 seconds. Elizabeth Beisel (USA) took the bronze.
The two time World Champ (2009, 2010) becomes the Olympic Champ, scoring a 15.966, and winning by .166 points.
The reigning World Champ and favorite in London, Jesse Williams (USA), stalls in 9th place at 2.25 meters. The 2010 Indoor champ , Ivan Ukhov (RUS), gets the gold at 2.38 meters, and Erik Kynard Jr. (USA) took Silver at 2.33 meters.
Defending super heavy weight Matthias Steiner (GER) dropped 196 kilos on his head, ending the defense of his title. Luckily, he walked away uninjured.
The newly crowned all-around champ stumbled in the Women’s Balance Beam Final, falling off the beam – and finishing in 7th place with 13.633 points.
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